Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1860-09-06
QUE soNs on rooR MornERs:


Hi. mother was a poor woman, aud now
he.walks the streets like lord"
Thus sneercd bundle Of silks and feathers,
as Il moved dainty up Broadway, scented
with its aristocratic nose, like a genuine Point
er, the well dressed and well connected person
of her acquaintance. The young man me
fcrred 70 tread the ground like neither prince
nor lord. hut like a man conscious u his
power: like an American citizen every way
worthy of the name. Ne had tramplcd under
foot the snccra % the ecornfui and prrfcntiuus,
and siood before the world with hfs foot upon
the neck of their mennness Step by step he
had tlirrufed the ground with adverse cir
onfnIi iancff. and they had Welded, step by
step. till he etood now where he could look
down upon aud use every obstacle that had
s,riysm % higdsr his ppere,,. end IpsLs il .
and lwide aud envy by the thruat and flung
them from him with such force that they
covered At his glance. nor dared sonuich as to
liz their skinny fngcrs at his shadow when
his back was turned. Thruugh weary strng.
giles against ri ghtful obstacles which the POOR
alone know-battling with the tide Of oppres
sion, buhetted by the waves Of adversely, still
upward he rose, onward he went, ill to-day
no man Is acknowledged with louder acclania-
tion--no man bowed down TO with deeper
revcrcnce--no nsn whose recognition il a
kNtAtI NNuNNf NAlMAA NtNH HNI VI NNNN NAAANNs
His mother was poor woman,
I0ok over the list of oarth's magnates--her
royal kings Of intellect-her lords of genius
patents Of whose greatness originated in the
courts Of the Most High, ere this little world
brought forth its mock nobility and tells US
what proportion Of those great ones were the
sons o. rich nsothersf Very, very few. The
best statesmen. the proudest poets, the holiest
divines-those thunderers by whom earth was
4 IT, Ill laaI. a
kings and founded nAtions--the masters OF
rhetoric and elocution the most profound
philosophers, the brayest generals--eonh Of
the poor women some Of them widows who
sulI,red in loneliness and eorrow.
in our own day our bestnnd brightest names
have been given 10 little babes by the lips Of
poor womcn their heads eradlcd upon coarse
pillows, their little bare feet trained over car
petless floors.
The first grandeur he knew was that Of the
hills that lfled their granite brows in eternal
worship towards heaven-the only splendor
that trinmphal entry u the sun through avon-
ues Of golden glory, and his western march
like that Of monarch, wrapping robes ol
erimson and ernine about him. And yet for
greatness. intellectuAlly speakiug he world
hath scarcely bis equal Who knows but u the
bate. Daniel Webster, bad been rocked IN a
rose wood cradle and lulled TO sleep with a
silver rntfle In bic hand, reared In the midst
81 city street, with no wild antheus Of The
forest no thunder icaping from crag TO erng 10
fFinglint the stronger elements Of the mind
no birls IN the branches, and no silver streams
10 awiten the more ETHEREAL and picturvsqus
ehaacleristics of hia intcllect, and group
then itto harmony; who knows but the world
hadtighei over greatness born TO blnsh IN.
seen, 10 droop, to die in comparative soiitudei
Son Of poor mothers! What a host Of them
have sAied the summit Of Immortality They
have Ia their impress in the land Of the
idols, aAl many dark browed heather has
lcafnsd A. way Of salvation through their al.
most suhihnman exertions. Everywhere
thiOughoA the world, how do they stand forth
and ehalleAge our homAgcl Not with glossy
kids and kpltless coats. patent boots aud
slender camel do thcy go forth, the admired
whiskerandoA Of thopgbtless girls, with stur.
dy steps and cputed shoes---with signs Of thu
much used neAlle here and there seriously
showing-with patched knees and elbows
and with many u evidence besides that they
wore the soma Of Nor mothers.
All honor 10 thcNons Of poor mothersl To
them the nation lookfor Statesmen and defend.
ers. For them there VII always br vacancies
IN the halls Of science, seats in the temples Of
our legislatures and, pplpits in our churches.
From them the doors Of the White House have
sprung wide open, and shpll again, while the
people gnther IN crowds 70 DO them rcveence.
aHe was tho son Of poor Nomanl"
Let Il nevo' be spoken With 4 sneer Of self
sufficient shalloWnesn, for Il u 10 the hearts Of
poor women the noblest resolves have birth-
They make sacrifices that ponlA pun 10 blush
the indoleppe and negligence q the purse
prond Over their humble hons shine the
stars that hcralded the advent Of haven horn
intellgenoe. 1t has ever been 40 since the
sta= Of Bethlehem blaxed shove thespot whery
Christ, tho King Of heaven, lay upon The
boaom Of poor woman. while they toll with
tsars, and struggle with ndyeruity, angels
whisper the destination Of the babes that sieer