Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-06-30
Approa ehes To- Pantaloous.

The New Orleans Delta, the editor OF
which, we suspect, is q bachelor, takes de.
cided ground in favor of the women who
think they are wronged, especially in not
being allomed TO wear the breeches, and
abets the recent attempts to introduce re.
form. That paper says:] ia@
"There seems to be decided tendency
of the age, towards the assumption, by the
gentler part Of humanity, Of their proper
and rightfA position in society. from which
they have been long excluded BY the mo.
nopolizing spirit Of man. We published
yesterday an account of an able argument
made in one Of the civil courts of France,
by lady, in an importan. and difficult
commercial suit. The counsellor opposed,
referred TO her as his ''leared confrere %
We think women would make good advo-
Gates. Their intellects are certainly quick
er than those of men, and their tongues
work infinitely faster and more glibly.-
AS to their eloquence, their power of per-
suasion, their :quickness of perception,
and keenness of discrimination, they are
certainly far superior to men.
"We never saw but one lady arguing
case in our courts. 1t was Mrs Gaines,
who, in 1916, appeared in the First Dis
trict Court, Judge Buchanan,) accompa.
nied by her gallant husband, in undress
uniform, with sword buckled to his side. 1t
happened that Mrs. CPS Lawyers, becom>
ing dissatisfied with some decision of the
Court, retired from the case, whereupon
the dignifed veteran advanced towards the
lawyers table, leading his lady by the hand,
and begged that the Court would allow the
lady to plead her own cause. The scene
was quite an interesting one. There stood
on one side an array Of our Oldest and
most learned counsellors, who were resist
ing the lady's pretensions with all their
skill and ability, with large battery Of
law books before them. On the other side
stood the bright-eyed, handsome little lady,
gallant husband. The claim of the lady
10 be heard in her own case could not be
denied. She proceeded in her remarks,
bui soon became SO piquant and personal
that the Judge interfered and begged herto
confine herself to the argument. There
upon the gallant General arose, and in
slow and measured style, stated that for
every thing that .belady should say he held
himself personally responsible in every
manner and form, in court and out Of court.
This allusion pretty soon quieted the snlg-i
Cling Of some young attorneys who were
present, and who appeared nightly tickled
with the scene. Mrs Gaines was permit
ted TO go on and argue her case to con-
clusion. s...s s,s-s4.-q E.. zsf7f
s-s ''The tendency Of innovation on the part
of the sex, has lately displayed itselfin quite
another palpaole form. The idea has been
broached at the north, Of induing the deli
cate forms of our ladies in the close. fitting
garments, which have hitherto been appro.
priated byinan to bis own exclusive use.-
This is an admirable idea, and hotwith-
standing the injury it may inAict, as Green,
of the Boston POSI- suggests, on the manu-
facturers Of side saddles, we think it will
prove, in The end, a great improvement.
sF'"All artists and students ofnature know,
that women greatly excel men in the SYM
metry of their forms--of their physique, as
well as in the harmony Of their moral en-.
dowments. And yet The style of dress
which has prevailed in Christendom for the
last two thousand years, has virtually oe-
prived the sex of much Of the udvanta ges
of their superior grace, delicacy, and sym
melry Of limb and figure. Nothing could
be better adapted TO conceal 6eformity, ir>
regularily, and want OF symmetry in some
fthe most delicate and graceful features
5ofthe sbuman form divine,' than the pres.
ent mode Of female attire. Ii will do well
for those who are mishapen. No doubt it
owed its origin to some mighty Empress or
Queen, whose. sscrurallies" were curyill-
nearly inclined-whose hips were too an