. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. -better off here than inAfrica, morally, soci-ally, and physically. The painful discipline they are undergoingis necessary for their instruction as a race, and, I hope, will pre-pare and lead them to better things. How long their subjectionmay be necessary is known and ordered by a wise and mercifulProvidence. Their emancipation will sooner result from a mild and. ROBERT E. I<EE, , OF SECOND CAVALRY,FORT BROWN, TEXAS, lS6o. SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. 179 melting influence than the storms and co
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. -better off here than inAfrica, morally, soci-ally, and physically. The painful discipline they are undergoingis necessary for their instruction as a race, and, I hope, will pre-pare and lead them to better things. How long their subjectionmay be necessary is known and ordered by a wise and mercifulProvidence. Their emancipation will sooner result from a mild and. ROBERT E. I<EE, , OF SECOND CAVALRY,FORT BROWN, TEXAS, lS6o. SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. 179 melting influence than the storms and contests of fiery influence, though slow, is sure. The doctrines and miraclesof our Saviour have required nearly two thousand years to convertbut a small part of the human race, and even among Christiannations what gross errors still exist! While we see the course offinal abolition of slavery is onward, and we give it the aid of ourprayers and all justifiable means in our power, we must leave theprogress as well as the resultin His hands who sees theend and who chooses to workby slow things, and withwhom a thousand years areas but a single day; al-though the abolitionist mustknow this, and must seethat he has neither theright nor the power of oper-ating except by moralmeans and suasion; and ifhe means well to the slavehe must not create angryfeelings in the although he may notapprove of the rhod
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