The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-15
Address by Captain John Lamb Before
II. y. Lee Cnmp, DeceInhcr IL. InIa.

piece OF embroidery that was then oc-
cupying her time.
How far these two opinions find
lodgintnt in the minds OF our citizens
We cannot we'll decide.
The members Of ,ihs camp certainly
deserve all praise for their noble eff
ioitS in preserving the true history Of
me unfortunate but heroic conflict OF
MY years ago The collection Of these
portraits or the distinguished actors
IN mat struggle is "a labor Of Low. tina.
VIII be appreciated more and more as
the years come ana 20.
gu may b: certain that 100 years
from now men viii be studying these
characters and the campaigns in which
they Inquired. They viii know more
Of the details OF the battles in which
,htSe old soldiers were engaged than
We kno" now. II some or the member s
OF TINS camp "!il Interest themselves
IN haYinG tn" battledclds around Rich
inond properly marked they Will be
rendering good service to their state
ana city. so much by way OF suSgcs-
ton ana for the good OF the camp"
For short time permit me to in
services OF the Confederate soldier in
war ana peace
-. The war was brought TO our doors
We had TO fight or yield ourselves and
i"rinit me To remind YOU that as q
honorable death in an Individual Is
preferable 70 an ignoble life SO in ma
IONS We find that war is the founda-
tion or many OF the high virtues and
faculties OF men; while nations tina.
practice 800 long the arts OF peace be-
come enfeebled and oftentines cor
rupt Peace and the virtues OF civil
lie do not always flourish together
We, TOO. often find peace and selfish
ness: peace and corruption: pence and
death. 1t can be clearly shown that
the heroic periods in the worlds his
tory have been the fruits OF war We
cient times: To France, England and
America in modern. What were the
comp"nsations to US of our own War
Between the States?
II helped to educate q BODY Of Citi
zen soIdieFy, VINO Were to teach man
Kind a needed lesson. that human en-
dnrance could equal human misfortune
and rushed into the army from ali
ranks OF society They were citizen
so!dlers; homogeneous, united, patriotic
70 !, degrse. The army contained every
class or believers. from the bishop 10
me neophite-students of divinity
Sunday school teachers. deacons, yes
tryinen', class leaders. exhorters, men
IN the land. This constituted q tre-
,nendous moral force. supplying men
brave enough To face the dangers ma =
ture shrinks from, and humane enough
20 treat with courtesy and kindness
any foe temporarily in their power.
10 the citizens of the old World our
tterest and wonder. The transforma-
ton Of citizens into soldiers SURPRISED
II II did not alarm them. Th, skill
uisp!aEed In the preparation OF war
material, the revolutionizing of naval
warfare In Hampton Roads the steady
"alor OF many battlenelds, convinced
mem, mat the American soldier OF
twelve months was not Inferior to mo
European soldier OF twelve years. The
atrocities OF one side shocked them
Immensely. while the patient endurance
cation by people whom they han
been taught 70 look upon ns tvranicoi
ana eNcminate, by reason OF thci
peculiar institutions. filled them with
thc greatest admiration.
Leading public journal of the world
mus describes the impression made on
me European men touching the atti
'uu. OF the Southern people
The people OF the Confeder,,. Stot.s
haVe made themselves famous If IN.
ienown OF brilliant courage. stern de,
,n 20 cause, and military achieve
merits, almost without parallel can
COMPENSATE men for toll and privations
thch the countrymcn OF Lee and Jack
son may be consoled amid their suffer-
ihSS. Again we read:
The details of that extraordinarv
national effort which has led TO Tho
repuision and almost TO the destruction
OF an invading force OF more than haIt
"A million men will then become known
10 the world" Z"
such were a few of the compliments
Whlch the Confederate soldier wrung
from the press Of Europe. They could
De multiplied II the scope OF this paper
permitted. Only soldiers brave in hp
tie ana generous in victory could have
provoked such praise from people who
regarded them from the first with sus-
pieion and prejudice.
The conduct OF the war and the bray-
cry and chivairy OF the Southern SOL
der soon impressed the thoughtful men
OF the North as well as those OF the
old World.
Rev Or. Beilons, OF New York, at
midst OF the war, said in part:
How far race and climate. indie
pendent or scrVile institutions, may
ntve produced the Southern chivalrc
spirit and manner ] Will not here con-
slider, but one may as we'll deny the
small feet and hands of that people
as deny certain inherited habit Of
OK honor or class: IL talent for political
life, and an easy control of interiors"
After declaring that this Southern
hcroism. but real, and had made Itself
felt in Congress. in the social life at
Washington. and in England ana
Fra a1,,e, this gifted divine said:
in the orders and proclamations OF the
generals; in tho messages of the rebel
Congress. and the essential good breed
gently encouraged public impression,
with which il not seldom divides its
medical stores: and gives our sick and
wounded as favorable care as il 10
Mt this moment in the possession OF
ambulance corps" Further on Dr. Bel
Ions makes this significant obser-
vation
Tho war must have increased the
respect felt by the North for the South
Its miraculous resources. the bravery
OF Its troops, their patience under hard
ship. and their unshrinking frmness In
the desperate position they have as
sumed; the wonderful success with
which they have cxtemporized manu-
factories and munitions OF war and
kept themselves in relation with the
world. In spite OF our magnificent
blockade. The elasticity with which
they have risen from defeat and the
courage they have shown in threaten
Ing again and again our capital, and
soon our interior. cannot fall to stir
an unwilling admiration and respect"
The home influences and academic
training OF the boys Of the South. dur
ing these two wonderful decades Of
our history. 1s40-1s60, Will furnish n
key to the story of the Confederate
soldiers wonderful achievements in
war rs we'll as his unexampled success
when defeat challenged him to a great-
CIR degree OF courage. patience and en-
durRnce.
M e., IL. 4,