The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-12-19

T.'ms.--TnE lIGnALp is published
ly in the Town Of Winnsbor2; ut S3.OO ia
varcabiy Ia hiruncc. >.
p.sss'H All transient advcrtis ,ments to b,
rnid in advance. -,. sg,
Obituary Notices aud I'll rcs 81 90 DC.
square.
The Highest Duty Of Southern W omen.
Appeal ailcr'appeal has been made tc
thc young men OF The South, urging
lhrm 10 devote their energies to the
restoration of ll,r;r country 10 prosperity
andAIir homes to happiness. They have
been ,oIdthat they must be content to
,lahor; that the dhy for philosophical
discussion and metaphysical speculation
was passed; and that upon. them and
theirs must rest the responsibility OF
making The S)uthern States aud their
people respected, hoaorcd aud admired.
Nobly have the majority responded to
the call I; and in the Carolina$, ~ Y,r.
gnia, in Florida, in Louisiana. ia every
State of the Lite Confedcrncy, 10 ground
has b"en rurrowcd and commerce has
been directed by those who, five years
ago, knew labor but by name. IT, the
fichl, and on the plantation in the
countingroom and warehouse in the
merchant ship and swift gliding steamer;
IN the mine and the factory ; on the limc
OF projected railroads and in the halls 81
: colleges and Institutes, the gallant sol
dlers Of tho Confederate armies arc fight
ing against poverty privaton and dis.
tress,. strengthening their courage by
tho r. instant rnr, ~, ,ronno ti,,t a. -.
have high reputation to maintain and
spoilcss names to uphold. Whenever
tic notifications and sliglris of the
times pressed too heavily upon them,
They were told to look with reverence
towards those Southern women who had
endured so much for then. They were
told to recall the soft hand that had
guided their toLtcring steps, AMI the
voice that had spoken to them ofhonor
and duty in tones that stirred their blood
like the "trnmpni's blast 1hoy w.rn
told TO recall those hearts that had never
f,ltcrcd or wavered in the greatest ago.
ny of dofeaL without disgrace and we're
trucst when the very universe seemed
false. These things can never be forgot,
and the men who were heroes in war
did not dare to be towards in civil life.
More than all, each felt that he most
continue to be worthy of some dear
Southern woman n-mother, sister, or
friend and must never, by repining or
complaint, bring the flush Of shame to
her cheek or the tear Of regret. to her
loving; brown eye. it,Retter to die than
to live dislionured i'll the eyes Of these
whom wc love" ,s the lcgend!, Bumrd
by the red hand of war on thcpsouls of
tho mcn ofthe South, and, like trusty
soldiers, they have not (altcrcd or l,esi.
tateai ip the hard path they have cho-
I sen. ~ :t s, !, f ~ IS : all ..
1t isnot needed now TO speak in
praise of,wiiat Southern women lave.
done Their acts will lliyeFtbrougl, time,
and will be recorded in eternity. But a
task.s before thcmsinow moro difficult
than any, that tlleythave yeJundertakcn.
Admirably, and we'll rs most of the
men of the South have conducted them
selves, there arc still gthonsapds who, arc
content to (rittcr. away their tinio in
&nonsenscal nothiDgs; nad to}tnistp to
! 'somelhing turning up" to secnrc a
'2bTglltcr crfutlre. Such Of these arc par.
si;ticularly found among those young men
E@llofhaYe bun. RECENTLY attained their
smi,jority,Sanl whose mental training
B ;Ssass interrupted sSor terminated Tby }ithe
sNisissilndc Of war. e Theys:look, ,.nporr
dress rs their noBlesb ambition. and gos-
sip and acanlul sas their 4iitghest ann.
q I hey tcongreg gat q around church doors,
and seldom iantefFin ga they.readsbut will
not tlieedSllclessons that over! tho poorest
3Sronlailceg may tcach,s ! and theyF willingly
4 and dsobstii,ately close their ayesto all
batlifaldemands of them. Renonstrance
!. .orSehtreatys@itlithcse people, would DO
!. worse Han vainf;; and sit is here : the #os
mon Of stlie So,nltSn,,iat again show Of
what they are. capable ;8git is, Lerg that
( they- can fnlflR their highest nobless
5lItys 5Tllose1nl6n or boy 8, who must
indnlgesin fashionable affectatipn,cr non
.clialantc,S arc still perfectly sens,ble 'ot
tito lpfluei,ceSof good and vi irtEo,is fWo.
man. they tGGK the difference between
+, the Woman and tl.efnse Gives, and stryato
ll.eir sairi,ers and cnatomsto hers.
sSIlsfe,Y then spbofS OF 3inaIl.
4 ~ to n gren extent
Ito be isea sors eelst,rcd saccord ding TO
= liza Bite and aisalneta oftboss who arc
most ffetpientiy ith 3 her. !rhiss may
shagslt assert cioii, but it lis, siin.
s,happil othiag more than 4 He trstf,
fsG man cannot MIX lleE com,
paniolls Ike unto shcfgelf alIe lionl,l ress
sofatel decline. TO lold 4 .iiIterco co0l 50
Z with them d III, genera resliccs
3lidS dSrey yereIce tthe omen ssylloai they
meet and oonstantly eiileavdr To viii
ssthoir adfhiratio d tIicif littlF arss ol
isSlressS and pretti tiness 81 spesob are intend
u es 81 tEract & &onan) id and u illd ild
man sortlie Ing Or seeing wil con;
Z HniIes do thh I'D iylliell is evidently dis.
pleasing and tlistastefhfto those hon
fhe PROCESSES TO respect, omen, then,
Southern Women, must, ,by their words
and deeds sliow their friends atha, scan
dal and gossip have no charms for them
n. Al "A ~