The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-06-01

Has it come again, now the viol. t wakes,
And the woods their yotth renew7
We have stood in the light of sunny brakes,
Where the bloom is deep and blue;
Cur souls might jay in the srring,tim now,
But the JOY is faint and cold;
Tho it never could give us the youthful brow
But, Arch, our;hcarts nrc not old
DO AMERICAN WOMEN CONVERSE WELL
Napoleon the First is said 10 have made
the remark that France needed mothcrs
A friend Of ours after travelling in Europe
gave us rs the result Of his observations,
that no man who Lad not travelled had
seen a acoman. We asked one Of the most
intelligent ladies Of our acquaintance, who
has visited Europe more than once, and
who, indeed, resided there for some time,
whether the remarks of our friend were true
and she replied in the affirmative. The
same persons thought that the American
women are prettier and naturally more at
tractive than those abroad.
The difficulty is two fold. The first be-
longs TO young ladies, and the second to
matrons. Both are symptoms of the same
disease. The young are frivolous, and the
mature arc common place. With all the
readers enthusiasm and chivalry for wo-
men, let US ask h i'm how many ladies can
converse inteligcntly and Interestingly in
comparison with the men of his acquain.
tance. If he will make an honest inyesti-
gation lie will be surprised.
The bearing Of these remarks is especial
ly upon the tendency in our young men TO
rowdysm and Llackguardism. A power
full safeguard is in female society, and a
great difficulty is that it is intellectually SO
very deficient. A young man Of any force
of character, and there are many such, tires
of gossip, the weather, the last fashion aud
the last concert. How many young wo-
men 60 beyond these topics? He tires,
too, of mere household details and the out.
side Of religious matters, of which the
more mature talk, and seeks something
more exciting.
I If we would save the manners and NOR
ais of our country, our women must have
a higher tone. They Eare pretty, graceful
and industrious, busthey do not col.verse.
They do not understand literature and art
they are not able to 60 with men into the
reason Of things; their minds do not act,
sas they should, as the scft ref >cton in the
water of earth and sky. Home ought to
be more attractive but in order that it may
be so,women must cultivate intelligence.
MeH,are made intelligent in America by
politics, religion, business and generally by
the grand scale on which things must be
done. The collisions of the time make
them emphatically men. They are grad
ualy growing away from their wives,
daughters and cousins, and the effect is
post deleterious. 1t is seen especially in
young men Of all classes
SO far was, this carried in Greece, that
the few sofnen--not Of thabest character
who cultivated their Minds to an extraor-
dinary degree, while the mass were content
with trihes, have sent tboir names down
through history as the champioHf- Of the
great men who illustrated that golden age.
Like the Greek women, ours are by no
means wanting in talent. They are char
acteristically, very quick. But there is
some wrong kind of public sentiment
samong them which greatly needs correc-
ton -
The reaction is seen-for there, must
necessarily be reaction from so unnatural
condition-in female preaching. and lee
turing in The overstepping of the modesty
and natural sphere of woman. 1t is a
thousand pities. But it is inevitable. The
stream must have its way. II we have no
intelligent drawing-rooms, we will have
women on rostrums, just as Aspasias were
the reaction from The mono.opy of female
Greek life.
These remarks may not be pala!able, but
it is impossible to applythe remedy until
we see the disease. What we wish is to
1echange insipid girls and rowdy young men
Unto rational, intellectual human beings.
Will our readers help US
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