The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-10-04
Memorial of the mississippi Ladies Behalf
:. - Of Jefferson Davis. =.

...- OF Je1eFS6n DAVIS. ~, .s.
The New Orleans True Delta publishes a
memorial, signed by oyer four hundred la
dies of Marshall county, Miss, and addressed
to President Johnson, asking Executive Glenn
encg for jefferson Davis. After some prelim-
mary remarks, the memorialsts say: r.
It is we'll known to your Excellency that,
for years past, sectional strife has been seem
ingiy foStered by extremists both North and
South, which led to general conflict of arms
and the shedding of the best blood of the
land One party and section have been forced
by the arbitrament Of the sword to succunb
To the victors and their success, the plaudts
of the great North has been given bouutifully.
Is it asking too much of you to grant. the
Welding party and its chief the poor tribute
of honesty for the changes in government they
had in view. D.. -. ~, -......-.-i
"Mr. Davis was but the representative Of
the defeated party ;:and called, as he was, by
the almost united voice of the Southern pco-
pie to preside over their councils and guide
them through the terrible storms of war, he
was but doing their bidding in armed conflict,
as he had before represented their views, in
time Of peace. Is it, therefore, ight that Vials
of wrath should be poured upon his head,
who, whatever his faults may have been, or
the supposed errors of his cause, was devoted
and faithful alike TO the people and principles
he represented. 80.
''Sir,- our once happy and cheerful people,
have surely suffered enough. Could the tears
that have been shed, the anguish borne, the
the despair which has been our portion du-
ring this unhappy war, be brought home to
you by vision Of reality, We could not,
would not, plead>in vain fof one whom we
honored in prosperity and respect and Vener-
ate in adYersity." ..,.
WoNAN's SuARE OF HAPPINESS. .-Balsac, in
''Engenie Grandet," says: ..
'sIn every situation woman has more causes
of grief than man, and suffers more than he.
Man has his strength and the exercise of his
power be is busy, goes about, occupies his
attention, thinks looi& forward to the future
and finds consolation in it !; but woman stays
st home, remains face to face with her sorrow,
from which nothing distracts her she des-
cends to the very depths of the abyss it has
opened, measures it and often fills it with her
VOWS and tears. To feel, to love, to suffer,
to devote herself, will always be the text of
the life Of woman" S2.--.-.
Thackeray recognizes the sentiment fully in
'fVanity Fair ~ =. =. -
sOh, you poor woman oh, you poor secret
martyrs and victims, whose life is torture,
who are stretched on racks in your bedrooms,
and who lay your heads down on the block
daily at the drawing.room table. Every man
who watches your pains, or peers into those
dark places where the torture is administered
to you, must pity you and thank God that he
has q beard. !" ......., .. ~ .,.s.e-.
Again ---s -. - -z.s>
II know few things more affecting than
timorous debasement and standardization of a
woman. How she owns that it is she; and
not the man who is guiltyt How she takes
all the faults on her side! How she courts,
in manner, punishment for the wrongs which
she has not committed, and persists in shield
ing the real culprit 1t is those who injure
women who get the most Kindness from them.
They are born timid and tyrants," etc, :,
Then, wheh speaking Of ease with which
women hide their feelings, their patience, as
compared with that of men, Thaekeray> says
in ''The New-comes :" -. -.
ITO coax, to hatter, and befool some one, is
every wonan's business she is none if she
declines this Office. But meR are not provided
with such powers Of ambug or endurance.
They perish and pine away miserably when
bored, and they shrink off to the club or the
public house for comfort"
MADAME REsFEBL's PALATlAL MANSION
Every one has beard of Madame, .Restell, the
abortionist7 though most persons living sup
pose that, after the exposure Of her crimes
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