The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-19
sTHURsDAY, JANUARY 10, 1905.
TN Mernoriasn1.;

Obart EDWARD Lee WuS Doi y. - sT'Je
4 tnorcland county, January 40, lso7,a ana
died in i lexington. where lict lies buried,
On October IL, 1901 year memora az %
Richmond, because iii 1t occurred the
43s55 Capitol disaster and the burning Of the
n spotswood HI eli Il st III $S i5
fEro-day tile people Of Virginia and OF al
parts Of the South will pause in thel \
I activities ana doETeverenc3 to this great
soldier nl:d patriot, than whon4t the 1Sorlld
n has furnished no more ] INDUSTRIOUS eSa M
Elk ,,lc. SVe are nc.ustpnled think q EN-
u oral Lee only rs III soldier. IIe wa s y
soldier q brave and indus iig ter
d warrior well skilled iii the art Of var.
and with anything like even chances he
Z would easily knvo led the Confederate
armies to final triumph. ca Bit he 4 va
more than n great and accomplish war
q lior; lie was ia. great man. Had there
been no war between the states had nc
never3.lhad occasion to $show Ills military
HI ,sktll #ho8 would still have Gee,l q great
vi man. Tor Ills greatness was innate. .rhe
n I7,-ar Simply furnished tho occnsioll. Fl for
bringing Fiis tnlonts lit o action, for5SeXe
plotting his greatness and showing him
$t q the world as lie, WAS, In all the mobility
ind grandeur OF his clara ter M 5 IA
5s$s. IL was great victory; he was. great
stii, defc,lt Indeed, he has ever seemed
to us Ercntest at Appolnattox. All war X
#,.iors worthy Of the name know how to
hight, aud lrcS ever reads 70 fight cieH-
~, 3pl, n
Wien lie satisfied himself that the cause
Was lost, lie determined that not another
drops OF & blood on either side should be
spilled. II .3 5
w was great fter tho surrender, when
4 lie retired In dignity and llniabiity 70
Il l!riYa,e y fe and aSca in tie Work 81
educating tile youth of.the South. AS he
ff55was an. ,eSnnplar in war, SO was he an
texenplar III peace, accepting N good
M temper ana loyalty tho 5consc Of
53 defeat and helping his State to rebuild
under tho new order OF things. Sirglnans
would dishonor themselvesiif they failed
y To honor and revere tilc lnen,ory of Rob 70
& ert I'D ward Lee, The mos beautiful tri-
butc ever paid Is him, perhaps, was TINT
D. OF Ben Hill, OF Georgia, AMI 1t Is always
4 in order to reproduce it on January 18th:
..IIe was a foe without hate, a. friend
without trsachery, &. q soldier WI hout
scruelty, and 4 iGtims.Mithout murnlll-
%ii NJ lie vas' sl..public oitlccr Without
vices d private citizen without wrong,sa
Eeighbor without Ereproach, N b3 Christian
without hypocrisy, and q man without
guile He was n Caesar without his
Napoleon without his selhshness. and
WASHINGTON Without5ilI reward. Jle was
Il as obedicnt 10 authority az q servant,
a and royal in authority as ~ king. Iieswas
as gentle as "a woman In life, pure and
modest MS n virgin in thought, Watchful
asa Roman ycsral, submissive to law ms
Socrates, and grand in battle as Achilles"
Less poetic. but no less Complimentary,
was The tribute Of Charles Francis
Adams:
He represented said Mr.. Adams I'M
diyidualizcd, all chat was highest and best
y IN the Southern mind and the Confederate
cause.-the loyalty to State, the keen
sense Of llumor ana personal Obligation,
tho slightly archaic. the almost patrl-,
arclal, love Of dependent, family and
Z home. lc was Vlrglnian Of the Nir-i
4 s.nias. He represents q type which is
4, 5Eone-hardly less extinct than that Of
tho great English noblemen OF the feudal
\ times, or the ideal head OF the Scotch
clan OF a later period; hut just so long
Il as men admire courage. devotion. pa
tllotisln, the high sense Of duty and per-
sopal lionor--all, iii r. word, which 80 to
make UP what We know rs Character
Z justss 50 long vii. flat tyne, of n man be
{ held In affectionate. reyerentia mem
cry" Il .,5s
Ana 50 do all southerners on his sweet
y anniversary.
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lizard Luck"