Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-21
For the Register AMI Advertiser.
Woman.


Woman.
Tie Eilhnml,,SS wells uf Scn>ibiity arG
SrntiirclIl hlcil are found iii The glorious
history .ni' Won,al. may we'll he said l.
r,Scnii,lt, that cave located by classic his.
lurian- On Tie summit of Mt. ParlassuS,
n:r the hri,k ri which temple MAS cree :
,.i and dedicated 20 Apollo, m:d irl;" tir
aperture u!' which it is recorded that not
rvel, .ti. gt,at herds coli:d look Wlf!l"n
hccn!nllg SEIZED with tits Of enthusiasm.
1t is wutnau wh,. has ro>nopuizrd virtue
and ma:ie it;l'rcrlnl' :n no cline Under
the sun, to no race upon the face nt The
earth, and 10 no age in the calendar ~
time. From that dark and dismal day
en which Mary past from the foot Of the
cross t. the tlour uf the sepulrhre, the cr-
irs,i;l -music of wnruars snuthng voice
has been heard every where all round .hr
globe, amid the deepest gloom. of sorrow.
aud The example 'f her conduct hrs never
ceased to loom up to illustrate the true
md modest grandeur Of moral heroi>l,
This will be found TO be her history back
To the very cradle OF time: and however
much patriots may latnent tl!s drgenrra.
,inu Of ) steslranship III these latter days
81, small men, tn the Immortal honor nt
the SIX it IuuSt he recorded that in l;cr
passage through the fearful orlealS which
have met h"r footsteps verywhere in this
revolution, woman has not only always
sustained the exalted character which from
time il.rnIeniuria! has been her righteous
lmrlin,r, tut has not uuft'c, ,ucntly rose
above the brilliant examples Of the past.
and nut>hole even herself. When Fran.
cisco, Marquis of:pcscar, had distinguish
.,I hiluSeil:. " his .alor at the battle OF
l'ar:a, lie WAS thought "i importance
enough To ',ribe, and nc WAS offered thu
crown, IT Naples To betray his sovereign.
lie wrote TO" his wife the facts, to which
she scilt him the following reply: " Your
virtue may raise ,ou above the glory Of
bciny.4lins, The sort of honor which
goes down.to our children with real lus
ire, is derived from our deeds and quail.
ties, not from power OF titles. For my
self do not wish to be the wife of
King, but of General, who can make
himself superior to the greatest King,
not only by courage, but by magnanimi
~ and superiority to any less elevated
motive than. duty" Ami challenged 10
produce an exunple of virtue, born If
this rey"luti"n, which is equal to ,hisl
can do it. +inle4f,e a young officer from
kentucky graduated at West Point and
entered tbs .. S. Army. His patrinny
amounted to brilliant fortune, and he
snn thereafter Was joined in the holy
bonds oi' w.dl~.k 10 beautiful and n;
conpished hsiress at the North, ~h">r
do~ry arpr"SiInaeed closely to hall
million of ,l"ii:sr*.% When this revolution
l.nr>t upon the TWO countries, he saw in a :
twinl; ling that if he drew his sword NJ
der he ( Confederate flag, his own $ptlnA 1! !
ratrirn"lly ,alni the .stlll nr,rc >picndid !;
idr,unr~h'. had acquired by his r,arri gc,
was hound Ia he swept from him and Ii $ |
family. Ii could not but occur tn hln,
that he mig 1t fall in he war, aud while
his perception of the right 10 dispose of
his own ialriInony n,the maintenance nf !
principle w'rS clrar, it was not 50 easy. a
nallrr,,ln prepare To take with him To- a |
soldiers grave tln. consciousness that lie
hstl b,'gg:g,arr,l Il widowed wifi. and her or
phan children, when it was to her he WAS
indebted .t,,r nluch,nt his estate. IN
this diIenlna she read his thoughts, and
the language-lt reported to me hY Il
lady, than. ~ham no country contains i /
superior. either morally or intellectualIy
who heard tin which she relieved him
from his delicate. embarrassment, furnish.
rs parallel for the reply of the wife 6f
francisco, an, settles the flct, that in
this Confed.racy We have wives which
arc an honor to the human race. Hereit
is: You say that your conscience tells
y'a' that The Simth is right. Let not the
sacrifice then Of any portion, or all of the
i;,r.,nc you acquired by onr marriage
prevent yon from sustaining the true dig.
nir Of your character, either in vour !.
Az. c. .tilnathal or in The eyes u.t ourGod.
go fortune is ample. bnt there il 10 for.
~ in,th,, world eqla! in vn!'le 10 a con.
es.;..,iru- husband. Moreover, !, t"o.
h-lr.ve The South is right. and therefore,
aIpe.t the North yt'our estate, Jet the
S,m,h have your sword. The pleasure
that VIC will derive from doing right, and
the fame that You will acquire BY ,hesac
r.iiccs that you will make and the seryi.
ccs that YOU will 'end.r to the Confeler.
ate cause, will be worth more to us while
we live, and to our children hereafter,
than any paltry fortune we could possess