The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1862-09-27

IL Is these little substantial testimonial
Of love. such as pair Of home mad
socks or mittens. bandages for painful
wounds. and other little triviaiities tia
hospital stores cannot supply. that toucl
the soldiers heart. and prove to hin
our unsel6shness. Let US not, in ou
eagerness 10 do good on . grand scale
despise these little unostent a,ious Office
Of kindness, which are so "infinitel,
SMALL in themselves. but 60 mighty i,
the good they do. Real women d,
not faint at every little occurrence" l
must be "i;ttle occurrence" to stand b,
and witness not only our "householt
treasures" but those of every house
hold in the land, moved down by III.
ruthless missiles Of destruction, lief
on the field for days. wel,ering in theil
own blood. scorched by the sun. chilled
by the uight-winds. wet with the dews
and suffering oil that physical man eau
suffer +! Since Sumpter fell one hun
dred thousand of the .'household treas.
ures" Of our land have passed from
Earth s tribunal, 10 the bar of God. 4
little occurrence" truly! A very ''little
occurrence" indeed! Where, Oh, where
has the lsdy's feelings gone so sud-
denly /! Alas It is like the dew Of
the morning. The lady recommends
us 70 ''irst cast out the beam that is in
our own eye" &c. Now did it ever
occur to her to make the application to
herself? A few weeks since she under
took to pluck the mote from her BROTH
ers' eyes; and in doing SO revealed the
beam in her own eye. Being reminded
of the fac. by her sister, she turns fierce
" upon her and seeing the beam in her
own eye. reflected in the eye Of her
sister. goes vigorously to work. to
scratch her sisters eyes out! Verify
this is being generous 10 the last degree!
We we're honest enough to confess our
faults and when We asked our sister to
join US in correcting them. she. with
less candor. virtually exclaims. BE ye
perfect as l sm perfect" She says
she "!oes not wish those 10 90 who
are needed at home. only those who
have poor excuses" and she "does
not wish them to guard secession corn
fields but to protect Kansas" Well.
Il their families do not detain them and
she proves that they send them will
iugly) or their business does no. require
their attendance: { which she says tie
ladies can attend TOY l don't sec where
they ore needed. unless it is to "feed
the pigs and cut stove wood" for a lady
who has done all she could, in sending
out her friends. and grows indignant
when we ask her to give proof of her
boosted abilities in order that her friends
may have confidence in the same
Then after they have enlisted, who is
to say whether they shall guard ''seces-
sion corn6elds" or project Kansas p
Neither she. nor they; rs We have seen
it demonstrated.
But. "the ladies are not going to
attend 10 any part Of the gentlemans'
business, while they remain At home"
II We bad rs much care for our "house-
hold treasures" as she processes to have
for hers. We should not deem il any
on our part. to manifest
our willingness and ability to perform
every duty. so that they would not 60
feeling that they not only hazsrded
their own lives. but also the means of
their families support. II We priced
our friends as highly as she processes
to prize hers, We should deem it vastly
more unsel6sh, to work in our orn
sphere for the relief of those already 10
The field. than to urge the few remain
ing ones there, with the promise of at.
lending to their business when they
are gone much Of which. they have
sense enough to know. We could not do.
The lady insinuates that "those who
york most. say least" Pity she hadn't
thought of that when she was crying on,
so numerically against those ''house.
hold treasures, who had not made
their own hearts the targets. to receive
the rebel bullets aimed at hers. She
boasts largely of what the Kansas ladies
have suffered in sending their friends
into ihe field, q if those Of other states
did not the same. and this is the extent
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