The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-22

spise and abhor as a contemplate
snake In the grass. an untrue man or
an untrue woman. o, one whose
word is as weak as a rope Of sand
and whose honor is as unenduring as
| a cloud of smoke or of vapor.
You may. differ from me in poll
tics, in business. you may differ from
me In religion, II / know that your
ideals are wrong. ! will work hard
TO convince you Of your errors.
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glimpse of Jesus Christ, but all ,GsA
time I will admire you and RESPECT
you II you are living up to your
highest ideal OF what you believe to
be true But II know what you be-
lfeve to be true is erroneous / will
work hard to lead you into the light
but all the time will admire you and
respect you IL you are living up to
your highest ideal Of what you be-
| lieve to be true. But n know what
you believe to be true In erroneous
win work hard to lead you into the
light but all the time am doing it
Il say ] will admire you although I
may differ from you. IL you are living
up to your highest IDEAL.
AT the beginning of the Cfvfl war,
General Robert f. Lee said 10 Gem
eral Winfield Scott:
Il am a Union man 1T hea1t. and
the thoughts OF the possibility Of the
dissolution Of this Union MI me with
chagrfn, horror and dread; bot my
native state, Virginia. has seeded
and I consider It my duty to cast my
lot a. a faithful son with my mother
state. and I must bid. you. General
Scott, and the Union. fAreweil,"
And Robert r. Lee followed that
cause which at last became a lost
cause He saw the phaneoms Of his
dreams dissolve and disappear in tho
red. white and blue Of the old nag
He saw those principles for which he
fought. for which he suffered the
loss Of an things. broken. dismantled.
overthrown and irretrievably ruined,
lying At his feet Hs property in
Arlington was conhsicated BY the
government and he . prematurely
old man. was broken IN heath, brok-
en- in spirit
In that hour Of losa ana trafl, that
Internal, damBabla, contemp tfble.
octopus Of he'll that used to disgrace
our shores. the Louisiana state lot
terry. offered him tho presidency Of
the institution. Old Beaure&ard.
who hred on Fort Sumter. had been
president They offered Robert E
Lee the presidency Of II. he said.
L
that business
They said. we understand the
business. all we want In your name
and the infius nee II win command
We WIN give you q salary Of 5000
q year and We with run she business
An We want b your name. That Is
an
ouudzr Buy Lne.
And Robert r. Lee arose. he put
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his shrfveied breast, looked out from
beneath gray shaggy eyebrows and
said.
GenfSemen. my good name and
my reputation Az a Christian xre all
that are left to me. out of the wreck,
but you cant buy Robert r. Lee"
For Il 1000 year he Taught the
young men Of the South higher prin-
ciplea. mathematics. and natural
science. and as my friend, Walker NJ
Ellis says speaking Of him refusing
tho honorE and emo1umcnts that he
might stoop to serve.
HE accepted the presidency Of the
then impcverish~d Washington col
lege, which today has the honor OF
bearing the name Of Washin gton and
Lee and he gave the slogan Of a
new era to the South. He said T
have Jed the young men Of the South
in BATHS. I have seen thousands Of
Them die on the battlefieIds and
shan devote the remainder OF my
years 10 teaching them the duty OF
iffM.'s
Hc passed the brief evening Of his
life striving by example and by pre-
eent TO train the Young nsn nj the
isourhixn6 ~ Chrwtixa1s. He ssxs as
gentle ~ . mother In his dealings,
he was ~ steadfAst 10 duty n a ves-
tai. he WINS ~ obedlent TO law a.
Socrates. he was ~ grand IN hattie a.
Hector and he Possessed the Virtues
Of many OF the great commanders
without their vices. He was a zen
eral without arrogance. = soldier
without cruelty, he WIS 4 victor with
out Oppression. - was q friend with
out treachery, he was a foe without
hate. . Christian, without hypocrisy,
= man without gu'fle. he was . Caesar
without his ambitions, he was q Fred
erick without his tyranny. he was
Napoleon without hiu egot1sm. he was
a Washington without his reward. a
wonderful man!
Admire True Alan.
So you admire true man. true
woman. although you may differ
from them. Sir. all men win not sell
out o. but / am aahamed and hum
liated to say that with some men
II b merely . matter Of price.
Some men you can buy them to vote
on election day for Q few beers;
some men win seT thsir franchise
and their honor. There are men you
can buy: there ars men that are sub
sized through fear: there are men
that are afraid 70 open their shops
to let speakers In because the whiskey
gang have given them noe1oe not to
do t. despise 4 dirty dog Nike
thAti That u my answer to you.
you dirty. hull-necked impa. the whis-
key bunch. you wait till / set At you!
You know what u coming!
I am ashamed to say there are men
whose honor hangs Ike meat In n
butcher shop and you can buy II for
90 much . pound. 30 much q head,
my friend, but thank God, they arg
In the minority. Oh! most men are
honest. there are millions and mill
lions and millions OF men and wo-
men that will not sell out 70 the devil
and win not be suhsidixed from doing
the thing that II right for fear Of
sneering criticism. No. SIR.
O, to discover q fault IN yourself
gives you an opportunity to add n
new line Of beauty and attraction to
your character. to and ont Whoro you