The Sierra citizen., 1854-10-07
Hiss Sarah Pellet.


time here. She intends to lecture on po-
litical reform and Temperance, in various
portions of the State-perhaps upon other
subjects. She brings with her, high testi-
monials of character and ability, and will
doubtless accomplish good.
"If rum has made woman suffer, who
will say that she shall not be permitted
to proclaim it, that the maker and sender
may know the extent of the evil they are
doing. AS to political reform, we hope
Miss Pellet will so speak, that all the
women in the State will take hold in good
earnest, and aid in this business We
heard a political speaker once say, that
Gen. Harrison owed his election to wo-
mans influence. And who viii object if
they help along here in redeeming the
State from political corruption. We
don't know but that it would be good
plan to elect ladies to our Legislature; if
they could not do better than the men
have done heretofore, we are greatly mis-
taken.
california has welcomed many, who
have devoted themselves to theatrical or
operate performances. Let the welcome
Of Miss Pellet, who comes to labor in
the cause of truth and moral progress, be
as cordial. We hope she will speak with
out fear be heard with candor.'
| We were panied to read the above ar
ticle, which appeared in the last number
Of the Christian Aduocdte
For q good, true woman, who knows
what her station and position in society
should be, and does not attempt to step
beyond her proper sphere, no man has
greater respect than ourself; but from
these same gadding, gabbing, strong
minded, political reforming, itinerant,
public-iecturing and spouting females"
good Lord deliver US. When woman
can get up before a gaping crowd, and
throwing aside that feminine virtue-mod-
eSty, which constitutes the charm of her
sex, can launch forth in strong invective
against political corruption, in favor Of
womans rights, or against "rum," lit
matters not what,) then she ceases to
command our respect; then do we thank
God that our sister, or mother, is not an
unsexed, unfeminine, unblushing public
babbler OF Miss Pellet we know nothing,
except that she mistakes her calling; she
may possess every charm Of person and of
mind, Of which it is possible to conceive,
but if so, we cannot but have the opinion,
that she is prostituting her powers to an
unwomanly purpose. We do not wish to
be understood as opposing the doctrines
which Miss Pellet is preaching. We are
decidedly in favor Of political reform, and
have aforetime exerted ourselves, with the
pen, and in the forum, to bring it about.
We are also a pledged temperance man.,
and of course should be pleased if the
crying evil of intcmperance should no
longer af1lict the land. But we are also
an admirer of woman, and like to see her
in her proper sphere. We had hoped
that California would be spared the in
Fiction of female reform lecturers; and we
do now hope that Miss Pellet will speedi-
ly cease to be Miss, that she will turn
her talents to domestic affairs, exert her
voice in soothing the cares of the social
freside, no longer gesticulate in public,
but use her delicate hands in plying the
needle on husbands shirt-buttons, or
in rocking a cradle, and repent that for a
time she has attempted to assert preroga-
tiyes which belong exclusively to man.
The MARYsvILLE HERALD has q way
Of saying good-natured but severe things,
peculiar to itself. The Times 8. Tran
script, commenting on an article in the
Herald in relation to the Senatorial ques-
ton, called the Editor a Jogy, and the
epithet seems to have exasperated the
General vastly; in Mondays Herald be
proceeds to stake the stills" from under
the Times & Transcript, with GOODNESS
and precision that would do credit to a
skillful ten-pin roller It is rather diff
cult to put an extinguisher over General
Allen-he is large man, somewhat il
clined to corpulency, and when the air in
the extinguisher becomes oppressive he
is apt to flounce some-often to the con-
sternation of the enterprising operator
In addition he has had some considerable
experience with the quill and scissors, and
when he thinks worth while he has habit
of making certain cabalistic, spider track
ish signs on paper, which when translated,
sound exceedingly unpleasant to those