Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-28

fellows ut t." =1criit," Of their own
personal interc@t=. There Il u pressing
need of m"u who VIII :" int" politics
not for honor aud tn" s1tisf9ction of
ambition but rather for tho good they
col 4" tE.jr follows aiid their nation.
1T is 2 common occurrence to hc:r
men of character and Integrity remark
thar politics arc 50 corrupt that they
will have nothing to do with them.
They even carry out this sentiment by
staying away from the polls.
But this is Il great mistake Let rs
not Shir< the civic rights and duties
that have been gained for us at such
tremendous cost. The need Of the
Twentieth century is not q Columbus. a
Locke or Kent; a Pitt or Adams; these
have I'll had their turn and accom-
pliShcd their work. The age requires
not the explorer. not the orator or the
expert in government. but the combina-
ton Of a Rockefeller or a Morgan with
a Roosevelt or Il Folk-the man who
can conduct gigantic commercial en-
tcrprisce. and Ne pOcScsr = keen dis
elimination between philanthropy ana
FIVE per cent"
ITallowcll took Us her subject AN An
probation Of Robert +, Leo Miss
Plummcr said:
when political conflict reached the
height OF strife in arms on April Is,
1861, President summoned Eir-
ginia to take Sides against Her sister
states of the Scuth. on the 18th of
April. 1861 Sh" refused and cast her
lot with the South. To Robert r.. Loo.
colonel in the United States army WAS
thus presented the alternative Of
bearing tn" sword Ii" had assumed as
n son IF Virginia for or against bis ma
tive commonwealth. TN" strongest
pressure WAS brought 80 bear upon him
to induce him to side with til" North
in tho Impending struggle. II, resp
luteIy turned lis back upon wealth,
rank and all, that a mighty nation
might give him and offered his stain
less sword to his mother state.
Men may differ as to the rghtfuI-
ness of the CouIr!i.- on which Con. I4rr
decided, but II" on" vino knew hir ever
doubted that he acted from the high
est conviction that he WAS hut doing
| his duty. As a great master Of d"lcn-
| ity not he ranked inferior to any gen
cr;l known in history. His military
genius derived its most important
proof from the fact, that from the tim"
| Of his appointment to the po"ition cf
| Confcderat" co'umantcr-in-ch" until
! the close Of tn" WET, the command has
never changed.
"rn"r" .r"r" man" bravo ANA tai
entcd u:";, in tho south. tn"n Ill" Long
stree. TIA" two job, 'ui}.,. "s't"r"waH II
jackson, hut there yrd" nul, ~" L"e.
and TO BIN the South had trusted her
hopes ana safety. When the last
chance WIS C"n" ami all hop" va at
an end. Cen. Lee accepted the fate OF
| the South with quiet dignity.
| without a word Of murmIrinr Or
bitterness ne conscCrated himself to
the youth of his country, not to breathe
into them a spirit Of Vindicaliv" hate,
but to lead them to become sincere
| Christians fud noble citizens. II asked
10 name in 4 single word the control
linz nrinrirlc of Lees life. we would
answer. Duty.
| whether as a youth 1T Wet Point.
as q colonel in the army Of tn" Unit
ed States. as commander of the forces
of the South. or as president of the col
Iege at Lexington. duty was the star
which guided him throughout his ca
reer.
| America has wonderful future he
fore her. but in her annals of years to
come, as in those of the past, there
will be found few names that can riv-
n in unsullied lustre that Of the brave
defender Of his native Nirginia-Robclt
Edward Lee"
The subject of the article Of Linwood