The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1874-04-30
IDAHO WORLD.|
rFrom the Sacramento Rescus.]
APPEAL TO TIE WoMK1 OF CALIFORNIA

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r1AA.r2 1 cuuaaE abroad Der al the land.
Tor rnspy long aud veay years we've seen
AtrshS dire shd dey;rs6. born q sreed. ks
PnIene1 hy m6n Hsp purpose fslls ceuf1cn
4 aordid. soulless and Implying few,
And blicht with hopeless, endless woe. the rest.
Tia venom d shafts tho aimed. with deadly poiAs
And cumming skill against the stronger sex,
Have aver entered tender women's hearts
ma rudely barbed with ranking agonies. So
HSve wrought sadder. hercer ruin there.
MN osss s y sn az f Fulss S, lo1 a.
MN aoon It holds him helpless In its grasp
And feeds 1T leisure on its victims life,
Then laughs with aendish gse and brutal s;a ieer
man, life, . soul Christ died to save.
Was sold. A life! not one alone; with his
A,snss We "; %sa spsPs E e love-
And ut the sacred altar sworn to shield.
Has in his fall been crushed her peace destroyed;
Her love and trust betrayed; her g'rinood hopes.
And smiles aud joys now turned to bitterest gall
The home she sought with earnest, prayerful care.
10 make Paradise Of earthly bliss.
Was blighted with the fery serpent's breath.
And scCrched and withered stripped 81 every Joy,
was made rayless. sunless. hopeless hell
Her tears her prayers. her woes her withered life.
Her agonizing wail of widowhood.
No shark of pity in the monsters heart w..
OF fiint did ever kndle; naugLt jut jeers
And knocking insults from the murderer's lips
Fer greet the widows tears or orphan's plaint.
Apain behold mothers only son,
The choicest treasure Of . widow'd heart,
Enshrined there in setting rich Of gems.
The jewels of . mothers hallowed love;
Not diamonds these or precious stones OF earth,
But brilliants from the stores Of Heaven. held
IN holy reverence there. and lent to earth
From out the shining crown Of God. because
In all earth's treasures naught was found.
In hill or dale in river. sea or air sare& 9t
So rich SO blessed, holy, Godlike. pure.
As God decreed should be MOTHERS LOVE.
But no respect the human demon pays
To holy things or bright. or pure. or priced,
A dime outweighs . mothers shattered heart
A bnghted life, lost and ruin'd soul.
The mothers hope, he marks his fayerite prey.
He coins to dimes his manhood. Godhood soul.
And leaves the dross to die q wretched thing.
A thousand times had better ne er been born.
Not rare or isolated cases these.
Not pictures overdrawn. To express the woe,
The grief and pain. the anguish and despair
tn inearnate 6ends can crowd into an hour
OF one poor helpless woman's life. whose heart
Beneath their narrowing torture wrthes and bleeds
No fitting language e'er has yet been found.
Fond hearts. bright hopes ana human loves and lives
And virtue. peace, and truth and laws Divine.
The maid the mother, childhood. youth and age
And God they spurn. and stamp beneath their feet,
As winter tempests in their reckless rage
Make havoc OF the wtthered autumn leaves.
Fen war his thousands slain. retires and yields
To gentle peace. and then in sorrow bowed,
Repents the ruin he in anger wrought.
The plague destruction plying youth nor age.
Then says its hand. no moro to harm mankind.
And years Of happy. vigorous health succeed.
Thus shrinking famine. too its mischief done.
Is followed e'er by joyous thankful years:
The hills and wales with plenteous verdure clad,
And ripening harvests In the yellow field.
But this foul dendish scourge. this horrid CURSE
DESTROYS more lifesGhan any deadliest war
And breeds more famine, pestilence and death,
More tears, woes more Judgments dire than all
The other ills combined that curse the world;
Yea, more q thousand times. and worse than all
Its work Of death ne'er tires. or stops. rests.
Had Satan when with purpose fell he lurked,
At Eden's gate to entrap. beguile, betray.
And doom race to sin. and plant the seeds
OF crime and war and plague and poverty
And suffering vast and universal woe
Through all the earth Ter ages yet to come
OF vile intents. Ct thoughts uncean. Of acts
Impure and damnable. Of wicked plots
Ganst virtue peace. gainss human veal and health
Had he been gifted with prophetic ken.
And sighted in the future ages far.
This traffic vile OF human minds conceived,
A thing far beyond in villainy
And cruelty and treachery, all schemes
That Q er were ha.ch'd and nurs'd and patented
In foul and fruitful holland In Its train
Earth strewed with whitening. anguish'd broken
hearts,
desolation vast OF misery
And tears and agonies; the expiring cry
OF murdered innocence continuous rise.
Besieging Heavens gates-the fairest fields
OF earth. the cities and the wastes. the home,
The palace and the hut, all STEPPED In woe.
And tears and blood; the plague and famine gannt
In wanton revel wasting human life
All joy to mourning changed. all day 10 night
All sweet to bitter turned. and quenched all hope
And faith in coming Of the promised day.
When universal liberty and peace a.
And right and justice long delayed should reign
Had Satan all this and known this CUnsx
THAT dwarfs to nothing all the tortures keen
That ingenuity Of tyrant hend
In hate and malice dev'lish e'er conceived|-
Should drag ten million women's hearts benesth
Its harrow-teeth to-day and pleasure hugo
Enjoy in coming helpless woman's soul
And hearts and tears md childhood's innocence
To greedy gold-had Satan known all this,
He'd turn'd repentant from his wicked scheme,
And to his dread retreat retired abashed,
That ever horrid cruelty like this
Should for . moment entrance seek or find
Into his heart; heart though fullen low
And clnging stin to more Of decent pride
Than e'er could brook the shane q selling Ts"..
But lol . shout Of Joy. peeling chime
sOf Joyous bells. comes floating through the afr.
It tells warfare waging in the East
And victories won, to spread DER all the world
The sorrowing victims Of the iron heel,
Have risen against the tyrant's grinding yoke
Not armed men with cannon, IRE and sword,
But Drawer women are the soldiers now:
Their armor innocence. the right the truth,
Their weapons prsyer and song and kindly words
Who hears their cry for sid: who never yet
In all the history of our race refused,
When asked in faith to help righteous cause
And raise the borrowing, praying mourner mp.
And strike the oPprossors chain from on the slave
Then Womani In the name Of God stand FORTH
And use your power to drive the demon vile,
From all this land. The victories achieved
Elsewhere are Gods commands to You to rise
And overthrow YOUR foe, and earn the prize.
The grandsst e'er was placed within the reach
Ths prise, l,ooyld frow SatoN's grasp yedeem'd.
The coming Of the promised reign 81 God.
Oh, heed the call: the tempter disregard
Who bids you seek excuses weak ana VAIN
Rise up and swear before the Throne OF GOD
That in his name you'll never cease 70 work,
And 01An6 and In ta1{a m00k holy Cause