Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-12-03
Ladies', Lngir.

There is sort of reasoning, very pre-
valcnt in domestic circles, and especially
the female members of them, that may be
called the consequential. Ii Is a style Of
argument which, although perfectly salts
factory to the propounder, and TO most Of
the household, is found, on being analyz.
ed, to be quite inconclusye. liconsisls eli.
Their Of simple assertion, destitute OF all
; support from evidence; or-in its moro
complicated form---oi an argument, the
; first and last parts of which are no: the
iainlest connexlon, My fair friends must
not imagine me too severe on this little pc
culiarity; which is, after all, an amiable
weakness, often arising from feryenl i'm.
pulse towards truth, and what they believe
to be justice, which men--generaly OF
colder, more calculating emperament--do
not possess. | only desire to extract a
little amusement, or perhaps edlfcaton,
out of a peculiarly which the mselves will
hardly deny forms prominent characte-
ristic of their SEX
Ladies' logic is, as above stated, of two
kinds. The first is an asseveralatIve sub
stItute for argument, so frequently en-
pIoyed by the fair sex, that proverb has
truly designated il a woman's reason
Your wife, for instance, presents you with
the draper's quarterly account for payment
You glance at it, and though you take
pride in seeing the chosen of your heart
well dressed, the amount is startling. The
lady secs a play of dissatisfaction hover.
ing over your countenance, and diyining
the cause, thinks that it is hard TO be
thought extravaganza when she had, dur
ing the past three months, been unusually
economical. She therefore determines,
should there be demur, to question your
right of objection and investigation by re-
sorting to the unanswerabe woman's rea-
son. "How happens it, my love,'' you
ask, "that the Diapers bill is so much
greater this quarter than it was the last2"
A." How happens IN" she repeats, "be.
cause IL isl"
Because it isl" The assertion is un.
answerable; it summariy cuts off discus.
sion, and blows up the best.laid train Of ar
ment. However eloquent and convincing
the reioinder you had arranged in your
mind, You feel ii impossible to tail il on 10
$ because ii IS" Before because it sn
was uttered, +" it was a very pretty quar-
rel as it stood;" but now il is no quarrel at
all: the elements of disagreement are
withdraw. Your beloved opponent I'D.
mits that the bill sis" large. You cannot
contradict that, because it forms a ground
of your complaint; unless, indeed you
change sides and contradict yourself In
short, you are as effectually dsarmed as i'll
you had-howeyer cunning of fence-ta-
ken up finely tempered rapier to defend
yourself against bludgeon. One blow
from the formidable club shivers your fra
gle foil to pieces, and leaves you at the
mercy of your opponent.
To understand the full efficiency of
"because it is" let us for a moment cast
a glance back to the days ofancien school
men, and suppose some Of them to have
changed their sex. Imagine such lady To-
gicians sticking their theses against col.
Iege gates, and daring all corners 10 dis
prove them, in the manner Of the admra-
BILE Crichton, and the inimitabe Gil Bias.
Picture a whole class of capped and gown.
ed reasoners coming forth from the cells
of learning, and assailng The aforesaid
with catalogues of pithy "whys9" and
hosts Of pungent "whereforesi" Fancy, TO
bring the illustration more home TO YOU
your wife "galing" her linen-draper's bill
at Trim. Coll. Cam, as mathematical
thesis, and, in answer 10 all the why's and
wherefores, exclaiming "Because ii is"
Why, the most the senior wrangler himself
could do, would be to sheer at il as an
Identical propositions" and stink away 10
to his rooms. Then what chance have
you, my good friendl Believe me, only
one available kind Of rejoinder exists, and
that is-Pay and have done with il.
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Ladies' are little skilled in the mysteries
of analysis. ! complained one day of the
leg of a lamb being it ought not to
be; when my wife instantly put in the
caveat, at cannot bel bought it myself
in the market only the day before yeslcr.
day." Analysis would have here enabled
her to see that the date of putrefaction
does not necessarily commence from the
lime Of buying, but from the lime of kill
ing the animal. On another occasion, the
evening being very cold, vainly endea.
vored to coax glow from the fire.
These are very bad Goals" remarked
g Bad coals!" repeated Mrs. Peppercorn;
"that cannot be. Why, we have dealt
with the same man ever since we we're
married Besides, most Of our friends deal
with The same man, and have never heard
single complaint before. No, no it is
not the Goals, my dear: perhaps the chin.
ney requires sweeping, or the draught is
stopped up" Finding il useless to CON
Tend against this sort of arguments went