Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-01-27
WOman'S Rights.

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WHO.
WOman's Rights.
The advocates of "Woman's Rights ask
for her an increase of power. She has
power enough now. He: power is in her
| influence.
The influence of woman over mans life
begins with that of the mother. From her
the future growth of the young twig receives
its direction. Then comes the sweet, re
straining influence Of the gentle sister.
Next, tho tormenting, capricious, despotic
sway of the true-hearted sweetheart. Ma.
ny dance she leads her future s.Iord," but
/ her influence over him is all the time for
good. After that comes the influence Of the
wife, governing while she pretends to obey!
- welding the sceptre and wearing the
crown, but yelling both from view.
As mother, a. sister, MS wife, she i, the
source of that mighty individual and ma.
tional energy which impa,ts a vigorous an.
imatlon to the whole land.
To love money for money'ssake, is hell on
earth. This is the passion of the miser, the
gambler, the thief, the highway fobber, the
cold-blooded murderer. To love money for
its own sake, is to make it the "root of all
evil From this kind of sord:d avaricc the
people OF our country are generally free.
But there are results flowing from tho
acquisition of money which an unselfsh
man may desire. For instance, man with
family naturally desires to see them sur
rounded with those comforts which money
only can supply. A confirmed bachelor is
hardly ever coed for much. Perhaps it is
because he feels an innate consciousness
that he is providing for somebody who is
not worth the trouble. You have noticed
that young men who are careless about ma
king or saving money, become energetic,
ambitious, Industrious and economical, af-
ter marriage. We therefore assert that it
is the ladies who level down our forests and
supply their places with fields of waving
grain, who build up our towns and cities,
who construct our railroads, and who fur
nish the prime motive power, the energetic
ambition, which elevates our men of talent
to tho highest Offices in the gift of States or
the Nation.
They ought to be satisfied with exerting|
such wonderful influence upon the individ-
ual destiny of men, and upon the destiny of
the whole country. If they change their
present social relation to the other sex, they
may lose this power.
These thoughts suggested themselves on
hearing a"Woman's Rights" lecture before
the " Young Mems Debating Club I" Of this
city, last Saturday evening.
Z FRox Fl. DODGE. Williams, just
returned from this place, called on us few
days ago, on business. He is enthusiastic
in his praises Of the region of country in
which Fl. Dodge is situated. Fl. Dodge is
on the Des Moines river, near 300 miles from
its mouth and about 200 from this place.
1t is in the northern part of one of the
newly organized counties Webster-near
the Sioux Indian encampmsnts, and is now
70 village Of about thirty houses. Consider
able trading is done with the Indians, who
range through the whole region of country
between Laque Parle, Tor Pearl Lake. in
Minnesota and Fl. Dodge.
! The Major has promised to give US .
sketch of the northwestern frontier of
Iowa, and wo hope he will do so. He re-
CARDS it far superior to this part Of the
State, in agricultural resources, water power
for mill purposes, timber, SC. The tribu-
taries of the Iowa, Cedar, Des Moines and
Big Sioux converge in that region, repderJ
ing it the best watersd and timbered eoun-
try in tho West.
Ms. E. B. HIGGINS, member Of the late
troupe of Columbians," has located in
Davenport, where he 10 teaching vocal music
to three interesting Glasses. He informs u
that be will again visit Muscatins in few
weeks, and form . primary class, if sufi-
cienily encouraged.
Parsicslars q tho Lees q she ship ssaasPA-
shiro or Cape sable.
Two Of the nineteen survivors Of the illfatsd pack
ct ship Stsfordshirs, wrecked on Blend Rock. OF
Cape Sable. Dec. 30) have arrived st Halifax. They
were badly frost-bitten. In the gale day previous
to tho wrecking the Stsordshire lost her foretopmast
foreyard, and sprung bowsPrit Capt. Richardson bad
disocated bis sncle, but was On deck giving orders
when the ship struck.
In ten minutes after striking. the ship went down.
When the boats left the chip the water Was with
the upper deck. Captain Richardson when urged To |
himself refused to leave the ship, saying that
it were the will Of heaven that she sbould sink, be
would not desert his passengers. One hundred and |
seventy i've persons vent down in the ship. The
vvers rowed seventeen miles 10 land.