The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-16
A Eulogy On
Women
SENATOR CALDWELL ~ ARcu-
MENT ~ els & p JURY no
eBRs INTO


PARKERsBuRG July 6.=In the
arguments "a the Whit enian murder
ease az Elizabeth. the prosecuttng Ct:
Itorney4 referred to the scriptura1 ono;
Itatton which forbids the shedding q
blood Of man The quotation was 90
apt Is to attract Senator caldwells
attention.
In his replying argument and asfthe
peroration, the senator extempo ra1e-
ously delivered eulogy to woman
which is classic and which caused
twelve strong men to burst into tears e
1T was recorded by the stenographer,
and is as follows:
Gentlemen Of the jury:
This brings me to the point of dis.
cussIng woman and know you will
pardon me for referring to the high:
est authority known to the world in
proof Of the position occupied by wo-
man from the creation down. I know
that man assumes to be Lord Of Gre
alton and. he looks upon woman as a
mere appendage in this life, but the
Creator never SO intended her. Wo-
man was created not from the dust Of
the earth, as was man. but she was
created and formed and fashioned by
Almighty God from the rib OF man;
not to be his servant or his slave, but
to be helpmeet--to be part and
parcel OF his life and he to be a part
and parcel of her life. God Almighty
has ever had a peculiar, watchful. ten
der and protecting care OF woman. He
filed the heart OF Deborah with poetry
and song with which she entranced
the myrtads OF Israel. He walked
with Ruth as she cleaned in the har.
vest fields, and when the. Savior Of
mankind,s feet were anointed with
ointment and brushed with the silken
folds Of woman's hair the Scribes and
Pharisees objected, but the Savior
said: stLet her alone, for wherever
My Gospel is preached throughout the
world this shall be memorial to her.
Woman, oh woman, at the crucifxion
Of the Savior of mankind, when earth
quake the rocks rendered asunSer the
sun passed into an eclipse in the twi-
light OF that sad day. woman, ah wo-
man! with tear bedimmed eye wit
messed the expiring agonies Of the
Savior of mankind, and when the mes
senger from the courts of the Eternal
God came down from His Throne and
rolled away stone from the tomb Of
the Savior as He sat there in raiments
as brilliant as lightning and robes as
spotIess as the unsullied snow, who
was it that He first found at the
tomb? 1t was woman, mother, and he
said to them, "He has risen, go tell
His disciples and go to the city Of Gal
lice and He shall proceed you and
there you shall see Him." The high
est, grandest and greatest commission
in the world, and woman was thus ap-
pointed ambassador from the courts
or the Eternal God. Woman, oh.
woman! was last at the Cross and
first at the Resurrection of the Savior
OF mankind. Rachel wept and refused
to be comforted because her children
were not, and thus has been the bis
tory OF woman Throughout the ages
past and will be as the worl1 grows
! old and civilization grows grander and
greater. And this defendant, the
Rachel of the household OF the White
mans, became involved in this trou'
BILE because she was trying to protect
and comfort and save hes child. She
has stated to you that her household
was peace and qufetude ami her dom.
este relations were pure and happy
until Ed Deeyer, the deceased, enter
ed the fold and widowed that family,
since which time her Heaven has been
star1ess blank. Peace and happi-
ness took their flight never again to
return. She told you that rather than
turn her children from the roof of her
home she would again go o1t in the
world and face the storms Of lie as
she had always done.
have no mother. Forty odd years
ago she took her flight from this
world and passed away into a better
and grander one. But If had moth
er would protect her; would love
her. And l appeal to you as husbands,
as fathers. as loving sons to stand by
your own mother were she involved In
like trouble. This woman shot down
the man that sought to ruin her daugh-
ter and destroy her home. and every
honest man ought to say with np!ifted
hands, God bless her in, he: Efforts
to protect the purity and security OF
her family and her home"