The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-23

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tasks conveyed no impression except
one If cheerful happiness Resigna-
ton i a virtue To which We all Day
due respect. But the most unlnSer-
estins and uninSpiring man among Us
is he who goes about with IN air as
if to say. Yes, / nave given up all
for country or friend. and l am happy |
to have the grace To bear il without
repining." You haVe seen such pos I
ing martyrs in the maturity Of vlg-l
orous manhood They are living the
picture that Barrie drew OF Sent-
mental Tommie who found a certain
morbid happiness in self-inficted
eted sympathy.
Not Moved b, Ambition.
The Behold Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures attitude of
some really patriotic men is shown as
counterfeit when We reflect upon the
spirit Of Lee from the he had
the craftsmanship and courage 10 lay
down his sword at Appomattox and
devote the balance of his life to teach
ing the young men of the South. He
had no thought that he was coming
into these quiet shades as an exiled
Napoleon. He was never o by
vaulting ambition. He was the sol
| der who loved peace. He never had
ambitious dreams of conquest. Some
times | shudder TO hin what would
have been the fate of the South in its
supreme hour of need of a Great Man
if the leader of the army had not
been big enough and brave enough to
admit that victory was impossible.
Most soldiers in Lees place would
have been tempted TO listen to the
repeated counsels to send the army
into the Businesses of the mountains
and the inaccessible SwampS and keep
,n ON tarrnipah ia warfare rathar
than to save their men and their
country by facing conditions and max
ing the most Of them. There were
not wanting brave soldiers who ia
vored this course. Suppose such a
one had been in command? Who
can imagine the horrors and woes of
the men and women of the South ?
And when Lee sheathed his sword.
he Sheathed it. When he recognized
that there was no hope for victory and
that surrender was the course of wis
dom. with him the war was over.
Opportunities Lost.
How many of our brave soldiers lost
their opportunity for service in peace
by failure to turn their faces to the
future and by not recognizing and
embracing the truth that peace hath
her victories 40 less renowned than
war; In almost every section of the
country, North and South, officers re
turned to their homes with no asset
except to bark back to the war an(
to Lfedebate the issues and question:
that stirred the country before Sum
, ter. You know and | know men o
! parts. who never achieved the plac'
5 to which their abilities entitled then
. because, instead. of following the ex
: ample of Lee. they ave themselve
/, almost wholly up to continual livini
l over the war and debating the con
! tentiOnS that were settled by arbitra
nent Of arms, thereby separatini
themselves and their activities frOT
the reestabiishment of property il
= their sections. Do not miSunderStan
me. 1t was the duty of historians t
5 tell the South's story and to presen
its rights n duties and to teach t
l the youths of the South that thei
d fathers fought for rights guarantee
them by the Constitution. The tenn
= per of the people Of this section be
fore and after the war was we'll ex
pressed by Professor White of you
faculty, who being asked in a north
ern city to tell Of the character c
this people replied: They are tn
e folks who spit no fire before the wa
e and have eaten nc dirt since" Sell
respecting. self-cOntained, true to ira
ditionS. hOnOring memories, maxim
no apologies. and not Wanting then
selves in the market place. This
the character of the people h fe
under the spell OF the influence
e Robert Edward Lee. If | had OF
le wish more than another for tn
q southern people it would be that
81 double portion of the spirit Of Ii
IL should fall upon them and that tho:
[ who LEAD should receive his mant
r and worthily wear it.
II Only a few weeks ago at Arlingtol
the old home of Lee. was unveiled
= superb monument commemorative
y the Confederacy. The Inscription {
III the front side is this:
/ "FictriX causa dis placuit victa CT
lie toni" and the meaning is-The vi
~ toriouS cause pleased the gods IL
lost cause pleased Cato"
The gods were mythical and insel
Is safe. They saw only accomplishment
Cate saw the spirit. He understot
as that mans endeavor was not to
N measured by the rule of any imposte
~ whether of triumph or disaster. h
III by a higher test, the test OF wheth
- the cause commanded service becau
it was just. Fortunate that peop
ef who have the vision of Cato-to 10
ne a Lost Cause because it wen the Su