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Show Mr. Wn.. Cauldwell, in the Successful Amerl- can, says that just prior to the surrender at Ap- H potomattox, Gen. E. P. Alexander, General Lee's H Artillery Chief, laid before his commander a plan , H for maintaining a guerilla warfare indefinitely, but General Lee said "it would not do; that "we I H are a Christian people. We have fought this fight H as long and as well as we know how. For us as a Christian people there is now but one course to j H pursue. We must accept the situation; these i t H men must go home and plant a crop and we must ' proceed to build up our country on a new basis. H We cannot have recourse to the methods you sug- I gest." I Speaking of It, General Alexander said: "I I had nothing more to say. ' I felt that the man had H soared away above me he dominated me com- I pletely." It is pleasant to think thate General Grant, by the terms he imposed, but seconded I and made possible the carrying out of Gener&h I Lee's idea. "" ' I |