The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-10-09
A WOMANs RIGHT

of that priceless heritage, tho new rioh,
added by the last French Revolution to tl
catalogue Of human rights, that right
Which Is the characteristic of our dav an,
generation | mean the right to work.
There, now, is the cllarmn.
Mrs. liympton, who could tell us some
thing of this matter if she would. 1 dar,
say she has thought of it. She has a,
honest heart, | believe, or she could no
have SO sweet face. Still she lacks cncrr,
and invention to break through routine, $,
She iluttcls her way through life lis lappil,
and as unconcerncd about the great wrong
she daily intlicts upon her husband. as il
he were born her natural slave and inhcri
ted bondman.
Mr.. plympton is head clerk of the "hcavy'
mercantile firm Of "Starhuck, Murray d
Co., importers Of laccs, cmLroidcrics, and
British goods" in Dey.st. lie is very
good looking fellow, about five and thirty
lie is il little worn and languiL, and gives
YOU the impression Of being man who
has seen service, and perhaps sown wild
oats i'll early days, extra tcrritoriaIy. You
See, too, lie ll:,s few premature crow feet
i'll the corner Of his eyes from larl work,
etc. lie is rather plain in his dress, but
has IL half stu lied ncatncss in it that is be-
trayed chiefly in the freshness of his linen
and 3 loves. lie is comcly and quiet in
his manner, but there is Il rcsoIutcncss
there that tells you he is Il worker.
You meet him i'll the street, and YOU
might be half inclined to suspect linn of
being IN educated man of fortune, SO col
lcctcd and wclgathcrcd is he; but You
would be quite sure, that though Il gentle
man, he WIS not an idle one. lie impress
scs YOU Enthusiastically with the notion that
he leads an active lic, aud that duty, and
not pleasure, i, his mistress. have half :,
mind t" step i"io the counting room an'l
sec how clccriiy, aud yet how steadily and
laboriou,Iy, he travels round in the mill oi
his daily occupation.
But while Mr.. IIympton is hard ut work
Il: his daily Task, let lis avail ourselves Of
this b.iGht noon and peep in, Asnolcus-
like, and see Mrs. 'lympton. know her
iii moment. Sic is often my guest on
the rails. She IS now boarding ut one Of
our lary- family hotels il. broadway. I'll
not SAY whether it be ST. Nicholas or Me
lropoli;an, lest night offend by DRAWN.
attention to her. Well, We look into hcr
par!or. The nurse has gone out viii, her
children, and thus early in the day she is
free as Il bird. The cares Of maternity are
borne ly deputy. She is :. small and pretty
woman, YOU see, with a very dainty air.
Her dress is very lady-Iikc aud CONNIE IL
fu"i, except, perhaps, too costly for amy
but Il princess. You cannot fail to perceive
she c"ncclves herself 10 be a woman Of
taste, and SD indeed she is sin dress. Her
:ir and manner are graceful and easy, with
Il very copi"us dash Of the dolce far nicnh.
Her bonnet is ON, and she is glovcl and
>l,awlcd for - walk or call. Thus she is
every day. In the evening, she coaxcs
poor Plympton I" accompany her to a ball,
or . party, Or some public place Of amusc-
mcnt.
She sings plays and dances we'll" She
is fond. loving and trusting wife, and she
and plymyton arc, l dare say, very happy.
But is this her destiny? Plympton works
each day from morn to dewy eve" and
never murm"rs. She, like the lily, ncilh-
cr tolls nor spins" Is this f.i,9 Is this
equality: All his earnings are freely, not
grudgingIy, surrendered to her, that she
may live in beautiful iJencss. His thoughts
are full Of care. And she fatters herself
that her " chicfest good" consists i'll squan-
dering his money, and making herself Il
beautiful toy to soothe his tired spirit, and
to whecdle him into temporary forgetrul-
ness Of the calls Of time and circumstance
upon his exertions Does this woman bear
her share Of the yoke? Ii her husband is
i"'SN " W oholheele's "H"' ''SuI h"S
she to set up herself for anything better q
If labor is too vulgar for Ler, why not for
him and why should not they "twain
that are one flesh" both ayure it and
starve in harmonya Is there not rad-
cal unsoundness hcre2 Does not this SAVIOR
of the larem2 Is not this rank MoIlamme-
danisn after all
Was the "othcr half'' Of this man meant
to be mere play things Does Christianity
suffer woman Tin every sphere of life where
she can extort the sacrifce) 10 bo the petted
darling Of indulgence ?-Knickerbockcr for
august.
n Nopel Bull. .Room.-A Hamburg cor
respondent of a London paper writes that
although the rent paid by the British am
bassador for his hotel during the coronation
at Moscow is thirty thousand dollars q