The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-11-25

flames. do you stop to ask whether :
SaxT Ue-a s6ssxx1 1Zga psssed Tie
bucket Of wafer. sss ron dash il on the
burning elemesti You rest sea! Your
ship Is 1ensderiDgl The men, weary and
exhausted u ~ pnmps, have sunk dows
70 T. ell II ! woman steps to the handle.
do GU CRY AHoldl II i not aee6of, not
lAdy-Iike 70 81 thea engaged on tbs pub.
liz shipY'' ThSs II 10 with u>!, OR glo.
rious Ship Of State, whose deck ve have
ever proudly trod, and Of whose strength
We have 50 proudly boosted, is At zeal
She is in danger! She il sinking! To
the cry, !" All hands to The pumps!" every
man. woman and child rushes to the res.
Gu. Presently. above the roar Of the
storm, is heard strange, discordsn.
voice, calling out, stale rights! Every
man take care of his own state room!7
Never mind The shipp' Foois and kusyes
heed the cry and act accordingly. Nov,
again, With the storm still raging. the
decks all thickly strewn with the dead
and dying We hear the. cry, "Propriety!
Don 90 in there! 1t is full Of weary
and worn, needing yoar assistance. But
don't enter. 1t Is mems place! Cali the
men from the pumps 10 altesd 10 that."
Shame on the one who uttered the cry,
and burning shame on the woman who
heeds ii! What, my sisters! When our
fathers, brothers, husbands and sons are
falling like autumn leaves on yon battle
lelds, pining With disease 10, the distant
horpit Gle, snd We would send the little
delicscy, the loving void that is to cheer
and sustain them, and receive back the
dying lussssge that 10 TO BE- our life long
solace 10 our sore bereavement, are We
to be told that womsn's hand IA wo
mans heart is not fit channel through
which to convey them? Who believes
i'll What woman. who has any proper
sense Of her mission, will assent to it!-
Mother, if you cannot 60 yourself to Jour
dying boy. would you not deem il rich
boon if some womsn's soft hand could
wipe the death daups from his brow;
some gentle sy mpalhizing heart, catch his
last, faint whisper, and transmit. it to yoa
with a TENDERNESS and delicacy that robs
the painful tidings Of half It's woe?
Iowa has such, many such. We trust,
miuistering angels to he noble souls; and
let Us. who cannot share their work in
camp and hospital, cheer and sustain
them by our lsbors, our sympathies, and
our prayers here st home. not by calling
in question the propriety of their conduct.
The Great Jehovah himself has given his
sanction to women's work. Whenever
in the great crisis of the worlds history
he has needed some undaunted, unseltsb
srilit to lead forward the nation in the
path of freedom, Woman has BEEN the
chosen instrument, as witness Joan OF.
Arc, Charlotte Corday, aud may | not
name our o~n Annie Dickinson for who,
that has listened 10 tue magic of her elo-
quence does not believe her Freedoms
inspired Evsngely
w EN- We heard the question asked Of
one Of these noble women, to whose un-
tirlng efforts Iowa doubtless owes The life
of many Of her brave soldiers, Why she
herself visited the hospital? xhy she did
not leave all 10 the Surgeons We blushed
that the ques,ioner was not a woman; and
we ,boul ht US well ak the mother xh,
she DIES not leave her sick ch,ld to the
sole care Of The ply sician and the seryan.
girl!
We are glad that Iowa has daughters
as we'll as sons in this war; that there 10
one. ut least, whom neither foes abroad.
nor detraclors at hume can drive from
the path of duty who was early in the
field who found our sick at Sedslia on
boards and provided comfortable beds;
who vas the FIST to present the cup of nu-
trlmenl to furnishing lips, from the CORY
lids of Shiloh; who has stopped not for
summers heat nor winters cold who
has bravcd all the horrors OF the hospital
and the battle field; whom neither euer
rilIas by the river nor slelIs exploding At
her feet could dsunt. One, in short, who
has vindlcated by her conduct the right
Of woman to live, and labor, and suffer in
her country's couse.
We rejoice 10 the name of American
citizen. ". are infinitely prouder of ou.
country to-day under Abraham Lincoln,
though she be mangl.d, married and
bleeding than four years since, under
james Buchanan. Weglory in The noble
band of sister States, that, afrm phAlanx
are leading all nations, and people to true
happiness. We love our own. chosen
Iowa. We honor her brave sons Who
have been foremost in every conflict, and
have never known defeat We delight in
her noble dau .hters who have not hesita-
t. TO leave their quiet peaceful homes
sor the narrowing scenes and exhaustior
cares of the hospital But there is one
name among them all We will ever cherish
10 our heart Of hearts-a name deeply en-.
graved on many suffering soldier mem
DRY Tembslmed with many a thankful
tear name that stall become house
hold word in many bereavrd dwelling
a name whose lautsls shall be green when
others now verdant With pale donors shall
be forgotten /; name which every trne
womaa delights to honor; . name tina,
shail ever live in the heart Of Z grateful
state-the name Of ANNIE Wlrrxx-
MYIR.
AT the close Of Mrs. Darwip's remark.
the house manifested its approval by tnu