Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-02
DEATH OF MCCLELLAN
LETTER TO WIDOW FROM GEORGE
TIcKNoR CURTIS


A letter concbes IN ,oncb,n~ iananage
.sau. - nsrn.ms
1uuresseo 70 Afs. George p. McSieiaah oS
George Tisknor Curtis at the time Of Gen
for the FIRST time. II n "A follower
..,Ev nea. Ertara. 600. rss,s. ,be
'A.v.
Impulse 10 write 10 you. Wnen you can
read this. the last sad rites will have been
performed. Obi what n consolation II il
fhat he vvhoro vcr ,novrn no. I,vea the
MIR. era noh,. Ne. ,,,,,.h - ,h. p-ov,-
pure Ano hoDie me "nicn IN inc TOW
dence OF God Is now ended here. and which
has 80 fitted him for the life hereafter He
has pone where human nraise or blame il
noueht Rut n IN IN M who SURVIVE a
sweet reelection that no shadow OF shade
worthy fransaction NO art or word for
which those who loved him need blush,
rises up to alloy our grief. and to add to
pans ! nave known, IN the COURSE ..
! nave known very rev OF wnom II cou ...
so sruIy pc sa9, as II can 90 sa.o oL yoea
=, naS ~ .nst ne was as neeIiy ps'.ee'
This :. na snr, .It ratsa "a iTia astterv
iHis 10 NO FORMAL praise OF ioie HatIery. :
saouio nut oaIs 10 ihv1oe tne samctua'y "a
your soul win compliment inree anu
.~eny yeaIs OF q eooG oeat OF .nlln s.
~ III. NUN ooser vauon =! ms cns.ac.eI' .hst
gwen me right to judge OF MN. ! tn,nK
ohuet sloou nis ieennss; MS pLnsix,;,os,
lis iAiosisos. ns naoluaa au unI ss
sen sense Q. GUY. ms EnariV toWafus osnsss'
ms ms unsT eIV wing huenJ " eveIy opIs"s va,,
ms teuuerhess ana MS nanltnesS nou
hmem Inen DeI.esIDes.er snan any . u.e'
x uln peiuS eouiu hnow thoLn, anu eu ~,
. o Leel ehe most perISct connoence .n ss,
.nese words OF mine WIN not seem 70 you
s at.aeai' ~ enSeaxor 70 soulnS ~
ssl!ehS ven neaIt VIII the aansu ase VI ooI
mon pace 1 aamaratIon wouIa De = mDih
my snare 70 10 yours as almost noenLns.
IL. 70 you anu eVery uieno VINO may
HinsIe ms TEARS Win yours, tnere must 70
thnunSt. presence ns me- 100, s must ioSe ~ his
memory 70 ms weH.Daiahcso nature. al
oxer,Wrousnt estimate Oh the man "o'o
SIMPLY sacriese.
Public Character and Career.
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Ills pubIic character and career VIII
vindicate themselves as time goes on.
Stunned as was by the news of hts
na OF rushing nnon me Twrote tn one NJ mr.
friends1.Pnor dear Mr. Mcclellan enne.
gone u,,tho,rt even q recoenitIon or fine
.Inres. S Old tto thonaht. ,or even now
there are evervwhere sirns that the world
will hasten to repair any injustice it may
na MAJ, s Ion me- UNI ,ae oi his
ELECTROMAGNETIC and --1neers In This that
Of ali the men who SERVED the renIhlic in
ira EXTREMITY and were exalted nv the
populace as heroes, he alone has gone out
n
incident in his whole career and character.
TO detract from the ESTIMATION in which
history will finally hold him. That suc-.
cess which the multitude deem the only
proof of ereatness. which was not always
His and Which Gould NOT have added tn or
taken from him one single iota of his true
renown will he seen ere long tn he no
measure Of his intellectual or moral
stature The neon1e of this country have
tn learn and thew will 1earnMthev are
even now lea rnfnrEwhat thew lost when he
was taken from the nnbiic service And
all this will come ont clear az MONDAY
ann without anv efrort Of ours tn degrade
fhnse who denrived the Country os his
sarvsoos and tanl WOW, hin, Iamrsis which
should have heen his The resnit will he
thot .,nrt .. was he. ,,,;i;t.rv cerear he
mada r. noss,h,e FOR the Union canae to
trinmnh N the end. for had he not made
tha Arrv ~ the potarac what r. was
had ~ ~. " axa,nr,a 49,, ntat r. NOS hoJ
net oi1 bis no1ttiraI conl,uct frnr, fret n
H. -. 1..ii as h;s ,,,u;tarv Sanas have
hno ,a. 10 s 10. II,;o,s a.,,iS
ut h.va haen 20 rcd ana The Gonst;tnt;on
must have been lost in whatsoever hands
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