The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-23
NOOAN4 l." AAA1 Northern Newspaper

the children of light: the Royaiisk could find no words with which Co express his abhorrence Of Cromwell, the fanatic and traitor who had be- trayed his church, his king. and hie country; and Puritan and Royalist united In their condemnation of Lord
 Falkland, whose heart was divided between his love of order. dignity. tho splendid traditions of loyalty and his English love of liberty. hatred of ty- ranny and passion for the rights of the individual Today. when the King goes to Westminsterfto open Parliament. he passes the statue of the great Profec- tor set like a king among kings: every Englishman knows the story of Prin.e Rupert's dashing forav out of Oxford on a night in June. 1e43. the furious ride through oxfordshire. nd the fiery charge on Chalgrove Field whsrA Hampden fell: men of ali parties honor the memory of Lord Falkland. whoAM heart broke under the weight of caA iamfties which he could not avert. ThA change that took many decades to mg~ complish in England has been wrought here In a generation.
 Out of the clouds and darIxnesa GeuA erai Lee emergeS victorious: as Marcns Aurelius had said. misfortune nnhty borne is good fortune" His genius fnF war puts him among the foremost eoE& diers of his age: hts purity. courtesy forgetfulness Of self devotion to dutus place him In the ropt rank of greHe Americans. The bitterness of the con- hict between irreeoneiiabie duties through which he pNssed rtfll be ono of the nobiest American traditions. "lk owned the four milton slaves Iu the South. would sacrifice them all t0 the Union" he said to Mir. Blair: "huE how can I draw my sword on VtrgfnfM my native Slater II Is impossible 70 read the recoiIections of Mfr. yaientinN on another page. and the .nnpsesaions of Professor Mims. who representE tre South of today in it's largest teFnpsFs to read the story of General Lee,1 splendid hTht In what he probably be- iievad from the b4~inring wouiH be c losing war. to read General Hovac9 rnrter's portraval of his noble eortte rude in defeat. and to recall the ira~ mense service he rendered the country hv his fa~-aeeinR accordance Of the rec suit. without uraerstanding the paS- sionnte love of the South eor its greak~ eEt leader. and reioieine that In hig harmonious ard beautiful ehmvacteFs hla stainless life his true chivalrw ie nature the nation has hero to place beside her greatest; Rn American ge9~ tleman o the type Bavard and sid@ nev and curtis-'witheu fear ana WiFHOuN TtIT0hGu.
 The time Is not distant when in es@ cry place where the statues of heroeg are placed for remembranee ana for 'nHniration the figure of Robert p. T4es will stand among his neers: when the cities the North will ret h's efi@w in public places. and tell his story t@ children in the schools. Tho time lN not distant when inc imsge of Line coIn will touch the heart of every mon of Southern birth with saffse of hia human greatness. his human teudef% ness. his human wisdom and ncnn- ments 10 his noble memory will rise on Southern soil: for he was the trnNSt friend the South had in It's darka z days. Tn such interchangss Of sacrA@
 fee. nobility and greatness the trawe~ dies of conflicting convictions ara finally reconclled and tho world is moved forward into the. light Of a happier day.