The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-20
VOLUME 20.

rGrdTti> Of industry.
The following extract is alike remark
able for It's truth and beauty:
/ rEMALE LECTuRERs-AND THE TRUE MISSION
/ OF WOMAN.
Mr.. Davis referred TO some remark oi
Miss Anna Dickinson, hostile TO hlilseil,
which hc had seen in the papers, also re-
calling that nc had heard "t the iao!
houoriuc Fort Monroe with her presence
some six weeks hciorc--hc supposed u
derive her inspiration from an ac'uaiNie"
of his caScmatc, or possibly TO eaten
secret view of him through the admlring
favor of General Miles or some smitten
ot,ircr. He had noticed that Miss Dickin-
son had figured largely upon the lccturine
STAGE, and had undeuiablc talent, but the
talent rather of M%nad or PythoncSS
than most of the mild virgins who wor.
shipped Vc>ta and kept the fires of faith
and charity forever burning on her pure
affairs. Woman'S appearance i'll the politi-
cal arena was dcplorahlc departure from
/ the golden path which nature had marked
out for her. The male animal was en-
dowcd with more than sufficient bclllge-
rcncv for all purposes ofhcalthy agitation
and woman> part in the social economy
As she had been made beautiful and gentle
! should bc 10 Soothc aSpcritlcs rather thai
| deepen and make more rough the cross
tracks plouchcd in the road of life by the
! diycrging passions and opinions Of men. II
was a revolutionary age: tranSpoSltlon'
and novelties were the tancicS OF the day
and woman on the political rostrum was only
an outcroppng OF the diSorganlzcd ano
diSorCanizing ideas now in control OF the
popular mind. The Clamor of certain
| classes of women for admission 10 the pro
! ir>>ionS and cmplovmcntS heretofore en-.
! crossed hy men was another phase of the
! same malady They demanded 10 be made
| Scli-supporting, forgcttul that their most
| tender charm and safest armor lay IN help
| lcs>nc>S. Woman'S office embraced all the
sweetest and holcSt duties OF suffering hui
manity. Her true altar is the happy fire
side, not the forum with its foul breath and
distracting ClamorS. Physically unable to
defend themselves from injury or insult,
their weakness is a claim which the man
must hc utterly base who disrcgards. The
highest test OF civilization is the Difference
paid 10 women. They are like the beau
tiful vines of the south, winding around
the rugged forest trees and clothing them
with beauty; but let them attempt living
apart from this support, and they Will soon
tra,l along the ground in muddy and tram
Piled impurity. While woman depends on
man TOR everything, mans love accepts,
and his generosity can never do enough to
discharge the delicious and sacred obllga-
tions: but let woman enter into the ruder
cmploymcntS OF life as mans rival, ana
She passes herself rs Il slave under those
memorable laws OF trade which are without
sex or sentiment. Perhaps in one branch
OF medicine there might appear fitness
in her claim to matriculation; hut even III
that branch circumstances of sudden dltfi-
Guilty and danger were Of everyday oc-
currcnce, requiring the Stcadicr nerves,
cooler judgment, and quicker acton ol a
medical man 10 deal with. II asked for
his SubimcSt ideal OF what women should
be in time of war. he would point 10 the
dear women of his people aS he had seen
them during the recent struggle. The
Spartan mother sent forth her boy, bid
ding him return with honor, either carry
ing his shield or on it. The women of the
south sent forth their sons, directing them
10 return with victory: 10 return with
wounds disabling them from further service,
or never 10 return at all. All they had
was flung into the COnteSt-bcauty, grace,
passion, ornament: the exquisite trlvoltleS
so dear 10 the sex were cast aside; their
songs, il they had any heart to sing, were
patriotic their trinkets were flung into
the public crucihc the carpets from their
floors were portioncd out as blankets to
, the suffering soldiers OF their cause wo-
men bred To every refinement OF luxury
wore homcspunS made by their own hands
! when materials for an army balloon were
wanted, the richest silk dresses were sent
! in, and there was only competition Il
secure their acceptance. As nurses of the
| sick, as cncouragcrS and providers for tn,
combatants, rs angels of charity and mercy
adopting aS their own all children mad,
orphans in defence of their homes, as pa
! tient and beautiful household dciticS, ac'
| cepting every sacrifice with Unconccrn
and tightening the burdens of war by every
art. Establishment, and labor proper tc
their sphere, the dear women of his pco.
ple deserved to take rank with the highest
heroines of the grandest days of the great,
tSl countries. iui tIi1l hp'ii "'-
man, Mr.. Davis stated his belief that when
women proved unfaithtul to their marriage
vows il will in almost every instance be
found the husbands fault. Men throw
their wives, or allow them to be thrown
into the companionShip of male associates
whom they know TO be diSsolute; neglect
them while the illicit lover pays every at.
tention, and then grow angry at the result
of their own criminal folly. 1t is either
this, or that the man has chosen, without
sufficient inquiry, "A woman whose unit.
ness for the relations OF wife might have
been readily aSccrtained. No woman will
err if treated properly bya husband wor.
thy of the name; but she is the weaker
vessel, and must be protected.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
As Mr.. Davis was speaking Of the
Senate, asked him his opinion Of President
Johnson, to which for some moments ne
made no reply, apparently hesitatine
whether to speak on the subject or not
At length he said that of President John.
son he knew no more than the papers told
every one but OF Mr.. Johnson, when in
the Senate, he would as freely speak as OF
any other member. There were, of course
differences between them, more especially
just previous to the retirement of the
southern representatives from Congress
The position of Mr.. johnson with his asso,
ciates of the south had never been plea.
SAINT, not from any fault or supercillious-
ness on their side, but solely due to the
intense, almost morbidly sensitive pride OF
Mr.. Johnson. Sitting with associates