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The Daily Dispatch: February 9, 1865., [Electronic resource], What General Lee says. (search)
What General Lee says. A Richmond correspondent of a Southern paper says: "General Lee told Mr. W. C. Rives, the other day, that there was but a single thing to fear, and that was the spreading of a causeless despondency among the people. Prevent that, and all would be well. We had strength enough left to win our independence, and we were certain to win it if the people will only not give way to a foolish despair. "To another distinguished gentleman, General Lee said that the attack of the press on the President pained him (Lee) very much. He had confidence in the President, and did not think we could find a better man for that place." We have also heard, from another source, which we consider entitled to credit, that General Lee said he was "surprised at the despondency of the citizens." When General Lee speaks thus; when General Lee says "we have strength enough left to win our independence, and we are certain to win it if the people will only not give way to a fo