The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-04-11

Sympathy is that passion or vir
tue of the human mind which
prompts the posscssor to the per
Torrance of those dee,ls by which
a sufferer may he relieved. The OBJ
ject Of this short sketch is to show
that this virtue exists to a much
greater extent in the heart Of wO-
man than man. While the stern
yirtnes OF necessity abound in the
heart OF man, sympathy is exuber-
antly bestowed upon woman. ]
think it likely thas sympathy is 40
Inherent virtue in womant but ac-
quircd ty man. This might be
sustained by a reference to man in
many places where woman seldom
goes; such as the military life, sea
mans life, and other callings where
women seldom are. Go to the bat
tie fell, where the warrior stands
amidst the shricSs and eToaRs and
dying lamentations Of the thou
sands his victorious arms have
brought into o detenceless position
at his feet, and he stands deaf to
those cries, casting up the military
process by which The work of mis-
cry was done; but woman's syn1pa-
thetic nature prompts her TO deeds
of mercy to the famisbiRg multi
tudes as they gasp amidst che
shouts of victory, muttering artiI-
lery, and martial music Of their
conQuereFs. Look at tho con
quered, vanqHished heart; and the
very heart which first led it into
peaceful. willing captivity, and then
banishcd it from the plan of antici-
patel enjoyments, follow It with q
sympathetic balm to console It up
on the desert Of despair, Does
fainihe's bitteF, appalling, mourn
fully melancholy cry come upOn the
oceans breeze. with an increase Of
.iismaY and sn accumulation of de-
SPAR as it nears or coast. While
man IS dcvising means to conquer
other nations and enlarge the do
miRiOH Of his own, woman's sym
pathetic nature gathers bread, and
sends it TO the new made orphans
and widows, TO dry mp their tears.
Does pestilcnce, carried upon the
Invisible wings Of the Wind, as it
makes its circuit through the mias-
matte marshes Of earth. spread its
devastating influence over the habi-
tation of man, producing c0nsteFna-
tion, dismay and desertion2 Wo-
man, with tones more melodiOus
than music's softest, sweetest strain,
speaks TO the desolate and forlorn.
Has the tornado, as a sentient crea-
ture, in its wrath, swept over some
beautiful town or country and left
all in ruins? Then l sec woman.
as her sympathies press her to the
ruins, to sec if some sufferer is yet
within the reach Of the hand Of re-
lief Does ignoranco draw the
foggy veil over the poor Of some
humble cabin town, or city Of the
country where literary woman lisp
Soon is the veil to he penetrated by
the rays of light which shoot forth
from the mind of sympathetic wo-
man, and the pleasures OF knOwl-
edge dwell where darkness was.
Last, but not least, 60 to the Hall
Of Plate, and see one start TO Cal
vary, bearing his own cross, and
you will see woman starting IN
haste to witness the deed which her
could not prevent. And
while man was doing the work Of
death. and while the King of Day
wrapt his golden hair around his
face and withheld his
light for three dreadful hours from
each member OF the Solar family,
during the groans Of his dying
LoRp, and while the marshaled
hosts Of Heaven held their hsrps
unstrung, and gazed in silence, wo-
man was there to sympathize with
the sufferer. Woman, sympathi-
zing woman, first at the sepnlchre,
last at the cross. j. =. s.