Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-19

WIZ HMatHNta a HA INV
i~haaafsm with more or less reluct
.anca at times because there exists
feeling Of dimdeueo in assuming
lho censorship that characterized
come Of these articles. Whsn We
leeI thas zee are 80 frsil and ineOm-
pete, 50 faulty and 50 deficient, it
requires, perhaps, 3 summouing up
OF what Is properly called "brass'
but which VIC beg leave to soy in
this case ought 10 be termed con-
Scjoasness Of right, TO urge us to
the fnlhlment Of o predetermined
purpose. But the Ssarcher Of oil
hearts knows that our motive Is
pure and II Is not for reputation or
applause we with these reflections
but with Code help, with the help
Of Truth and Justice aud Love
aud Mercy, 10 try and dive beneath
the dark waters Of human nature
and bring to the surface It's hidden
gems. OF If you like II better, VIC
will say 1t is our purpose to strike
OF %humanity's strong heart, and en-.
deavOr to eliminate sparks Of true
feeling. Or, yet, to pillow the rug
ged and almost wOrn-Out glebe, and
turn over deep burrows and expose
the rich soil lying wasting beneath,
and spread It open to the genial in
fuences of the sun Of charity. Or
1t may be our purpose, to instead Of
teaching or censuFing, to try and
bring soothing balms distressed
natures, and pour oil upon the rest
less turbulency Of troubled lives.
Whatever our purpose we feel we
are trying to do good In an humble
way, and we never send q SaluF.
day Night winging Its way abroad
that we cannot pray that 1t may &C.
complish some good.
And we can envelop Ourself in
the impersOnal "we," aud our chair
editorial then becomes q Delphian
Oracle from which we can issue
our moral pros and cons with i'm
punity and seli-reliance. AS we
have so boldly taken occasion in
our last Saturday Night to lecture
husbands upon their behavior to
their wives, II 10 only "tit for tat
that we should reverse the subject
and distribute our criticisms among
the opposite class.
When men marry (if they don't
marry for money! they have sweet
imaginings of q home, of a dear
one to press atfectiOnately to their
breast and pour out their conf
denccs in her sympathizing ear
One TO whom they eau go
when their hearts are filed
with high hOPeO and ambitions,
and tell the indwelling plans
and resolutions that have dawned
in their breasts, aud from whom
they expect a listening ear and
encouraging words.
They picture q loving tender aud
Condding wife, who will heartily.
share with them the good and III
fortunes Of life, and whose minis
tering presence will offset misfOr-
tunes, and build up & their ilresides
an altar Of domestic felicity. They
look for hopeful, large. hearted, iu-
telligent help-mGteS who will give
to them encouraging words and
needed help; who will be ready,
When necessary, to make sacrifices
for them aud be unremit-
ting in love, care and ten
derness. Who in preference
to thought Of fashion and pleasure,
the shallow displays of life will
identity themselves with their hus-
bands interests and cause him to
think and know he is, as It were,
the "apple Of their eyes," dearly
beloved, always thought Of, aud
sincerely conceded with.
This cannot be deemed too much
to ask Of the wife for Il
all comes within the scope Of her
duty, and even If love did not
prompt II her duty should. It is
true that woman desires to be loved,
but not more than man.
Few men have eyer acknowl-
edged to themselves how yearn-
ingly they long to be loved and
to, become the complete object
off wOman's affection. They may
think it unmanly, or unbecom-
ing a stern 'pan of the world" to
give way t ssueh thoughts aud
Ancies. Yet they do desire aud
seek for this absorbing love of wo.
man and in the breasts of all true
men there ever exists this secretly
cherished aspiration for love. o
il wives but knew the magic power
they could WELD through this po-
tent influence and now much dear
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