South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-11-28
The Great Trial. By a. C. HARssss,
10 compliance with my promise. the FOL-
lowing extracts from this curious book, ex-
emplify the genius aud eloquenco Of the
writer:
woMAN's rfaHrs.

oWpihy 'oe genius snu eioquenco OF tho
writer:
woMAN's RIGHTS
Equality and suffrage for women Nothing
more clearly shows the utter Generalization OF
the times than this infamous propostion Such
n thing is both blssphemy against God and an
insult to the noblsr and better instincts OF human
nature. Divesied OF all It's sophistry the idea is
retolting 70 every manly feeling, and to every
sentiment OF modest propriety In the bosom OF
woman. Nan, made in the image Of God man,
whom the Creator Of the universe has called his
son man, whom the Almighty has invested
with power and authority to rule the earth and
everything which lives upon IL; man, who, when
boIert and upright, has been Justly styled the
nobiest work of God man, deiuded by the de.
wi, cheated by a hirelng priesthood, and
shaved by an upstsrt bondocracy, makes this
proposition TO woman ''we will make you our
equals, we will endow YOU with all the civil and
political privileges which we enjoy, upon these
conditions that you release us from The obiiga-
tons imposed upon us by nature and natures
God 70 shield your beauty, 10 guard your yir-
tue. and defend your frailty."
Woman, the creature Of passion and emotion
woman, SO strong in passion, so weak in physi-
cal strength; woman, so strong in love so weak
and erratic in judgment; woman, so trusting, So
conhding woman, who twines about man like
the ivy, putting forth a thousand tendrils Of beau
~ oil gentleness, OF patience, OF faith, OF love.
clinging closer TO him when the storms Of life
beat darkly round him, but who, when she has
nothing to cling to, falls, and--oh, how low
beyond the reach of mercy, and out of sight Of
hope woman to take care OF herself
And why not children, too Since man wants
to be free from all responsibility 10 his kind, why
not give equality and suffrage To children too,
and let them take care of themselves It's true
their little minds can hardly vet comprehend n
game of marbles but let them vote once aud
immediately this magical operation would enc
bic them to comprehend the game Of life, with
all its vllanies, its expressions, is crimes and
It's iOiles. Let them vote aud at their lit
tie hands would grow strong to bear the burdens
OF debt, OF taxation, of oppressio on and OF wrong
which see men sinking under.
Woman, so delicate, so frai and yet so strong
In the very frailty Of her beauty to be dragged
into the streets to fstcuff with the rabble rout
who follow the heels of political demagogues -!
oman, the most beautiful flower which blooms
in the garden OF life TO be transplanted TO tho
slough Of political filth Why don't you plant
your flowers out ia the fields instead Of In tbs
gardens Because they need more careful at
tention they arc not so hardy as other plants:
they would be bruised and broken they would
perish. And yet woman, the prettiest of all
howers to an honest, upright man, s to be taken
out OF The IA nily garden, where she blooms so
beautifully, aud transplanted into the broad field
of the world. Pages l4l-'2.
THE EULoGY OF ROBERT T.. LEE
How mighty is the human soul when the
shores OF mortality are broken down How like
vast river running over its narrow banks, and
covering the earth with its rushing waves -
The great captain is lost in the heroic grandeur
OF The hour. Forward" falls from the war
rior's lip Forward, ! viii lead you.
ald, If need be, die at your head - Earth has
no nobler place for u hero 10 die
But what's the matter? That line rs IL by in
stinct pauses-it halts Hath sudden fear seized
them Is the day lost moment surprise
and voice runs along the line General Leo
TO The rear General Lee to the rear We be-
long TO our country, 10 liberty-we are ready TO
DE Tor its truths, we are ready 10 throw our
selves in the fatal breach and wall IL M with
our dead bodies. Ten thousand of our brave
men will be left behind u.s. 10 fll another breach
and bght other battles Bat only one lelfher have
we, great and gifted and noble. Only one Rob.
ett T. Lee One oniy, e, to lead in the long and
bloody struggle before us. We are ready to die
cut be must live to fight the battles of bis coun-
try and liberty
ln these hours Of highest inspiration, man IL
divine When he has made up bis mind 70 die
Tor his home, his wife, his little ones, for truth.
for God, and his country, his actions are noble
and his words prophetic. Methinks + sec that
battle line, martyrs 10 truth, for they are going
10 oHer themselves sacrifice upon the altar or
their country, they going 10 pile their dead
bodies Ike onlwark before the proud ware ef
inyasion hethinks see the fires Of the human
soul burning mp the elm OF futurty which Gov
ers The mortal eye, aud as the future breaks on
their view, they see Robert Lee leading his
countrymen through The wilderness Of dsfost
and, Ike Moses, striking from the solid rock the
liVing, refreshing waters oftrutb Two subord-
mate officers rode up 20 The general seized bis
horse, and led him back to The rear The hero
- conquered at last subdued by the love and con-
hdence Of his fellow men. A food OF tears gush-
Is from bis eyes he weep5 like woman. But
another breach is made Ia the rebel lines, u Wild
or one than before. The last bulwark has fallen,
me last battle line broken, the last scattered
fragment Of that gallant little army has surren-
dered The uuobsTucted wave Of Invasion sweeps
on, leaving IN its wake a barren waste Of subju.
CATION and slavery.
Again the old hero rushes 70 the front. Thrill
ca with higher inspiration, he gives a nobler
command, be utters divner truth ss(so 20
WORK. BY his own example, and With bis own
nsnos lhe never commanded bis fellows 70 90
whsre he was not willing 20 iead) be Vindioated
lhe 18th bis lips had uttered Labor iTas AZ last
found hero ard companion The greatest Of
llvlng men has bowed al her shrine, and offers
daiiy on her altar the sweat OF bis brow and the
works Of bic hands. With such q hero for her
companion, labor will Vindicate the dignity Of
her calling and the sjesty Of her power. Chill
dren OF toll, poor and despised as you have ever
DeeD robbed and plundered as you have been
Tor siG thousand years by usurpers and tgrauts
kings and aristOcracies, bondantocratic thieves
ana their sireling tools The political factions and
= hypocritcal priesthood wake up the tocsfn Of
your liberty has sounded Her battle flag, go
% work" written on lie folds, has been hung ~
tue breeze BY the greatest Of living heroes, and
TOE highest type Of man ever given to the world.
The usurpers who have seized the government
ana who are now using, not its legitimate an
tbOrity, but, instead thereof their own usurped
power % degrade labor 70 The level Of the serf-
dom o. Europe, and 10 make Il like n IL Ia IN
rope, The basis, the mud.siil OF great moueyed
power, these usurpers ! say deno6ucs Robert
Lee AZ a traitor aud rebel
r. +. Lee how like Washin0tor To- ,~isao,,
for temperance, for poderation. FOR ;ustice ISks
washington, how evenly balanced TIRE efe-