The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-07-28

than from anything that has occurred
since the war. His nomination wonl,
have embodied a determination of tn,
Republican party TO hold on to power
at all hazards.
My sincere conviction is that Han
cock will be our next President. His
! election will set this government for.
ward quarter Of 4 century, and under
the guidance Of the Democratic party
the whole country, from Maine to Cali.
fornla, will enter upon IN era Of unex,
ampled prosperity.
The speech was frequently interrupt
ed by enthusiastic applause Senator
Butler said he would like to hear from
some Of the candidates. and the audience
called Oil Maj. j. X. Nance and Hon.
Geo. Johnstone, who made short nd
dresses,
A Tribute to Woman.
DR.. Mcintosh, in his recent address
before the Abbeville County Medical
Society, paid the following handsome
and lnst tribute to woman, for which
we are indebted to the Press md Bu1a-
heT:
AS profession, we number the ladies as
our friends, and are proud to do so. And
truly should the Medical Profession look TO
woman with an instructive consciousness
that her sympathy and goodwill is ever with
them IN all that pertains to the advance
ment OF medical science. For woman, with
her tine intuitiye perceptions as to who
are her friends. with the feeling that as man
more thoroughly understands her nature,
the more will she be appreciated, has ever
turned 10 our profession, knowing that there
she has friends who as the years roll by will
more thoroughly understand her worth, her
purity, her virtue, ard her love. Trace :he
varied status of woman from rude barbarism
up to where our present civilization places
her, and tell what other class has striven as
the Medical Profession has in its sympathy
and appreciation daily and hourly quietly,
but Steadily-to raise her from barbaric ser
vltude up, up, higher, and higher, until she
has been placed on the pedestal of equality,
and now looks forward to the tim when man,
recognising in her all that is purer, nobler,
sweeter, loYelier, shall accord to her pre-
eminence in all her claims upon i'm for
duty, affection, and love-
But though We have claimed that woman
owes much to our profession, most cheerfully
and willingly do We bear witness, that in
many, many ways we are her debtors. Fol
as the practice Of medicine carries out the
theory Of medicine, just so woman carries
out the practice of medicine. What would
the skill Of the physician amount to, were II
not that fair woman's hand prepares the po.
ton he prescrbes-that with the soft touch
she coolS the feyered brow-that her very
presence speaks peace and comfort, and
calms the restless tossings of the wearied
sufferer. All! what is the sick room without
womar's presence. There, by the couch OF
suffering, where nursing is half the battle,
and patient, weary hours of watching count
equally with the physicians SKILL there does
the Medical Profession owe much of its sue
cess to woman when the victory is won and
life is saved Her sympathy, her all. is eYel
at our service and whether it be 4 public
cause or private need, the fact is only to be
made known and woman is ever ready to dc
her part. What debt Of gratitude has the
soldier meted out to the Florence Nighten'
gales of this and other days. Has the Con
federate ever forgotten what he owes to the
women Of the South? How at her home she
toiled and saved 10 send something from hel
scanty stores to her gallant defenders! With
what unhaggiDg zeal she devoted herself tc
the sick! Wherever the Confederate soldier
could be found, stretched upon the bed OIL
pain and suffering, there was to be seen wo
man as an angel Of mercy, minis stering to his
wants, encouraging him with word oi
cheer, or act of kindness, or soothing over
the last rugged steps of life that LED to the
grim portals Of dealh, by words of conSola
ton. And just here let me say, that while a.
our State Capital aud other points through
out our country, monuments for our Con
federate Dead are being erected, | calno
but feel that while the women Of our lanc
are thus perpetuating the memory Of the
soldier dead, there are SoRe others who
too deserve q remembrance at our hands
deserve all that grateful country can dc
for their memory. Though they perisheo
| not amid the whirr Of bullets, the crash O
shell and storm Of battle yet in woman
quiet, unsel6sh way laid down their lives up
on their country's altar, and should gain from
that country's love, undying- fame. AS tht
| tocsin Of war called the men to arms and lee
them away TO the distant tented fields, sool
there came cry for help for the sick and sui
fer!ng soldier. Nobly did Carolna>s womel
! respond to the call, and soon with utter forget
| fulness of self, they were to be seen al
! through Virginia's mountain slopes and fer
! tile wales, amid the quie: tents, or crowded
| hospital wards, caring for the sick, the dead
and the dying. But all these volunteers haV
| not returned-some of them found tlna
resting place far away from home and friend
and when the summons came, they too prov
ed how willingly our noble patriotic Womel
could die for their country, and the greer
mound with its grassy turfsoon marked tn
| grave of the soldier, and the soldiers friend
! Well do remember an aged matron OF tn
South Carolina Hospital at Charlottesville
| Virginia, who was one Of the first to re
| spond to this call, and for more thai
twelve months by day and by night, ear!
and late, with never days rest, and hard.
an hours relaxation during this Who'll
period, did she stand to her post, doing he
| duty her whole duty-never for one mo
ment failing 10 respond to every call the So
dier could make upon her: So, with strepgt
| overtaxed, and health undermined. she te
at the first onset of disease, an offering upo
! her country's altar. as the sentry upon hI
| post; and far away from home and kindred
| Just where she had raised so many back t
life, she passed away upon her aospita
couch, surrounded only by those she ha
| loved to minister to, and as the Sorrowln
soldiers bore her to her last resting place
and laid her beGy away ip the colo
silent grave, the tear-drop trickled and te
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