The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-06-22
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In Defence of Woman.

will continue to be for generations to come, so
long as the lamp of liberty illumines our free
and happy land, and even until the end, when
all the sister planets will be wrapped in flames
for natures funeral pile.
She is often treated as a menia and not as q
companion, by vicious and unprincipled men,
who are given over to hardness of heart She
has often been drawn into ambush by thestra
gem of flatterers who delight, and even take it
as sweet morsel, to destroy her happiness and
bring her to wretchedness; and she dies of grief
and fills an early grave, and leaves her unworthy
and murderous consort to exut-rather than
weep over her early fall Woe unto such men.
for many there are who exist who will not meet
with justice, until they are arraigned before the
courts of heaven, where all men are judged ac-
cording to their deeds.
/ Think not that | include all men, when speak
of those who enslave women; no, clear of it. for
there are thousands that are kind and affection
ate to their wives. But do they deserve ap-
plause for performing their duties and treating
their companions as they ought to be treated?
No, verify; but they ought and will be reward
ed by the God of justice for doing their requir-
i ed duty. What reward does man expect to
receive who leaves the harmless society of his
family night after night and day after day, to
revel in the society of drunken and degraded
men, sharing her inheritance among gamblers
and grogshop keepers. He can expect none
other than a Station among the wicked Wq-
man has been the object of the blessing of Provi-
| dence from the earliest ages of the world; in
! nearly every instance she i blessed first with
the sweet boon of religion and is used as an in
: strument by Providence in bringing wicked
} husband to reflect, and he embraces that which
! the world can neither give nor take away.
= She is a chosen vessel of God to trim the lamp
. of religion, and to guard it from the defed
hands of wicked men, who are always ready to
e extinguish it and wrap the world in heathenism
e and darkness, "for man prefers darkness rather
than light" 1t is her smiles and soothing
. words that calm the troubled and sometimes
: angry brow; and it is her true and gentle coun-
d sci that quelIs the storm of adyerSity and re-
It duces it to gentle breeze of prosperity. Oh,
: lovely woman, where is thy equal? Can be be
found among the prodga sons Of men? No; he
IS can only be found among the angels of heaven
;; Woman is the object Of mans earthly happi
y ness, and the foundation of his anticipated for
o tune or future wealth; her prayers the ablest
st advocates of heavens blessings on his head. her
It arms the pale of his safety, the balm of his
health and the basam Of his life.
Be wise, fair lady, and be not hasty in making
q your choice, for you have time enough; never
J fear to make good one. Suffer not your af
't fections to be won by one with whom your ac-
o quantance is limited, nor by one, of whose
former character you know nothing Of If you
y be farmers daughter and wish to spend your
days in the noseless country, avoid a man who
n hates the sun and loves the glass of intoxica
ton; for if he hates the sun, he bids fair to be
L a sluggard, and poverty will be your lot ''For
the sluggard sleeps while the wise man plows."
II And if he is a slave to the glass of inebriaion,
he will spend your inheritance and leave you
T. destitute. Watch the who hastily culti
Yates your acquaintance, for he may prove to
le be t1atterer and deceiver, since they quick
to form an acquaintance. Spurn the society of
y the man who wears his gloves in the field, and
lie thinks it is disgrace to follow the plow, which
to no doubt your brothers, if YOU have any. have
N followed day after day and haye labored 10 add
lie to your fathers wealth. Loud and frequent
AZ laughter is true sign that man has frequent
J, ed the society of tippling shops and gaming
d rooms, for having contracted the habit, he is
at heard to break forth in loud laughter in pres
70 ence of ladies, which not only offends but deaf
9 ems the ear of true poIiteness Such man, in
9 stead ofrenderng himself conspicuous in good
II company, rather debases himself in it's eStima-
ton, and becomes an object of contempt. Turn
Is deaf ear to man who boasts OF his great for
tune or estate in some other State or place far
le distant, for he may be endeavoring to blind
Il you with the vail of false words and pretended
y fortune. If be tells you, that he once possess
e ed great fortune and has nothing to show for
y it, he has proven to you at once that he is a
'e prodigal and has wasted his fortune, and he
rs will play the same game with yours if he should
r. E, - - r
10 the fair sex have been enticed from the home
of their childhood and the peaceful dwelling of
se their parents, to dwell in misery in distant
s. land The fortunes that fell from the helping
hands of their fathers, are consumed, and they
'p left to the mercies OF perured and reckless
e, husbands and a frendless world. Ii you suf-
RS fer your affections won let it be by man with
Ill whom you are well acquainted, and by man
who has good reputation at and from home.
:. and by him who has the greatest respect for
H. his mother and sisters, forif he is kind and
obedient, he will be the same TO you, for love
always begins at home around the peaceful
fresde. If son rejects the good counsel ot
y his mother, and spurns her society and suffers
10 her to be neglected at or from home such a mar
will make a tyrannical husband or no husband
n at all If son is obedient 10 his parents, you
will know it, for it is diffused through the neigh
e, borhood, like sweet odors in the gentle breeze
ne and he is rewarded bountifully for his, good
DEEDS. Choose one that VIII DTush rather Thar
laugh at triaes in your presence for bushes de
10, 10 note sympathy and good feeling, and are {
a35 true sign of respect to woman. If a brothe1
'O suffers his sisters to be utterly neglected a
&C church or any other public place, and leaves
them to the helping hand Of some kind stranger
~ take the stranger before him, and orsake sucl
tre man as an unprncipled one. for if he respec
~ net the near ties of relationship, you may res
III, n assured he will not respec: you, for ione anc
W eu respect do not abide in him; bis heart is bar
,ea rem to everything that is good, and prolific t.
- evil alone.
or Some one may say that the humble write
wishes to accomplish some end through th
oa od medium of his writing, such as winning th
t 5a heart Of some fair ady-but far from it; the.
'e are too fair for me. look upon them as M
superiors and not as my equals, and therefor
ity | never intend, if even | could, to impose M
ng unworthy name upon one. Ii is true, have Al
: ohiect in view w hich 7 wish to accomnlish AM