Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-10-26


turning to one of his aids, he ordered him
to pitch the tents and form the encamp-
ment IN the orchard and field on their
nght. 10 the other aid his orders were
10 detaeh quarter guard and station
Plquets on each road. Then bowling very
low, he added: Madam, the service of
ms Majesty requires the temporary occu-
PATTON OF your property; and if it would
not be too great an inconvenience. will
take up my quarters in your house,
The tone admitted of no controyersv.-
Mrs. Sloeumb answered MY family CON
sists OF only myself my sister and child,
ana few negroes. We are your prison
Allow me, madam said Colonel Tarle-
ton, to inquire where the spirits we are
uiinkinS rs Proeured.'
From the orchard where your tents
stand,' answered Mrs. Slocumb.
Colonel, said the Irish captain. swben
we conquer this country, is it not to be di-
vided out among us q
The officers of this army replied the
Colonel, will undoubtedly receive large
possessions of the conquered American
provinces
Mrs. slocumb here interposed. ALLOW
me to observe and prophesy, said she, the
only land in these United States which
Will ever remain in possession of British
oncer, will measure but six feet by two.'
Excuse me, madam remarked Tarle-
ton. For your sake I regret to say--this
beautiful plantation will be the ducal scat
of some of u.s.
Don't trouble yourself about me- re-
torted the spirited lady. NV husband is
not man who would allow duke, or
even king, to have a quiet seat upon his
May be allowed, madam said Tarle-
ton, without efence, to INQUIRE if any
part of Washington's army is in this neigh
borhood g
| presume it is known to you,' replied
Mrs. Slocumb, that the MARQUIS and
Greene are in this State. And you would
not of course she added, after slight
pause, be surprised at call from Lee. or
your old friend Colonel Washington, who.
although perfect gentleman, It is said
sheok your hand (pointing to the scar left
by Washington's sabre) very rudely when
you last met
ouch were the women Of the Reyolu-
ton. They were the women for the times.
Would we had few of them in these la
ter times! Would that their descendants
were women of equal spirit, and felt that
interest IN their country's honor and hap
plness which animated their noble mothers
OF l776 and 1777. Patriotic mothers
1o infancy Of fTrcdom. Thei,
counsefs "a, and their prayers mingles with the
oehoeratlons that resulted in a nations as
sertion OF its independence To them we
are no less indebted for national freedom,
than 10 the swords of the patriots who
poured out their blood. Shall we not ba
equally indebted to their descendants for
the preservation of the rich inheritance
winch they and their noble husbands and
sons won for US.
II ever there was time since the DAYS
oi the revolution, when the influence Of
woman was needed to mould public senti-
ment and make it conform to the admira-
oie institutions which it has pleased the
Uod OF our fathers to establish for ms and
TO lmbue the public mind with thoughtful
thankful gratitude to God for his favor in
tne past, and prayerful appeals for his pre-.
serving care in the future, that time is noaD
we ask you, mothers of Carolina, to i'm
ltate the example of your mothers in times
ence to correot e Is ask you to exert your infu-
ality of the timcshl9a8s 8seeand nnnious NOR
less indifference which appears to have Ia
ken firm root in the hearts of our public
men. and which has, through their exam
ple and influence, operated SO banefully
and witheringly upon the minds OF all VINO
have been brought into contact with them,
that there is scarcely to befound, among the
thousands who seek aggaadizement through
the influence and operation OF party com
bination, an honest mani
You are indebted to the Bible, to tn
Christian religion, for the social posltlIool
which you to-day occupy. But for the b
BILE. YOU would have been hewers OF WOO
and drawers of water to the end OF time; bv
the Bible lifted you from the degrading an
slavish position in which it found you' an an
placed you in your proper sphere-tll
| guide, the counsellor, the help-mate-tl
equal of man, and there maintains YOU
tt is to the Bible that you owe the emlne
and happy stations you now fill, and 1t IS
the Bible, both you and we, and the egor
owes the Union of these States. Tea
your sons and daughters, then, and int
ence your husbands and brothers to lc
i = for counsel and direction in that Be
! which contains the wisdoE-not OF m
,,fl but of God. Teach them to reverence
:, Union as the work of God, and inlpl
= upon them the necessity of its presel
= ton for your sakes-for their moth
- - sake, for the worlds sake-and, as J
of II mothers did Of yore, pray for its cont
~ ~ ance till time shall end, for Christs 5
: Your example and influence are ne'
nc now, as much as the example and infu
;t5 of your mothers were needed in the
" ing days of the Revolution. They q
:. ted themselves to the attainment OF
ty. Let it be your province to lab(
your appropriate sphere, for its pres
ton. With your aid and influence
men who are engaged in a struggle 70
consummation Of this great end, the P
nm tuity of our institutions as formed and
,rs ded down to US by rforefathers and
ers-the return Of those halcyon days
eve we reaped the solid advantages OF goot
,trv ernment-basked in the sunshine of
TO-, pcritv, and lived in the golden age of