The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-08-17
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cited AZ imagiH abe, we hat is, PeRlpnd
proceed 4 givt you u benefit Of eur
NblsPeFlegs Apoa- Gracious Shall i
say ~ We'll, here
Rights But you won't say anything
about til should be quite uuder,n cloud
if you did. Eh, Mr.. EditorU You'll
promise, I know meu caro- to say the
least Of promising, aud then If you make
one aud break it, it's the easiest firing ia
the world to make another Just as good,
You know scribbling for the newspapers,
or any attempt to be literary, is the UNI
Pardonable sin for lady fair Outside the
moose and to be guilty of the former,
and then stand upon such a platform
wheugh!-mieht almost as we'll be .
murderess, Dear mel What an rpgepl
progress thias s. Think Of IL women
looking about TO see what great national
matter they shall take hold of next. Did
1t ever occur to you whats pleasant change
twill make in districts hitherto made up
Of only the little, uncelebrated, triAes OF
life, to have a voice in some of the great
outdoor movements like you men, and
DE one OF the sovereign people? Public
meetings, printed circulars, boards of Mrs.
aud Mlss-man-aeers' names in all the
papers, woman aud ller.stOry as we'll MS
man and History, Perhapsyou gentle.
men are not aware that Of all the Gods
and Goddesses of Mythology, Hecate, who
presided over popular assemblies, war,
and the administration Of justice, was the
fayorite ideal. Now, though, to be Sc
rious, Mr.. Editor, or -as-mnch so as
can be, (gravity is not my forte,) this is a
transition age. The old ~emPloymcnts Of
wopenspres passing away. Lowell does
the work of the spinning wheel, and the
Sewing Machine is annihilating the Nee
die. Society must solve a new problem
in her social position. She is no longer
to be a gilded toy in the hands of man to
amuse his leisure moments, or q beast OF
burden to do his bidding. No, indeed !
A new era isdaEning for her as sure as
the laws Of gravitatlon. Ever demand
now made by the strongest advocate fol
her intellectual equality will be fulfilled.
What is now called fanaticism, will Que
day be called common sense. Every claim
for her culture, every desire for her en-
plOyment or enfranchiscment-it is all
coming. Methinks he is idle, she idler,
who attributes to any temporary excite
nIent the great gradual movement 10 these
times which assigns to woman an equal
position in the future, as mans had pre-
dominance in the past. For a want Of
this movement, for ages, a minor key Of
sadness has pervaded all the words aud
works of woman. No man can ever speak
other position SO mourufplly as she la.
done it for herself. Look at Charlotte
Bronte, Caroline Morton, and, indeed, the
majority Ct intellectual women. Then
lives touch us to sadness even in Their
mirth, and Mrs. Siddons too, at one time
the intellectual pride and joy of English
society. As | reflect upon her mournfuI
history, tits to deduce Que hope which is,
that there might be a Heaven hereafter
where justice would be accorded to woman,
As for me, | care nothing for the right Of
suffrage-wouldn't have it as a graciou.
gift. Social rights are all tlatAT wonld
ask-only these and nothing more. BY
these | mean the right to exercise any
talent with which God might have eudow.
ed me, in any ayocatiou | might SEQ proper
Bnt we arc not SO educated in the present sta
tus of society II speak more especially of those
In a%filucnce and %cOHiort,) q woman can find nj
place in life for her energies, but must take the
chances for existence between u husband und
nothing (sr in many instances more appro,c i-
ately between two nothings.) Take the life oil
an ordinary single woman, from eighteen to her
wedding day--it is in tens OF thousands of in
stances but one long petty tragcdy-aliGe blame,
less, perhaps, but also aimless +; without q noble
hope, without II large enjoyment; without ar
earnest purpose 1t is impossible that the SOU
can be satisfied with such q mission; it require.
OH object, or it dies. WI .+GilllH8
What is education-what all the varied cul.
ture of modern times, to a pcrplcxity like thia
Sir It's only giving wings tca Gagged Bird
But you say women are not fitted for cmergen-
cics. AS they are now educated their whole
lives are purely dependant and accidental
This should. b. otheEYise., Still, | say in al
Instances When tested they'Se GO proven them.
selves greater IN emergencies Than man. Fol
instance, look at Anne Chase, the heroine o.
1ampico, and our Revolutionary Mothers, AND
still later, the women Of our own Sunny South
in our late struggle. Who was greater in emer-
gencies than they Ancient and modern his.
tory is filled with instances Of ar innate hero.
ism and powers Of endurance. Man is trained
to meet emergencies woman should be trained
to meet the same demand. 1t is not among thu
truly intellectual and learned men that yor
fnd the advocates for the doctrines of woman
feebleness. No; but rather among those who
with the forms of men, have less than the weak
est women's minds; as.the emptiest things gen.
orally make the most sound, so do their clamors
deadcn the voices of true merit 1t is ignor-
ance ever that wOtaa fotter pfOstess, and woman
can better, far better, contend with life's storm:
alone than when fettered to such surcrcilioui
ihbccility. History too, isgflled withrinstan'
ces Of her intellectual poNefs Queen Elizabeth
is q character | do not admire, and yet whC
can deny her power of governing, her vigorous
mind and sublime tact These show herto b
u strong miAIed w0man-reall; a strong-mind'
ed woman-hOt one given to forid speeches, bu'
one OF concentrated thought and action. Their
there's Victoria, Euglapd's present Queen, til,
good wife and judicious mother, who displays
as much Judgment in the management Of lei
domestic affairs as she does in those Of the M,
ton. She shows what n woman with a well
balanced mind, left free to act, cam do And
in every instance where an opportunity has oc.
curr I'd to her to use the talent with which Goo
gifted her, woman has shown IA bright a stal
in the armament of intellectually as any orl
of the opposite gender. Let her efforts bul
meet with the same encouragement as, mans
hold up to her the same inducements, and sc,
If she lag in the'race. Al, any rate, allow hel
to start beside you, and if she fall, why theI
it will be a fine opportunity 10 bring in the time
worn saying and sneers Of want Of intellect;'
and secure TO yourselves for all time the glori
Gus privileges2of knowledge and power, and
without fear Of what yOn are pleased to tern
cncroachnent of the jwaaker sex ,hS.sA84 q
But my how mentor-like this all sounds :
You'lhscarccly be able to credit so much phi
losophy and fact from your ''ra%ttling' cores
pondent. All! we'll, "vdricty's the spice o
life.n Do. dear Mr.. Editor. pardon this long