The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-08-05
TnE WOMAN DISCUSSION.
Responding to Toast an Eminent Georgian
Paws This Tribute.

| dinner in 1889. Colonel Dawson was one
of the best known of the ante-belum ora
! tors. Since the war he has dropped out OF
| politics and has practiced law successfully
| in New York. He is now seventy-six years
| old and retains all the force and Vigor OF
| his younger years.
| Responding to the toast woman on the
! occasion referred to. Colonel Dawson spoke
| as follows:
| ION the summit of Mount Paruassus
1 CLASSIC lore locates "A mysterious cave or
| charms, into the aperture of which mytho-
| logical tradition relates that not even the
| goat herds could look without becoming
/ seized with hts of enthusiasm. or THIS
| marvellous mystery no archaeologist or
| antiquarian has ever attempted solution,
| and whether this spasmodic ecstaey was
the result of visions or sounds, or was
alleged 10 4be spiritualistic phenomena.
tradition deposeth not, and in this arctic
age oil mingled casulstcal cynlcsm IN
cOrrigible inConociasm ana sc.entlfic Skep-
t.clsm, sol dissant quldnuncs abound,
whose sense OF uelicacy ana perceptions OF
propEety permit them 10 marshal their
self-concet on dress parade 10 adVeftlse
their manifold mlSgiVlnSS as 70 now thuCn
of this romantic Tradition is fiction, aud
how little Is fact. Since. however. aslroho-
mcrs nave demonstrated, by predictions OF
astounding accuracy in reference TO com
ing events scores OF years DeIoi tueF
advent, the value. if not the lntalllplllty
of any analog;cal analysis, why may not
De permitted 10 insist that, IL can h,.u
lust such cave IN any respect IN our
midst, that such a discovery s5oulu pe a.
cepted preSumptlNe PROOF o. me eAls
teiice of a similar grotto IN prehistoric aSesi
Wncn such evidence is SO easily rtcohclleu
with the assumption OF SeoloSlsts, CT lhe
many millions OF ages Ihat nave inter-
venel since the natal hour OF Inc, dhG
especially when considered III the Lsht u
the natural result of the ceaseless dtlIlt.En
aud progress of change, Wnlch' IN lhe
dance of century cycles ana cons haNH
made mountains anu oceans 1"na7 IN
ners ana places. BE that as 1t may, l an.
ready to rouudly assert that Just SUN q
cave, in many respects, dots eH.st ~"
and that its name Is woman h-sto.
y tt,rv INTO which not even the most ue-
prayed Of mankind can look without "
holding the sacred name 81 tthi,,
which i'm ali lands and lautudes Wllhlh
tba circle of c.viDZatOn, cans up rem
niscences in~cpttahly asSoc-dteu Win -
image, instinct with more mus rant1re
more electrical power TO M WIN "a ~,
tbo amman heart than was ever any cave.
bnvcever true may be all traditions teHs
US ..,S On tnis n cfory is the history of
,,..,'.stt.u CIVILIZATION, of the pureSt paLIlot-
;.r m the most practical ph.ldht9iVt
ana catholic charity, as Wen az o. w
dcvoutest devotion 10 every E' uiiy
i'm ipNa.ty o. .rihc it,r ~ mat she makes
49,. HEAVENS. and her sons soldierS,
sfqiesmcn, philosophers ara Pi 'ts,,tbo or
limo when / get lost IN lhe o'll n uep 49,. ~
doubt in trying to realize lhe I.lioi.' ~ no
,.-tf.i,n my mind seems to WANDER III WY
direction OF inndelity, but the money it 49,.
look q good, gentle pure ana mop tS M t;od
~ ihS l4c,, 81 II il impossible to believe
tbat SO holy a being ana 50 many u 49,
could be mere accidsn,s' -, - Rated only
been created. could nave beSn 49, I,SI'nn
III, the idle sport of innihllatlol. Niil on
did any mother ever count Wy S"Oi 'i~o'
her maternal anXietles COST me- r,,, raca
could the gratitude the huriai al
owes mothers be paid IN tears, anu l"lt
as the dews do from heaven, no part %
this earth could ever suIef LOT lilS Nnn1
~ irrir,fion and even Sahara would BIOS
som rs Tie rose Who can marvel, thel, tnaC
when they look into the EHll'tH'S $50
of her hallowud history, that lhe ihcii5Se
~ ,,aukind are seized with even WlutI
nts of enthusiasm than were the Soal-heruS
Of old. when thcy stood upon lhe p i. ~
,b,t crznfiral cave Of charms located
amid the eternal attitudes OF MOUNT "iii"'-
suS. 49,. of o,,r
Infancy the day star of our old age. ne
craife is the infants world, ana IL Is IN
liant of the star of ITS mothers love that
ilitifncs that world. suftens it's atmosphere
ami riueus It's fruit-aye warns into ger
mnatign the secds IN me pra1Siier,s . aoHl
dfsjpfertinle fragrance over the dawn o.
