Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-02-10
Written for the Journal.
Worrannya Rsul.As

MEssRs. EpIroRs:-This is matter of fact world,
and when assertions are made, like to hear snme
show Of proof. We often hear the extraordinary ir
fuencs Of woman spoken Of . mater understood
and felt, acn, wledged and needed by all supreme in
Ito power unsounded u its orient and always exertei
for good. Well, we will examine that for awhile.
Woman rarely swssrs, and u;uay desp;ses the man
who doo but she has not tb: porr to prevent it in
her presence, and her influence, supreme is,
does not check it upon the street. in her hearing. Her
own ears and those of the better portion of the oppc-
site sex, constantly saiuted by the blasphemies of
we'll dressed backguards in tho parlor in the trces
in the store; in short she must hear it, whether she
will or no.
But few women live who do not despile tho drunk
ard bat they have not the poer prevent their
and brothers from attaining that beasly habit, ard
with their future lords they have no better success
for, a. wild dance as they may lead them before
marriage, the tune changes then and the dog returns
to his vomit The charm is broken lows lsscs its
potency galianry is forgottsn and dccency wrecked
In the swil tub; although the wife may be young,
handsome, and all that is lovely, her poirer cannot
reach the case; she is hopclessy slave to the worst
Of brutes-a drunken man.
81, has not the poiver TO wear the fashion Of
clothes she chooses The "lords Of creation dictate
for her, and she must ob,y. iii this city some As
modest AMI lady-lke woman as tie city affords, wen.
% FAR ., to prepare Bloom costume, but the fierce
barking Of goatee loafers, parlor bIaokguards AID
low priced, branles editors, utterly dstsrred them
from concentrating their wishes.
The male lsborer, when Saturday night comes, may
rest until Monday morning, but womaa's labor knows
respite mans holidays increase her cares; from
early dawn until at ngAt. her lily paid labor is
tinued, and for this she is shunned, yeglecfed and
condemned, a. unworthy Of the parlor and our st
s'cefy She has not the poicsr to command respect,
because she is poor.
Woman, although much purer in her condsct, more
virtuous in her feelings, with much higher and no.
bier nature than man, yet her Influences not always
for good but often pernicous. Like the potatoe top
grswn In the cellar she .eeks egess to the sunlight of
liberty, wherever she may. even at the cost of her
mental and moral beauty. If tbe future lord is led
dance st ALL 1t is towards the ball room the pleasure
Of the social party, thos, being the only places where
she ID appreciated and where she is acknowledged the
hero of the day. except in the kitchen and at the wash
tpb. There are but few young ladies who would not
rather 80 TO social party, candy pulling, &C., than
to hear the most eloquent lecture upon any Of the
sciences. There are but few msthers who would not
rather zee their daughters married to brainles.,
goateed, brandy gushing, tobacco chewing, cigar
smoking flop, with bis fen tous nd, than to SEQ her
fans ~ great as that of Mrs. Stowe or Miss DIX,
and BE- poar and single, or married to poor man.
Gosd match ar spoken of with rs much guso as If
position and property alone, true domestic bapp
nes vs. to be found, while those who look FROM
humber station must pronounce one half Of sush
rstches bat legal adultery, for oil matches sach
when the heart is uptoaehed. If woman bad 1.-THE
Of the power she repre;ented to have her moral in
Aucnce would soon revoatiopize the fashion Of the
day the parlsr vices and the social crimes, but man
h 70 stepped in rottenne and clings with ouch tena.
city ohmse that he fears the power Of woman in
Aueree n once unbranded and freed from her bond
sge, and therefore he deprves her Of the sunlight and
free air Of liberty. Therefore is she powerless for
good, intellectually weak and sicky cellar grown
plaat, and sver adjoining her psrson instead of her
mind, and running after olies snd Fools to her own
hurt.
Tas shove thoughts we're sorgestod by an editoria
the Jsssaot on this same subject. SAN.