Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1862-01-08
s NO. 81.
Correspondence.

Mr.. EDITOR :-Will you be so kind
as to permit me to address the honorable
body, the Mayor and Aldermen of tia
city of Prescott, Though your columns
Your honorable body are advised that
tho ladies Of Prescott have organized a
society for the purpose of furnishing our
brave volunteers with such articles as
will best add to their comfort in sickness
or health. Our husbands, brothers, sons,
and friends are in this great army of our
country. They are struggling in con-
test which shakes the foundations of gov
ernment and society. We know not
what intelligence tie next hour may
bring, or how soon the earth may trem-
bic beneath our own feet. Let us hope
like grateful incense to. the Ain i5hty
Throne, around which evermore cluster
tho guardian angels Of our country, and
from whence the calm, serene and we'll
known face of the sainted Washington
is looking down upon the madness of tie
hour, and sorrowing to think that his
parting legacy Of attachment to his bo-
loved country is SO little valued and re-
garded. And while we hopo and pray
for the success of our army, who have
volunteered their services, their lives, their
all, for their country, let us not set down
and fold our arms, as though we had no
interest in this struggle to sustain the
| best form Of government undor the sun.
I say the best, for we have more Of free
dom, more Of all the blessings of life
than any other people that live, or have
ever lived. The patriotism Of the ladies
of the city of Prescott is fully aroused
for the welfare and comfort of these
brave soldiers. They have taken up
their knitting and sowing needles with q
resolve never to lay them down while
there is soldier to relieve, assist, or Gu
courage, from battle to battle, from victo-
ry to victory, until tho last spark of this
foul and wicked rebellion ia crushed be-
meath the wheels of free government.
You will bear in mind the object Of our
society, while we ask your honorable
body few plain questions Has it not
been the custom of ycur honors to per-
NIT the city council room to be used by
political parties, lectures, and other pub
lie assemblages without number, and fur
nishing wood, lights, stationary, etc 3
After our society had organized and met
at The council room, did you direct your
clerk to remove the candles out of our
reach Did you direct ono of your
honorable body to sscarry the wood be-
longing to the city up to bis house, that
we might be left in very cold day with
out fuel Does your honorable body
wish by this means to compel this society
to leave the city council room If this
be your object, why not say so at
once. A small amount of courage
would enable you to say yes or no.
They are small words, but their meaning
is positive and definite. They are, rs it
were, the heart-beats, the very throbs of
our expression felt in utteranee. The will
makes its giant yictory-strokes in littlo
words such as yes and no, for the right
and against the wrong. In the ballot
box, where your sex choose between the
good and the evil, how potent are tho
two little words, yes and no. Yes is tho
nod Of approval which breathes Heaven
full of ambrosia and light; no is the
stamp of Jupiter, which shakes Heaven
and darkens the face of the Gods. Yes.
how it trembles from the maiden's lips,
the broken utterance, the key syllable of
q divine song, which her heart only sings;
how it echoes in the ecstatic pulses of
the doubtful lover, and makes Paradise
open its gate for the royal entry of tho
triumphing conquerer. Novel; might
Miles Standish say that he could nos
stand fire if no should como point blank
from the mouth of a woman; what cap
tain, colonel or knight of arms could p
No is the impregnable fortress, the very
Malakoff of the will. 1t is the breast
work and barrier thrown up, which the
charge must be fierce, in Iced, to batter
down or over-leap. No is the grand and
| guarded tower against temptation; it is
the fierce and sudden arrow through all
tho rings that dislnay tho suitors Of the
dear and long cherished and faithful PEN
elope, and makes the unforgotten King
start from the disguise Of beggar.-
Yes is the CLEAN of sunshine that puts
| an instant suubow TO the elouds-it is
the sudden and miraculous wand to tho
blooming of the hearts flower, and y
sweet world is full of fragrance and song.
1t is the relenting throb that lays the
hand offorgiveness upon the aching brow.
| the dropping of the cloud to tho gentle
rain. No is tho quick heart denial
| Yes is the sweet mud sudden impulse of
granting. We ask nothing but what has
been granted to others, and your pres.