Washington telegraph., 1862-04-16

THE woNES-All women are rebsls. Put
that down for an axiom. The exceptions are
rare : 1t is a sort of instinct with them. Few
of tn m ever take the trouble to reason about
the why and the wherefore of this sentmen,
in their breasts. Perhaps it results from thei
delicate sensitiveness to wrong. Most likely il
is til at latent pride for those they love which
turks at the bottom Of every true woman,
heart, and which has effioresc ID into deeds o.
female erois M. which have become world IA
nous. 1t is curious to consider that none -oi
the celebrated heroines of the world have beef,
favorable to the "powers that be-" Charlotte
Corday the poor martyr felt a luxury in death
She had rid France of Mirat. W..o cln read
of the Swiss hunters wife. without a glow
which fires the heart to heroism? Who does
not love the memory of Flora Mcdonald the
Jacobite and rebel, who would have been proud
to die for the exiled prince, the beloved
Charles? With Joan Of Arc this sentiment OF
Resistance to oppressio ion-pride in the freedom
and dignity of her father and brothers. blazeu
into insanity, and revealing itself in a super
suuous age charmed the French into devotees,
and wrought the most s:upenlous results.
Women are g the salt of the earth" We
mean no irreverence in saying that. They
preserve in us all that is ennobling and ele-
vating. The sentiment of chivalry could never
have arisen, but for the actual existence Of
| truth and purity and exaltation Of sentiment
| in women. They are the moral bouys of So
ciety. They float US out of the m re of crime.
rhey inspire all true courage.
Rejecting upon it we must confess, that an
assemblage of men without women would not
only fall into the condition of brutes and fero-
cious beasts of prey but would ost likely be
come sordid and ems aved. Selfshness and
sordid interests would soon prevail, which
inconsistent with the sentiment of freedom.
The character of women is made up of two
predominant feelings one angelic the other
| falsely supposed devilish, tenderness anu
pride. By the fist they fasten upon our al
fectious, and We pay them invo' untary wor-
| ship. Who looks back and remembers his mo-
ther and his sister ana his heart is not soften
ed? Who can read the tolls and sacrifices oi
tae Catholic Il" "oisters OF Charity" in the mi lst
OF p'ague and pestlence-w Who can look into
our own hospitals and see the eq1ally modes;
and arduous, and unassuming labors of on,
| protestant ladies, and be then unwilling It.
pay homage to a tendern ess unknown to tn,
masculine heart. by this they rule Is. Tn,
mere sentiment of love. would not suffice. Thi.
true worship of woman glows warmly in the
heart, long after all earthly passions hav,
burnt to cinders.
II their tenderness makes US devotees, theil
pride makes US heroes. They cannot be til,
mothers, and wives of slaves. That sort q.
| umility they will not consider Christian.
Tho they love AMI lean upon humbly enoug
must themselves walk the earth with firm stey
| and front erect. They must be the peers of
the land. Nothing else will suffice. No trr
woman can see her husband crirge be fore su-
perior power. Death is more welcome
When We come to think of the possibility or
probability of the success of the North in sub
jugaung US. the thing has an easy solution one
way. Let any man ask hims,lf what bis mo
| ther or his wife, his sister would feel in be
holding him subject under the forced rule OF
a foreign power. That settles the question
with him.