Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-21


That wheu ,h. lifr is"'.r,
wi,,ln the hsp"y louls y"" give,
Wei m. .. !" p.rt n" :u"r-.s
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80, For ,tha Register AMI Advertiser. =.
s-.%r.. =. woman.
.rLe. Eilhon,l.:ss wells Of <cn>ibility an,'
srntirt,rlr hich are found iii tho glorious
HISTORY .6t' :w onan. may we'll he Sai'ii.s
reSSeniliIt. tllat c;ive located hv classic his.
l"ri:ta- on The summit IF Mt. Parnassus,
mriht brink nf which a Temple MAS rree
,rl and drdicateds,W Apollo, m,a I'M" he
aperture, Of which it is recorded that not
cvell ltie goat herds could look Siihni2
hcculnillg seized with fits OF enthu>iash'.
1t is. wesnan VIII, has rn>ruopolinrd virtue
and made it;lecninr ',1 no cline nnier
the sun, TO no race upon rhe face ri, the
earth, and TO nn aye in the calendar n'
time. From that dark and dismal day
-n which Mary past trornthe foot Of the
cross 70 the door uf the sepuchre, the ce-
irs,ia.music OF woiua,'s s,mthing voice
has been heard every where, all round .,hr
globe, .aIilid the deepest gloom. "f scrrnw
aud The; example "t her conduct has never
ceased to loom up to illustrate the true
mud modest grandeur Of moral heroi>n,.
This will be found 10 be her history back
la the very cradle of time: and however
nuch patriots may nnent the dcgenera.
tim 6f $ ateslnanship in these latter days
Of smaH men, t" the Immortal honor nf
The SIX it iluSt he recorded that in l:cr.
passage through the fearful ordealS which
have met her footsteps everys here in this
revolutions woman has not only always
sustained the exalted character which from
ines illfnien,urial his beenii,er righteous
,mrlinr;i lint has not unfrc,, ,uently rose.
above the brilliant examples Of the past.
and uutshoie even herself. When Fran.
cisco, Marquis of:pescari, had distinguish
rd himself. " his valor at,tl,e battle Of
l'apia. lie was thought Of importance
enough To ',ribe, 4and nc WAS offered The
crown It, Naples To betray his sovereign.
lie wrote to- his wife the facts, to which
she scitt him the following reply: Your
virtqeinay .raisa you above / the glory Of
bcilis>4lins, The sort of honor which
goes down TO our children with real us.
ire, is, derived from our deeds and quail.
ties, not from power or titles For my
self. ,do. not wish to be- the wife of a
King, but Of a General, who can make
himself superior TO the greatest King, |
not only by courage, but by hagnanimi
" and: superiority to any less elevated
motive than duty" AMI challenged to
produce an exsmple of virtue, born Of
this revolution, which is equal to this!
can do it.<@-2lnls4fr a young officer from
kentucky graduated at West Point and
entered tbs y: S. Army. patrilnony
amounted to brilliant fortune, and lie
spn thereafter was joined in the hoiy !.
bonds OF w.dlu.k 10 beautiful! and n;
conplished hsiress ut the North, whose +
dowry apprnSimated closely t" hall
million of d,iiar$ss HAyhen:this revolution
lnr>t upon The Two countries, he saw in a ;
twinkIiiIg that if he drew his,swurd M.
der The Cnlnrtlrra:e flag his own spiand Il
patriIifilly aud the still. more splendid
idrtunr-h, hai acquired hy his marriage,
was hound Ia be swept from him and Ii s
faulty. ltcnuii not bls OCCUR tn h,m
that he might fall inslhe war; and while
his perrri1ti"h@ of the right to dispose of
his own i'arriln6nY in.the maintenance nf !.
prnci '!e WAS clear, it was not so easy
lnattrr:..to prepare to take with him TO 4
soldiers grave tlie CONSCIOUSNESS that he
had b,ggarrd Il widowed wife and her or
phan children, when, was to her he Was
tor ~, much, of his estate. In
this diIeIhtua she read his thoughts, and
the language--a. reported to me by 4
lady, than. sh'm no country contains u
either morally or intellectually,
who heart.h--in which she relieved him
from his delicate. EN- embarrassment, furnish.
rs parallel for the reply Of the wife If
Fra,ci,co, and settles the flct, thar in
this Confederacy We have wives which
arc an honor to the human race. Hereit
IS: :: nu say that your conscience; tells
y.n, that the Saith is right. Let. not the
sacrifice then Of any portion, or all Of the
nr.unc you acquired by our marriage /,
prevent yon from sustaining the true dig.
ni,r Of your character, either in YOUR Il
AZ. c.tiInati,n or in The eyes o:s olrGod.
.s,r t,rtu,," is ample, bnt here is IL, for.
y is'the.w"rId equa! in v'l're 10 a con.
..;..ntinn1 lius!aDd. Moreover, !, too. 1
,~i..se The South is right and therefore, I
llpe.t the North get;our estate, lat the I,
',m,h have your sword. The pleasure. !
b.t VIC will derive from doing right, and
h, fame that You will acquire BY thesac.
'fices that you will make and the sersi. I
:cs that You will sender. .tp the Confeier. 5
It. cause, will bc worth more to us while F,
yc live, and to our children hereafter, S
han any ,psltry fortune we could possess {