The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-28


men; and with industry and the influx of North
ern and European capital-which must soon DO
tempted by the pre- abundant natural resources in
the South-thero could be no reason why national
prosperity should not be fully re-estabshed with
in halt dozen years. that ie, il the Federal Gov
ernment pursued wise and generous course,
allnying irritation and dyertipg the minds of the
people from their unsuccessful sacrifices, by
pointing out and encouraging tho splendid rewards
of industry.
The following extract is alike remarkable for its
truth and beauty:
FEMALE LEcrURERs-ANp THE TRUE MISSION OF
WOMAN.
Mr.. Davis referred to some remark of Miss
Anna Dickinson, hostile to himself, which he had
seen in the papers; also recalling that he had
heard Of the lsdys honoriDg Fort Monroe with
to derive her inspiration from an actual view of
his casemate, or possibly to catch secret view OF
him through the admiring favor of Gen. Miles, or
some smitten officer. Ho had noticed that Miss
Dickinson had figured largely upon tho lecturing
stage, and had undeniabte talent, but the talent
rather of a M9nad or Pythoness than most of the
mild virgins who worshipped Festa and kept tho
fires OF faith and charity forever burning on her
pure altars Woman's appearance in tho political
arena was deplorable departure from the golden
path which nature had marked out for her. The
male animal was endowed with moro than suf1i-
cient bclligerency for all purposes of healthy agi
tatioE; and woman's part in the social economy
as she has been made beautiful and gentle, should
be to soothe asperities rather than deepen and
make more rough the cross-tracks ploughod in
tho road of life by the diyergng passions and
opinions of mon. 1t was q revolutionary ago:
trsnsportations and novelties we're the fancies Of
the day, and woman on political rostrum was only
an Outcropping of the disorganized and disorgan-
zing ideas now in control OF the popular mind
Tho c1amor Of certain classes Of woman for adj
mission to the professions and cmployments
heretofore engrossed by men was another phase
OF the Same maady. They demanded to be made
self-supportng, torgetful that their most tender
charm and safest armor lay in helplessness.
Womans Office embraced all the sweetest and
hocst duties of suffering humanity. Her true
altar is the happy fireside, not the forum with
cally unable to defend themselves from injury
or insult, their weakness is claim which the
man must be utterly base who lisregards. Tho
highes: test of civilization is the Difference
paid to women. They are like the beau
tiful vines Of the South; winding around the
| rugged forest trees and clothing them with beau
ty; but let them attempt living apart from this
support, and they will soon trail along tho ground
in muddy and tramped impurity. While woman
depends on man for everything, mans love
accepts, and his generosity can never do enough
but let woman enter into the ruder employments
Of life as mans rival, and she passes herself as
slave under those ine1orable laws of trade which
are WITHOUT sex or sentiment, Perhaps in one
branch of medicine there might appear fitness
in her claim to matriculation; but even in that
branch circumstances of sudden difficulty and
danger were OF everyday occurrence, requiring
action of a medical man to deal with. If asked
for his sublimest ideal of what women should be
in in time OF of war, he would point to the
them during the recent struggle The
Spartan mother sent forth her boy, bid
ding him return with honor, either carry
sent forth their sons directing them to RETURN
with victory; to return with wounds disabling
them from further service, or never to return at
all. All they had was flung into the contest
beauty, grace, passion. ornament; the excellent
frivoliies 80 dear to the sex cast aside their
songs, II they had any to sing, were patriotic;
their trinkets we're q1g into the public crucible;
blankets to the suffering soldiers of their cause;
| women bred to overy refinement Of luxury wore
homespuns made by their own hands; when ma
terials for an army balloon wore wanted, the
richest Silk dresses were sent in, and there was
only competition to secure their acceptance.
AS nurses of the SICK, as encouragers aud
charity and mercy adopting as their own all
children mado orphans in defence OF their homes.
as patient and beautiful household del.
and tightening the burdens of war by every art
Establishment, and labor to their sphere the dear
women Of his people deserved to take rank with
the highest heroines Of the grandest days of the
greatest countries. Talking further upon woman,
Mr.. Davis stated his belief that when women
proved unfaithful to their marriage vows it will
in almost every instance be found the husbands
fault. Men throw their wives, or allow them to
be thrown, into the companionshp of male asso-
cates whom they know to be dissolute neglect
thom while the illicit lover pays every attention,
and thea grow angry at the result of their own
criminal folly 1t is either this, or that the man
has chosen, without sufficient inquiry, woman
whose unftness for the relations of wife might
have been readily ascertained. Nowomau will err
il treated properly by husband worthy 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
tor some moments he made no reply, apparently
| At length he said Of President johnson he know
! no moro 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 associates of the
South had never been pleasant; not from any fault
or superciliousness on their side, but solely due
to the intense almost morbidy, sensitive pride of
Mr.. Johnson. Sitting with associates, many OF
whom he knew pretended to aristocracy, Mr..
Johnson seemed to set up before his own mind,
and to keep ever present with him, his democratic
tions. This pride-for it was the pride of hav-
ing no pride-his associates long struggled to
overcome, but without success. They RESPECTED
Mr.. Johnson's abilities, integrity, and greatly
original force Of character, but nothing could
| make him be or seem to wish to feel at home in
their society.
| Some casual word dropped in debate, though
uttered without q thought Of his existence, would
| seem to wound him to the quick, and again he
would shrink back into the sef-imposed isolation
OF his earlier and humber life, as IL to gain
strength from touching his mother earth. In q
word, while other members OF the Senate were
democrats in theory or as their political faith,
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