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

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10. sHErLr y want 70 say al.
ltinctly, tbat Ne have never, publicly Il
priivatel directly q indifectly made ansg
~ ten,ant against MN Shspldy charact.ssrr
u 1 vitss.oas woman that Ne 40 NOT know
~ be said against IN /, ~ ~
shs time Of our dann;hg With l fai1': praise
her husbands broth er-in-las,y se-had g cal.
ling acauaint lance With her I'D never ''E
saw anything TO make Us dream Of he1' be-
ling other than i yiirtaoas woman Moro
Than this, she is 9 person of LADY, Sc, acs
accomplishments and many. good qualities,
though We do not think her . model wos
man. " say this simply TO- satisfy our Y.
own SENSE 81 right 25 Having said this we
Estate that We did not urge the Printing
iso.st to settle this suit because we feared le.
gal investigation but that, in = case where
|ourswords are to- be defended we nu,lst Re
ta'etsn9ant AS the suit was brought our
! illnesses were nearly all on the defence
] while we, the true defendant mast be prin-
tcipal witness, we now, re-afirm, re-asert
and re end Horse our review Of Mr. Shepley's
lecture, every line and every word Of it
We are ready to maintain that It is = per
iectly legitimate criticism Of a perfectly
Legitimate subject That its publication
lis justified and was required, not only by
the laws Of sen defence but by our duty
to the public, a. guardian Of public
morals. " 5iIsG#..l ...ss ggt5 .sa.::. +.
Mr.. Shepley, in his lecture gave Us a
long drawn ont panoramic picture Of his
ideal woman, which might be taken as a
class ar a separate Individual. He exhi-
;bited Lee. in any light and attitude he
thought calculated to win applause. lie
challenged f'r her The public admiration,
he besoug ht the public humiliation, dwelt
with enn.fthu. siasm on all her arts Of catch
lug husband, h'r preliminary balances
and final appropriation He exhibited
her in the parlor;s the bed chamber and'
hall, sdwelt upon her maternal anguish both
ut the birth and death of her children, la
ced up her sil en- bodice, and counted the
throbings Of her heart as she rested on the
bosom Of her lord he drew aside. the
curtains Of her parturition chamber, and
called special attention to her anguish. - =
He lifted her embroidered skirts and ex-
hibited her ancleg He threw back the
the flowing sleeve to show the rounded
arm, and woye love chains out of her ring
lets. He sent her out walking as for a
wager before the wind" covered to the
throat with long waist and masses of hoops
and crinoline, / He spread out her crino-
line and hid man under it. Heundress-
ed her; and made her pass before the au-
dience in slightly yelled limbs, with half
closed eyes, mincing gait and languishing
airs, with waist under her arms, and neck
bosom bare in short he strotted out his
mode! animal; and led her round and put
her through her PAGES, with the avowed
and landable purposr Of moulding public
sentiment to accept coquetry as the chief
end of9woman ss;;.S y, y. u. .s..= I
We took. q handful Of our old type; fur
bished it up into mirror, turned it at an
angle to ca eli the reverse view Of q CO.
quette as we had seen itexhibited BY sses-,} I
eral individuals dadfing the course Of eight
zen years. He caught sight of the beau
y and pronounced II = picture Of his
rife. 5..., .., .s5 @. s5s.;ss5 u.
Il occurs to us that if it is, his portrait
must hare been her picture too, and have
,een 50 intended; and that he having ph-
ed her before the public has no right 10
complain if they see her with other eyes
han he docs; We cannot tell how our
'ortrait could have applied to her if his
lid not, IS ours is simply the reverse Of
Ii; and was so intended. AS such and as
faithful picture Of that class Of women