Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-02-18

al pef u WOllltli Nus Illsulc 'llpHIeCh VI HSl
character mca generally drop her, but wo-
mentsdo not so much drop her as hurl her
with tic force of q catapult clear out and off
and down and under.
Ishnyc not much faith that women will
ever.get. merciful consideration and justice
through woman suffrage, yet l like expert
ments, and some Of my friends i'll whose judg-
| ment have confidence are so certain TINT III
deviation would come by such process that
would if had tho power, put in every
wonlans hand tho vote. I cannot sec what
right you have to make woman to pay
taxes on her property to help support city,
statc.and national government, and yet deny
her the opportunity of.helping to decide who
shallibe mayor, governor or president. But
let every wife, not waiting for tho vote sho
maynever get, or, getting it, find it outbal-
anced by some other vote not fit to be cast,
arise now in the might of the eternal God and
WELL the power of sanctilcd wifely ambi-
tioa.foE,n good approximating the infinite.
gsolo:can so .igspirca man to noble pur-
poses as a noble woman, and no one so thor
oughly degrade O. man rs Il vito of unworthy
tendencies While in my text we have illus
tration of wifey ambition employed i'll the
wrong direction, society and history arc full
of instances of wifcy ambition glor!ously
triumphant in right directions. Allthat was
worth admiration in the character OF Henry
VI was reflection Of the heroics of his wife
Margaret. William, Prince of Orange, was
restored to the right path By the grand
qualities of his wife Mary. Justinian, tho
Roman emperor, confcsscs that his wise laws
were tho suggestion of his wife Theodore
Andrew Jackson, the warrior and president,
had his highest reinforcement in his plain
wife, whose inurtstic attire was the aniuse-
ment OF the elegant circles in which sho was
invited Washington, who broke the chain
that held America in foreign vassalagc, wore
for forty years IL chain around his own neck,
that chain holding the miniature likeness of
her who had been his greatest inspiration,
whether among the SHOWS ut Valley Forge or
amid tho honors of the presidential chair.
Plmy's pen was driven through NIL its poetic
and historical doninions by his vito Calpur-
MIA, who sang his stanzas to the sound of
flute and sat among audiences cnrapturcd
at her husbands genius, herself the most
cnrapturcd Pcriclcs said he got all lis
elouuencc and craftsmanship from lis wife.
When tho wife of Grotius rescued him from
long Imprisonment at Lovcstein by means of
n bookcase that went in and out, carrying
his books to and fro, he one day transported,
hidden amid the foloS, and tho women Of
besiegcd Wcinsberg, getting permission from
the victorious army to take with them so
much of their valuahles rs they could carry,
under cover of the promise shouldcrcd and
took with them rs the most important valu-
miles their husbands-both achievements in
q literal way illustrated what thousands of
times has been done in ligurative way, that
wifely ambition has been the salvation Of
men.
Dc Tocquevillc, whose writings will be po-
tcntial and quoted while tho world lasts,
ascribcs his success to his wife, and says: "Of
oil the blessings which God has given to me,
the greatest of oil in my eyes is to have
lighted OIL Maria Motley" Martin Luther
SAYS of his wife: ~ would not exchange my
poverty witt! her for all tho riches CT Crosus
without herr Isabella of Spain, by her SUI
perior faith in Columbus, put into the hand,
of Ferdinand, her husband, America. John
Adams, president of the United States, said
of his wife, "Shc never, by word or look,
discouraged me from running all hazards for
the salvation Of my country's liberties. :"
Thomas Carlyle spent the last twenty years
of his life in trying by his pen to atone
for tho fact that during his wife's
life lie never appreciated her inilu-
ence OH his career and destiny. Alas,
that having taken her from beautiful home
and q brilliant career, he should have buried
her III tho home of q recluse and scolded her
in such language MS only 4 dysTcptic genius
could manage, until one day, while in her in
validism riding in Hyde Park, her pct dog
rot run over and under the excitement the
coachrlan found hcr dead Then the liter
AIRY giant woke from his conjuGal injustice
and wrote the lamentations OF Craigen-Put-
took and Cheync Row. The elegant end full
some epitapis that husbands put upon their
wives tombstones are often an attempt to
make up fer lack Of appreciativo words that
Should have been uttered in tho ears Of tie
living. A whole Greenwood of monumental
inscriptions will not do wife so much good
inter she has quit the world rs one plain seII-
tencc like that which Tom Hood wrote to his
livin. wife when he said: ~ never was any
thing till knew you"
Oh, woman what is your wifely ambition,
ucblc or ignob'e? Is it high social positions
That will then probably direct your husband,
md no will climb and scramble and slip and
fall and rise and tumble, and on what level
or in what depth or OH what height he will
after a willie be found cannot even guess.
The contest for social position is the most IN
satisfactory contest in nll the world, because
it is so uncertain about your getting it, and
50 insecure possession after you have OBJ
tanned it, and so unsatisfactory even if you
,1i,,1r r,,,,
it out. The growl of ono bear or the below
ing of one bull on Wall street may scatter it.
Is the wife's ambition the political prefer
ment of her husband? Then that will prob
ably direct him. What q God forSaken
realm is American politics those best know
who have dabblcd in them. After they have
assessed G man who is candidate for Office
which he docs not get, or assessed him for
some Office attained, and he has been whirled
round md round and round and round among
the drinking, smoking swearing crowd who
often ret control of public affairs, all that is
left of his scf-rcspect OF moral stamina
would find plenty of room on gcometrical
point, which is said to have neither length,
breadth or thickness Many wife las not
been satisfied till her husband went into poll
tics hut would afterward have given all she
possessed to get him out.
knew highly moral man, useful in the
church and possessor of a bright home. He
had useful and prosperous business, but his
wife did not think it gcnteel enough. There
were odo;s bout the business and sometimes
they would adhere to his garments when ne
returned at night Sho insisted on his do
Ing something more elegant, although be wss
qualified for no business except LAT In whlcs
he was engaged. To please her lie changed
his business, and in order to get on faster
abandoned church attendance, saying that
after he had made q certain number OF hun
,lreds of thousands of dollars he would return
to the church and its services. Where is
thai family today! Obliteratcd. Although
succeeding in business for which lie was
qualified, he undertook Il style OF mcrchan,
disc for Which lie had no qualification and
soon went into bankruptcy. Lis new style
Of l,,,c,occ mt hin, into OWL 1SSOciutlOu, lie