Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-06-11


history Of the past to be thorough,
impressed with the conviction tina
. Woman is almost ubiquitous
Her influence, or power, if yoi
please. IS felt wherever humanit.
is found, moulding, coloring an,
giving diFection to everything il
Il the social STRUCTURE. Take the in
fant lying unconsciously in it
mothers arms and follow i
through its history Of three-scor
years and ten, or even to, its grave
and the mother is. stamped upon it
/ life and LIES works almost every
where. She need not be personally
| present in the council chamber Il
i give coloring to the laws which arr
to govern a nation, but her infiu
enee is there She need not bs
present on the battle field to give
4 inspiration to the bearded and malt
clad warrior, but her influence j:
I there. 1t was Woman who
in war, was taken captive, but
turned defeat into a victory. The
captive became the captivator, and
thus Rome lost her Anthony. You
have but to consult the records oi
the various courts of Europe fol
Overwhelming proof for what ]
have said. The world is one great
| history of Woman's' subtle. mys-
llterious power. Man, by nature,
when uncorrupted, even when very
young, displays love, gallantry
and chiyalry. Unconsciously, as
by some mysterious power, he is
drawn to the shrine of purity and
beauty. You cannot wonder, then,
when mother No. l brings her
queen, artistically dressed as for
the ball room, that mother No. 2
feels that she is not acting in good
taste nor exactly up to the laws of
etiquette if she does not bring out
her future president or congress
man properly trained and suitably
attired for the tournament. Mark
well my language here-if there
were no young ladies of three years
old, Ihere would be no young
Americas of four.
''If the female element of our race
would remain in the position God
designed and there exert the power
legitimately growing out thereof
then we might hopefully and joy
fully look forward to period in no
distant future of peace and prosperi-
ty. I need not detain you with ex-
ampIes of Woman's' power,
sacred and profane history is full
of them. The world has had, and
still has, its JezebeIs; it has had,
and still has, its Deborahs; it has
had, and still has, its bloody Marys;
it has had, and still has, its devoted
Marys, who washed the loving Sa-
vi0r's feet with tears and wiped
them with the hairs Of her head.
There have been many heroines
with their history unwritten and
the poetry of their lives of sacrifice
and unseltish devotion to suffering
humanity yet unsung. There are
some who have passed life's high
way long ago, but light and joy
still linger on the footprints left
behind. Then there are others
whose memories serve as a beacon
light to warn the young and mex
perienced voyager of the Scylla on
which their barks have been
wrecked.
"Woman.' when perverted and
debased, can resemble more COM
pletely tiend than any being this
side of the dark shores of Erebus,
and then, on the other hand, she
can, by pure, refined and exalted
nature, resemble more an angel
than any being this side the gates
Of that city whose streets are paved
with gold. Woman educated in
head, heart and hands, and remain
ng i'll the sphere God placed her,
ind e&erting the power, and en-
oloying the prerogatives belonging
hereto, is the centripetal force, the
,heck and balance power of a fallen
world, to lead rugged, stern and
hayward man to virtuOus paths,
ind fit him for a better home. If
here is any excellence in me what
.ver / owe it all under God to my
owed and sainted mother, whose
memory / shall love, cherish and
evertnce as long as life shall last.
Woman,' study well thy power I;
it unsullied as the spotless
rnine of the Judge; cherish it as a
ich legacy from the skies; use it as
fod designed, then you may gar
and your bow with wreaths i'm
Mortal, and enshrine your memory
II monuments more costly and
'recious than cold, lifeIess, sculp-
ured marble"
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