nlr and drive out al mahShaht Ihor"l
ai.,rt.ts until the light of that tender rove
- lo-f in tho darkness Of those passions
1IuGp~ the despOtism of which men iorSet
their mothers and Their Coo. ...
albeit maternity is woinans MISSION,
IL Ia ny no means All that she rs here lori
fnr when the high noon or MANHOOD comes
and "a country is 10 be served ana siN'u;
whose impulses, intultlohs ana pId'tt.."i
wisdom have been Of Greater value TO MN
than have. woman's2 She is a born patriot
and what other sentiment please INFORM
M. is equal ian its moral subiimty 10 pa
tr-io+iem@ II is the brightest OF all the VIZ
tues that have descended in religions tram
from Jchovah's throne. II Is the ah6
sri,it from the circle of whose presence
lov spreads like sunlight over the laho-hl
Tho wave of whose wand justice, mercy,
pcace and philanthropy ana pey stoop
ipou the wiug-at the voice of whose golden
tr.umr.t the more than grave - optneu'
ana tho inhumatcd pelf of the m.sera-
4 farfv \
cerements of avaricc, arise from their sepul-
.-nrnl Golfers to obey generous h-irSt7.
Patriotism IS the synonym of self-abnega-
tion-of a love that even jealous Ood
can neither prescribe nor envy.
~ no we're more iliustrious patriots thall
Charlotte Cor,iay. Joan OF Are ana thou
sands of our revolutionary mothers. Ntlosc
names the recording angel, u ne mas uoHr
his duty has enrolled n the Lambs book
of life as entitled TO receive the pensions
of mans gratitude and Gods love anu
mervy throughout the endless ages OF
"Whcn Camillus reigned in Rome, who
was il but her matrons VINO came IofNaIu
10 lay upon the altar Of their country
their Jewels. responsive TO the mahdato
of the oraCie2 Then, when FRANCE ohl9
"a century ago, was groaninS uhder a NJ
initiating burden of debt who was Il that
appeared before the minister Oh ll'ld.iN'
10 tender their rarest gems anu oilt-
menrs to him. cNclaimiuS: we WouH
blush TO wear Jew is in such an houf Oh
calamity int tue mothers of those
brave Gaule whose bright blades nashcu
I'm defense of our couutrS,s lag Whch ~
was in trouble ina Ill6; When carthage
was besieged. who was it that surreh-
ccred their raven trcSses to be manu-
featured into low strings WheteWitn ~
burI messages OF death through the ranks
III the beleaguering foe but the radiant
maidens whose beauty lives in the history
of that event ana age? Who was IL puI
;he peerless Princess Macarla VINO
offered up her CLOWNS young me
To save her country, when the oracle
demanded the sacrifice Of royal blood TO
frluu auguries and appeaSe the pubnc
fears and no royal yOungster struttlnS IN
trousers painting in pants-could be iouhd
equal to the criSis2 Who was IT that en-,
! ter,d the kings presence 20 serve ana
save her people. when the penalty OF such
am intrusion was death, but Esther, lsrdcf 5
angelic queen? Who was il when Corlo-
iluus WAS numbering with his Nolclah
! I,giars howlin- al his heels at the totter-
iu- Gates Of the Eternal city delivered
her from impending destruction nN lnelr
united complications and import unlJtes pul
/ NolUmuia, his mother. and Naleria, ms
/ WIFE
Up TO this point | have discussed only
Uoman's moral merits. Suppose we give
! her Intellectual status a glance.
! 'Imprimis, then, who made Israel wiser
I rulers Than did Deborah and JudlthF 10
4 whom are we indebted for the first suS-
I p,stiou of trial by Jury but that sagaclous
I Queen Hypatia? Whose pen was 1t that
I fought the battle of the cross. when bll-
Ill rfrafr fp4