Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-12-18

briefly; MOI with broidered hair. or
gold, or pearls, or costly array
Shall We then ''repudiate the stoical
creed" and go to battle without the
banner of Christ? without modesty,
woman's only weapon? God forbid
My dear sister. let US not put the
sword in tender fingers that have never
fought anything except the pianoforte.
God, 10 His infinite wisdom, made MS
too weak to take up arms against the
"stoical creed" But give us the
livery Of christians, modest apparel,
the influence aud power given us by
God. and We will rule the world, elevate
the thoughts of the opposite sex far
above the mimic packet chimney and
the tie of his cravat," and we will then
command the profound respect and
courtesy of all, from our right honor
able judges down to the dusky little
boot black"
You, dear "Hiida, are not standing
alone 'son the watch tower of woman
hood beholding with restless anger"
or anxiety, "the unjust harvest" She
does not love her sisterhood less, who
kindly rebukes, but stands with you
and gazes, as it were, through vail of
tears on the sweet star of fame" that
is fast sinking into the murky stream
of degrading Undergraduates too
degrading for her in her original purity
to hear Oh (! yes let US "still the
voice OF SANDER that is impoverishing
her power and making the name OF
woman by-word for the nation"
But We cannot until we don the livery
of Christ and fight with the sword of
christians. Though we. may stop the
tidal wave of burlesque," that flows
through the press, which, with all due
thanks for the reformation of the
CHRONICLE, We deem quite impossible,
We cannot check the mockery of the
boot black and his street associates,
who rush behind the scene to suppress
their laughter when they have seen
the dwarf, disgust, that tramples the
train Of fashion that is sweeping the
streets of our beautiful cities of the
South.
Yes; We will go with you cheerfully
over the backward track of centuries,
to the beginning of taste and fashion,
before 'avarice ploughed the world,
or ambition bestrode it," before the
productions of the loom and the Tyrian
mysteries of dyes united to poison, in
lieu of embellishing, the beauty and
mien of woman; when, for decoration,
she twined in her hair some tendril of
The forest, beautifully woven in with
a shell from the beach, or a wild flower
contrasting beautifully with the natural
peach bloom of her cheek. 1t was at
such "a period when.the east aud south
laid their decorating riches at the feet
of woman" The remaining sculptures
show that the danes OF Greece-''the
then exemplars of the world"-had
not varied from the simple laws of
nature. At such an age man would
have as soon founded small tall" on
the angels rs on woman.
Yes; it is certainly astonishing that
''the grey-ha red veterans" with in
nocent daughters about them, smile as
they glance over the rude jest Of the
last periodical or paper, so offensive to
all womanly feeling, but the astonish-
ing feature is that they do not assume
the power, lying dormant, to stop the
cause, which they must see brings forth
the deep drawn sigh of a christian
mother.
Oh well-meaning Hilda, pardon
one who is equally well-meaning J;
pardon the pen that was so 10th to
portray the errors of woman. While
we love and respect your nobility of
heart your position in favor of your
sisterEood, the great good you may,
doubtless, do with your pen, we beg
you will bear patiently with one who
must, with pure motives, labor in a
different way for her sex. Though we
fight under different banner, we join
you in your appeal to the Association
of the press for assistance, for we are
equally sensitive, and would fain still
the voice of SANDER. All do not err.
May God forgive those who do, is the
humble prayer of
DRUE.