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Westminster (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
gn which culminated at Gettysburg. Because he was a soldier Lee did not feel it incumbent upon him to proclaim himself a brute or to exhort his followers to brutality. Lee's statue in Washington. I have paid my tribute. One word more and I have done. Some six months ago, in a certain academic address at Chicago [see ante, pp. 1-33], I called to mind the fact that a statue of Oliver Cromwell now stood in the yard of Parliament House, in London, close to that historic hall of Westminster from the roof of which his severed head had once looked down, and asked, Why should it not also be so with Lee? Why should not his effigy, erect on his charger and wearing the insignia of his Confederate rank, gaze from his pedestal across the Potomac at the Virginia shore, and his once dearly loved home at Arlington? My suggestion was met with an answer to which I would now make reply. It was objected that such a memorial was to be provided for from the national treasury, and that L
Astoria, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
Lee, Davis and Lincoln. Tributes to them by Charles Francis Adams and Henry Watterson. Lee's statue in Washington urged—magnanimity of Lincoln. He could not have offered to pay for the slaves of the South. The thirteenth annual banquet of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York, held Monday night, January 26, 1903, at the Waldorf-Astoria, was made memorable by eloquent eulogies of the great figures of the South and North during the Civil War, delivered by men who themselves had fought in the armies opposing them. Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, a soldier of the Union, responded to the toast of Robert E. Lee, and Colonel Henry Watterson, a soldier of the Confederacy, paid tribute to the character of Abraham Lincoln. Toast to Robert E. Lee. The opening toast, To the President and the Army and Navy of the United States: A Prince among the Rulers of the World and but the Servant of a Free People, was followed by the toast to General Lee, Nature Made Him and
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
gnity in Defeat. If Lincoln had lived. In responding to the toast to Abraham Lincoln, He was not for an age, but for all time, Colonel Henry Watterson incidentally said: Jefferson Davis, than whom there never lived, in this or any other land, a noblier gentleman, and a knightlier soldier; Jefferson Davis, who, whatever may be thought of his opinions and actions, said always what he meant and meant always what he said; Jefferson Davis declared that next after the surrender at Appomattox, the murder of Abraham Lincoln made the darkest day in the calendar for the South and the people of the South. Why? Because Mr. Davis had come to a knowledge of the magnanimity of Mr. Lincoln's heart and the generosity of his intentions. If Lincoln had lived there would have been no era of reconstruction, with its repressive agencies and oppressive legislation. If Lincoln had lived there would have been wanting to the extremism of the time the cue of his taking off to spur the steeds
Arlington (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
hicago [see ante, pp. 1-33], I called to mind the fact that a statue of Oliver Cromwell now stood in the yard of Parliament House, in London, close to that historic hall of Westminster from the roof of which his severed head had once looked down, and asked, Why should it not also be so with Lee? Why should not his effigy, erect on his charger and wearing the insignia of his Confederate rank, gaze from his pedestal across the Potomac at the Virginia shore, and his once dearly loved home at Arlington? My suggestion was met with an answer to which I would now make reply. It was objected that such a memorial was to be provided for from the national treasury, and that Lee, educated at West Point, holding for years the commission of the United States, had borne arms against the nation. The rest I will not here repeat The thing was pronounced impossible. Now let me here explain myself. I never supposed that Robert E. Lee's statue in Washington would be provided for by an appropriat
West Point (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
of which his severed head had once looked down, and asked, Why should it not also be so with Lee? Why should not his effigy, erect on his charger and wearing the insignia of his Confederate rank, gaze from his pedestal across the Potomac at the Virginia shore, and his once dearly loved home at Arlington? My suggestion was met with an answer to which I would now make reply. It was objected that such a memorial was to be provided for from the national treasury, and that Lee, educated at West Point, holding for years the commission of the United States, had borne arms against the nation. The rest I will not here repeat The thing was pronounced impossible. Now let me here explain myself. I never supposed that Robert E. Lee's statue in Washington would be provided for by an appropriation from the national treasury. I did not wish it; I do not think it fitting. Indeed, I do not rate high statues erected by act of congress, and paid for by public money. They have small significan
