The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-12-31


The active hates in which society was found.
ed survived their first causes and crystallis'
"a In those passive forms of mutual animosi-
,y, which we call social preiudic~s.
oosslr---A sKwiNG clKoLs.
There arr some men and some women
who secrete vitriol in their salivary glands.
and like the poetical toad, poison whatever
they spit nj. We wear our ears on the
outside Of our heads, NJ the apothecary has
his mortar and postal for sign: that this
is the place to mix and grind your poisons.
mouth, or snu!i 10 tho nose.
Whenever you see pretty woman trip
ping along the street, with smile on her
face, and with nervous touch of her dainty
foot on the pavement, ~ il she were prac-
ticing music ON the sidewalk, you may bc
sure she has got either u new bonnet, let
ter, or piece of slander. II abe stops to
make a call, il IL about an even guess be.
tween the bonnet aud the slander. II she il
out of breath, and pulls the bell with more
than usual vigor, you may be sure II Is the
Islander.
| remember once to have been at what is
called srwing circle, when ! was II boy.
Twenty lndcs--l remember thu, most Of
them were young aud pre,ty--were met
| there together on u work OF love aud char
ity. Gentle creatures. meet for gentle deeds.
Twenty tongues and twenty needles ran n
race together in that circle. The twenty
needles worked for love aud charity the
| twenty tongues worked faster than the nee
dles---workcd fastest when the needles tar
ried but not gricve to say, for love and
charity. All, those busy needles and thoSe
| busier tongues One had better have his
! quick skin stitched 10 his flesh, IN double
seam. from head to foot, by those same
| needles than be quilted through the heart
TO any fancy patterns of female device. hy
those same busy. merciless, diamond pointed
tongues For TO every stitch the needles
made for charity. the tongues took twenty
! counter stitches OF Ally depreciation and silk
en-, soft disparagement, sewed on COED Chris.
/ tinn names, in smooth black thread, which
! quite undid the charity.
| The sewing circle. with It's tongues AMI
needles. knitting up odd ends Of defamation,
and piecing out consistent caluDny with
scraps of unconsidcpi gossip, TO make bed
quilts for the poor. meets tonight wherever
! men and women meet throughout the world.
"Ala. 70, b. 'a,i', of chrisi.u ebar'y
rnisf uls son
rgnsoSAL pRsJupIcgs CHARACTERISTIC or
woars
Personal prejudicr are more especially
characteristic Of woinen than Oi men, be-
cn,se women are vaincr than men. They
are stuck n full Of prcudice~ ~ they are of
pins and are Ms dangerous 10 touch in
consequence. The sentiments OF women are
personal her attachment. and her relations
are personal and her prejudices have, Of
conscqut nee, the same prosimatc and indi'
vidual hearing. Aurora Leigh, THE charm
ing poem Of Mrs. I,RowSIsG seems written
especially 10 demonstration ~ what We may
call the intrinsic domcsticity oi woman s
sphere Women are, therefore. rarely bu-
maDitnrinns. Philanthropy ia based On gen
civilizations to which shc IL coDstitutionally
averse rather than incapable.
The lovc Of woman il i,sef q
prejudice--a very fortunate prejudlcc for the
object Of its unrcasoning excess. Bat il is
full Of sharp corners for every one else. IL
is rose set in tree full Of thorns. The
dear creature compounds for the love she
gives 10 one, by cordially dctestng some one
else in the same proportion; and. N would
rather have the love NJ one woman than Of
thousshd men, ~ would rather have the
hate Of those thousand men than that of
one woman. She fulGls her whole vocation
10 loving and hating. These nre the only
things abe knows how 10 do well She takes
in the cold love of man as the steam. boiler
takes In water which turns to vapor In the
ho, furnace Of her earnest ns,ure--a vapor
thin. difnSc, aerial in ts sentimental soft
nes., bat with terrible expansive force in il
a fearful capacity for blowing mp people,
and all the more destructive when once let
lc,~e from the very restraints which society
and her own organization irnpose upon its
diffusion. If the first epic in the world was
inspired by the wrath Of Achilles. let II i,e
remembered that the second was founded on
the anger Of the jealous Here"
THx LscTrKgx's "psviuDicK AoAIsr NAT.
sIxoSr.
A superstition prevails ex,ensively in the
rural districts. and infects female colleges 10
sDme extent that husbands and wives ~.
'ertaiD more than ordinary affection for
each other. ! nm convinced tina. this l.
mistake. HIusbsDds and wives ubdoubt'sily
deserve great credit for the forti,ude with
which they endure each other, considering
the painful nature of their relation. From
o series Of extended observations on this
sgkbct. ] infer that tie primary object oi
the institution Of marriage il 10 inhict the
greatest possible amour, of mutual t1ment
10 the most economical maDner.
II 10 an ingenious instrument Of torture.
From the opportunities which the partIs,
have o' learning each Others vulnerable
points, and tbe prsc'se mode In which 3
gwen amount Of yerStion may be admins
tered, they seyuire an immense facility IN