The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-04-22
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experience of every household that are
essentially heroic, connected with tho
conduct of parents toward their chill
dren. and OF the children toward their
parents. and Of the children toward
each other They are not famous. they
ara not widespread; bat. If Won meas
ure her0ism by the moral quality. the
motive. YOU viii fnd cradla-side hero
i-m and bedside heroism. hcro,sms Of
distress and poverty, which ere as
eminent rs any hero.sn that there ever
was On the battlefield, or in council
chamber Yes, and ten thousand times
more 20, because they are accompanied
with les excitement and less prospects
Of sympathy and remuneration For.
in the the dull night alone-oh. alone
at the longest striking Of the
clock alone: ut It's shortest stroke.
alone; q the double stroke. alone: 81
three and four in.the morning, alone;
with 2 sick babe, and no ere to euccor
sits the child Of fortune. cultured
exquisite IN taste, and sensitive ~
sverv moral feeling as an angel
a. last, the lonCeG-for sound
now hated, of the footsteps Of
him Tor whom she waits. comes to her
ear; and some miserable. dis-ipate6
creature wakes the night and he comes
rude, and red, and stumbling into the
room; and she, with ey&sy feeling h7r
rowad, with every taste offended. with
her whole nature outraged, TevOite
Yel. it was the first love. + was the
only love, it was the husband Of hc~
youth. it Yves hers; end she turns ia
forget her revolving and her shrinking.
20 meet linn, to quiet him. tOlead him
to his disGraced bed. to put him 10
sleep. to knecl while he snores his drunk
en slVmber, and amid tears and prayers
and heart breaking. and anguish, Ike
mother angel Of God to him, to inplore
mercy for him And not her own
mother knows il; not her own father
knows il; no companion knows 1t
With her own life she IS hiding his de
formity
Now do you tell me that there is he
roisIn ike that on the battle fields or IN
council chambers? And society is full
Of heroes Of love and domestic fidelity
Thousands OF them are unknown on
earth. They march in ranks and bat
-alions, 50 that we speak OF them in
nouns Of multitUdes, as drunkarde
wives. All those that. under such cir
cumstances, life themselves uD above
the ordinary line OF human conduct.
are heroic And God waits for them
md heaven IS h0mesicll for them. q
how they viii shine therel Pcrcheuas
as you see them going through the street
meek and patient, their dress growing
more and more rusty you smile pity
incly, and say, They are poor drunk
ards wives; they We're promising once
but they have gone down, down, down
and low they are nowhere" I beg
YOUR pardon. they have not gone down.
They have been going up And when
you rise with all your wealth, and learn
NJ, and genius, and stand in heaven.
having escaped damnation- so as 10y fire.
you may stand lowest, and see them g
ar above you a the stars tonight are
above your heads For the last sbal
be first, and the lowest shall be highest
There are heroes that fight battle.
besides those that are On battle fields
Great and glorious men there are or
battle fields, fighting for the life Of The
country, for The life Of liberty, for tn,
life OF justice for the life Of law: bu'
here are other heroes besides those.
Aavc seen the fight oG poverty. Oh
how long tielt! how cunning the enc.
my! now sharp his weaponsi How
dreadful q battle is that which one mus
aclt AGAINST poverty, especially if b,
aas to 20 down in life, and change his
circle in society; and, what IS hardest
of all, change it TO the damage Of his
children ] do not think that half
man woald find any trouble in being
poor If he could he alone. For it takes
but little to keep man alive; and
there Is, You know, but one alternative.
A man standing by himself VIII Ger
ainiy live, and there viii be something
10 1--we on till he dies, and it IS the best
thing ahoutit The only alternative is.
II die, / win; and until l die, I am
cure to live somehow" It does not hurt
a man TO be poor, if he IS alone; but
al & mans nerves he carries In the
heart OF those he loves, so that when
Jhey suffer he suffers; and 10 take his
companion down with him into poverty
does hurt him II they were grown up.
he would not care But they are grow
ing up. The boys can take care OF
themselves very well, and can gain
position in the world but that the girls
shculoago out into life, and be kicked
about Ike footballs IS too much for him
to endure.
! Eeedrot tell some Of YOU how
man thinks about these things. and
how the thought that his family must
struggle with poverty cut like a knife
Last week / mot q brother who dcs-
cribing friend OF his, SAID he was Ike
q man who had droppoda bottle and
broken il, and put all the pieces in his
bosom, where they were cutting him
perpetuaiiv. ] have seen persons w.th
troubles and cares that seemed Ike
ono that had fragments Of glass in his
bosom that cut him, and that cut him
the more the tighter he pressed them
Now. where q person that is poor, that
is out o. health, that Is surrounded by
many disGo9racemeuts, and that is
made 80 suffer in various ways Lifts
LfiUegh Gt-at us lt-cltFllhtS, GElt.
cheers his companions and children,
and fights want on this side and on that.
and hears humiliation, putting it under
his feet withouj losing faith in God |
and saying to sill the world, ~ can BE-
poor and vet bo o man oh, crown |
biml You pass him by. Kings some
, mes walk iucognitO, and then they /
Go rot wear crowns. There are Kings (
in your streets. There are men walk /
ing about in Your midst that wear /
crowns in their hearts, which # they
-0r'. ia Ius tAga GA their heads, wou]t 7
shine So 11iElttha5 you would th.uk .
that twilight had dawred. There ara
lacu.aud who understand ana o1F .
'h6 Injunction oi't6e Apostle. uaeu aa .
-2ys Quit you Ike men, DE svcnE .
tell sou tAev are heroes and the T
angels know Is. YOU Gouot
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