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
y 26, 1903, at the Waldorf-Astoria, was made memorable by eloquent eulogies of the great figures of the South and North during the Civil War, delivered by men who themselves had fought in the armies opposing them. Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, a soldier of the Union, responded to the toast of Robert E. Lee, and Colonel Henry Watterson, a soldier of the Confederacy, paid tribute to the character of Abraham Lincoln. Toast to Robert E. Lee. The opening toast, To the President athe Servant of a Free People, was followed by the toast to General Lee, Nature Made Him and then Broke the Mold. In responding, Mr. Adams said: A New Englander by birth, descent, tradition, name and environment, closely associated with Massachusetts, I was a Union soldier from 1861 to 1865, and the one boast I make in life was, and is, and will ever be, that I also bore arms and confronted the Confederacy and helped to destroy it. Formerly of the Army of the Potomac, through long years I
Hampton Roads (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
e everything effectual to which he seriously addressed himself. For purchase of slaves. The story that he offered payment for the slaves, so often affirmed and denied, is in either case but a quibble with the actual facts. He could not have made such an offer, except tentatively, lacking the means to carry it out. He was not given the opportunity to make it, because the Confederate Commissioners were under instructions to treat solely on the basis of the recognition of the independence of the Confederacy. The conference came to naught. It ended where it began. But there is ample evidence that he went to Hampton Roads resolved to commit himself to that proposition. He did, according to the official reports, refer to it in specific terms, having already formulated a plan of procedure. This plan required no verification. It exists and may be seen in his own handwriting. The final toast of the evening was to The Silent Brigade, all rising, and a bugler sounding taps.
Chicago (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
anced in an enemy's country or fell back from it in retreat, leaving behind it less cause of hate and bitterness than did the Army of Northern Virginia in that memorable campaign which culminated at Gettysburg. Because he was a soldier Lee did not feel it incumbent upon him to proclaim himself a brute or to exhort his followers to brutality. Lee's statue in Washington. I have paid my tribute. One word more and I have done. Some six months ago, in a certain academic address at Chicago [see ante, pp. 1-33], I called to mind the fact that a statue of Oliver Cromwell now stood in the yard of Parliament House, in London, close to that historic hall of Westminster from the roof of which his severed head had once looked down, and asked, Why should it not also be so with Lee? Why should not his effigy, erect on his charger and wearing the insignia of his Confederate rank, gaze from his pedestal across the Potomac at the Virginia shore, and his once dearly loved home at Arlingt
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.7
sponded to the toast of Robert E. Lee, and Colonel Henry Watterson, a soldier of the Confederacy, paid tribute to the character of Abraham Lincoln. Toast to Robert E. Lee. The opening toast, To the President and the Army and Navy of the United States: A Prince among the Rulers of the World and but the Servant of a Free People, was followed by the toast to General Lee, Nature Made Him and then Broke the Mold. In responding, Mr. Adams said: A New Englander by birth, descent, tradition? My suggestion was met with an answer to which I would now make reply. It was objected that such a memorial was to be provided for from the national treasury, and that Lee, educated at West Point, holding for years the commission of the United States, had borne arms against the nation. The rest I will not here repeat The thing was pronounced impossible. Now let me here explain myself. I never supposed that Robert E. Lee's statue in Washington would be provided for by an appropriation
Charles Francis Adams (search for this): chapter 1.7
Lee, Davis and Lincoln. Tributes to them by Charles Francis Adams and Henry Watterson. Lee's statue in Washington urged—magnanimity of Lincoln. He could not have offered to pay for the slaves of the South. The thirteenth annual banquet of the Confederate Veteran Camp of New York, held Monday night, January 26, 1903, atquent eulogies of the great figures of the South and North during the Civil War, delivered by men who themselves had fought in the armies opposing them. Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, a soldier of the Union, responded to the toast of Robert E. Lee, and Colonel Henry Watterson, a soldier of the Confederacy, paid tribute the Rulers of the World and but the Servant of a Free People, was followed by the toast to General Lee, Nature Made Him and then Broke the Mold. In responding, Mr. Adams said: A New Englander by birth, descent, tradition, name and environment, closely associated with Massachusetts, I was a Union soldier from 1861 to 1865, a
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