The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-12-16
FOrthe NashvsIis ORION.

one else to reply to the article, and
hence have not been as prompt in no
ticing it aswould have been desirable
With the gentieman's effort to es-
tablish precedent for enlisting negroes
as soldiers, and the honorable position
he wishes TO assign them as such,
have no disposition TO take issue.
Had he been as truthful in matters
outside of his programme, as annoanc-
ed at the head OF ais article, as be was
in extOlling the negro character,
should have left the gentleman alone
in his glory, and been saved the I'M
pleasant task Of rendlng from his hon
Ored shoulasrs(f) the habiIiments of sOOok,
in which he has ROBBED himself, to con-
ceal from public view, a wolfsh, mali
cious, and hateful 'misanthropist and
traducer
We viii only take issue with the two
last paragraphs Of the article, as they
contain all that is really original--and
the originality consists in the bad logic,
and still worse spirit of malice and def
amstion with which they abound.
The author says "The greatest OBJ
jectionSble feature in many of our mil
itary hospitals, is the admission of sup
posed nice tckitc tconen as nurses" "Ssye
the Sisters of Charity, as far as my OBJ
servation goes, they almost invariably
bring disgrace upon themselves and
the. hospitals where they have been
employed" 1.-THE greatest objections
bic feature, "a feature of q superlatively
odious character, and one which the
English language fails to excel in de-
scribing,) is the admission of supposed
nice white women, as nurses" Now,
what are we 10 understand ? Does this
enormity consist in the admission of
white women as nurses, or does it con-
sist in the supposition that they are
:" nice white women" when they may
be otherwise2 Or, are we to under
stand that his very sensitive soul
would not be afflicted at the admission
of white women as nurses, provided
they would practice no deception by
claiming to be nice? VIII lbs "savan
of the scalpel" please ter US when
this great discovery was made by him,
that virtuous, patriotic and high mind
ed, christian women were unfit to be
employed in military hospitals win
be tell US from whence he received his
commission to hurl his "THUSDER BolTs"
with such hslLsh psahgnify at 3 class Of
women whole philanthropic deeds and
heroic patriotism, have embalmed their
memories in the hearts of every soldier
in our land, and won for them a niche
in the Temple Of Fame, and inscribed
their names in the lasting pages of fu-
ture history.
"Save the Sisters of Charity, as far as
far as my observation goes, they almost
invariably bring disgrace on themselves
and the hospitals where they have been
employed"
The above sentence taken in connec-
ton with the highly Mandatory charact-
or given "Old negro women as nurses"
is certainly very remarkable position
for any soissacre to assume; but as, the
the old sddage runs, tout Of the full
ness of the heart the mouth speaketb;"
50 we must allow the gentleman to
makeout his own case, and for the
time being elevate Miss DinaA, above
respectable and Virtuous white women,
and as a consequence their refine
ment and social qualities, which are
the leading traits of character so inn
portant in nurses), must commend
them as superior to fill the more init
mate social relations of life
The social deductions from the gen
tleman's argument, are, that Negresses
of all others should be employed as
nurses, next in rank, Sisters Of Chart
y" and lastly White women.
Are we TO understand from the gentle
mans argument, that virtue has de-
parted from the Female Sex, that those
we have hono,ed ~ pure and lovely,
are but white sepRlehres," that only
merit our contempt and scorn ?
Are we further to understand, that
if necessity compels "a TO employ white
women as nurses, that only such should
be employed a. have been purified BY
the power Of Popery Is christianity
Of no avail in Purifying mankind and
elevating the standard of morals, un-
less the work has been done in the
muddy pools Of Poperyf
Lastly; will this learned sgvan tell rs
by what process the negress, who has
been brought up under the influences
common to slavery, without having
been taught to appreciate the marriage
ceremony as a christian institution, has
become 90 pure and elevated as to rank
80 far Above the white women Of our
land in the scale Of moral worth
There is q secret connected with this
wholesale defamation Of the character
Of females, associated with our Hospi- /
tails, that needs ventilation, bat we for
bear, lest the honorable gentleman CD !
should receive in return more than his
poor contemplate effort deserves
We would, however, like to knoF
whether SANITARY Stores" havs any
thing TO do in shaping the gentlemau's |
dislikes for "whits women as nurses in
oEr HospitalsY p and whether he ex>
poets 70 defame and Villify those who.
have ministered TO alleviate our suffer
ings, when1aid upon beds Of anguish
ing and pain, without receiving the con-
tempt and scorn Of every true soldier /
We would advise him 70 stay his /
ISLANDERS, lest forbeaFanee should Tease |
70 be q virtue, end he should find his |
fancy sketch" more than realized, and |
himself minus his Dsh-" Honored Blues"
with his malice 50 fully exposed that 1
he sill fail n hide hinnaelf frrrn r,ubfic i