Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-03-25
For the Fayetteville Observer.
Malcolm disposed Of.

=" LA neatly we na0 no !
thought that our comments on
Ms article, published in your pa
per few weeks ago, would irritate
him to such an unpleasurable
pitch Of passion. He frets and
fumes, froths and foams, as if
pierced with a thousand daggers
OF bitterest agony. Now this
was wholly beyond our expectation,
and far above our design. We
rather hoped by calling his atten-
ton to some OF the most promi-
nent errors and inproprieties of
his paper, to turn his thoughts, in
sober reflection, upon them, that he
might avoid similar blunders in flu
ture; and also to ask, at the hands
OF the Interested public, an exam
lnatlon OF his assumption, before
adopting them,4 or recognizing
them as true. This is the simple
truth. But we are sorry to see,
from indubitable evidences, that
our hopes as to ham have most sig
nally failed.
Now it must be recollected that
our batch of comments was purely
defenS1Ce, III It's character, and
bore no marks Of an offensive docu-
ment. For, by reference to both
articles any one can satisfy him
self that we confined ourselves
strictly to the matter embraced in
his. And in the exposition of
his tallacies and unfairness, we had
little need of the power of logic,
much less of the aid of sour I'M
dgi1tatton" The evident marks
Ut error which his paper bore upon
It's own face, coupled with few
facts that lay on the surface of our
mind, were fully sufficient for this
little task. We wrote not one
sentence in advocacy of the claims
or advantages Of separate schools,
nor one aoord in opposition to
mixed ones. This was outside of
the scope of our purpose them
Nor did any one of our remarks
ecen smell Of 1.-The clamor Of rage,
or the petulence of invective,"
his intlmation to the contrary not
withstanding Hence, ii our lit
tie article served as a reflective
mirror in which he could see HIM
self standing in an IIenviabIe atti-
tude before the public, in his o,rn
estimation, 1--WE don't know what
it was In the estimation of others)
he ought not to seek 10 hold us re-
sponslble, and cry out persecu ton,
but should charge himself with it.
For, he ought to know that OUer.
Jealous men, on meeting with OPP
position, often run into great ebul-
litions of passion, and thus render
themselves ridiculous, particularly,
when they allow individual in
terest to hide public good, or suf-
Ter their impetuous blood to run
faster than their brain.
After admitting whatever of
his paper seemed to our mind to be
sound in principle, it is true we
joined issue with him on the prop
osition, "That woman can be edu-
Gated and prepared for her great
mission in the world only in mixed
schools" which we conceived to be
the clear import of his language,
and suggested an open discussion
of the same. For he plainly de-
clares, i'll substance, that she can
not receive, in convent, the prop
er education and preparation for
her "noble mission and high desti-
ny in the world" With equal
clearness to our mind, he substan-
italy classes female schools with
converts, and reasserts the same
classification in his second article. |
But now he denies that our formal
statementof the proposition is a fair
construction of bis language. Let
the curious examine for themselves. |
A distinguished general once said |
that it was right to always allow |
to the enemy some way Of escape. /
Accepting his denial of the just
ness of our construction. we are,
therefore, without any definite,
settled issue between us. Hence,
with this piece which is designed |
as a brief review of his last paper.
so far as our notions of becoming
dignity will allow us to descend.
we shall take our leave OF Malcolm
at least until he presents some
thing worthy of our consideration.
But before we close this writ
ing, we desire to briefly advert to
some other matters. In reference
to the mother OF the unfortunate
girl alluded to, we were not aware
that she was was dead But We