The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 26, 1907, Page 6, Image 6
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General Robert E. Lee.
Address on the Life and Char
acter of the Immortal Leade
of the Confederacy, Deliver
ed before the Lancaste
Graded School, Jan. 18,1905
by Mayor R. E. Wylie.
Published by Request of the Su
perinteudent.
At Stratford, ou the Potoma
River,in the countv ofWestmore
land, Va, was born Robert Ed
ward Lee 100 years ago, tomoi
row. The Superintendent actei
wisely, as this anniversary come
on a school holiday, in settinj
apart a few hours to day to cele
brate this important event..
Exercises, similar to this, wil
be held in every city, town ani
hamlet of the South, for here th
memory ol General Lee is heli
more sacred than that of an;
o'her man. The most notabl
gathering will be at, Lexingtoi:
Virginia, in the chapel of Wasl
ington and Lee University, wher
the alumni of that Institutio
who were under General Le
during his Presidency will be i
attendance. The speaker will b
Charles Francis Adams of Mai
sachusetts, great grandson c
the second Vice President of th
United States, the grandson c
the sixth Vice President, son t
the Ambassador to England dui
ing the Civil War and himself
brave officer arrayed again*
General Lee during the here
struggle. Who would have pr<
dieted 40 years ago that Massi
chusetts would furnish, and Vii
ginia welcome, the orator o
this occasion, remembering th
vindictive hatred of this Stab
at that time, tor the South. Tim
works great changes. The mori
grandeur of the character of Le<
grows brighter and brighter i
the years go by and his formt
enemies are now hastening to d
it tardy justice. There have bee
many great soldiers and not
few noble charac ers, but rarel
are genius and moral grandei
found combined. The world hi
lurnished but tew soldiers sue
as Washington, Lee and Ston<
wall Jackson, who combine
these two elements. These thr<
men, like high mountain peak
t Aarop u Krtvo tliai n f o I L \ a) o Knnani
ivn aui/ ? c ' livii IUI n o ucv^aut
of their nobility of charact'
and their devotion to duty. /
we reflect, upon their pure, u
selfish lives, we recall the lin<
of Goldsmith:
"Like some tail cliff that lifts Its a'
ful form.
Swells from the vale and midw,
leaves the storm;
Though at its base the warring clou
are spread,
Paternal sunshine settles on its heat
The sense of duty was prese
with General L e in early life.At
ten years of ajte, his lathe
44 Light-Horse Harry" of the re
olution, died, and his mot In
who was an invalid, lound in hi
a loving and devoted son. Whi
in the Mexican war he got lea
of absence, once, to go home ai
carry to a warmer climate, a fait
lul old family slave, with t
hope of restoring him to healt
and he remained with him to t
end.
I shall now speak of certs
crises in General Lee's life ai
of the moral force he brought
bear upon them. But before d
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'ing so, I will remind you that the numbers,
States Right doctrine was drawn of the 0
into his being with Ihe very air manders.
- he breathed. He inherited the in retreal
r belief from his distinguished au- midst of I
cestors that the States, "Were ?bringii
as distiuct as the billows, yet one Some wt
r as the sea," and that each State, ing, inch
\ being a sovereign, with reserved rode up
rights, couid peaceably withdraw against s<
from the Union. And this in- cers. Gt
nroQ aff.Arwn.rds with the
^ IIOI1IUU ? v/a ?t ?- u ? fT ?*-? -
strengthened at the United States fault," tl
Military Academy at West Point, the blami
c where he was taught from ther. (
"Rawles'^View of the Oonstitu- maintain
tion of the United States," that conducte<
^ the Union was dissoluble, and, thePoton
that if it should be dissolved, thus savi
g
allegiance reverted to the States. Anotln
y
The author of this text book, mattox,
used at West Point during Gen- numbers
I eral Lee's four years there, was render hi
j William Rawle, who studied law great hea
in the Middle Temple, London, his arm;
and was practicing his profession don repo]
in Philadelphia in 1787 when the wishing t
^ Constitution of the United States lessly,he
0
was adopted. Doubtless he at- grace to I
tended its sittings. Lee, Davis, rendered
Albert Sidney Johnson, Joseph All w
E. Johnson, Jackson, Stuart, Beautifu
Long^treet and other Confederate around
Generals in refusing to take up memories
arms against their native States confiscate
followed what they had been property
taught at West Point. titute. j
This fact should be remember- offers of I
0
ed for it throws a flood of light of his n
*1"* ~MV.no/inanf nnni^nnf nf hllf, (tlllV
I1UUII HID nuuscu ucnv v?/?iumvv V* ? ^
)I
General Lee. rection.
