Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-06-18

for Olive to do is to remnin single, 1t
she wishes to remain in oilico-to COLI
tent herself as trmc solc Register, or
abdicate. But then her election may
bercgarded as in restraint Ofmnrriage;
for with her fees and her face SHE can
not fail to have suitors and they would
have tobc rejected. Now this, in ac-
cordanco with an opinion of Penn
sylvania Judge, which was much APP
plauded until higher tribunal upset
it, would be illegal, as arc all arrange
men,s tending to interfere with or
prevent nuptial arrangements. lfthis
doctrine should chance to prevail in
Maine, Olives position in her office
can hardly be either secure or COM
Portable.
Then there are the peculiar habits
and tastes Of the sex, which may come
in connic with Olives official duties.
Suppose her friends, the old ladies' Of
the village, should get in the habit of
calling at tho Registers office daily,
to talk over the last bit of gossip, or
the last new fashion, how would the
registering progress Would not o.
i've find herself recording gossip and
fashion among the tee-simples, bonds
and mortgages And suppose iona
than Simpkins, in spite of fears Of the
consequence, should persist in asking
for her hand, would she not be in dan
ger of consenting, and, from sheer
force of habit give not only her hand
but her seal? Then if Jonathan did
win her, and the match as well as the
tenure of the Office should be pronoun-
ced all right, how would the work Of
recording go on? Would the public
have to wait until Mrs. Simpkins had
done washing up her breaktas, things
before they could get access TO the
Office 7 Or would the doors be closed
twice a year TO allow Mrs, Simpkins
to attend to her house clcaningl Or
would there not be 4 continued strug-
gle in her mind between her dnty to
the public and her duty to tho little
Simkinsesl We confess we cannot
regard Olive Roses position as at all
onyiablc, for between her affections
aud her Office she is destined 10 have
trouble.
But we shall look with interest TO
sec the result of her elevation to Of
fec. lis destined to exercisca great
influence throughout tho Union, and
to solve, in a measure, the problem
that is only made the more compiled.
ted at each Woman's Rights Conyen.
ton. ia woman can make good
Register of Deeds, there is no reason
why she should not make good mem
Der of Congress. We have already
q great many old women in brooches
very garrulous and troublesome old
women they arc too-in Congress and
public Offices. so that the innovation
would not be very great after all
But then there is no limit to nfemale's
ambition, and once let the ladies get
tho upper hand, and VIC may CO the
supreme power in the State usarped
by un energetic, strong-minded Lucy
Snow or Paulina Wright, aud per-
hnps even President Franklin Pierce,
onsted by a Queen or an Empress
Olive! Imagine the horrors and the
calanli,ies of such state of things.
They may all be lcgiiimately traced
from such q beginning as this election
in Maine, and Olive Rose, in spite of
its pacific sound, may yet become The
raliying cry of the deslroyers Of the
old.fashioncd republic! We caution
tho American people to be on their
guard against female coup Getat,
and to keep a sharp cyc,in particular,
on the State of Maine.