The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-16
FEMALE MARTYRS.
,,.o,,EN WHO HAVE BEEN THE VIC
TINS OF GOVERNMENTS.

history is full of instances where
r,,1ers of a nation have used all of
- mower TO crush woman who, sin
handed and alone, although some
% aided by small band of devoted
e.I,oryars. has fruitlessly struggled for
life and liberty.
Nor have these prosecutions been en-
.,rs1v those of men in power against wo-
an Women have used the power OF the
-..,ornuent to remove hated rivals from
.,..ir Maths. Queen Mary's persecution of
1,5y Jane Grey is a case in point.
Tadv lane, a gentle, soft-hearted girl,
orr, II wears old, was a queen for nine
,..iof davs. the crown being thrust upon
hor Inv the Duke of Northumberland,
,rbosa Young son she had married. While
che was confined in the tower, every
effort was made to break her spirit Her
,,ouna husband was sent to his death past
her window her father was brought to
600 her die. and she was bounded until
The last moment of her life. Yet on the
dav of her execution history states Lady
lone stepped forth from her cell with dig
MIN. and composure, with her own hands
galr7lv tied the handkerchief over her
cves and laid her head on the block.
Marie Antoinette another Queen to end
her DAVIS upon the scaffold, had friyo-
lous spirit, out of place amid the ceremo-
rials of a court She was an Austrian,
and even then the Teutonic race was ha-
led. Nothing she did could please the
French: financiers blamed the bad econo-
mic condition of the country upon her eX-
travagance, and the coarsest calumnies
were spread against her character. The
people hated her, and from the beginning
Of the revolution tried to destroy her.
She might have fed, but she stayed with
her husband until it was too late. They
were seized and imprisoned, and the
Queen was subjected to every insult. Her
darling little son was made to testify
against her, the head of her dearest
friend was thrust into her face and at
last she was brutally pushed on a cart
and rolled to her execution. Her frivoli-
ties were those of a gay young heart, but
when sorrow came she proved a heroine.
Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles 1 of
England, a devoted wife and mother, car
ed nothing for politics, but when it be-
came necessary for her to help her hus-
band in his fight with Parliament she
threw herself heart and soul into the work
of raising money for him But finally she
was compelled to leave the King and take
refuge in France. She never saw him
again, and her children became estranged
from her Health failed under the weight
of sorrow, and she went back to France
TO die in loneliness and despair.
Death itself would have been preferable
to the humiliations that Josephine of
France and Louise of Prussia were forced
to undergo. Each suffered at the hands
of Napoleon. Louise is the heroine of
Prussan history She was a devoted wife
10 Frederick William III, who loved her,
but whose weakness brought humiliation
upon his Queen and country. 1t was after
an interview with Louise (Which she had
undertaken for the sake of her country
that Napoleon said: after all, a fine
woman and gallantry are not to be weigh
Cd against affairs of state" From those
dark days in the life of Louise was born
the hatred of France that had much to
do with making the Germans a warlike
and united people and won for Louises
son, Emperor William, a sweet revenge
Tor the sufferings of his mother when he
set an imperial crown upon his brow in
the conquered palace of Versailles.
Josephine, to whom Napoleon owed so
much of his greatness, was put aside
(when he had reached the highest place.
at the dictates of dynastic ambition and
She was banished to a life of seclusion
and lonoliness-a Queen dethroned, with
the added anguish of having her affec-
tons tranpled under foot
Lady Elizabeth Tudor, afterward Eliza
beth Queen of England, was taken pris-
oner in her own manor house (by Sir
Thomas TyrwhiO in the midst of Christ
mas revelry. She demanded that she be
taken before the King, using the brave
words: only cravens sneak behind masks
70 strike and threaten" Her request was
not granted, and she was kept a prisoner
Tor months. 1t is said the keenness of
her womanly wit saved her.
Another woman of cultivated mind was
Anne Boleyn, the daughter of an English
hobleman, who became the wife of Henry
VIII Che having divorced Catherine,
against the orders of the Pope. When the
lckie King transferred his affections to
Jane Seymour he had Anne indicted for
n'sh treason, also accusing her of infidel-
ny. NO legal advice was allowed her.
ana she defended herself Judgment was
PASSED against her, she was beheaded and
her body buried in a common elm chest.
Rams
Arabella Stuart, daughter of Charles
STUART was suspected of being engaged
IN the plot to place herself on the throne
idthough no proof existed of her compile
1JE' Her secret marriage to the son of
1ne Earl of Hartford excited the anger of
NlHg James /, and he had her incarcera-
maniac,
II was Nine. Marie ]. Roland, one of
Ine most noble and gifted, women France
ever produced, who exclaimed. las she was
PASSING the statue of Liberty seated in
. . Iatal cart on her way to execution)
oh' Liberty, what crimes are done in thy
name. This woman had done nothing
10 deserve death. She had adopted a pop
o,aI doctrine of equality and brotherhood,
.t'N was openly opposed to the massacres,
IlSoy drawing upon herself and huS-
1IaHa the hatred of Marat and Dauton.
death
Inc peasant maid Joan of Arc "listen-
,s 10 the voices" pressing onward in
iIe lace of ridicule to do what she be-
,eseq God had called upon her to do
,aI'Aely' TO raise the siege of Orleans and
N9 me Dauphin Charles to be crowned
NIleIms to free France, and put down
e English power. How she braved
I1eIlles' raised and led armies, shaved
h common soldier with her own
sL+"0s' helping to make bridges, and how
Sio was called Daughter of God, Sa-
NIL ,oi Of France, the Page Of Christ, the
l- OF Orleans and Victory's Sweet
So Is common history. Yet this loyal,
Fpiiieu girl was prosecuted, sold TO the
n'5 5ilsh by John of Luxembourg for 10
Mo nNres treated with great cruelty and
@"Ndlely brought 10 trial on a charge