Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-06-01


"And ann ready to put armor on"
Queen Margaret
81 en- sure saw petticoals :" exclaim-
ed the Speaker OF the House of Com
a aumber OF ladies had surreptitiously
introduced themselves into the gallery of
that iliustrious hut most ungailant body,
the representatives of the people ofGreat
Britain. The fact had been indirectly
Jeaied by Sir Thomas Lit,leton, in re-
ply to the query at the head OF this arti-
Gle. which caused the rather abrupt ex-
clamaiion Of the Speaker.
Now, in the ordinary course ofthings,
there could have been no harm III 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 msdesty in the attempt TO disguise
their sex. The danes of England. doubt
less, studied the writings of the apostle
Paul with more critical attention than
do those OF our owa day-and hence ap-
peared with ''sha ms facedness" on proper
occasions. Were it not SO, our city
would not have been the theatre for such
an Amazonian farce as was enacted
therein. during several days of last week
The play house was the Abolition
church at the corner OF Houston and
Thompson streets; and the scenes en-
acted deserve the critical pen of the I'M
mortal histrionic amateur aud historian
Of Little Pedlington. The ancient Spea-
ker of the House Of Commons would
have been astounded ut the clouds OF
petticcats which gathered around the
edi6ce to which we have referred, and
dsrkened the windows within; and vain
would have been the attempt Of Sir
Thomas Littleton, or any body else. to
cajoie the aforesaid speaker out of his
opinion.
1t was in the reign of Philip and Ma.
sy. that John Knox published work
entitled "1'he First blast of The Trumpet
against The Mopstreus Regiment Of Wo-
men," Now, there were multitude Of
clergymen in this city, last week-but
no JOnH AAOA NiSC VIC
should have had "blast" blown in this
city, $50 loud and dread" as almost to
nave startled the old Puritan from his
slunber Of centuries. Not only was
there monsirous regiment Of women,
but they came forth in 6Tigades-swar-
ming from the east aud the west-the
north and the south--from Charleston,
in the persons Of the sisters GrImke-
from Boston, led on by Mrs, Child
and from Cohabit and Petticoat Lane,
so Connecticut, in the sweet persons Of
I'VE know not whom. But we pre-
spme, of course, that those two interest.
i0g communities in the good old town of
Guilfcrd, wcre'Aet misrePresented in this
grand Council Of Notables "oi the fem
iujue gender, third person plural"
The convocation to which we refer,
was nothing less than A GRAND FE-
MALE ABOLITION CONVEN>
TON. Yes, most unbelievihg reader (;
il is fact Of most ludicrous solemnity,
that "our female brethren" from all quar-
tiers Of this most exceedingly happy u
aion, have been lifting up their voices
like the sound Of an octave Hute-in ac-
cord and in concord-snd in harmonious
concert with the charming Mr.. George
Thompson, -of Glasgow, and along shore.
The spinster has thrown aside her dis
tsf-thc blooming beauty he's guitar
the mat5on her darning- needle the sweet
novelist her erow-quiIi the young mo-
theT has left her baby to nestle alone in
the ersdle--spd the kitchen maid Der
pots and frying paus--to discuss the