The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-12-26
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Young Ian, never speak ks1dy or
iestlngiy of the lady with whom you are
intimate. The. world looks, upon you as
her friend, as one who will defend her
good name at all times and never allow II
to be sfoken Of ddisfespectfuily, and if you
connect her name with idle jests, it is the
unkindest cut of all, and Injuries her more
than the same remark could from another.
We clip the-above from an exchange
it has been floating around~for some
time. We need hardly say we dislike
the sentiment It carries the idea BY i'm
plicaion that a young man may speak
tightly or jestingly'' of a lady if he does
not happen to be 'iintimate" with her ;
and that is infamous. Just think of a
great, strong young man speaking lightly
of young lady, one perhaps who has to
contend with this bitter, bitter world all
maided and alone, with scarcely strength
sufficient to bear the ills of life, think of a
young man speaking lightly of such a
onel But it is never DONE No, being
with a particle of manhood in his organ
ization never speaks "disrespectfully'' Of
woman Let woman do as she may, she
Is still the weaker physically, and there
fore deserving of respect from her natural
protectors, the lords of creation" Ii
the writer whose remarks we are criti-
clzing had written, young man, never
speaAhghtIy or jestingly Of any woman, !"
we could then agree with him fully We
know there are some who claim to be men
who speak disparagingly Of the other
sex-and probably if any one should hint
that they were not men they would have
their coats off in no time to show you, sir,
what they were made of,-and to such
We would say just word. Did you ever
have mother; was she kind, and did
she often tend you carefully in your
sickness through the long nights; did
she love. you dearly and desire that you
should grow up in purity. to manhood?
Did you ever have sister and was she
ling to overlook your faults, aud strive by
the purity of her own nature; to set you
an example Of virtue did you ever have
these? We hear you answer, Yes, we
had them" Well, let us ask again, sup
pose some great STRIPPING fellow like
yourself, rot Knowing that they were rela
tives of yours, had stepped up by your
side and made some disrespectful speech
in regard to then, would you not say in
your own mind that he had no manhood?
OF course you would, and ifayou did not
iniure his personal appearance you would
have more forbearance or less courage
than the majority of those who grow a
beard possess. Well, then, if it is UNI
manly for one to speak disrespectfully of
your mother or sister how is it when goa
speak thus of some other mans mother
or sister? If it IS wrong in one place it
must be soin another And it is wrong;
it is low, mean and cowarlly!' It is a
customSwith ieafers, gamblers and pimps
to use disrespectful, unbecoming aye in
decent and obscene language when speak
ing cfiWoman-fo being wholly impure
and depraved they cannot believe in the
purity Of anything living. If there is no
hell for such vile scoUndrels what need is
thereof having such place; what need
OF any one living a virtuous life? Oh,
how different such a. life is from that of
the man who respects all womanhind be-
cause she wears the semblancc of his
mother, his sister; and has faith in her
purity. belieyes-aye kno,cs-that among
women have been developed some of the
nobleSt, purest and best characters this
world has ever seen. How different, and
yet how few realize the difference
Young. man. remember the world
looks upon you as the woman friend, as
one who will defend her good name at all
times'and never allow it TO be disrespect-
fully spoken Of, and remember, too, that
the road from true manliness to rowdyism
i short, but once travelled is seldom re-