The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-03
NAUGHTY MAN.
A woman's Defense of Woman and
Her Opinion Ct Subterfuging Man.

Aer opinion CT Sunterfuglng Man.
A spicy correspondence between
our esteemed Estelle Vehse and a
correspondent signing himself X,
has been going on through the
! Franklin Review and Journal, and
the following is +. VS. last. 1t is
aNcrusher:
| We have thought for long time
there was something wrong either
in KS head or his stomach, thatre-
quired medical treatment! or aOhy is
he forever harping on woman and
the forbidden fruit? We are sure
if sOonaan had occupied the position
of man in that story of Eden, she
would be the last one to drag it
continually before the public; for
there is nothing so despisable and
contemplate TO her as cotoareIEy
mani Look at TIE position Adam
occupied! He eat of the fruit with
out denaur, plucked by the daring
hand of Eve, then sneaked off and
hid himself In the busiest And
when the Lord appeared upon the
scene ana began questioning him
about the transaction; look at the
subterfuge! and his efforts in the
presence of the Lord to shovel the
blame upon the woman; showing
his cowardice and his seifishness.
The Lord felt ashamed of Adam
He had made him the stronger of
the two, and he asked him over and
over about the fruit. He wanted
| him to be a trae man, and gave him
a chance to acknowledge he eat of
the apple against His commands,
that he had sinned in so doing: but
Adam, sticking to it to the last,
answered every time, even to the
fourth questioning, "The woman
Thou gavest me, she gave me the
fruit and L did eatp'
The truth is, and there is no use
in denying it, Adam was q selfish,
su6terTuging man, and his sons are a
"chIp of the old block" and a good
deal of that whip-around the-stump-
business is in them yet, when cor
nered IN a mean act, that the sweat
and the toll of the pulpit has not
eradicated, nor will ito the end
of the race! There never was given
man a finer chance to display man
hood, strength and grandeur in re
grets for his weakness and his dis
obedience, and to shield the woman
God had given him in his loneli-
ness, and aOithOut equiVOcation! She
was "fesh of his flesh, and bone of
his bone," so says Holy Writ, and
the Lord waited upon, and expect
ed, perhaps, for him to put in a plea
instead of an accusation for the wo-
mans transgression! as he was the
God appointed guardian of her love,
as well as her reputation and life.
But he let the chance slip.
Eve was made from a rib, accord
ing to the sacred writer's, taken
from near Adams heart. This was
done to impress upon him that he
was to protect her, love her, honor
her; not to enslave her body, her
will, or her mind. And to her keep
ing God committed the infant mind
of man when most pliable to every
impression-preferring her to any
who had an i'akling for tie bushes in
the perilous hour!
Thoee are the old and valuable
JdctS which y, in hia would -be-sar-
casm at woman has forgotten, or he
may never have known them!
(He is pleased to call us Hens"
and talks about "Hen. growing" and |
':Hen Conventional The "Hens"
should pass resolutions to have
the combs of their liege lords |
cut, and their long tail feathers
pulled out! There would be less |
growing and strutting around; and
business would thrive better at
Thompson Station.)
1t is our opinion, be it softly spo |
ken, lest we shear the squeal ofl
some monkey upon whose tail we
have stepped" our State would new
er have drifted into the financial |
chaos she is now in, and the honesty
of her people questioned! We
wonld not go to the Legislature to
dilly daily away our time, squander
the public fund, come home leaving
a yoke and a burden, growing heav-
ier and heavier each day, to break
the neck and the spine of our
State while we twisted our mus
tache and talked largely, leaving
the work Oe were paid to do to be
settled at the polls by the Vor popuH!
We would never fasten a tax upon |
the products grown by the people
to cripple industry, or leave unpro
tected the States best financial in
terest.
"Just look for moment at Congress
appalled,,
Ny fancy shrinks back from the phantom it
called.''
Time spent in the zeal of party, |
the violence of personal animosi
ties, and the heat of contention!
The flag of onr country floating
over the Capitol on the Sabbath,
and Congress IN session on the day
set apart by the "Ruler'' for rest,
to be kept holy, desecratedi The
Eaa0naakers, daring, in a Christian
land, TO set at defiance, His laws
and those they make for the people
opening with prayer! asking for
blessings and prosperityll! All!
would that reform could come! To
reach US, urclouded, it must pass on
it's way through the soul of woman
To her belongs the power which
can always cause a harvest to smile
on the fields of desolation, a hope
to spring in the bosom of despair.
EsTELLE VEHsE.