The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-04-10

| the efforts of the pioneers to civiliZe this
/ country. Sir Walter Raleigh was no braver
/ than the rough pioneer, armed with axe and
rife, conducting over fowry seas of lonely
prairies his rude covered wagon, containing
his all of worldly goods, his patient wife,
and his sturdy troop of white-haired chill
dren-future rail splitters-possibly Prssi-
dents.
The fremen of our cities, another red
shirted fraternity, dealing with another ele-
ment are by no means without their he
| roes, and can even boast their martyrs. All
| honor to them through whose watchful zeal
! we sleep at ease aud wake secure All
| honor, for it is nobler to hold the hose for
the protection of property than to direct
/ the bomb-shell upon roofs that shelter wo-
men and children-to ruu with the engine
( than to vancouver flying artillery in the
cause of oppression.
Heroism can never be stereotyped In
the glorious revolution of our fathers, Ma
jor Andre met death of shame with q he
ro's soul and in 4 revolution ofa later day
and another character, one Major Anderson
took by storm the heart of the world By q
victorious retreat
The heroism of private life, of home life,
was next alluded to and with so many and
beautiful Illustrations, that we must omit
report of them. She held, as greater than
any dragon-slayer of old, the man who
overcomes an unhOly passion-sets his foot
upon it, and stands serene and strong in the
triumph of manly virtue. Grander than a
Zenoline is the woman who struggles
nightly with a love that would wrong an
other, or degrade her own soul, and who
conquers, though she comes spent and
bleeding from the good fight, though she die
of her wounds.
The young man, ardent and tender, who
turns from the dear love of woman and
buries deep in his heart the sweet instinct
of fraternity, to devote himself to the care
and support of aged parents or an unfortu-
nate sister, is hero of the rarest type-of
the type Of Charles Lamb She had known
but two such.
The young woman who resolutely stayed
with father and mother in the old home,
while brothers and sisters 60 forth to hap
py homes of their own; who sees bloom of
girlhood fall away from her, yet stays by
them cheering and sustaining them-feed-
ing their failing age as with life from her
young yeins-drawing closer till the snow
of their winter whitens the sunny brown
of her hair ;--she is q heroine. The speak
er had known many such.
The speaker contrasted the ph ysical char
acterstIcs of the women of the twelfth CEN
tury with those of the present day, show
ing, with a master-stroke of humor, the
weakness of the present generation. She
pictured the well-known seige of Veins
burg, in Franconia, by Conrad, Third En-
peror of Germany, where the Emperor be-
came so exasperated at the stout resistance
Of Henry the Proud, that he threatened to
put all the men to the sword. He, however,
= .F4 a. -
and TO carry whatever they pleased with
then. Great was the astonishmeut of Con-
rad, when forth from the gate of the castle,
over the draw bridge aud down the hill,
straight through the besieged camp, march
ed the women of Weinsburg headed by the
Duchess herself, bearing on their backs the
doomed men of the town. Wives bore their
husbands, as in duty bound maids bore their !
lovers.
Now, suppose Cincinnati was besieged by
some powerful force. Suppose that the con-
queror-some Emperor of the Carolinas, |
Gar of Arkansas, or Tycoon Of Texas
emuating both the severity and the mag |
nanimity of Conrad, doomed to death the |
men of the city, but granting |
to the women the terms of Weinsburg-
Alas should the same happy thought oc-
cur to them, how few would or could avail |
themselves OF II. lnOugn the spirit might |
be willing, the flesh would be weak. Heart |
might hold out, but backbone would sur |
render. Heart would palpitate, knees trem- |
BILE, and spinal cords grow limp as pack !
thread, at the very thought. Here and |
there rash Juliet measuring her strength |
by her love, might involve the brave effort |
for Romeo, but only to be compelled TO /
lay down the dear burthen.
The lecturer concluded by saying: 81 !
doubt not we shall yet see that the heroic !
element in common life-in common people |
is the secret sustaining power-vital and |
regeneratiye-the hearts blood of the |
world"
The speaker was frequently applauded by !
the audience, who were evidently well |
pleased with the tone of the lecture. Il |
was announced by Mayor Bishop that she
would speak again at the some Hall this |
evening for the benefit Of the Home of the