Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-25

OF the high honor Of redeemipg alone their co1
honor and Of consecratng the Gravh OF tue s. 70,
Ut Their Country. the fault lies not WITT ,nese' W 49,
have not only lived but started Alright, al" w. '
qualification Of all your who now 80 nooiy az
sssing Them, We give in proof few eAtra'' ~,
some OF the appeals which were publlsned ~ -"
and 81, before Il was supposed possible that VIM"
would no: respond enthusiastically 10 the cah uPo"
her. .
Extract from the fret appeals By the Southern Ma
trnu. December 3D. 1853:
Ladies' OF the South. can you be STILL with CLOSED
souls and purses, while the world cries Shame upon
Amer suffer Mount Vernon. with all lie sacred
associations TO become. as is spoken OF and proDaoe'
the Seat nf manufacturers and manufactures, morse
and smoke, and The busy hum OF men," destroying
all 'ancty and repose around the tomb OF your Wv"
worlds wonder! Oh, it cannot be possible
what such sacr!lege, such Dissertation, while you
have the hearts to feel the rhain- and the power To
prevent it! Never! Forbid it, shades of the dead,
lliht ih1 pilgrims 10 the shrine OF true PATRIOTISM
should md thee forgotten and surrounded by o!scs-
enirg smoke and testening machinery, whers money,
money, only money ever enters the ihoughf, ana
gold only gold, moves the heart or nerves the
arm,
From an appeal by lady Of Augusta, Geo, May,
| 1854:
This question, ladies' Of the South has been before
You now tor three months, and how many oil you
have generously offered to aid in its Accomplishment;
We say Offered for it lie the duty of all who wish To
give, 10 come forward and not wait To be ssught.
when you look down upon your gorgeous silks
and your Sitterng jswelry, DO you remember that a
ti;he OF that expenditure from each of you, would
| give us the glorious privilege Of converting Mount
Vernon into the Mecca OF America of making il ours,
and forming it into place that could proudly AJAX
the world 10 gaze at and see how We loved hm-he
shrine of liberty the altar where a nation should
send forth lis evereounding hymn Of praise!
From all appeal to the ladies of Mobile by lady
of that city, March s, 1854:
"Read. then, the second appeal Of this Southern
Marion" whose patriotism we commend TO your
imitation. Mothers, wives daughters OF Alabama
listen to her touching voice. to you plesdiugs are
| especially addressed.
You have time, talents and patriotism enough
among you, if you would only give them to this noble
CAUSE. But some OF you are profoundly engaged IN
the superintendence of hounces-sorns are wasting
your enthusiasm over n0ves-soine are wearing Ou
| your knees before the shrines OF your household
gods-some Of you are 80 eager to be thought help
less and feminine (by the that likes to protect
that you would faint at the idea of doing anything
| epirted-and some of you modest that we
| never hear you lisp out your aversiuns 10 being
spicuous, without thinking Of the young lady wbc
vowed she never would get married-no never! II
would shock her TO sse her name in the newspapers!
| "Ladies, permit us to address word 10 each one
of you
where, like the 'Dt1bRe B0ittnk,' unseen. saw
everybody. What u parterre Of living flowers lay
beneath u.
aside by side were flashing Jewels and vspory
| musllDs; Starry eyes duu tnOWy UtChs. SeTldluiy
YOU were pretty sight, ladies' and with your da.
monde. your wreaths and you: lac,s, you linger in
our memory one SUCH perfect whole Of loveliuess.
that fancy in the iuness of her satisfaction, refuses
to dismelnber or individuaze you, We could not
help wondering occasionally how much soul there
was in that beautiful body. We followed you in
spirit to your elegant homes where you loungs upon
sofas of satin, or bend your graceful heads over
| gross8mer needlework or absorbing novel. Still
besutiiul-still seductive! But come forth; pretty
Sybsrites and let whether any hearts are beat.
ing under all this mas of millinery and upholstery.
Come forth with your influence TO help this scheme
of earnest minds. Add to your flagree graces the
sterling virtue Of high purpose, and link your names
with that OF this Southern Mstron, whom your sons,
in future manhood, will rise up aud call blessed"
Euough-could pen or spirit go turthe.l And yet
here is July lS57-and what have we accomplished!
Generous countrymen! forgive every taunt we ever
uttered wrote of you! What though you did sut.
fer the honor of your country TO trail in the dust =
What though you have lived 90 long under a "brOken
pledge 20 the sacred ashes" of him to whom you
owe your priceless blessings! What though there ia a
"litte band who feel and know that they exempt
from the deserved condemnation which falls now on
woman as we'll as mau They, in shame for their
sisters, feel they have longer right to utter rs'
proaches Of you But Providence msy have per
milted this in order to present nober and grander
tribute, al we'll IS spectacle to the world, OF nation
of repentant children, of both se1es uniting their
efforts to wipe out the mutual disgrace OF having ~
long neglected their fathers grave And all that the
ladies OF the Mt. Vernon Association claim, Is the
privileges that they richly OF being the honored
| instrument of drawing up to tina; tomb every man,
| woman or child whose heart is capable CT pure love
Of country, or of appreciang the great aud match
| less virtues Of the immortal Washington; and, by
this deed of love. to make republican gratitude the
| theme of world : admiration. for all coming tine.
a SOUTHERN MATRON.
| President of thu Mount Vernon Association.
| CHARLESTON. July 80, 1891.