The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-01-20
MEMORY OF ROBERT E. LEE
lie EONORED IN NEWMERRI
Continued from page two).

ers and the poets Of other days, is set
before us in the life Of Lee, in growing
radiance and lustre.' Theodore Roose-
Welt saws, "a civilization that has pro-
ducad a Lee need never despair. No
power could buy this man, or tempt
him from his integrity,'' Lee said, MY
name is everything that is lett me, and
that is not for SALE"
He is the flower of the chivalry OF
the sixties, a cllivalry that esteems a
stainless honor as a priceless gem,
chivalry that has come down to South
ern youth to teach that life itself is
worthless where honor is at stake, that
the most exalted privilege Of "a man IS
the defence of woman, and OF family,
and of native land.
Lees magnificent personality made
for morals as well as marual force.
Never such an army. Those half starV-
ed and bare foot men who wore the
grew loved their chief with a passion
that never waned. After Gettysburg
the army was retreating through
PENNSYLVANIA, and exhausted by the
burdens which he bore, Gen. Lee lay
down beside the road to sleep. There
he was discovered sleeping in the cool
and grateful shade. But the army
that passed tiptoed light stepped, and
passed the word on back the line to
not disturb their tired chief. Where
is such solicitude in history@rough
men tanned by love to whispers whilst
their great commander sleeps.
On the battlefield at Gettysburg a
sorely wounded Union soldier lay
bleeding. AS Lee rode past him the
scornful foeman, wounded though he
was, tauntingly called after Gen. Lee
and said: "Hurrah for the Union. ."
The man survived to tell the incident.
He says Lee dismounted, tenderly ap-
preached the soldier who had taunted
him, and with a sad expression, said:
ssMy son, hope you will soon be well. y
The man said. eff live a thousand
years will not forget the expression
ON his face There he was defeated,
retiring from a field that had cost him
and cost his cause the last remaining
hope, and yet he stopped to say these
words to a. foeman who had taurlted
him. When he left I cried myself to
sleep upon the bloody ground"
Surely this man was
"Sidney as he fought,
And as he fell, and aus he lived and
loved,
sublimely mild, a spirit without a
spot
Only he did mot fall until after he
had served the South as citizen and
educator, on October II, 1870. To the
end no malediction escaped his lips
no rancorous and spiteful word left
his tongue. He lived, he fought, he
loved, he led, HE suffered, he died-a
gentleman.
The South cam newer forget this
man! Never, as long as there is a
spark of admiration left with which
to hail a gallant soul! Never as long
as impartial history records the dar-
ing of the true and the virtues of the
brave! Never, as long as you and the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
have one green leaf or summers rose
with which to deck the graves of the
martyrs of a lost but noble cause!
can not refrain from quoting in
| conclusion the eulogy of the late Ben
Hill upon the death of Lee. "He was
a foe without hate, friend without
treachery, a soldier without cruelty, a
victor without oppression, a victim
without murmuring. He was a public
Foficer without vice, a private citizen
without wrong, neighbor without re-
proach. a Christian without hypocrisy
a man without guile! He was Caesar
without his ambition, Frederick with
out his tyranny, Napoleon without his
selfishness, Washington without his
reward. He was as o5edient to all
thority as a servant, as royal in au-
thority as a king. He wss gentle AS a
woman in his life, as pure as a virgin
in his thought. He was as submissive
to law as Socrates, and as grand IN
battle as Achilles
+ Priceless is the heritage Of Lee for
the Southern youth Of every age! Let
! the South rise un in worthy emulation