The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-11-19
war agalnst woman md chnaren.


Lovely women has rather a rough
time Of it now days. The theme of
the troubadour the model of the sculp-
tor the dream Of the painter, the inspi-
ration of chivalry, the angel of the ingle-
side, the wonder and delight of all man.
kind since Adam gSzed upon Eve, Gods
last best gift TO man, has fallen at length
upon evil times, and no longer find favor
in the eyes of the lords of creation who
was once her slave, nor in the eyes of her
own sex. A great change has come over
the world al least so much of il as per.
tains TO the Southern Confederacy, and
lovely woman has fallen from her high
estate TO the lowest depths. No longer
admired, loved, worshipped, she is now
universally hated in the South-the land
of chivalry-but no where else in the
wide world, except among savages of the
worst type-Fuegans and Bushmen.
Women are hated in the South, and so
are children. However startling the ru-
NOR may be it is suspectible of easy and
abundant proof. Take lady on your arm
and repair 10 any of the rented stallswhich
have taken the place of boarding houses
in this unblessed city, and solicit meek
ly the rate of charges for shelter and
sleep. The beetle-browed and infuriate
stall-Tenter, who meets you on the thresh-
hold, may not slam the door in your face,
but he will sullenly bow you out and
Gould you catch sight of him after this
interview is ended) you would behold
him stamping tearing his hair and cloth
ing, tossing his arms wildly aloft, and
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one end OF the passage TO the other, while
/ Oaths, curses, and mRledctions pour
/ from his quiyeriug lips at the bare idea
, Of being suspected of the insanity Of
, renting lodgings to woman. That wo =
: man may be beautiful, highbred, Of
{ ancient and wealthy lineage refugee
+ bereft of rything on earth, and toll
' ing like a galley slave at the Depart.
. ments for her daily bread, without roo
! to shelter her-no matter, she is q wo.
man, and cannot be entertained in th,
:, naked stalls of the Richmond landlord
), But the grievous plight of lovely wo-
h man may be less impressive than the
Il mute entreaties of delicate little children
Go, then, with . lady on your arm ant
four or five sweet little oherubs behint
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obdurate letter of stalls. The chances
are that if you insult his business intel
lect with proposition TO lodge, not onll
lady, but her children besides, he vii
rush out with huge club ana strew tn
10 pavement with the mAngled forms o
yourself, the lady, and the little cherub
combined--a CORY and horrid pile, which
4 will be left in front of his door for SOM
. hours, as 4 warning 20 refugees and olhe
10 Migrants, who so far forget themselves a
!. 10 presume to hope they will bs treated
T. as human beings. Such is nan, bruta
- aud abomnable man; who happens 10 b
d the temporary lessee OF collection 0
lie unfurnished cells. From him, the stony
"a hearted beast, nothing is TO DO expected
IS The warfare against women and chill
a. dren is not too creditable TO the capita
re of the chivalrous South, but the fact il
ii "women give trouble; they must hay
butter and sugar, and there is no get,in
y along with them, for nothing on cart
sn will satisfy them. AS for children, the
Q. are eternally fighting, running aroun
n making a noise, disturbing every body
n and filling the house with dirt"
o. These are terrible accusations, espC
re- eially that about butter and sugar.
In is strange, too, that children should noN
". W err have made any noise before the WI
IN began. But there is no replying to sue
.sIb arguments. They are conclusive, 81
ng cause the stall renters have the viii
gr hand Of lovely women. As il is impo
'as sible to fad q separate house for eaC
ad woman in the city, and as two Of the
10, -. ~
az. and AZ il is rather improbable that chi
'So dren will unlearn this new acquircme
a Of making noise, there is but one RENE
dy left-and that is, to thin out the WI
men and children, as the Spartans di
their Helots, by wholesale massacre
stated intervals The practice wou
I'm add % the reputation of the South
chivalry, and lower the price Of cabbA
!, ! and Irish potatoes. We therefore ur
' 'I5P its immediate adoption.