The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1859-06-09
AA woman on the sfcklss Case

lady-a sister Of Lydia ii. Sigourney---com
menting upon an editorial in thnt paper in rels
ton TO the killing of Key, In which it was said
that "Sickles could not have lived had he no.
taken vengeance on the willy scoundrel who had
robbed MIN Of bis position and disCreced his
name His correspondent had supposed that
mans virtue was inherent. a part Of his ma
ture, and not simply a reflection of the virtue of
his wife But she infers from the editorial al
ludcd TO, that "when Mr. Sckles went to Con-
gress, his position, his honor. depended upon the
chaste behavior of Mrs. Sickles, his wife, and she
an Italian at that! The beautiful woman capti-
waited by the graces of q handsomer man than
her husband, sins is discovered, and exposed
and Mr.. Sickles. the only innocent person in the
affair, shoots Mr. Key not for betraying his wife,
but for dishonoring him r. This she pronounce,
"egregieus selfshness,' and continues as follows:
"I IL is strange how differently our sexes are
| constituted. Women survive these disagree cable
Developments every day. If Mr.. Sicklcs had
hired this assignaion house, and met Mrs Swiz.
zles, do you think Mrs. Sickles would have gone
QUITO shootthe faithless crinoline who had stolen
her husband , No, Sir Women do no such
foolish taings; and whyf Because, if we arc
vIrtuous, we have confidence in our virtue, and
We feel that no dereliction of the husband can or
ought to affect the virtue of the wife. But sup.
pose on some fine Sabbath morning all the wo.
men in Washington who suspect their truant
lords, should sally out, swords and pistols by
their sides TO chnstise the dear creatures who
had stolen their nffcctious-would not this mark
aninteresting epoch in historyf'
| The following shows what woman thinks of
mans courage:
And yet, this man, who could not meet the
hollow shells of humanity that Termed his society
| at Washington until he had vndicated his honor,
mast now meet the multitudes at his trial-hear
the coarse ieerings Of unprincipled libertines-
confront this wife who he magnanimousy prom
ised mot to injure hear again and again. with
eSaggeration and minutie the whole history of
his misery revived meet the wondering looks
Of his little one turning from father to mother for
an explanation Of this mystery, and in after years
he tortured by her recurrence to the first chap
ter Of her life reality Ifhe can do all this and
still dare to meet his Maker at least with the
brand Of murderer on his soul, and who yet
| could not meet the tallow- faced mustached pup
pies Of his club-room; tell me, in Gods name, in
what consists the superior courage of manhood ?,
| - .
Tas WoRLD,--The following eloquent passage
| closes the Bacealaureate Address of Hon. A. b.
| LouSstreet President of the South Carolina Col,
lcge, at Columbia TO the recent Graduating Glass
You are embarking upon strange world,
| my young friends. 1t banished Aristides, poi
soned Socrates, murdered Cicero and crucifed
the Lord Of Glory. The spirit of Themistocles
of Melitus, or Anthony and Caiphas isstil in the
world-greatly subdued and law bound to be
sure, but not extinguished Yon may expect,
therefore, at times, to be depressed by your ri
walls, condemned for your benefactions; to have
your confidence abused, your integrity derided
and to suffer thousand impostions in smaller
matters-from those from whom you had right
| to expect better things These are hard things
10 bear, say you. They are so, my young
! friends, and you never will bear them. as you
should, unless you take the good Book for your
guide, and look daily to its Author for supplies
of strength sufficient for. your trial. Do this,
and all will be well at last. With that chart in
your hand, now launch your bark upon the trou.
bled ocean of life; and when the squalls strike
you, be mt least prudent rs the common sailor,
and be found hard at the helm with your chart
before you and your eye fixed on Bethlehem's
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