Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-03-31

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simply refer master Scion to Esop's fable
of the bee and the OK, The bee alighted
on the horn of the OK, and after resting
| there aw lille, called to tie OK and en-
CURED. if he was not afraid he would
sting him to death? The OK looked up
quietly and replied. no. l did not even
know you were there.
But the idea that wife should. for
any cause, procure the Imprisonment of
her drunken. scottish, beastly and abusive
husband. fills master Solop with mex
pressibe horror. No matierlfit be done
| for the best good of the husband himself.
as well as his abused and suffering .ami-
yin Solon's opinion. no genuine lady"
would do il. In mine, she would, and
ought to do it. Why. just reverse the
picture. Would master Scion, or any
other genuine gentleman suffer the
wife Of his bosom, and the mother Of his
| children TO roam the streets, and wallow
in the gutter. and neglect, kick, strike
and abuse his children under the madden
ing influences Of alcohol. and use no
means 10 restrain her? Would he not re-
sort 10 physical force? and if he should
/ fail in that; would he not resort to the
civil authority and the law of the land
il there was any to keep her within prop
er limits? No. no. friend Scion. let me
gently pat your infantile cheeks" and
! tell ycu In all earnestness that you would
never patiently submit to any such thing.
You would not 'scorn the idea" nor
"abominate the deed" but would resort
10 the best means within your power to
correct the evil.
Scion SAYS. some here. "when Greek
meets Greek, thsn comes the tug of war"
| see no such contest as between him and
Mrs. 3. 1t more resembles a bush fl ht
between the Amazon and the Parthean.
The tactics of the Parthean, you know,
consisted in drawing their enemies into
pursuit. then shooting their arrows.
1t was not so much my purpose to crit
icise the style of com position, and the
grammatical blunders of your correspon-
dent. as 10 meet and rebut the general
scope and tendency Of his communica-
tion, which / regard as anti Temperance
in its spirit. though protesting to favor
that side of the question. he says "most
all of the speech is simple narrative of
the history" &c. land SO full of super
erosation and egotism as TO detract from
| its illustrative force" Now. gentle rea-
der. if had prir of stills high enough,
would get up and explain TO your UNI
sophisticated mind, what the narrative
of history is, and how supererogation
and egotism may detract from ilustra-
tive force. But have no time, and less
taste for such things.
| advocate the cause Of temperance
and hope Scion will hereafter do SO with
more efficiency.
Again; Scion thinks a few inconsis-
tencies which our fair au:horess has per-
mitted to creep into her address, indi-
Gates that it is hotchpot. made up Of
selections from various authors. Well,
supporting that should prove TO be the
case. which Scion by no means makes out,
what of it? Its spirit and design favor
Temperance, and that is all we ask of it.
But it was delivered by a woman, and
.ha. spells all. LET no such fana atheism
have D ace in our affections" woman
was never designed to act in this sphere. 2"
Poor creatures-but "enjoin the neces-
sary labor and toll incident TO the culi-
walton of those rugged fields uSon the
hands that are fitted and prepared for tie
uhole work-those who, from their posi-
ton in society and their more rugged
constitutional make, are expected to
brave the storms of battle. by facing and
enduring the merciless pel,ings of the
common enemy. and prepared in any and
everv emergency for formidable de-
fence"
Fallstafr says: "Call you this backing
your friends? Give me them that will face
me--give me a mug OF sack, boy" And
Solon, himself, we'll knows that large
number of "those of more rugged con-
stiiutional make are now facing the
common enemy. otter the Shakspearean
style; and it is for that very reason, aid is
invoked from any and all sources. even
from those Of less rugged constitution
al make" to speed on the glorious cause
Of temperance reform.
The people of this State are now en-
gagged in that great moral conflict, in
which every man, woman and child has
deep and enduring interest; and claim
it to be the right and the duty Of all those
interested, to engage in that conflict
not that every boy is expected to be able
to WELD the spear of Achilles or Ajax
Tele mon--not that every woman is ex-