Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-03-08

most devoted, Self-Sacrificing, self
abnegating woman that ever was
born could make home happy indie
pendent Of her husbands assistance
and co-operation. /, for one, say it
cannot be done. I haveseen it tried
4 great many times, and 1 say too
there is ether "tyranny than that of
blood and chains" and the wives
and mothers Of our land, and of ev-
cry other land under heaven, are
staggering under it, and falling
under it, and being buried away by
It every day; and I thank God
there is q rest and a silence down 10
which no irritable growl, no tyran-
nous exaction can find its way.
T have seen a good many places
in my life called homes; I have
seen women in them, doing all NOR
tality could do to make them agree
able to the bears who come thither
to feed, waiting themselves until
their hungry husbands appetites
were appeased, serving them first,
them last, them midst, and without
end, and I have very seldom been
RECALLED with "thank you," or "how
kind" from the head of the house.
Generally sullen silence was be-
slowed in return.
wish could hope that my ex-
perience was extraordinary wish
I could see cause to believe there
are not hundreds of women in this
very country dying because no
smile meets their smiling, and
no appreciation their efforts to
please. Some writer has said
The world was sad, the garden was a wild,
| And man, the hermit, sighed till woman
smiled.
Would that he had kept her smil-
ing, then there would not have been
so many aching hearts to-day.
Women have faults and failings of
their own to answer for, and that
they should have to bear the sins of
their husbands, and that too with
smiling, is an imposition against
ahich /, for one, protest. Their
ambition Is humble enough surely,
praying only for the privilege of
loving and serving, and asking
nothing more than a recognition OF
that love and service; but when
even that is denied them, as ais
often the case, 1 wonder they are
half so good as they are.
To every husband / would say,
give your wife all your confidence,
At least until she has proved herself
unworthy of the trust. You have
entrusted her with your lifelong
happiness, never suspect her of a
desire to waste your money. Ifyou
observe a disposition in her to do
right, an earnest wish to please
you, be content, nay, be grateful
for these exertions.
A husband should not exact too
rigid obedience or slavish submits
sion from his wife. He should re-
member that q woman has her feel
ings, her likings and her aversions
the same as himself, and is not one
whit behind him in the love of her
own will.
Since man Is appointed the head,
the lord and master, it is for him tt
take the lead and show by his ex-
ample the power of geodness and
virtue; and until he has acquired
power over himself, until he has
learned to control his inclinations,
to subdue his passions and to resist
temptation, it is too presumptious
in him to undertake the manage
ment and government of another.
1t is out of the common course of
things for the lesser power TO rule
the greater; therefore you who
would rule wife and have wife,
hasten and make yourselves fit for
your Office, for if you be not your
wife's superior in aught else than
brute strength, rest assured she will
be an overmatch for you.
If you cannot inspire her with
love and respect, and by the force
of these rule her, be sure you cannot
by fear, at least if she be worth any
thing. 1t is imperative that man,
whom nature intended should be
the head or ruler, should possess
superior acknowledgement intelligence;
in short, that he should have the
| moral and intellectual as well as
physical power, and to such woman,
gentle, loving, dependent woman,
will gladly pay unlimited, unquali-
led obedience. For his tenderness
md protection she will readily sur
render her liberty, her free within
short, herself, body and mind she
will be his companion, his counsel
Tor, his second self. Men and hus-
bands, think of these things, and il
you would come to pleasant homes,
come pleasantly into them.
1t is little thing to speak word
of common kindness, yet every one
is like a seed sown by the wayside,
Springing up and bearing fruit
some twenty, some fifty and some
an hundred-fold.
Feb. ~, 1879.
LICENSE OF THE PRESS.