Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-08-06
Grlcttco articles.
"Thc pilgrim MOthcrS!"

On the occasion of dinner celebration Of
the last anniversary Of the Landing of the
Pilgrims" in San francisco. Capt. Charley
Brenham, Mayor of that city, requested a
talented lady acquaintance of his TO furnish
him with IA suitable toast for tie OCCASION
lie received the following note in reply,
which we think knocks Fanny Fern into
cooked bonnci. The gallant Mayor proposed
the toast suggested, reading the Hdy's note
also TO the company at tile table, aud 'Thc
Pilgrim Mothers /" was drank in enthusiastic
bumpers, and amid clnmors OF applause -
um surprised that tnan of your gal
lantry should he at loss for n toast on an
occasion like tlis-l say surprised, because
know that you nre not such n humbug MS these
Puritonical, straight faced hypocriiirnl psalm
singing Pilgrim Fathers, whom hold in utter
detestation. You came from the South where
we "do honor unto whom honor is due, ,"-l
mean to the women. For more thnn two
hundred years this fragrant act of injustice
to the geniler sex has been tolerated and
countcnnnced by the men until il has ceused
to appear an injustice to them. For two
hundred years men have usurped so quietly
all the honors of Plymouth Rock-hnve given
themselves dinners and toasted themselves
and made speeches about themselves, their
privntions, their hardships, their dangers aud
prosecutions, that stranger never for mo-
ment would suppose that there ever had been
q ,comdn within a thousand miles Of Ply
mouth Rock
go The Pilgrim Fathers forsooih What
had they to endure in comparison to the
Pilgrim Mothers:' II is true they had hun
ger, and cold, and sickness, and danger
foes without aud wthin--but the unfortunate
Pilgrim Mothers they had not only all these
TO endure, but they had the Pilgrim Fathers
also aud yet their names are never meh-
toned Who ever heard of the Pilgrim
Mothers? Whoever gives dinner in honor
of them? Who ever writes songs and
drinks tonsts, and makes speeches in reco-
lection of them? This sefsulliciency on
the part of the men is beyond all endurance.
One, to hear thefn, would actually suppose
thnt New England had been colonizcd by
men, and posterity provided by n special act
of Providence Only Mrs. llemans has
ventured 10 insinuate that there ever was n
woman in the case-that the Mnyilower ever
brought anything but men across the Allan
tic. | assure you, my dear friend, that am
perfectly disgusted with the selfconteit Of
the men-they appropriate everything to
emselyes-even the settlement of a colony,
and the peopling Of whole continent. |
did hope there was one prcrogaiive they
would leave to woman. We have submitted
quietly to their inventions for superseding us
in many things-to their sewing machines
and other "fixings," but we will not tamey
submit this one privilege-we will not allow
ourselves 70 be deluded into the belief that
New England was settled and peopled en-
iirely by Pilgrim Fathers-how could they
hnve been Fathers il there had been no
Mothers? And hope, dear Captain, that
have succeeded in convincing you that you
will be lending yourself TO an oct of great in
Justice towards us il you do not propose for
your toast,
'ruE PILGRIM MOTHERS =