The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-08-24
Communicated.

MIR. EDIToR:-"Rosie Rattle" l see,
has favored your columns with another
production from hel easy and very flu
ent pen; and if 1 thought it fashionable
to compliment $ publicly, 1 would say
something pretty in her favor. But,
being an ignoramus in that, as well as
in some other things, will leave it alone
at least for the present.
The point with me, however, is { o find
the precise meaning of her communica-
ton. Sometimes 1 thought it u iustifi-
able (?) thrust at the Lord; and, that
being so, l deemed it incumbent on me,
none other volunteering, to take up the
weapon Of defence on the Lords side.
Again, that it might be n wall over the
do~wn-trodden condition of the fehinines
fair. And lastly, which 1 hope to be
true, that it was an effort on the part of
your correspondent, to open the eyes of
'the gilded toy" contrasting her real
position with what it should be.
As was remarked by your correspon-
dent, a new era is truly dawning for
woman, the young at lest, and u few
years Will find her position and condi-
ton very different from the present.
This is an age Of Advancement, and it
would be deplorable if man alone ad-
yancod and left behind 'the beast Of
burden She must and will advance,
seeing nov that they have taken up tho
war. Therefore, we must conclude that
the next generation will reveal woman,
standing the equal of man; cheering the
warrior to deeds Of valor; controlling
the complicated machinery of govern
ment; and, further, presiding with ma
tronly dignity over the household. And
why not? Queen Elizabeth governed
well, though, i believe Rosie did not adj
mire her. Then there's Victoria who is
both Queen and matron; and what sub
lects are more contont with their sove-
reign than hers? l know of none, I'M
less it be woman, under the control OF
her sovereign lord. ~
Let woman's efforts but meet with the
same encouragement as mans, and l do
not believe that she will lag behind.
They've ever proven themselves greater
in emergencies than mali. And in every
instance where IN opportunity has .oc'
Cured to her, to use the talent with
which God gifted her, woman has shown
as bright q star in the armament of in
tollectuality, rs any orb of the opposite
gender. Therefore, she is superior; and
1t behooveO us, at once, to fall to the
rear and permit those who have been
oppressed to take the place 20 justly
theirs, and ofwhich they have been SO
~unjustly deprivedfor ages.
But, / believe Rosie r. did not ex-
actly define the position she would have
woman to occupy, nor devise ways and
means for that attainment. In her next
it is hoped she will do this. l, doubt
less, will then fall down and worship;
for even now, loving them SO devotedly,
l a scarce refrain from breaking a
command.
But, seriously, I do believe woman in
tellectually mans equpl; and were she
to go, to the field and hoe oorn, pillow,
and split rails, she would be physically
his equal, and until that is done, her
condition is truly deplorable.
Woman is a grand institution, and
Rosie has commended herself to the ia
vorable consideration of all men who
shall perdse her presents" For my
part, I say, write again Rosie, and give
woman the exact locality of her sphere,
so that the little angel can fly toit. She
has been the weaker vesseilong enough.
Too long mans unappreciative eye has
looked her down, and his lording it
must be checked. The ball is set in
motion, push it with energy until the
goal is reached. Hecate ruled with Wis
dom, and why not likewise have god
desses at the present day?
A IDLER,