The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-02-24
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political elements of the day. Some q ne
Headers are getting up petitions to lay be-
tore Congress. praying that august body e
sira ita attention to their wrongs. Others
rre refusing to pay taxes, on the grounds
That it Is oppression 70 compel Us Them.
10 support 1 government We (they have
me voice il making. Some openly counsel
rebellion and an appeal to the universe and
The rest 81 man and vomankind, and tho
whole world II eneraI. for the justice Of
Their cause, They say that We (sheyl may
adopt the famous declaration Of Indepen.
asnce, the immortal instrument that Mr..
jefferson. 10 part. rests his claims e ever
lasting fame upon. with 4 little variation,
and then 60 to lighting FOR their rights with
Is frm 3 reliance in the holiness Of their
cause asour fathers had when they revolu-
tionized from Grea. Britain on account Of
"taxation without representation"
We have rea great deal Of The ques-
tiona At issue and conclude that the only
way the women can get their rights. viii
be to send Horace Greedy. Ralph Waldo
EmmersOn, and few more old ladies to
oOngreas, and get them to legislate the
rightway.
! We are afraid then, there would Be seces-
sion. indeed. for the Southern ladies would.
not Join their oppressed sisters Of the north.
in redressing their grievances as Onthe
whole they seem entirely satisfied with their
seryile condition. No doubt some Of the
ong.mindsd women will say that thisis
the eject Of slav ~, and no better can be
expected Of US. But such Is not the case.
The glorious cause would not, We believe,
finl an advocate in Mississippi For our
own part, we are of opinion that the women
have always goyerencd the lords md have
therefore the dessinies Of tie whole world .
FrOmthe SINE Eve gave Adam tie apple and
made such patty mess Of il for is al. to
the present day. tie the same old tune
. The woman beguiled me and did eat. .
Sampson could put thousand Philistines
to the sposd with jan bone. but told the
secret of bis strength to woman and was
lost Jacob wrestled with angels and pre-
vailed, but lifted up his voice andWept like
BOBBY. when the fair Rachel came with
Der pitcher on her head to draw water from
he wsyaide well and then served her Pc
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nurious old father fourteen years-Which
the euamored Patriarch POLITICALLY said
seemed but day. to gain her hand
From Homer down. the story Of Cymon
and Iphigsnia, which Dryden told il re-
sounding verse, the theme Of poets and 70
maneers has been The same the power q
woman oser man.
i, Did not great Hercules a5 down isstTength
Spinning with Omphale, and all for love I j"
Think Of Achilles the Terrible. he whose
shout alonenaae the horses Of Troy tremble
!. in their shoes, foreaeeing the horror which
that shout implied. TELL. the swiffooted
himself, who slew the Horeetamer. Vas con-
fquered by the gentleness of the fair Briseis
And when she was taken from him, he
stslked ireful md moody BY the shores q
the many sounding see. and mingled his
sail tears with the ocean wave.
The history Of the world shows that in
all ages. the poWerof woman has impressed
itself upon the destinies Of man. We win
not speak Of the days Of Chiyalry and the
Troubadours. when every knight had alady-
love, whose behest be was vowed to obey
and whose charmes he was ready any mo.
nent g break lance for. Al over Europe.
Il brought IN question; but We speak Of
political history che ehroniclvs, Of the
rise pr grsss aa fall 81 dynastics.
william ie eonquerer whipped lis wife.
Matilda Of Flanders. ESQ Mrs. sedgewick
tells before be married her. and she
governed him afterwards served him light.
la.c Anthony conquered the world, nAd
then loss ! 81 inglorioosly flying With The
Roman aee. from tie battle II Actinm. be-
causs lie prpie siIk sails Of Cleopatla's
galley auttered 10 the breeze before him.
a woman brought the AIoors into snain,
and vlDm expelled them 'front.' Under
the patronage Of 4 woman, Coli as dis
covered the New World From Charlie
imagine down 70 Revolution 81 1889,
Frames vas governed almost entirely 81
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Women WeoE course Dol mean paten-
sibly. re alie Is prohibited that but
from hind lie throne the power cane
from man. and cfea q the Severe IN
Il 5r8t and f4An anon 8NE Es he reign I'll