The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-12-15

complaint, bring the flush Of shame to
her cheek or the tear OF regret to her
loving brown eye. "Better to die than
to live dishonored in the eyes of those
whom we love-" Is the legend burned
by the red hand Of war on the souls of
the men of the South, and like trusty
soldiers, they have not faltered or hesi.
tated in the hard path they have cho-
sen.
1t is not needed now to speak in
praise of what Southern women have
done. Their acts will live through time,
and Will be recorded in eternity. But
task is before them now more difficult
than any that they have yetundertaken.
Admirs6ly and well as most of the
men of,the South have conducted them.
selves, there are still thousands who arZ
content to fritter away their time in
nonsensical nothings, and to tut to
something turning up" to seolre a
brighter future. Such Of these are par.
ticdlarly found among those young. men
who have bun recently attained their
majority, and whose mental training
was interrupted, or terminated by. the
viclssitudes of war;. They look upon
dress as their noblest ambition, and gos-
sip and scandal as their highest AIM
They congregate around church doors,
and seldom enter in; they read, but will
not heed the lessons that ever the poorest
romance may teach. aud they willingly
and obstinately close their eyes to all
that life demands ofthem. Relnonstrance
or cntteaty with these people would be
worse than vain; and it is here the wo.
men of the South must again show of
what they are capable; it's here that
they can fulfill their highest, noblest
Gu y Those men or boys, who must
indulge in. fashionable affectation or non
chalancr, are,still perfectly sensible Of
the influence of a good and virtuous wo
man They feel The q ifetsicS beswsen-
the woman and themselves, aud try to
adapt their. manners and cnstpmsto hers.
Here, then is the new sphere Of infu.
ence ;7--for a woman is, to- a great extent
to be praised or censured according to
the habits aad manners ofthose who are
most frequently with her This may
seem a harsh assertion, but it is, nm.
happily, nothing more than the truth,
for, fla woman cannot make her com.
panons like unto herself, she Should res
olltely decline to hold any intercourse
with them! Men, in general respect
and reverence the women whom they
meet, and constantly endeavor to win
their admiration. All their lilllr arts of
dress and prettiness ofsprech are int nd
ed to attract womanly regard, and no
man worth Knowing or seeing will con
time to do that which is evidently dis
pleasing and distasteful 10 those whom
he4professes to respect. Women, then,
Southern women, must, by their words
and deeds, show their friends that scan,
dal and gossip have no charms for them.
They must show them thattl,ey are not
|. here TO idle or Dream but 10 work and
wait. They must teach them that there
is no greater fault than that of being
content olive upon the remembrance Of
the past. They must teach them, IN
fine, that only the man who is earnest,
generous, unaffected aud true--only the
man who will heerfully look Fortune in
In face, however darkly size may own,
can expect to win affection or love from
true woman. and that such man can
and viii, underall circumstances, COM
mand her sincere respect. Women will
elevate themselves, by, eleva,ing those
with whom the; live. Trey will make
themselves. if possible, still more refined
and intellectual by encouraging She in.
tellect and refinement Of Others, They
will gain more honor for themselves in
teaching Others how honor may be
! won.
Its not necessary for any gentle
Southern girkto attemptto become 3
social reEormer or TO practice the labsur.
dities of that-horror Of horrors; q strong.
minded woman, but each in her own
circle can teach that which is beantiisl
and true---honest and -~-best--and can
ilisensibly lead others towards the right
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