The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-10-11
The Test of Female Heroism.

which has to make sacrlnces he citizen
soldier shows his devotion to his country
by taking up arms for its defence, but the
women have a high and noble duty to per-
form in stimulating US and sanctifying us,
as it were, for the performance of that
duty. The test patriotism, which sewers
husband from wife and son from mother,
is, We know, a severe one; but where is
the woman who, Mt time when the liberty
which has elevated her to the highest
place Of respect, and the bulwark of the
law which has protected her person from
every violence, are alike threa' sned, by a
worse than foreign enemy laundering at
the very portals of our homes, would hes
itate to bid husband or father, son or
brother, 60 forth to battle with her bless
ing and armed for the contest with her
approving and encouraging smile? To
the young wife, we would say, better far
is widowhood of honor than a life long
union with a craven who would not de
fend his home; glorious the solemn garb
which denotes your bereavement, when
you can pay visits to the grave of your
dead warrior husband, and over it mingle
your tears in common with those of the
mourning friends of our country.
Now, women of America, is the time
for lofty patriotism and generous self abne>
cation; now is the trying season for you
10 exhibit that sublime fortilude for which
you have been distinguished in all the
past. Give up your jewels to your coun.
try, and give them with the holy balm of
your blessing. Wives and mothers OF
Kentucky, violence is threatening you
rapine hovers darkling in the distance,
and all the horrors of civil war are i'm
pending over you. TO save your lives,
and, dearer far, your honors, it is neces
sary that your husbands and sons should
arm and 60 out to meet the foe. Cheer
them in this trying hour, let no unneces
sarv pang be added to the partiDgs which
the stern reality of the times demands
Garland ycur loved ones with your fare
we'll kisses, throw the shield of your prayer
around them; nerve their arms when they
give you their last embrace by saying to
them, $50 where duty calls and God be
with YOU" and trust to the Almighty Ru
Ter of the universe to restore them safely
when white robed peace again spreads her
angel wings over the land. AS the Knight
of old received his spurs from his lady
love, and wore her coors in hi. helm.
swearing to carry them in the thickest OF
the foe, SO, in these happier days of Chris
tianizing influences, let the mothers bles
sing be invoked upon his head and the
wifes animatirg kiss nerve his heart for
deeds of noblest daring, and by Gods
blessing, Conquer he must, for our cause
it is just" -...
In the name OF Heaven let no wife's
fears unnerve the soldiers arm, and no
mothers alarms spread panic to the bosom
of her warrior boy. Bid them 90 and
God Reed! Bid them remember their
homes, and strike the foe boldly but mer
citully in the remembrance that they, too,
have perhaps loved oLes in some distant
place, awaiting their return. Let them
fight this war as Christian soldiers, "still
as the breeze" when mercy pleads, but
"dreadful as the storm" when their aveng
ing blows fall ike hail upon the foe.
Mothers and wives, in the holy sanctity Of
your homes, lie. your prayers ascend to
the throne above for the protection o
your loved ones but when the hour o.
parting comes, remember The noble wo
man who ran her arm within the bolt o.
door to serve as bar to aid the escape
of her honored husband, and, though the
presence be hard and agonizing, bear it ir
the spirit Of martyrs, and if tear should
dim the eye, let it be illumined by smile
of hope.-LouisviNe Journal.