The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-18
rha woman Of the South.


Not satisfied with heaping insult ana
injury upon the unfortunate headS OF 'ne
leaders and sympathsers OF the reoeh-
ion, large class Of the Northern people
and some OF the Northern prints, VINO I
could be engaged in a better cause, are |
sailing the women of the South because
of the undaunted and defiant attitude /
they maintain Gov. Brown'ow, OF len
nessee. declares that the war in the South
was insticated by the women and the
devil, and that the conscript law was en-
ac,ed at their solicitation. What n al
of praise they expect at the hands cl an
enlightened and disinterested world, we
cannot surnise, but if il is feast to them
they surely can enjoy its volup'uousneSs
without serious detriment to those II Is
designed to disparage.
The Metropolitan Record says this strain
of situperation is not cor fined to those
who reside in and remain in the South'
but it is thrown in the teeth OF those VINO
are temporarily scjourning in their MIDST
| The Southern women, il continues, are
not penitent, they are not humble tney
are not abased; they have neither re-
morse in their hearts nor precaUt on their
lips. they W ould rather hout their conqre-
| ro,s than hatter them. rather suffer than
sue. rather listen to the foul@st vitupera-
| tions of themselves, their motives and
their actions, than hear a whisper against
the cause they loved with all nlartry S
zeal and patriots devotion.
And what they do not feel they will not
feigu; they will not profess sorrow, they
will not simulate penitence, they Will not
apologize for the past, they will not prom
ise for the future, and what appears &c
"rile" this class still more. is the frank
fearlessness with which they give express
sion to their opinioni on the policy OF the
war and the vandalism that accompanied
it. If they conld be cowed into the
courtesy of even silent assent, If they
could be terrified into the dumb sem
blance of acquiescence
, The Record commenting on this spiri
of coNardly persecution, rebukes it AM
asks:
What would these men have? Wha
do they expect from Southern women Sc
5 iourning here? D,atribes against tn
o South ridicuie of Southern soldiers
|. contempt of Confederate resources 9
;, what? Do they expect TO hear from tn
: Fps of Southern beauty praise OF Hate
u and eulogies Of Butler? Do they expe6
d to canonize and d,ify?
Such men cannot appreciate the teelln
% that makes the Southern women cling |
a lost cause, reverence an ephemer;
~ nationality, honor defeated heroes. The
q see not in the earnestnesS that rende
d hypocrisy impossible, in the depth
e feeling that takes no lessons from pr
:. dence, and in the fullness of convlctlc
81 that scorns the idea of compromise,
truth and noEleness of character that
e. the guarantee of nations strength an
IN vitality Where the women are true ar
real where they can be Jealous for
III principle and enthusiastic for cause
v where their earnestness is not all e
,e. pended on a dress, or their enduran
tested in the pursuit of pleasure, Il
ne nation is safe. No people can bfc0n
ay demoralizad while the women are tru'
70. no race ever deterioratcd until the W
men frittered away heat and mind al
az soul n frivolous pursuits; until Ia
a sacr feed principle to ras.lm", and
lis garded patriotism as WORN out ta3hlo
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