. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . rittenmanifesto to the slaves, calling on them to rise and join him. The manifesto aroused noslaves; for out of pure igno-rance, not knowing how toread it, nor understandingwhat it meant when readto them, they could not re-spond. The civil authorities ofthe State of Virginia tookprompt action. Colonel- Lee, of whom we write,was then at home from thefrontier on a visit, and wasooDTriehud V. rr • „•. v ^. „ w callccl upoii to takc com- uopyngQiea. PromHarp
. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . rittenmanifesto to the slaves, calling on them to rise and join him. The manifesto aroused noslaves; for out of pure igno-rance, not knowing how toread it, nor understandingwhat it meant when readto them, they could not re-spond. The civil authorities ofthe State of Virginia tookprompt action. Colonel- Lee, of whom we write,was then at home from thefrontier on a visit, and wasooDTriehud V. rr • „•. v ^. „ w callccl upoii to takc com- uopyngQiea. PromHarpers History of the Civil War. JOHN BROWN. mand of a battalion of troops and suppress the insurrection. He acted promptly,occupied Harpers Ferry, besieged Brown and his compan-ions in the Arsenal, and, after some parleying to persuadethem to surrender, assaulted the arsenal, broke into it, de-spite the desperate resistance of its defenders, killed nearlyall the insurrectionists, and took the rest prisoners. Brownhimself being taken severely wounded. The fight ended ina massacre, the soldiers showing but little mercy, being not. LEE OPPOSED TO SECESSION. 263 only enraged by the valiant resistance, but also determinedto wreak such dire vengeance on the insurgents that no oneelse would be rash enough to attempt a like venture. Theseverity of the punishment reflected no credit upon the com-manding officer, who was naturally of a humane disposition. Lee turned the captives over to the civil authorities, whospeedily tried, condemned and hanged them for was he concerned in the first open bloodshed, the firstcontest between slavery and freedom, and, though then act-ing in accordance with the existing laws, yet on the sidewhich he afterwards chose when a more formidable rebellionraised its hydra head against the flag. He returned shortlyafterwards, with increased reputation among the people ofhis state, to his post on the frontier in the west. In the public discussio
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