The first great crisis in his life many of
was at the commencement of the under hii
civil war. He was at Arlington, Attention
on furlough, when the war clouds home, ir
were lowering. What was he to cepted ?1
do? Ambition, self-interest, all ington ct
considerations, save duty, told local re]
him to side with the Union. He in order
believed Secession to be imprac- the youi
' ticable. He knew the South was to the d
^ unprepared for war. The United the colle
States had an organized army seats of I
' and navy and unlimited resour His last
ces. He had been in its army where h
30 years. Gen. Scott, its com- October
mander-in-chief, waslhis intimate Johnson,
friend and begged him to remain. Johnson,
General Scott was old and about ing hour
^ to retire. He was offered the "Gene
command of the United States were co
army. As he paced the veranda and disci
at Arlington, he could see the more be
his country, under which a ]ong
^ he had served so long, waving mind an
from the capitol. What conflict- 80ul to
' ing emotions must have welled through
up in his breast 1 But the path never d
^ of duty, though rough and rugiied ties of a
was plain to him. The verdict ?red int
wTas soon rendered. <vI cannot more gi
raise my hand against my rela- selves at
tives, my children, my home."? (,w of a]
w~ This event in General Lee's life reticenc<
is beaut if ill I v illustrated hv the nnanro
a}. ? j - r"
lower memorial window in St. authorit
ds Paul's church, Richmond, Vh? the cln
! ? where lie worshipped during the marked
f war. It represents Mosos leaving served t:
the palace ot Pharoah for the inroads i
hardships of the wilderness, and ing lethi
' inscribed thereon the following his lacul
Irotn 11 th chapter of Hebrews: jn the i
*r,
j %,By taith, Aloe* when he was the 1 am|
.j come to years, refused to be call- shadows
ed the son Pharoah's (laugh frout H|
ve ter: I ,.. .
n.i ol his to
Choosing rather to suffer alllic
i, , , , /, , . remaine
n- tion with the people ol God than
he to enjoy the pleasures ol sin for e 1
h, a season." grace a
he Another ciis's was at Gettys heeping
burg on the last day of the fight, ebbing
in Pickett had made his immortal sank In
nd charge on the heights of Little with lh<
to Round Top?bot courage could The few
lo- not stand against overwhelming j convinc
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and the blunder of one intellect wer
onfederate corps com- influence of I
r??. n j A !-i 1 . I a. .
[lie UTHim Army was imorru j uut i
t. Gen. Lee was in the ness lasted t
Ihe retreating columns that all the t
ig order out of chaos.? fluences of t
>re wailing and criticis- ruled; and ev
iding Gen. Wilcox who laying its col
to unbosom himself lectual perci
une of bis brother offi nature, with
)n. L?. j cut him short duties and a?
remark, "It is all my ed itself. A
lus taking upon himself celebrated in
a that belonged to ano nificant word
Pickett's Report.) He and a thousai
ed hiB self-poise and e<l to give m?
1 his army back across tain sound, v
aac in a masterly retreat, said, with en
ng it from capture. he must com
;r crisis was at Appo- tences serve I
where overwhelming ingly througl
compelled him to sur agination wa
s army. With that good, erally his ?
>rt uearly bursting, with were coheren
/ fought, as Gen. Gor- part, iudeed,
rted, kito a frazzle"?not broken.
o sacrifice Ilia men, use Leaning trus
bowed with dignity and sustaining A]
the inevitable?and our- stature, meag
his immortal army. dards, seemt
us gone, gave honor.? from this woi
I Arlington, the home realities of tl
which so many fond We can al
i clustered, had been the life of t
?d by the enemy, his man, especia
all gone, his tamily dee- this school, *
\t this crisis, tempting preparations
high salaries for the use alities of lib
ame were offered him, cares and bu
pointed in another di- that the "dui
The youth of Virginia, than life."
