Identifier: genrobertedwardl00broc (find matches)
Title: Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1914
Subjects: Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
Publisher: Richmond, Va., B. F. Johnson Publishing Co
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina, Government & Heritage Library
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ered for a time as tothe best means of accomplishing that object, but there never was, atany moment, a shade of difference among us as to the great objectitself; and now, Virginia having taken her position, as far as thepower of this convention extends, we stand animated by oneimpulse, governed by one desire and one determination, and that is,that she shall be defended, and that no spot of her soil shall bepolluted by the foot of an invader. When the necessity becameapparent of having a leader for our forces all hearts and all eyes, bythe impulse of an instinct which is a surer guide than reason itself,turned to the old county of Westmoreland. We knew how prolificshe had been in other days of heroes and statesmen. We knew shehad given birth to the Father of his Country, to Richard Henry Lee,to Monroe, and last, though not least, to your own gallant father;and we knew well, by your deeds, that her productive power was notyet exhausted. Sir, we watched with the most profound and intense
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GENERAL LEE AND HIS ELDEST SON (CQ a photograph by Brady, taken after the war.Jeuiflgs Lee. (187) i88 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD EEE, interest the triumphal march of the army led by General Scott, towhich you were attached, from Vera Cruz to the capital of Mexico.We read of the sanguinary conflicts and the blood-stained fields, inall of which victory perched upon our own banners. We knew ofthe unfading lustre that was shed upon the American arms bythat campaign, and we know, also, what your modesty has alwaysdisclaimed, that no small share of the glory of those achievementswas due to your valor and your military genius. Sir, one of theproudest recollections of my life will be the honor that I yesterdayhad of submitting to this body confirmation of the nomination, madeby the Governor of this State, of you as commander-in-chief of themilitary and naval forces of this Commonwealth. I rose to put thequestion, and when I asked if this body would advise and consentto that appointment, there rush

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