The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-10
.uoNUMEYr no SOUTHERN WOmEN.
s suggestion that II he a Grand University
for Their Education.


tt has been proposed TO erect monument
TO the women of the South who took part IN
the war. The questions naturally suggest
themselves OF what shall it be fashioned,
and where shall it be erectedy II IS well That
the artist should embOdy IN marble his dream
of her loneliness: it Is well that the poet
should sing Of her virtues and write OF her
gifts OF head and heart. il is well that the his
torian should recount her deeds OF courage
and self-denial and the eloquent orator fore
tell how the glories OF her character snail
shape the future. but IN rearing suitable
monument to Southern wOmanhood the neeus
of the present women of the South should De
regarded and such memorial established as,
in the words OF Mrs. Jefferson Davis when
speaking Of the kind Of monument she de-
sired erected TO the memory OF her noDle
husband, shall be of ever-recuTrlng benent
10 mankind" In most worthy fashion, there
fore, grant the wish OF the lnnermost soul OF
the Southern woman. and letthere be GUIDED
grand university for women
The chivary of the old South is not dead,
and in no more beautiful and touching man
ner can 1t eyince itself and Its steadfast al
mration OF woman's faIthiulness than IN
giving her an opportunity u cultivate her
God-glyen talents and shine Ike the stars
forever" NO more fitting tribute could be
given from the soldier who wore the sash to
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catIOnal home where shall be fostered that
spirit of Independence and selt-reliance. OF
fOrtitude and endurance. which enabled her
to bid him 60 forth TO dare and die for the
rights which were bought by the blood OF
the Revolutionary heroes.
To the women who inspired them, rallied
them. buried them and strewed flowers over
them. the spirits of the glorious dead respond.
the voices OF the grateful living continue 10
echo theIr praises, and would fam embody
their desire TO perpetuate universal admira-
ton for the women who buckled on their
armor and took It IF. who were the last u
surrender, were abiding 10 their mlnistrations
and were ready 10 hope against hope, who
kept the vestai fires afame and famed the
last expiring sparks of patriotism.
Let this university be erected IN Richmond
the birthplace of the COnfederacy, its home
and its grave. where the spirits of the great
leaders NAV ever hover over 1t 70 approve and
10 bless La il let the faculties of woman find
full play: here let her Tevei in the maZes OF
intricate science. and study dead and living
languages give her chance, ye men OF the
South. give her half q chance, and my word
for II your efforts to let her shine forth Will
not 90 unrewarded: your appreciation OF her
will never fail 10 be appreciated by her.
Let the money, which might be gratefully
but useessly expended III rearing marble
monument, 90 to found this university,
which shall be the most fitting corner stone
of perpetuated Confederaey. Let chairs
be dedicated to the memory OF the
South's great generals, and let this most
precious pile forever remain-the jewel
casket wherein are stored the treasures which
the South most prizes. it's history, its aims.
its undyinc hopes. that il indeed may be q
shrine Of all nations where the Orient and
Occident may be proud 10 send their tributes
to the nation that fought against the world,
where from afar may crushed souls come
70 live in the soothing waters of a
pure font. May it be the beautiful
caldron IN which all hates shall be boiled
away, the bloody shirt Numbered to snowy
whiteness and the source from which shall
spring the influence that shall make the late
unpeasantness AS but ripple on the ma
tons BOSOM and the stawart North, the
wide-awake West and self-suffcent East shall
come d otfing their chapeaus 10 the Sunny
South and seeking az her shrine light and
love and inspiration.
Lot this noble monument be for women
such e home. with such a dome, as the sur
! hath ne'er looked down upon, and through
its portals shall come forth no abnormal
| creature; no loud declaimer for "woman't
| rights" falsely '-called; no wearer Of trou-
sers or vile imitator of tho rougher sex when
she may be the blessed paragon of her own,
! but rounded and rounding TO all fair com.
/ pleteness she shall be
| - shs ed in duty
To the law Of her own beauty"
and evermore reign supreme. aud yet
"A creature not too bright or good
| FOR human natures daily food
! Equipped with every advantage, every facult,
| fully developed. she shall 60 forth redeemed
and redeemlng, making the future to blossom
as the rose ana standing before all nations
the Southern woman elect and chosen.
A WOMAN FOR WOMEN.