Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-06-10
From the N, Y. Com. Advertiser,

From the N, Y. Com. Advertiser,
"What borough do those ladies' serve for us?'
Speaker ofHe House Of Commons.
"-My mourning weeds are laid aside,
~ And ] am ready toput armor on"
Queen Margaret.
al am sure | saw petticoats ? 'exclai-
med the Speaker Of the House of Com
mons, on certain occasion, in 1875,
when number of ladies had surreptiti-
ously introduced themselves into the gall
lery of that illnstrious but most gallant
body, the representatives Of the people
of Great Britain. The fact has been in
directly denied by Sir Thomas Littleton,
in reply to the query at the head of this
article, which caused the rather abrupt
exclamation of the Speaker.
Now, in the ordinary course of things,
there could have been no harm in allow
ing bevy or two Of ladies to sit in the
gallery, and listen to the music OF those
rills of oily eloquence that were flowing
from the lips of their loving lords and
masters IN the hall below. Still, it was
contrary to the rules of the House, and
the ladies' exhibited commendable de-
gree of modesty in the attempt to dis
guise their sex. The danes of England,
doubtless, studied the writings of the
apostle Paul with more critical attention
than do those of our own day-and
hence appeared with "shamefacedned,"
on proper occasions. Were it not SO,
our city would not have been the thea
tire of such an Amazonian farce as was
enacted therein during several days OF
last week.
The playhouse was the abolition
church, at the corner of Houston and
Thompson streets; and the scenes enac-
ted deserve the critical pen of the i'm
mortal histrionic amateur and historian
ofLittle Pedlington. The ancient Speak
er of the House of Commons would have
been astounded at the clouds of petticoats
which gathered around the edifce to
which we have referred, and darkened
the windows within; and vain would
have been the attempt of Sir Thomas
Littleton, or any body else. to cajole the
aforesaid Speaker out of his opinion.
1t was in the reign of Philip and Ma
ry, that John Knox published work
entitled The first blast Of the Trumpet
against the naonstrous regiment Of NO.
men," Now, there was a multitude of
clergymen in this city last week, but no
John Knox among them, else we should
have had "blast" blown in this city,
so loud and dread" as almost 10 have
startled the old Puritan from his slumber
of centuries. Not only was there
monstrous regiment Of women, but they
came forth in Notwithstanding from
the east and west-the north and south
from Charleston, in the persons of
the sisters Grimke-from Boston, led on
'rby Mrs. Childs-and from Cohabit and
Petticoat Lane, in Connecticut, in the
sweet person Owe know not whom.
But we presume, Of course, that those
two interesting communities of the good
old town of Guilford, were not misre-
presented in this grand Council of Nota-
bles the feminine gender, third person,
plural"
The convocation to which we refer,
was nothing less than "A GRAND sFE-
MALE ABOLITION CONVENTION
Yes, most unbelieving reader; it is a
fact Of most ludicrous solemnity, that
'"our female brethren" from. all quarters
Of this most exceedingly happy Union,
have been lifting up their voices like the
sound Of an octave flute---in accord and
concord d--and in harmonious concert
with the charming Mr.. George Thomp-
son, ,-of Glasgow, and along shore. The
spinster has thrown aside her distaf-
the blooming beauty her guitar-the
matron her darning needle--the sweet