Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-03-20
U. .E-3 gzB0'U7 e 1g@D Il lI3RB

ge1 T,,enuu'shuaf Lazy Mohtaguc, she SAD
thcy all knew; aud Sir Edward Lytton Bull
wery was not an exception othe rule that men
OF the present day could not readily recog-
n'zc tho genius Of theirown wives. She de.
tended the character of Aspasia from wh4t
she deemed unjust aspersions, extolled Clcop-
atra's beauty and diplomacy, and supported
the theory of Rousseau that all great reyolu-
TONS originated with women. The best way
iior these convention women to get ut the leg
isiators was through their hearts, for men s
! judgments were easily controlled where their
hearts were interested. (Applause.) These
convention women, it would be hoped, would
| make good wives and mothers, If they would
turn their attention IN that direction
! lLouShter.) They would never get on as
politicians. (Laughtor.) Women complain
ed most in the United States whore they had
the most liberty. They had got to learn that
! IN politics you must not let your left hand
know what your RIGHT hand docth. Gaurh.
tcr.) What did she care about carrying fhe
| vote to the box, when she was allowed to say
how the vote should be cast? (IaughtcrA
a woman qualified for good wife and good
mother need not envy a woman of genius nor
need she think that mental powers would un-
ht her tor domestic life. .(Applanse) Ma
poieon had been rcportedto have said that
she is the greatest woman who had the great
est nnmoor of chiIdren," but any cat or rab-
| Universal lHughter) Women were cxpect-
ed to mako home happy if the husband was
aS bad as a Bengal tiger; and history was
full OF such humble sacrifices on the part of
woman One of the greatest actresses of the
English stage was driven to obtain a liveli-
hood for her family by the cruelty of her hus-
band. While in times oftroube and despair.
men would frequent gambling houses and
the drinking house, heroic women would be
| IlNrt tl,n al, ~ Al. Il.
lamp, for the wherewithal for the next meal
lie who would treat woman as an inferior be-
ing, only insuited that God who mado her
has equal and companion. She believed with
! Plutarch "a wife should be as n mirror.
I representing her husband, provided he is
such husband as y noble woman could lust
| ly represents" and Erasmus corroborates
this idea. Woman had the greatest liberty
IN the United States, for she lortlcd it here
most tremendously over the lords of creation
! (Laughter.) She had the right to drive men
out of the omnibus Uaughtcr)-an every
whore where there was u seat. (Laughtcr.)
She thought the mon ought to getup a meet
ing about the wrongs of the masculine gen
der. (baughtcr) They could give them an
| address upon the cnormity ofbutt0nloss shirts
holding up one as Il hieroglyphic emblem of
the neglect of wives. (Laughtcr and APP
plausel Then there the stockings present
ing separate holes for every toe -[laughter)-
looking like SO many mouths prOclIiming the
neglect of household duties. daughter y
Lola concluded with a ludicrous and witty
| supposed address on the wrongs of man, con
eluding by saying that even the ancient
| uSagos OF society were oycrleaped, and the
women have ut last seized upon the fashion
OF wearing men's S pantaloDns. (Laughter. y
Doubtless there would be an answer from
Lucy Stone, indignantly showcring words
such as she would not attempt to describe
they must all hear them. The married men
could imagine what they would bo-Qough-
especially if any Mrs. Caudlcs were
| present. (Laughter.) Single gentlemen had
| no business to know these things in advance
i Laughtcr.)
FEMALE SUFFRAaE.-Thc Massachu-
setts Legislature has appointed hearing
to some female petitions for "Woman' S
Rights The rights claimed are, that
women should be allowed, 1st, to choose
I their own avocation; I'd, not to be taxed
without representation 3D., to sit on juries
and 18th, to hold Office. There can be no
good political reason why women should
not have these rights. The only obstacle
to their enjoyment is the domestic inconyo-
nicncc which might arise from the posses
sion of them. 1t might bother a doting
husband to nurse sucking baby while its
public-spirited mother was out with a
stubborn jury. and his patience might be
tried to find that his dinner had been neg,
lectcd while his wife was discussing politics
and distributing tickets at the election
polls. But these arc trifes that he would
soon get used to, and arc no good / Ell son
why woman who desires it shoulJ not
have equal privileges, political and social,
with man. But then She should claim no
privilege on accountof her sex which the
gallantry of man usually accords to her.---
1t there is to be equality, itmust be perfect
IN respect to both. Instead of being an
idol to be worshipped, she must come down.
to mans level and share in all lh;s everyday
drudgery The Legislature 4 AIassachn-
setts should grant the privileges asked for !;
it might save the state the necessity of en-
largiDg its lunatic asylums When eom-
mon sense fails to make any impression, a.
little experience sometimes cures the crook
cdest crochets of the brain, and dispels a
great deal of nonsense.
a CMLD's ,SYMPkTnY "A child's eyes
those clear wells of undetiled thou ght---what
onearth can be more beautiful2 Full ofhopc,.
love and curiosity, they meet your own. IN
prayer how earnest, in JOY, how sparkling,
never tried the ecompanionship of little child,
has carelessly passed by one of the greatest.
pleasures of life, as one passes a rare flower,
without pluc&ilg it or knJwingits value. A.
child cannot understand You, YOU think;
sneak to it itofthehoIvl I,,f,. ,cl i6,;o,,