whose fathers had fallen in General
s standard, claimed his children nobl
i. Ret using offers of a as these, occi
loney and lauds, he ac- "Occupy you
te presidency of Wash- more helplei
dlege, a school of then Study to be f
mutation, at Lexington, Frankness is
that he might instruct and courage
Qg men of the South as mother or m
uties of life. He made for any lack
>ge one of the foremost Hold on to y
earning in the South.? tue. They
days were spent there, every calami
e died the morning of the means
12, 1870. Wm. Preston useful in tl
Oftn lit A IKart fiidnav Pllilia milul
I OV/U VI ill V/v/? V VIUUV^ su%<w,
, thus describes his clos kind mothe
9 * jour father j
ral Lee's closing hours you must lei
usonant with his noble true, kind
iplined life Never was pr?y earnest
autifully displayed how >ou to ''Li
and severe education of ments, and
id character enables the 'be days
pass with equal ^.ep >'ou W>'1 alw
the sublime ordeal; 'or your avo
id the habits and quali 8ftl bane, wl
life time, solemnly gath- immorality,
o a few last sad hours, to be ruled (
andly maintain them- indulges in ii
nid the gloom and shad- their esteer
pproaching death The venerate, tf
s, the self-contained com- virtue."
the obedience to proper The hero
y, the magnanimity, and commended
'istian meekness, that tion, was th<
all his actions, still pre- port, of Stun
heir sway, in spite ot ine ne . wrote,
of disease and 'lie creep- raan 9 roinc
argy that weighed down W1
J . . , . , willingness 1
ltie>. As the old hero lay Dutv ,hen_
darkened room, or with jn onr j;i,
[) and hearth fire casting in all things
upon his calm, noble j tan. You
1 tlie native grandeur j should neve
rm, and face, and brow ^"C.h a
, , ! raiion to us
'? ,'"1 ,J,ath t0Lf LonaWlo
terrors, and to borrow a ' .
* Lives of gre
nd dignity in sublime i \\rP ,.ftn niake
with the lite that was 1 And departir
away. The great mind * 0"^-Pri*jt9 0
i its last repose, almost
, , , , , Let lie then h
3 equal poise of health, with a heart
' broken utterances that Htitl anhievin
ed at times a wandering j Learn to labo
7.
e spoken under the SUIffl
the remedies admin- in
*
as long as conscom- sTATEt
here was evidence * l
ligh, controlling in- ^our
u i ft . ii D- A. Willi
us whole life still
en when'stupor was Lee J*"01?!
* r son, Jas
d hand on the intel- Marie F<
aptions, the moral &slTn"Mi
its complete oib of Inson, ]
r ... Hood, Idi
lections, still assert Hood, B
southern poet has xot&tUlS
song those last sig You ?r?*
o. ?_.?.? . ? quired to
s, 'Strike the tent !' to is action,
nd voices were rais with 8*rTe<
copy of yoi
waning to the uncer on the subs
rhen the dying man iinV?w!tht
lphasis, "Tell Hill service her
,,, of such ser
e up!" These sen- ewer the c
lo show most touch- will6apply
i what fields the im* demanded i
. Dated Ja
8 passing, but gen'nnlo
llinnoh few
, ' r [Seal] J. I
t; but for the most To the infa
his silence was un- ter? Conn
Robinson
* binson, 1
'f"Hy upon ihe all
rm, the man whose named:
lured by moral slan- apIpl1^a8te0 l{
?d so great, passed ment of a g
, pear and d<
rid of shadows to the bebair. wi
ie hereafter." the 8?rvicl
served upo
1 draw lessons from by his Atl
his great and good
lly the students of l>,?a8 f
to appoint
vho are here making appearand
to face the stern re- beha,f
Dated Ja
j and to assume its
rdeus. Learn early
' J Seal] J. F
ties of hie are more To the non
Hood, S<
_ , . , . Lillie J<
Lee's letters to his Hand, ab
le sentiments, such You wil
fho pomnla
iir again and again : tion, wasil
rself in aiding those on^the^st
as than yourself.? Dated Ja
rank with the world.
the child of honesty >.
Never let your An
e wear one gray hair notice i
of duty on your p?rl.
our purity and vir- pose of reoe:
... . pavers of L?
will sustain you in The Andi
Ity. Never neglect tb? foiiowin
, days named
of making yourself the public,
be world. You and OsoeoU. Tn?
riOHoant \al
; take care of your Belair. Tha
, . *\ Van Wyck.
r and sisters when Dixie Mon<
i, dead. To do that
?rn to be good. Be Taxahaw, W
, , Flat i reek <
and generous, and prccwei
ly to God to enable
aep His Command- Kewhaw.Ti
. , Heath Sprit
to walk in the same Pleaaant Hi
of your lile. I hope
ays be distinguished er. to wake
. I . personal pr
idance Ol the univer- provementa
liskey, and of every tp"?,\yh?0V
Nor need you fear The Poll t
jut of the society that JJ^tthSl
t, for you will acquire
n and respect, as all
.1 j . .. Lancastei
they do not practice,
whose example he M
to hi9 son for imita . IJmv? m
in New lot
3 old Puritan, Daven loans for t
idford "There was," [he^lt^of'
"quietness in that
i ? tiiw quietness ui n Only
ndom and inflexible mletoe
bey present duty.
