The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-05-18


cause of trouble among men She has been the source
of untold misery, the vide world over, from the Jeai
ouses Of the social circle to some of the greatest
wars in history From mother Eve to Grecian Helen,
from the days Of Xanthppe to the present time, wo
mans viies have ever involved unfortunate man IN
countless woes For instance eliminate from the list
of homicides those that have been directly or noi-
recty brought about by her and how te" remain! Is
there man shot down the streets, is there SIAN
der set adrft is there duel fought-ten to one we
INQUIRE at once the name of the woman at the bottom
of it. We love the sex 1t is sad to write thus, but
truth demands solemn feslty when We approach her
shrine.
We are LED to these reflections by tidiugs that
Gently to ears report OF troubles between
our Representatives. the Hon. Moses Sterrett and the
Hon. J. H. McVean, brought about We are grieVed to
say, by female. 1t that when the latter reach
ed here few days ago on his Charity Hospite mission
he brought his wife with him and put up at the Brooks
House he at once sent notice to his colleague that
he had come The usual courtesy of course required
that the Honorable Moses and his wife should call on
the newly arrived pair sterrett alive to the pro
prieties of the situation and promptly prepared to
make the expected Dut Niit SeS AF
No, indeed not she. She declined to have anything
to do with Mrs. McVean-refused to call on her or
show her any attentions whatever. She nut on ez-
IRENE airs, turned up her in sublime disgust and
whered her lord with scathing reflections the mpu
dence of white thieves coming up here and expecting
courtesies from honest coorsd folks. Call on 'em
No! Perish the thought! See 'em in Guinea first !.
Now here was immediate trouble. In society hus-
band is held responsible for the conduct Of his wife.
Nose was in quandary. He did not know what to
do McVean and he were old friends brothers of the
same party, gentlemen in public positions with the
eyes of the world upon them. They had served in
the Legislature together had swallowed many drink
of whisky together out Of the same bottle, had often
slept sweety together, like Young pups on door mat,
after evening bender, and, in short, were on the
most cordial and intimate terms. Besides, he knew
McVean desperately brave and be feared he might
challenge him at once and, be locked around on
the beautiful world he reflected that possibly, many
hours, there might be one colored corpse more and
one eolored legislator less the face Of the earth
He rent his garments in despair and appealed to the
wife of his bosom to waive her scruples for her own
dear husbands sake and make the ceremonial call.
But she WAS stubborn q mule. She would not
hear to reason She threatened to thin out
of the honored wool from the top of bis head he
didn't dry up The result was that Serrett inconti-
neny kept away from bis friends all the time that the
latter remained here. Ncvesn was highly incensed.
There is feud between the two worthless now that
doubtless blood only can atone. We are prepared to
hear of anything sangunary. AcVean is brave. His
departure from the city showed it. sserre is
to be trided with The sonabawk has been dug up.
Their passions are aroused and know not what will
! be the result
! And all brought about BY a WOMAN! We do no.
blame Mrs. Sterrett for not making the call Wethnk
she did right It was conmendsbe in her to refuse
to countenance thieves wherever found. It showed
her honesty and good sense. But she should have
been more discreet. She should have considered the
sweet and gushing relations between the two husbands.
She should have combined policy with principle. Just
tee has claims but 20 has prudence. She mil ht have
INDUCED in polite fiction by sending word that she
was i'll. She might have been out Of town. There
are scores of excuses she could have invented had
she been less inpesuous and more consderste. As it
is she has involved her husband in embarrassment
which may ripen into deadly quarrel which will array
the respective families against each other tor years to
come. In one generation, sterrett may chs~ up 5
AcVean, and in another heVesn may demolish the
smeer of sterrett in one age the race of Ham may
be victorious and in another the of shem may
bear the palm and thus 1t may 80 on with varying
fortunes from parents to children from to another
till swelling in numbers deepening in intensity sdovn
the stream of time it may broaden into terrible ven
delta that will involve entire communities and bring
woe and terror to scores of innocent persons who
would otherwise have been loving friends
1t is sad to reflect on these things. It pains US to
refer to them. Women are creatures of impulse.
They seldom reason. Their preudices overcome their
judgment and the result is that poor innocent is
constantly involved in trouble on their account.
To our Honorable representative We now bid an
sectionate sdieu, and hope that ahal never again
have to elevate him into much importance
to give him more than passing notice. We trust
that readers will forgive for the passive can
scarcely forgive ourselves.