The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-11-23
From The Darlington .Soutauner.
The Women Of the South.

The Women Of the South.
The New York Tribune has an editori-
al grossly abusive of the women of the
South. We have not seen the article in,
question, but have very good idea of
the vituperativc style from what the New
York Ne,cs says Of it, and tho extract
which it gives. The people of the South
never haze, and never do expect the
Tribune to deal honestly and fairly by
them. Its attitude to tho South has ever
been one of determined hostility; and
were we all shining host of angels, that
abusive journal would discover numerous
spots on our wings. We are not aston
ished at any slander, however gross, or
any Misrepresentation, however absurd.
which is uttered by that Southern hating
Journal.
Withacgard to the women of the South,
tLcy are SO different an order OF beings to
the bloomcrs, pulpit orators, free lovers,
and womchs' rights females, that the Tri-
bune loves to adore, that it is not to be oX-
pcctcd either to admire or comprehend
The exalted natures, the pnrc morals, the
refined manners, the self-sacri6cing pa
triotism, and the intellectually of the wo-
mon of tho South. We say Intellectually.
notwithstanding the Tribune accuses our
women of "gross Ignorance" Did the
Tribune ever see that beautiful volume,
published by Derby & Jackson, of New
York, called "Womensof the South Dis
tinguishcd in Literature Z" There can
be found some evidence of the intellectual
ily of Southern women. Has the North
any female novclists who can compare
with Miss Evans and the authoress Of the
aHouschold of Bouverie ?" Has it one
poetess who can stand side by side with
the lamented Amelia Welby? Alice Ca
rcy, with all hcr poetic vigor, has mover
produced piece as completely beautiful
as Mrs. Welby's sRainbow." How alb
surd that the North should arrogate to
itself all the intellect of the country! If
the women of the South are groping
meath tho night Of ignorance, then it is
owing to the incompetence cf the North
ern teachers who have, in times past,
flooded our Southern land and the hum
buggery of the schools to which our girls
have been so freely sent.
With regard to the matter of morals,
the Ifi6une ventures on dangerous
ground. It is provcrbially unsafe for
those living in glass houses to throw
stones. We once heard q lady say, who
had passed much of her time in Northern
boarding houses, "were l. to string to-
ecthcr all the deeds of immortality that
have come under my notice in the "first
cjassn boarding houses, I could write a
book that would startlc and shock the
civilized world"
But we dismiss the theme with this one
remark, did tho Tribune "bcspattcr with
praise" the honored women Of the South,
we would tremblc for them indeed; for
wc never knew that journal to admire
anything that was lovely and of good
rcputc. We give an extract from the
editorial of the New York Daily Nc,rs
on tho subject:
eff the Tribune will insist upon COM
parisons, let it not ignore tho scenes of
revelry, the lavish expenditures the wild
extravaganza, the sensual -luxurios wit
messed in this metropolis during the heat
of strife. And what, therewhilc, were
Che condition and the action of tho wo-
men of the South?. Tn tears at their dcs-
olatcd hcarthstoncs, busy through the
long day. and far into the night. to make
raincnt tor the soldiers of their cause,
selling their jewels and valuablcs to buy
food for the defenders Of their homes, de-
voting themselves, as true womon- do, to
tho principles that the men of their coan-
try were vindicating in the field. Tho
question is net whether those principles
were right or wrong. It is sufficient for
the manhood of America to know that
thoy, women Of America, were brave and
constant and devoted in the cause that
their husbands and fathers cspouscd. and
that their sons and brothers wcrc fighting
for and dying in the ranks Of war 1t is
useless for tho Tribune to mako war
against them Mt tho Threshold OF the
peace that has been declared between the
men of the sections. They arc honorcd
and respected as much to-day By every
gentleman in the North, as they wcip
when ut our watering and Summer re-
sorts they wcro courtcd, fetcd and adj
mired for their graccs and beauty and Ill
tcllectuaity."
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