The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1865-03-08

lS"SiAs"Sus - - Hvt uSl pTuVtHSc ~ tdC
the foe on the CORY field. or mingle 10 tn
|horrid scenessof battle her MISSION is
far different one; yet in times Of nationa
peril aud distress, when the cause 70
which she has given up her father. has
lband, brother. or perhaps her last, her on
son, seems lest, she has been known d,
clad herself in "war's stern, magnificen
array" and cast Aerself into the :. deadl,
breach" IS
Every natian that has had ~se strrccl
for It's existence, furnishes examples nf III,
fidelity and patriotic devotion Of woman
10 her has been attributed the expulsion q
the tyrannical and mbeciIe B0urbons dur
ling the reign of terror in France. Wher
Athens. the eye Of Greece, the mother 81
Arts and Eloquence. was threatened bv !,
large force under Eurystheus. Young wo
NAN, strong in heroic faith, inorler TO saw,
the city willingly devoted herself sacri.
flee upon the altar of the Gods. The salot
of Persian women was ilustrated,by Ar.
temlsia in the naval engagement with tn
Greeks oft the Island Of Salams. s., con
spIcusus was the daring OF the Halicarnas
sian Queen that Xerxes, who from his loft,
throne beheld the contest, and thinking il
was the Greciau fleet that had been de.
stroyed. is said to have exclaimed, .My
men are abecnme women, my wamen menl !"
Carthagenlan women tore the Jewels frnm
their hair 10 supply the wants of their sol
diery. There are on record many instau.
ces of he ptowess ef the smatrons Of Rome
and the noble -hesried wsmen Of brave Nj.
4 lie Sparta. They instituted Marhke prin-
lciples into the minds ot their children,
taught tsem their duty To their co1utry,
ant that II was far better to die or the field
oil battle than to live slaves Of naughty and
lnsolent eunquerors.s The cheerfalues,
with which spartan mother gave up her
sons, and ,Ae triumphant resignation. with
winch She more their teaths, are touching.
" expl esssd IN puem Of Greek Aati,ol5
igy: ttRsfe1
/ Eight sons Demone,a al Sparlas call
Sent ioah - light; one tomb received them all
No isaf lie shed. hut shouted ylc,oryi
Sparta, Lore them hul 10 die fr thee.
la the dark DAYS 81 oul colonial struggle
lar independence. our cause looked gloons
all hopeless. Proud Britain held aIInosl
undIsputed sway. and the brave little .snnd
lol hardened veterans. that had (ailusra
their beloved Washington with bleeding
feet over snaG covered ground aud acru>.
the cold icy stream of the Delaware. under
repeated feserses and accommodating hard.
ships, IA begun TO entertain seriDas dlnpr,
81 their hnal success. When those sidaach
snl gallant hearts who had faced death up,
on hundred fields, were about 40 eve u
~ de-paIr, our mothers urged them Oh. in.
sPred them with new hupes aud lrest
courage, and 10 some Instances sealed ibrii
andying attachment with their own pre-.
cIous bin"d.
But Il was reserved for this var, which
the North, blinded by aynrice ani hale, a.,
waging 10 crush The last sanctuary Of Tree.
dom, 10 develop The true character Of aui
looGntry women. Their fidelity. their bouuti
les librrslity and their sell sacrificing ,le.
'uiInn under ali circumstaccr., entiilr theil
"ames To- place among The "noJle arm
si martrs" in the diatlrm Of n,tiena
glory. q
we have been recipients u many token
Of their .nlicitude and pairioti.m. VI
amsng The least il The brsatIlnl nl- nhIcl
his bern sngrarcfglly presented IL Is. Tn
flag Of "ne's csuntry isalwsss lupkrd upel
with pride aud adnIiratinn III the DAYS IL
Rome aud in the DAYS If Greece, the Ylclo
ri"us banner of their country. returnin.
from fields u conquest. vas hailed will
wild enthusiasm aud accIamaii~ls nr n
i'iCIng crowds came out IL welcome them
orators with burning elnquence pronounc
r ed harangues upon them, and poets san.
their praises but this flag. besides bein:
an object of generation and idolatry, shonll
possess an additional Charm. Ii isa liz
from the ladie. n our native state, ard Il.
motto i !" Virtue, Purity and v4lor." |
IS an evidence Of their interest in The hol,