Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-05

| In the case of Arnold there was III
| treatment injustice and persecution
| that drove him into a frenzy and
aroused every base passion in the man.
In the case of Lee there was moth
| ing to warrant even resentment. Hon.
| org had been showered on him. the
Congress had given small fortune to
him to safeguard him against flnan-
cial loss through his connection with
the Continental service. and, at the
very moment when he was betraying
the government, Washington was
working for him as he worked for no
other man in all the war
A RASCAL UNIQUE.
Apparently Lee had little gratitude
and no conscience. But he did have a
braZen Impudence beyond all under
standing. Among historical rascals he
stands unique, for, after his treason.
he returned to the service he had De-
trayed, had command of an army. and
then, 1t would seem, deliberately
planned to have that army slaugh-
tered. Before the discovery of those pa
pers in the British war Office the con-
duct OF Lee at the battle of Monmouth
was incomprehensible. II would seem
to be so no longer
Leo was born in 1881, at Durnhall.
Cheshire, England. His family was an
dlu Qullc wealthy
He was we'll educated WAS q rare lin
gulst and was a great traveller. He
had two passonS-one for scoldinG
people and the other for writing let
ters. There probably never has been
a more unhappy OF discontented man.
He could start a riot in meeting
OF Quakers. A master of satire and
witty in the extreme. he delighted in
exercising these qualities. He had a
nninlnn n hir1Qn1f
very poor opinion Of everybody else.
1t angered him that he was not
accepted for what he. In his wisdom.
knew himself to be. Vain and imper-
ious, restless and ambitious. clever in
speech and clever In writing, with a
brain that worked much quicker than
that of the average man, he was with
out tolerance and without elf-control.
Possibly his physical defects affected
his judgment of men and things. He
was extraordinarily thin and
extraordinarily ugly. His nose was
out OF all proportion to the rest of his
face, being so big that people who
saw him for the first time looked at it
with astonlshment Wherever he
went he was sure to command atten-
ton. People forgot his uglincss when
he began to talk He talked a great
deal aud always talked well. His
memory was slnguarly' retentive. He
would have made a fine lawyer. He
was studiouSly quick to see point, apt
in illustration and logical in argument.
Alexander Hamilton. who was no poor
judge of men. said Lee had a precon-
oeived notion that he was a very great
man and that this operated In his
favor Hamilton considered Lee su-
perhcially clever but in reality shall
low.
WITH BRADDOCE
The first military experience OF Lee
was in Braddocks expedition against
Fort Duquesne. In this Inflated cam
paign he served as lieutenant. Next
he was sent to serve under Sir William
johnson In the Mohawk country Tine
Indians gave him name which fitted
him admirably. 1t meant Boiling
Water or The Spirit That Never
Sleeps" He liked the Indians. Their
life appealed to him, He was nomad
by nature and he craVe1 adventure.
In 1756 he bought a commission as cap
tain and he was in the force organized
for the conquest of LouISbourG. He
got into trouble through lampooning
the commander. Lord Loundon Even
thus early he was severe In his STRIFE
lures of persons i'm authority. After
the Louisbourg fasco he took part in
tho assault on Ticondcroga and dis
tingulshed himself by his bravery. He
was shot through the body and had
two ribs shattered. When he recovered
he led an expedition against the
French fort at Niagara and took an
active part In Lord Amherst's cam
paiSn that completed the conquest OF
Canada. Soon after the fall OF Mon
treal he returned to England and was
promoted to be major OF the One Hun
dTed and Third foot In 1852 he was
made lieutenant colonel and WAS sent
to Portugal with Burgoyne to assist
in repelling the Spanish invasion Of
that kingdom. There he Won renown
by brilliant night attack on the
Spanish camp at villa Velha He blew
up the Spanish magazine. spiked lot
OF guns and captured many prisoners
When he returned to England he ex-
pected promotion, but did not get 1t
despite the fact that his family had
great influence at court Probably Lee
had offended some one in authority by
his tongue. He always did talk too
much. Instead of promotion he was
put on half pay. This ranllled.
Unable to overcome the subtle oppo-
sltion of the war minister. he offered
his services 10 PonlatcwSii. king OF
Poland, There was prospect OF Poland
furnishing excitement. for that king
dom was sorcly oppressed. Lee was an
aid dc camp on the king 5 staff. but
when the war he expected did not de-
velop he went to Turkey. He WAS I'm
constantinople when an earthquake
shook up the old city and in the con-
vulslon he had n narrow escape from
death Back to London he went and
once more he sought promotion and
active service Again he was disap
pointed. In disgust he returned to Po-
land and Poni1towsH made him n
major general. He served in one cam
paign in Russia against tho Turks and