The sun., 1910-05-28
LEEs PANkeYREc ON sRAIrT.
4 ConfcdsFais VslsFaA Deals WIN asAAioF
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terday what senator Borah terms a reply
10 -hn article In TnH sUN from . Mr. Nc
Cabe 90 q quotation which l8enatOr Borahl
made frOm q supposed statement made BY
General Lee concerning Osneral Grant
He'd Senator Borah made Inquiry Of any
Of Virginiaa Senators and representative
a. 20 my responsibility and position. he
would no doubt have learned from them
that among the Oflces OF dlgnity far be-
yOnd my amall desert conferred upon me
by my fellow virHinlans !. that Of presi-
dent Of tho Virginia Historical Society.
an orEaniEation that from the days
Of John Marshall. IT, hFat president. has
always reckoned among its chief functions
the Investigation of historical questions
which necessarily involves q certain amount
Of practice In weighing evidence. How
ever. let that pass and let ne admit, WIN
such show Of chserfulness a. can master,
that a. sweet WIN hath u. the poor Jade
Il WruhR L the Wthers out of all cess by
the senator's sarcastic ntnE
senator Borah after aix days eogiiatl0n
nov triumphantly submits his authority,
and ! thihk that my old comrades. NoFth
and south. Will Join In my Homeric laughter
when they learn that this authority is
General james Grant Wilson I'm no way 20
bs oOnfOundod with General James Harrison
Wilson. a rallant division General of the
cavalry Of the Army Of the Potomacl. The
Senator quotes from General J. q. wilson's
Life Of GRANT page sa0 the following
opinion Of Grant attributed 10 Lee and
spoken TO person unidentified In the pres
ence Ol one Of Lees star ofioers:
We al thought Rlchmond. protested - Il was
by our splendid iortincAtioas ami defended BY
our army Of veterans could not he taken. Vet
Graht turned hss face 10 oar eapital and be never
turned II away until we had surrendered Now
have carefully searcbed ne military records Of
both ancient and modern history and have never
found GRATIS superior e. q General doubt
n bis superior can be found n al history.
lnsenalbly you recall the words of the
lovabls old Don 70 hh squire 4 knoS lhes.
sanohO. and therefore ! put bu, little trust
In thy words
Itunl bs observed thai the chain Of con-
vincinR evidence = this: General lee y
represented AZ having made the remark 10
q star Ohicer name unknown. who repeats |
Il 70 friend name also unknown, Who y |
alleged 10 have repeated n TO General J. q. |
wilson. Who y tho historical authority for /
what the senator now qualities as a sup
posed statement Vet In the inspired
pages Of Who's who see II set dOan that
senator BOFah y q iawyeri
AsreRards the accuracy Of General q VIII
sou himself. in his -Thacheray in the ! niied
States Vol I page as he tells Ne that
-Thackeray, Fitk-Grsene Halleck. also Lord
HoughtOb. all preferred Mr. ThOmpsoh's
John version 10 any other Of the many
tranalAiions OF Gustav Nadaud's 'CaTcaa-
sonna - Thomuaon was an Old and Intimate
friend Of mine aud u 10 possess the original
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10 confirm what General J. q wilson as
seFts the hon0rabie SENATOR closes MA
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