is i be sublimit word .
uage. Do your duty I lclD
, like the old Puricannot
do more; you
r v? isli to do W rite us
e -hould be an inspi- you "hoy*'
all. In the language "?. you
will last a
' MM
at men all remind us, M&lO
our liven sublime, {
iST, leave behind us 'or CR
11 the sands of time,"
* ? * " i'hev lik
sugar"is w
e up and doing nedy's I.?x
for any fate, ern oongh
.... . any optati
g, still pursuing, Ttir CoIll
r and to wait." nod Drug
V
mons for Relief.
implaint Served.)
>F SOUTH CAKOLINA,
ancaster County,
t of Oommon Pleas,
atns?Plaintiff,
vs.
p, Scott Bailey. Hugh WilKobinson,
Nannie AlcGriff,
jster, Connie Foster, W. J.
i, Lillie Jones, Viola Robimie
Robinson, Rose Robllattie
Robinson, Mosea
a Hood, ?st her Hood, Jacob
inks Hood. < ordelia Hood
a L. Hood ?Defendants.
?ndants above natned:
hereby summoned, and reanswer
the complaint in
, of which a copy is herei
upon you. and to serve a
ir anewer to said complaint
cribers, at their offices in
>f Lancaster, South Caron
twenty days after the
eof; exclusive of the day
vice; and if you fail to an omplaint
within the time
he plaintiff in this aotion
to the court for the relief
in the complaint,
nuary 18th, 1907.
Williams A Williams.
Plaintiff's Attornejs.
\ Gregory, C. C. C H. C.
nt defendants, Marie FosieKoster,
LillieJones,Viola
i MamieKobinson.KoseKolattie
Robinson, Ida Hood,
ood, Jacob Hood, Cordelia
iu xviizn ii. nuuu, suuyb
ike notice, that unless you
he court tor the appoinifuardian
ad litem, to apefend
this action on your "T
thin twenty days from
i of the summons herein
n you, the plaintiff herein,
torneys undersigned, will
catioontoJ. F. Gregory,
! of the Court of Common
.ancasterCounty.said Slate,
such guardian ad litem to
defend said action in your
nuary I8tb. 1907.
Williams A Williams,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
\ Gregory, C. C. C. L. C.
resident defendants,Moses
cott Bailey, Hugh Wilson,
mes, Ida Hood, and Jacob
ove named:
I please take notice, that
int in the above stated ?cled
in the office of the Clerk
rt, for Lancaster County,
h day of January 1907.
nuary 18th 1907.
Williams A Williams,
Plaintiff's Attorneys.
ditor's Notice.
is hereby given that this office
i from the 1st day of Jannary
lay February 19t?7 for the puriving
the returns of the tax*n
caster county,
tor or an Assistant will attend
u places in the oonntv on the
below for the convenience of
wit:
ssdav. Jan. 8th 1907. 1'2 to 3 p m
I'y, Wed, Jan 9. lyu7,
rsday, '5 "
Friday, "11 " to 2 " "
lay, " 14 " " " 12 m
nday, 4pm
Tneaday, 15
ednenday, ' 16 "
r*h. Thnra, " 17 "
ah'a, Fri , " 18 "
nrday, " 19 " to 12 ro
time. Mod, " 21 "
lies A Wed, " 22 and 23 1907.
ioh, Thors, "24 19 <7.
11, Friday. " 25 " to 1 p m
idingham'a Mod, Jan. 28, 1907.
to the interest of every taxpaytheir
returns promptly of all
operty also nil Iransferit or imon
real eHtate and nave the
>0 per cent which attaches alter
February.
tax of one dollar in laid upon all
ween the ages of 21 and 60,
? exempt by Ihw.
KeHpectfuIly,
J no. A. Cook,
County Auditor,
r. 8. C. Dec Utb, 19 6
oney to Loan.
ade arrangements with parties
k City by which I can negotiate
ive yearn on improved cotton
mis of $300 00 and upwards, at
7 per cent, on amounts of $1000
ml 8 per cent on sums lean than
brokerage or commission chara
reasonable fee for ab-tract of
K E. WYLIE,
Attorney-at-Law,
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