The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-04-15
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Is Beantiffull Tribute to the w omen
and Children Of the South
Thu following article from 7theS laEssss
{ of the. South, is SO deserved and shsstfifui
a tribute to the women and children of
the South, that We takc hesSlberty of
transferring it :entire*to our Columns, as.
'ssured that!our. readers will. .peruse with.
3as.much pleasure as we. have done:
SOUTHERN WOMEN ANDtcu1IDREN.
: Where are the women and children in
-History2 Why do they. so seldom ap-
pearl sHayethey had nothing todo with
shaping: the events :of. the. world :. Are
s.menSt the,only actors in the great drama?
!. Have. the women and children no part to
play And if: they have, why do we SO
verY.raeely meet with them in tho scenes
) and.aots of history? And when their
gentle faces do:appear how is it that they
. ara kept far off in the obscure backs
ground ,.dim as shadows, scarcely seen at
: all-or.7if seen, almost unnoticed We
read the annals of j. thousand years; we
turnover page after page but the names
!. upon tHem written, and the deeds III them
,recorded; are names and deeds OF men.
!, Waat Of the womenand children of those
.fflonssfbd years Have they done moth
.iiITss;sS worth recording? and ii they have,
the record? We follow the his;
1fses+ of hundred nations, through all
sthaiG vicissitudes, from their births to the
-bprias we find the footprints alone of
Aanen. Has no mark been left to tell that
i;Iyolnen and children had aughttodo with
3 the ssdestines of the nations? DO men.
lorse mako; Historyl2 From them alone
.sffissan It's gforySderived2 Have they SO
soEcnpied this stage upon which the drama
i.sofs history. is. acted as TO leave no room
upon i. forSthe women and children !? DO
these exert no influence on tho course :of
events? or:so imperceptible an influence
sss;that. only once. Or twice ina hundred
years they make q mark and leave q
memory ss,sss.-s - =
ST 1ThereSare historians Of men and mems
achievements, but. women and children
have neithel.history nor historian. And
yet; the weak hands Of women. and chill
. dren5havc done their part in the building
up Of every nation. They have suffered
too and struggled they hsve given their
! tears to the Tragedies. of1hs world; they
!. ,lraVezhelped nations to attain glory and
: : men TO win fame ;;@t6ey have influenced
every day1of history, bnt. the blaze of
men, achiavenents they Have been hid
. den. Just as theSstars IN the heavens are
;yeiled from our, gazeby the splcndors of
!. .sssssie sun. In the march Of nations to-
glorY.Weslear only5thesfrn tread of the
swarrior;. we listen,in vain for tile patter
sof little feet. In the field ofebattle we
hear onlyalle shouts Of the .combatants-
not the. ;sighs of women who are wailing
for:thoseswiio will return no moro. Mem:
!. ories of the blood of brave men shed
in, sacred causes history gathers and
& preserves, but the tearsof the widowsand
orphans in the deSolate home are forgot
ten. And which is holier-the blood of
,sthe soldier or the tears of his orphans?
The historian, finds on the battlc-plain q
grave Sand: the name of the sleeper in it
!: he gives to the world but. Their names of
;Sthe= .Iyeepors for that dead one finds no
place in his pages. And which is holier
the pulseless heart OF the warrior buried
IN his battle: grave, or the broken hearts
:. Of the wife and children at home?z His
zStory takes pains and feels pridoin record
sing the sufferings and sacrifices Of men
sforsright, but all unknown and unwritten
are the greater sacrifices Of the women,
and children; greater because they feel
them more intensely andsare less able to
make them and -beat Them How often
have we unused over these nnwritten his,
tories. How often have we rstrven to
fill up. with our own ina aginings the blanks
s<intthe annals OF earth ! How often have
we wondered about these women and
children who stand in thesilent, shadowy
background of history. and yet who arc
Z, intimately related to every event !! They.
share the fates. Of their people-they suf
: fer and rejoice-they weep-thcy make
sacrifces-they WELD aquiet, yettremen-
s:dous- power, over thesacts of history; and
z yet historians scarcely deign to mention
them. a passing tribute now and thcn
they receive, but the full need of praise
which; they deserve, is withheld. The
great deeds of men occupy page after
page, sentence hero and there intimates
that back of the great men and deeds arc.
) the-women and children. WHO will write.
their history? Were it written how it
would, in interest, transcend the records
OF men! What bright and beautiful pages
.-what,sad and pathetic pages it would
present! how tragicit would be! What
SORROWS and sufferings-whatsfaith and
/: fidelity it would contain Do wesmeet
!: in the front lines Of history with men
great, good, and true Back Of them
would we not find women and children
as true. as good, and as great? Does the
heroism Of men on battle fields in just
causes thrill US with admiration? What
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