Richland beacon., 1876-02-05
Our Floyd Correspondence.


srms uf The great Centennial ycar--
II, unpr.parvd for the festival it in
ausurs,eA. Surely we would be
pleased TO d.n,onslrnte our intense
satisfaction tina, ae still have nation.
al existence that ,hecsparchy Of par
,yiS,n has hot, ere this swept vs. from
the face of earth. Certainly We are
thankful for al this. In fact. We
would lin. To join The nali"un! pilgrim
age, which will carry - m.rh joy To
the hearts of transportation men. and
make glad the counlcnanccS Of hotel
keepers all along the line of travel.
and throughout the great mrlrnpoli.
of "bro,hrrlv love- Tut, alas stern
poverty stands in the way-a ghpul-
Ike rpactrr--tO dehar us the varied
PLEASURES ofthe National humbug"
|, i. r-sliy ii.c"uruging; aud il is
likrwisr di>cnnraging. after diligent
search for item, for the BEACON, 10
have 10 reilcralc ID. "uf,-rrp~a'rd"
confession Of bankruptcy III ".cn-a-
tionals" of any description. Oar posi-
ZION At he dc,k commands Il full view
If unpr' t-n'ious little Floyd; and, ~
The eve rests here upon new work
shop. there new s,ram-mill, and
various q her Improvements uf minor
consequence. rope whispers ''the crisis
l. past We shall hrncesurth move.
perhsps SLOWLY. but steadily. forward
III the march Of improvement. No
moral. or .ocia or commercial pertur-
: hation sIirS the smooth current of
every day life. therefore We are devoid
Of news Then, how shall We ill
rhc page? We have y mind to
briefly in'roducc subject which,
. though srldom discussed, must, in the
bear future. claim the attention of
true patriots every where throughout
. our land, 1.-The future of womun--her
| industrial duInain." Where its boun-
: DIARIES aud how defined are issues
which We may not shun. They are
already upon u and must be- Net
, sooner or later, even NJ they have
!. been in other countries. The eau
cassixn female of the South deserves to
fill other and higher positions than
those connected with the Kitchen and
Laundry for support. Laying other
arguments aside. physical incp'npc-
,rncy generally UNITS Ter for accom-
plishiny Inucl, in these department. !;
set. We find our srlf-sn>iainlng females
among the poorer CLASSES engaged
almost entirely in these voca'iOns
Our Sous. God bless ,hcn) have all
The avenues TO glory, honor and wealth
open before them they may. bv per.
>islrnr toll, reach the dizzic>t heights
Of human ambition. but for our
daughters. what may w hope
Doubtless suur one will answer /:
Let them ~, good husbands n did
their mu,bcrs," forgetting lha, the
numerical relation IL the SEXES i. in
al inverse rarir To " hat it was wears
ago. when their mothers Wcro mai,lens.
Then each could boast Ut = plurality
Of Masculine admirers. and having
| this advantage. gave little thought to
the future. Now the order il rcvcrs.
I; I'd. and ~ We arr not Normnn<. some
women must needs rcnsin single
shall We ignore their fu'urC? i;,.
cause, pcrchance, somc fail. with all the
"leap-vcar' privileges. Ia secure u
husband. shall We abandon then,
without thought! Nainly may We
strive 10 comfort our. ewes with the
eva-iv- query Am ! my brothers
keeper 2" The awful response comes,
sounding dowd the ages, "'you are
in many senses. We may for while
show personal responsibility in the
matter; We may cultivate the ".ang
froid" If the fa'alist T; We may clos,
our eyes in ease and i'll selfish idleness
leave all these veXcd questions to bt
decided.
In the chamber Of fate, where with di.taf
unlurlcd
Tto>" three blind old women ST., spinning
the world
This course we had oursclf beer
taking, and had succeeded psssably
amid the complications Of life. il
crowdinS down the convictions which
day by day. and year by year, have
forced themselves upon US; We wer,
burying our hopes aud fears in mood,
silence. when. CHANGING over the col
umns of The picayunc Of a recent date
, we found our long cherished" views
rc-echoei with more elegance and
force than feminine logic was capabl,
, OF. Of course we were delighted
strengthened, and determined to b,
silent no longer. We clip the article
/, referred to upon The independents,
Of women" from the issue Of Jan Sth
and request that YOU will peruse i
: carefully. We are grateful to tn,
I writer, and by Your leave. will taxi,
his idea as text. upon which t,
enlarge in future letters. Our caus,
! shall b. a more extended latitude fO
wonan's work, ard educational pre-
: paration for that enlarged sphere. WI
shall take issue with the prescn
method Of training. as little calculate,
to expand her capabilities or develOl
her latent resources. We shall ais
assume the long established custom o
regarding marriage Us the ultimstun
Of female aspirations is not only sub
al