The Louisiana Democrat

General Lee at Washington College.

[From the Lexington (Va.) Gazette.]

The gratifying duty of announcing to the country the acceptance, by Gen. Robert E. Lee, of the Presidency of Washington College, has been devolved upon the undersigned by the Board of Trustees of that institution. The accession of this distinguished gentleman to the Faculty of this venerable College, and as its honored chief, is destined, we trust, to mark the commencement of a new era in its history; and most cordially do we congratulate its numerous friends on this most auspicious event. The high, noble; and patriotic motives which impelled our beloved chief in accepting the honorable but comparatively humble position tendered him by the authorities of the College must win for him anew the admiration and love of his countrymen. The College; under the administration and supervision of Gen. Lee, will resume its exercises on the 1st inst

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the College, convened in Lexington, on Thursday, the 31st ult., the following resolution was unanimously passed, the publication of which is demanded as an act of justice alike to Gen. Lee and themselves.

Resolved, That the Board heartily concurs in. and fully endorses. the sentiments so well expressed by Gen. Lee, in his letter of acceptance of the Presidency of Washington College, "it is the duty of every citizen, in the present condition of the country to do all in his power to aid in the restoration of peace and harmony, and in no way to oppose the policy of the State General Government directed to that object;" and that "it is particularly incumbent on those charged with the instruction of the young to set an example of submission to authority;" sentiments that cannot fail to commend themselves to the approval of the President of the United States, and to the unqualified assent of all sensible and virtuous citizens.

In dedicating his future life to the holy work of educating the youth of his country, Gen. Lee presents a new and interesting phase of his grand heroic character, a character than which no more perfect model exists among living men. "Tis a solid fabric and will well support the language that adorn it." Let the young men of the country, North as well as South, be wise, and profit, not less by his precepts than by his great example.

John W. Brockenbrough,

Rector of Washington College.

Lexington Va., Sept. 1, 1865.