his convictions as any other man could be. He stood foursquare to
all the winds that blow, but always with the propriety that
characterizes the perfect gentleman. He did his duty to his God,
his family, his State, and his country, and did it well, and
executed faithfully all the trusts committed to him in both
military and civil life. He liked the old manners and customs of
Virginia, but tried to conform to the new order of things with
becoming grace, and did so with no audible complaint and no useless
repinings. He served his State efficiently in her senate and in the
national Congress, and in the Confederate army he filled, by
merited promotion, every position from captain up to major-general
of cavalry. It was different once, but Virginia can ill-afford to
part with such a man now, and in his death, as in that of his
illustrious father, she has lost a true and gallant son, who when
not on duty was as gentle as a woman. Her fame has been increased
by having had such a son. May she have many more; like him.




ADDRESS OF MR. EDMUNDS, OF VIRGINIA.


Mr. SPEAKER: It is not my purpose to attempt any extended remarks upon
the life and character of Gen. WILLIAM H.F. LEE, late a Representative
from the Eighth Congressional district of Virginia, yet I can not permit
this occasion to pass and my hand and heart to fail to pay my humble
tribute to his memory. Gen. LEE's life had been spent after manhood in
arms or as a tiller of the soil. In early life he saw military service
as lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment, United States Infantry, and was