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logue of those who have imbued
their hands in their country's blood.
/ hand him over to the avenging pen
of history"
AS man and soldier "the avenging
pen of history" has already written
this of Lee. In nobility of oharac-
ter, in moral grandeur, attested by
his humanity, he lived "the model
for all future times" In the annals
of war his place is with the greatest.
What Of this charge Of treason
and what kind of traitor was LeeP
A distinguished soldier and citizen
of Massachusetts, Charles Francis
Adams, reared in the New England
school of politics, himself throughout
the war in the army which con-
fronted Lee, son of that Charles
Francis Adams who as United States
minister TO England during the civil
war probably did as much as any
other one man to defeat the cause
of the Confederacy, grandson of
John Quincy Adams and great
grandson of that elder Adams who
succeeded Washington as President
of the United States, man who so
different from Lee in his iDterpreta-
tion of the duty an American citizen
owes as between his State and the
central government that he declared
he would 60 against Massachusetts
for the Union, has written this for
history:
eff Robert r. Lee was traitor
80 also and indisputably was George
Washington. Washington furnishes
a precedent at every point. A Vir-
giniap, like Lee, he was also British
subject he had fought under the
British flag, as Lee had fought under
that of the United States; when, in
1776, Virginia seeded from the
British Empire he went with his
State, just as Lee went eighty-five
years later; subsequently Wash
ington commanded armies in the
field designated by those opposed to
them as rebels and whose descend
ants now glorify them as 'the rebels
of 'T6,' much as Lee later COM
manded and at last surrendered
much larger armies, also designated
rebels by those they confronted.
Except in their outcome the cases
were, therefore precisely alike; and
logic is logic. 1t consequently ap-
pears to follow that if Lee was
traitor Washington was ALSO"
He further says:
"In him there are exemplified those
lofty elements of personal character
which, typifying Virginia at her
highest, made Washington possible.
Essentially soldier, Robert E. Lee
was many-sided man. I might
speak of him as a strategist, but of
this aspect of the man enough has
perhaps been said. l might refer to
the respect, the confidence and love
with which he inspired those under
his command. 1 might dilate on his
restraint in victory; his patient en-
durance in the face of adverse for
tune; the serene dignity with which
he in theEend triumphed over defeat.
But, passing over all these well-worn
themes, shall confine myself to that
one attribute of his which, recognized
in soldier by an opponent, l cannot
but regard as his surest and loftiest
title to enduring fame. I refer to
his humanity in arms and his scrupu-
lous regardAfor the most advanced
rules of modern warfare"
Denying the contention that war
must be made hell, holding up to
execration the authors of the blood
lest deeds in history, this generous
foe and great American said:
81 rejoice, that no such hatred at
taches to the name of Lee. Reck-
less of life to attain the legitimate
ends of war, he sought to mitigate