The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-02-14


L.auS. Bu2ser: He (G7n ;uetl.a;
saY 'l;the wants ylu= troops TO ea:
oUtVirgtcis. cleac aod clean, ss f2r a!
shay 60, 50 that s.ows ding over il
for oha bslaHos OF tae aeason W Il have
to carry ehs!r srovender with thsu.
C1 Lse IS 5 seeersl, Prasidea
Rocsev..t, in his life of Thomas II
Benton, says:
The world has Es-sr seen hasss
II sh!s .eo!or LIS viois-ed b:tn 0
the msx:ms o. NarclAcu-rsyer to al
vide an army into swo c2iunrs ucs5l
80 cHmmCn!cs:a, Q, attempt 8 juno
:!o2 IN Giss presence OF q concsns1a 81
enemy; b1o Les knew bis mso. &
violated the lass section Of this ms1
III bscsuse he kneu Pooe, and &c
irst because he knew Jzckson. l. /
rare indeed that eu*h trategF sue
c>eds. Ras6rubsl oiv!dad from Han
niasl bG nany miles am a Consu;a
army, fell bsck to the Msesrus, an
Rome vas ssv.d. T.o thousand year
isrer pruce Frederick Charles, d:vj
5ed bg few marches snd two Aus
-rian amy corps from the Crow
P!inos, licgsrsd 50 long upon the lse
Shau tne supremacy Of Prussia trem
bed Ia the balance. Bub the chsrac
ter CT che Virginiar soldier was CT
!ossier type. II Las bsen remarks
shat after Jackson's deaeh Lee reVs
again attempted these great tu-ni7!
covenants which had achieved b!
most Brilliant victories. Never agai:
3id he divide bis army to Eeanite 4
OF hhs fslA Of battle. Tbs reaS2n !!
nos far. to seek. Thsre was no genara
in the Coaf:d=rate army to whom b
dared coof1e che chsrgs Of tae de
5sched w1og, and IL possessing on:
such genessl he hso been mors form
nate than Napoleon.
It is noteworthy that Moltke ccca
ct Konisgrafz. csrrisd ous che opera
tion rsfereS to: Wellington, swic5 a:
Vicsoria and Toulouse: Napoleon, al
.hoash he sevsral times asseupssd il
ney5r, except at U.n, with ccn p:eae
success.
In his History OF tbs America
War" Lieut.. Col. Fieacaer Ct Eng
land says;
The srmIss o: Gcaas ans Lee wars
still in the vicinity Of Spossylvlni.
curt house. Tee formsr not@ith
standing his vastly prsaoEdsrat!ne
strength, vas Awaiting resnto:ca
nencs. TIE latter. with only ssn1sl
snd over1orke5 army TO rely OF, Sc:
ex2scsins TIE arrival OF troops 1rom
the Shenandoah.
II must evsr remain q marvel hon
this scall force, ill.sup2iied, over,
wsrke6 aid Earasssd oy cantinu@.
iiehang and narcai7g by Eight sn5
by Day, could nod It's ground sgssiss.
5he almost iununerab,e host IL
Grants com nsnd. Tn&s it 6id 50.
iuf:csing losses fac beaver than il
sustained AID creating a bsstsf IL &c:
niad OF rtse enemy Of u0s as-s f.!
larger than Is concainsG, fas bssa Il
rsady shown.
Two CT the three arnies or Sfse:
Msads an6 Butler had beaE fec@sa &
seek shelter behind f,Iti6Sd liE;s. she
lnird had been srcuzet 60 3 cslt s:
await resnfo:c: meots and the sr@egjss
which supplied life &c the ea2'ss,
Of the CSntedeEsoy ha5 besn wsss:s-
ed"
OF rhe movement &C the North
ma river in the Wilderness cam
sign, be says; here Lee ey rex
Exercise Of ccrsuImsts ssneralsaip
foi:ed bis ocponens." Aad OF tins fca
snd CT CRAFTS endsavor 60 crush Ls:
In this campaign he says: "Ajsel
many battles aad losses or which fe4,
wx7s can stord q parallel aud whtct
surpassed in number tie whoit
strength Of the snsny's fscoa. Gap
Grant had brought bis army to p2
sision which MtC:@i:aa mad raaccs
WITH far greater easa and far less ex
psnciture OF life 5wD years prsvtcus
ly."
From the history OF the Uaise6
Ssatss by the distinguished wIitsr,
Nj. James Ford Rhodes OF Boston,
quote this concerning Lse.
The Coufsderstes had an advan'
tage in thae Robere E. Lee esocussd
their czu=s; 70 some exsent sppfeeia
ted ac the tins this is reality was au
advantage bey ord computation. Had
be followed the example OF Sc3te acc
Thomas sid remained IN service un-
der the old fag IN active oonmsnd et
the army Of the Potomac, bow G:ff:r
emily might nob events have rnsdeu
ou5.
Lee now 54 years old, his face ex
hibiting the rui6y glow of hse!5n
was physically and morally g splendid
example CT manhood. Abs 10 traea
cis lineage fs. bzek tEte TIE nothe.
country, the bssa blood Of Vrgin:a
lowed in his va!rs. DrswiEg f1cm g
knightly race al shsn virtues, he nae
inaerieed none Ct thstr Yiess. HcnsS:
sincere, simple, naanaaiHous, for.
bearing, refined, ecurseoCs yet digit.
fed ana proud nevsr lsaking ssif
command, be was Ia all respects a
51ue man. Graduating fros Wee:
Poiat his lite had besa e1elosival;
that Of q soldisr, yet hs had sona o!
che soldiers bsd habits. Es used
neithar liquor ccr tes1ese ara iaoul
ged rarely in soslsl glass Of wife.
and cared nochtas fer tie elsasurss 81
tie table. Ha was q goes en&tnsa.
AID under Geo. Sset9 ESD ven dis.
eirceion In MsGso. Tao wo.k sl&s:
as6 fallen to his Let hs hzd performed
IN g systematic nasaer sad a~tsh e.::s.
soientious osre. Drsy Is tbs suois-
neSs word in cur lsagusas,' he -ro-a
TO his son. Sincerely ssligiols, Pow
deGce TO him vss veraisy, s46 2sy
be Gruiy sid tis wslkss with G.6.
3 s.sri1T:s Eza, he azx:eus!v
watched from his Gsa@ioa in: Taxes
Ghe p.oSfesS OF events sirca LiSaoI1';