Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-24
Women.

lished in New York. The other il from
the pen of the equsIly celebrated
Brick 2 Pomeroy, of the La Crosse
Democrat While both sketches have In
them much that is true, in the sggre-
gate they are miserable carieatures.
They may DO received as delineations
Of the extremes that characterize the
life Of our women, but as portraitures o.
the social, intellectual, industrial, and
moral pecuIiarities Of the great mass Of
American wiyes, mothers aud sisters,
they are false 10 almost every particu
lar. II 10 fashionable for those who AFRO.
rate to themselves the position Of teach
ers of public morals to deal largely in
sxtxeyagance and denupeiation. They
are utterly unable to comprehend, or are
wantonly indifferent 70, the necessity Of
drawing discriminating lines in their
attacks, and the consequence il. the in
nocent are COMPOUNDED With The guilty
and are discouraged II not actually re-
pulsed 10 their sHorts 20 do right aud be
good. The Round Table would have
the world believe land not few Of our
ministers are delighted readers, aRi en-.
thusiastic endorsers Of tia extrayas
gances) that American women have
no social distinctions, bat that
the vilest and the purest APP
pear alike on our streets and at our
social gatherings 10 gilt and garnish." IL
would have as believe that the women Of
America, who contributed so much TO-
wards alleviating the suferingb Of the
noble army Of martyrs, who fell in de-
fense OF their Government; who, aban-
doniBg the quiet enjoyment OF home for
the cares and horrors Of the hospital,
spending weary days and lonesome
nights in administering relief to tho
suifsdng--ood water TO the pArehed
with fevsr--washing from their paid
brows the filth Of battle, or kneeling By
their straw cots sSftening the agouies Of
death with words Of comfort and prayer
and promises to notify loved ones At
home Of their heroic departure--of such
women, the Round Table would have Us
believe that heartlesBness and tFiyol;ty
have taken entire possession, while be.
fore their doors "ths procession Of death
was yet filing past, With cripples and be-
Feaved homes and sights and sounds
Of pain on every hand; that they are
the serfs of borrowed fashion and the
votaries OF shamelesaness and unae-
oouniable riot. Itwould have US believe
that our mothers and sisters have chosen
French CourtesAns AZ their worthy en-
ampIes ia manners and dress, aud the
writer is flled with ''shame that the
women Of the country should manifeat
NO little regard for the lessons Of the
hour, and regret that they did not set q
nobler example Of economy and good
taste" This Ia most nnmitigated and
Abominabls SANDER We would insist,
also, that IL was malicious, did we not
have charity 10 believe that the writer Of
the article 10 the Round Fable has only
pictured the society to which he isac-
cussoned, and is utterly ignorant of the
nobler and purer circles 10 which the
great majority Of American women
live, move, and have their being. Had
he confined his dsnunciations to the
silly creatures who, Influenced and en-
conrAged by the successful gamblers in
Stocks snd Government Contracts, have
been guilty Of exlrayagances In dress;
or 10 those who are set 90 bats in Per-
dision'a traps, we mighE not feel called
upon to notice the article as we have,
But the American woman described
by the La Crosse Democrat 10 equally
contemplate catieature, II regarded as
= sample of the whole, as ia evidently
intended. The Democrat paints an ex.
treme- an exceptional case. While the
sketch may contain truthful delineations
as 70 few, it il utterly false and mis-
shavious when applied to the whole. The
great mass OF American women do not
rise early in the morning, leaving their
lazy husbands in bed. They do not have
70 saw and split the wood, and bring it
In. They stand upon very different
an Infinitely higher--plane from that
occupied by the sqaaw Of The North
American savage, Notwithstanding Brick
Pomeroy's reservations to the contrary.
Notwithstanding The frequent aud I'M
oalled-for, extravagant, iT1~0'en' and
vicious denancissious on tas p4rs Vi Ma
press, and the Trades that fall from many
Of our pulpits, and which add no charm
10. tie, sacred desk,n or veneration for
liza teachings, We believe American wc-
men are more true TO wonanhood and
ell the slsganoies aud proprietiss Of life
to-day than ever. We are confident she
moves in 0 higher sphere, and that her
influences is more enRobling than at any
time in the previous history of the race,
We regard it as extremely unfortunate
that SO little discrimination j. made by
those who wage war against immortality
and vice, both in the manner Of their
attacks and the choice Of their weapons.
Posing their laRces and p4lling down
their visOrs, they ruah madly ahead, I'M
mindful whether they are attacking
windmills or trampling on friends, aud
seemingly utterly unconscious OF the
risicnle they bring upon themselves and
cause. and that the positive harm they
are doing more than overbalAnces .ihs.
goodness of their intentions. Were it
otherwise, reforms would be more nu-
msrous and rapid, and the power of vir.