The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-08-31

Angels and Ministers OF grace, defend
me! or Mt least give me strength to de-
fend myself How could I have been SO
misconstruod? Seems as if any man
with an ounce of common sense lodged
in his crunium, would have known bet
ter. My! how he bolls and bubbles like
a hot caldron at the bare mention of
Womau's Rights. Oh, Well! Poor, dear
old fellow Guess he's afraid Of losing
the balance of power, and then its al
ways 'the omptiest vessels that make
the most sound" Do advise him Mr..
Editor, when next seized with an attack
Of ~"cacoethes srribendi," to cast about
and endeavor to pick up n nobler field
for the exercise Of his wonderful gifts Of
mind aud intellect, and to employ his
notable (not-able) pen in another and
more honorable channel than hurting
newspaper squibs and iar-fctched vul-
garisms, upon the head Of an innocent
and defenCeleSs woman. In case his
next victim should, like myself, have the
misfortune to be of the feminine per-
suasion (Bah! rs ii such raiOrous men
eyer select other than weaker victims
beg that lie won't be so JjiHg. He's al
most carniverousl Why, upon my word,
sir, land by-the-by, 'tisn't like his, prob
ably good for nothing,) of this mighty
tenement, | feel that there's scarcely u
piece left as big rs your thumb nail.
"Mc misorium! !" Do inform him also
that what he 50 confidently intended rs
II hit-Miss was a miss-hit all the way
throughout come under any n Of
the heads he so wisely lays down. In
short, not to be longer, | am just n of
the briskest, brightest, most energetic,
industrious, rafting, prattling, yeXing,
%pcrpleXing, tenacious, loquocious little
women ashore. Selah! Feminine from
the crow of my head to my boot lacers,
An Independent little craft, cruising
about on my O,cn hook; colors at whole
mast, and no surrender! Amt hope
lessly insane, bW an in favor of Social
Rights, Intellectual Equality, &c, (not
with everybody, however, for / know Of
some instances where l should have to
blow my brains out if I were, or at ieast
most Of them.) Have no ambition to
iostlo "you men" out Of your places,
nivor q bit would /; don't care for noto-
riety, not even so much as your cores
pondent seems disposed to give me; and
as to my being on the shady side Of life
and unmarried - Hail Columbia! e
pluribus unum! don't see it! Why,
even if twas really so, (his surmise,) I'd
rather be the veriest old maid in Chris
tendon with a perfect regiment of lap
dogs and Tabby Cats than to be tied on
to just such a specimen OF masculinity
as -. Well! | wont say who; suffice
it, / might enter the ring Of argument
with your orrcspondent-you know pen
and I are always re, spons-ible-but then
'tisn't worth while, we'll cancel the mat
ter with his playing luck to or game,
and then you don't expect the highly
polished damascus blade to enter into
combat with q common mud shovel.
Eli, MIR. Editor? There now But since
it seems that you me not sufficiently
WOman's Rights to protect your lady
correspondents (even when they venture
into your columns at your special re-
quest from the uncharitable and ride
ulous structures Of contemplate and
boorish men-lest "there might be
somebody hurt" VIC, that is pen and l,
believing discretion the better part Of
valor, henceforth and forever cease our
~"rattlings." We beg pardon for our
former trespass-the one you SO consid-
e%ratcly promise to excuse in your alb
sence. (Inlor had you been here 'twould
have been othcrwise.) Gallant speech
that, under the circumstances How
ever, my dear sir, Wen just pass it for
what it's worth.
We lost sight of your importance as
a journalist, and didn't know your press
of valuable matter, otherwise we would
have been more brief. Now, then, in
conclusion, with wishing you II long life
and success, and with u kind word Of
adieu to your readers one and all, more
especially those who have done us the
compliment to express themselves inter
ested by our scribblings, we bid you
farewell.
Chivalrous Enterprise, may your shad-
ow never grow less.
We are, with all due reverence and
respect, your most odedient and
Humble Servants,
ROSIE RATTLE & 60.