St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-08-05

3sstou,ent against Mrs. shepley rs character
IS vit1Sous woman, that We do NOT know
& anything to be said. against II. Up TO
The time Of our "aamn.:ng With fam: praise
her husbands bro:her-ln-la1, ~e.had CAL
ling acquaintance with her; a;,d never
saw any thing to make US dream Of hex be-
ing other,tha vrtuous woman. Moro
! than this, she is person OF 3aoyAlike &C
oon4pl;sEments and many good qualities,
though we do not think her 8. model wo->
man We gay thia simply to satisfy our
own sense ofright Having said this we
state that we did not urge the Printing
i 0. to settle this suit because we feared L.
al investigation but that, in a cage where
oar words are to be defended we must Ie
;'efeasans rs the suit was brought our
witnesses were nearly all On the defence
while we, the true deren 'ant mast be prin~
cipal witness, we now, re-aairm, re-asert
and re-endorse our review Of .Nls. 5hepley's
lecture, every line and every word If It.
We are ready to maintain that it is per-
tectly legitimate criticism Of Il perfectly
! legitimate subject. That its publication
lis Justified and was required, not enly by
the laws Of self defence but by our duty
to the public, AZ guardian Of public
morals.
Mr.. Shepley, in his lecture gave US a
long drawn oat panoramic picture Of his
ideal woman, which might be taken as .
class n separate individual. He exhi-
bited L,er in any light and attitude he
thought calculated so win applause. He
q a,nenx& ID f,r hei INC public 4ll1i~ation,
he besought the public humiliation, dwclt
with en:thu. sias1n on all her arts Of catch
lug a hus bard, h'r preliminary balances
and final appropriation He exhibited
her in the parlor,. the bed chamber au>:
hall, dwelt apon I,er nlaterna! anguish 10th
at the birth and death of her children, Ia
ced up her ell en- bodice, and counted the
throbings Of her heart as she rested en- the
bosom Of her lord. He drew aside the
curtains of her partu,ition chamber, and
called special attention to her anguish
He lifted her embroidered skirts and ex-
hibited her ANGLES. He threw back the
the flowing sleeve to show the rounded
arm, and woye love chains out Of her ring
let's He sent her out walking as for a
wager before the wind covered to the
shroat with long waist and masses Of hoops
and cyino]ine. lie spread out her crino-
line and hid man under it. Heundress-
ed hex; and made her pass before the au-
dience in slightly yelled limbs, with halt
closed eyes, nlncing gait and languishing
airs, with waist under her arms, and neck
bosom bare In shor: he <trot,ed out his
model animal; and led her round and put
her through her PAGES, with the avowed
and landabIe purpos+' Of moulding public
sentiment to accept coque<ry az The chief
cad Of woman
We took a handful of our old type; fur
bished it up into mirror, turned it at an
angle to ca ch the reverse view Of CO.
quette as we had seen it exhibited by ser I
& |
eral individuals dad5iilng the course of eight
Ben years. He caught sight Of the beau
y and pronounced it picture Of his
wife. .
It occurs to US that if it is, his portrait {
must have been her picture too, and hare
,een so intended; and that he having pla-
led her before the public has no right to ,
complain if they see her with other eyes ,
han he docs; We cannot tell how our
portrait could have applied to her if his
lid not, as ours is simply the reverse of
lis; and was SO intended As such and as !
faithful picture Of that class of women t
.e thrust upon the public attention as f
aode1is; for tncci;.r sex, we will defend our
riticism to the iast.. t
We are willing to try the Gc::se here IN t
'tearns County. and would be, even i We ~
I'd not know that in the midst of all his
wing and clustering to frighten the Prin~ Al
ing Go: his lawyers acknowledged they II
are not bring the case to trial and this +,
;ounty; and that it would operate against :,
heir client to ask a change Of venue and d
hps acknowledge that be could not come "
etore jury Of his neighbors.
John Marvin, g. lad, wounded and cap "
ured, Young, grey eaple Last uoek mt ~