The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-02-07

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nine months OF persistent effort, Grant
with ll3 600 men well fed, cad and
armed, broke through the Lines de-.
fsnded by Lees force If $4,000 veter.
ans, h9lf ssarved, ragged and mcs5 OF
them shoeless.
Then cane the end at Appomattox,
when on April 9, 1865. The remnant
OF t&is orce magnificent army, noH
numbering less than 2S 900 CT which
only Is 600 were carrying arms) sur
Iendsd, and the Confedercy was nc
more.
Uoon this worlds stage no more pa.
t5etic scene, 40 more heroic incident
has ever besn witnessed. With what
pride tie generation yet unborn shall
claim decent from those who, true to
tneir sense of duty, which Lac him
Sc said was 1.-THE sublimest word In
the English language" fought under
the banner Of this immortal soldier
and died on those victorious fields, or,
in surviving, stood trus to his colors
at Appomattox.
Ia his farewell address to bis army,
he said: You will take with you the
satisfaction that proceeds from the
consciousness OF duty faithfully per-
formed: and earnestly pray that q
nerciful God will extend to you His
blessing and protection. With an u5s.
ceaslng admiration OF your constance
and devotion to your country and a
grateful remembrance of your kind and
generous consideration Of myself, I bid
you On { e ectionate farewell"
Soon after the surrender be accept
ed the presidency OF Washsagton col
lege at lexington, Va. he had refuS,
ed large proffsrs of money for his ser
vices Or the use Of his name for Vari-
GUS enterprises. Ha declined them al,
saying be felt it his cutY to live with
ais people and to endayor in educating
the youth OF the South to do sll in his
power to aid In the restoration of
peace and harmony and the acceptance
OF the policy Of the State or general
government.
Though var In all ages ard With all
people arouses that waica :is worst IL
hu4an nature, and though bloodiest
and bittsrest is interrec:ne war, IL
seems difficult to beileys even aftsc
the lapse Of so Short a time as ioray
gears that for the part this noble m5a
5cck in obedience to his ccnVio5;oa #
duty AGdrew Jo5nsvn, then p:ssi
dent Ct ahe Ucited States oota.c21
ais Indictment for treason. Against
:his unwsrlantsd and ignoole aca tna
great soldier Grant arose and stayed
tie hand OF malice and persecu ion.
It seems eqaa II incre1iole to conceive
that within tao uorths tf tie death
OF Lee, which taok place on O;sooeT
H., 1870, speaking to q rebo. 5ior
which lad for it's ctj St the return OF
Arlington to the family o.. Lse, Char
lss Sumner said In his place in the
senate: Eloquent senators have
already characterized the proposition
and the traitor it seeks to c3mmem-
crate. I am not disposed to speak ct
G=n. Lee. It is enough to say that
be stands high in the catalogue OF
those who have imbued their hands
In their country's blood I hand bin
over to the aVsngiug pen Of history"
AS man and soldier 'the avenging
pen Of history" has already written
this Of Lee. In nobility OF character, |
in moral grandeur, attessed by his hu
manity, be lived the no5el for al
future times" In the annals Of War
his place is with tho greatest.
The second sec:ion, which we will
publish next week, will show where
the aveng'rg pen OF history" has
placed the immortal leader OF the
Confederate armies, whose name will
shine in the pages OF history long
after the faratic Sumner has been for
pOUtOn,