The Lincoln County herald., 1872-06-12
Women SlandererS.

"A cotsmporary says Of the men who
slander women "Begarded from an eth.
ical point Of view, the most Insignificant
creature upon Gods globe is the man
who traduces q woman. If be does it
to crafty revenge, he is q coward if
gratuitously, he Is contemplate. There
is no outlet for escape; it ls clear and
uutquivocal proposition. And yet, un.
happily, among men this grave sin is
looked upon as very veuial. The effects
Of its exercise are accepted in matter
Of fact way; no one ever bothsrs to in.
vestigate the causes that produce them.
This is the text from which society
might draw useful lesson. Why is it,
We may we'll ask, that tho conventional
woman slanderer SO generally escapes
scot free, while he who ISLANDERS man
rarely or ever sssapes2 Now and then
We hear Of an exceptional case, whore tho
tradacer receives his deserts but we arc
as much sstonirhod when this does occur,
as VIC would be if We saw man sitting
down alphabetically under slur cast upon
It's honor. As a nation, Americans are
notably jealous Of their women's fair
famo, and this fact makes the mystery all
| the greater.
For it 10 the simple truth, that no kind
Of conversation is moro common ameng
the average men Of our day, than that
which consist of covert snsers regarding
the virtue Of the other sex, and broad
inuendoss Of the successes on which the
speaker makes his boast. And, to make
bad worse, the boaster 10 usually lying,
and his hearers know that no is; yet
they listen with smiles, and in their turn,
manufacture other falsehoods of the same
class, merely because it is the custom. If
the record Of female regulations ruined
through such criminal trifing could be
written, every honorable man would
stand appalled,, and ask himself if he
had also been guilty, by listening to,
without rebuking, such conversation.
There 10 . remedy for this, and We
commend it to the attention Of every
man in the land who asp,es to bs called
q gentleman. Never listen to the woman.
slsndsrsr for an instant, even If pre-
viously persuaded by Circumstances that
his foul words are true. The venom Of
the serpent 10 poisonous whether it be
used for its legitimate end, or for mere
wanton destruction. Rebuke the man
promptly, who, in, your presence utters
woman's name lightly. Turn from him
in scoru, and shake off as you would an
asp, the man who IL in tho vile habit of
boastiug about women. Ask yourself
in any company-if the conversation is
such as you would wish your mother, or
sister, to listen to and it not, leave the
company at once, If you cannot silence
the evil tongues Remember that he
who hears passively q slandsr of this
kind, is as guilty 90 he who utters it, for
there would be no slsnderors If there
we're no listeners. Above oil, when you
hear woman traduced by things calling
themselves men, and she has no defender
present, constitute your self her champion,
and ifnssd be, use physical force to close
the lying lips. You will be upheld BY
all honorable men, even If there bs truth
in the libel, because every honorable
! man must pray that for the woman SIAN =
derer there should be placed.
"In every honest hand a whip
To lash the rascal through the world"
mere 10 an anecdote tolu oy one minis
ter about another. "A certain presiding
: elder, who Was noted for being seldom up
! to time, seldom very animated, seldom
very brief, once kept a congregation
waiting y long time for his appearance,
\ and when at last no did come no preached
, them . very prosy sermon OF uuusual
length, on the text, Feed my lambs.
} He had not yct finished when that orig.
/, inal old minister known a. "Csmp meet
John" rose from 9 seat in the congrsgs.
= tion, end said: "Bro>hsr, I have had
5 some experience in raising lambs myself
a and I have found that the following rules
! are absolutely essential TO saccessfu
9 lamb raising: First, give them thsi'
Q food in season second, give then . little
at q time sSa third, give II 20 tbss
J War~."