Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-18

/ do any Work Tor Wnicn sue was uIIeu. MIS-.
| Patten could sail a ship; she Mrs. Gagcl could
plant corn and had done il III Ohio She had
! been taught in the uses Of farfn-work, and prac-
tised them. Let no lip be therefore turned IN
scorn upon her for that for she could also turn
a lip of scoTn upon the etfeminacy OF the slaves
of custom. She remembered well the first tune
when she got out OF her sphere. 1t was IN the
wild fields Of Ohio, when little girl, Her faith
er nut her upon old Dick TO plough out corn
On another occasion, when her father was lToh'
home, in the winter, she took the axe and cut
hole through nine inches of leo in the river,
and watered the cattle. She lost her sphere,
and never had foundit, and never should
A SCENE BETWEEN Lucy STONE AID SENIOR MAR
AQuE:
Sarah Hallock read list of articles inven-
,oried but not appraised. belonging to the widow
and minor children, under the statutes Of New
York. which created much merriment.
1 Aaron Powell wanted to see young women
sitting at the reporters table and at the desk as
clerks.
At this stage of proceedings, Lucy Stone
arose to speak; but man at one side nt the hall,
who had made several frantic attempts to get
the floor, succeeded in arresting the attention OF
the President. He was tall, lank man, with
deep lines upon his cOuntcnance, and the Pecu-
lar working of the muscles of his face gave him
u singular appearance. The President remind;
ed him that Lucy Stone had the floor. lCrics OF
''Stonc. ""Stone," and applause
The individual in question during this con-
fusion came forward, muttering half audi0iy
that he must dissent from what Sirs. Farnham
had said. LCries of Stone" Kisses and up
lplause.l
Lucy Stone said she would yield the floor
il the man would not speak so long rs to pre-
vent her saying what she wanted to- APP
lplause.l
The individual having got the floor, gave his
| name as Senior Maraque, and said he must dis.
Hal i'm
claimed that woman was superior to man. lie
was willing to admit that woman was equal 10
man. but when she claimed to be his superior
| she asked too much, aud dampened the hopes
! fall the rising generation Laughter, applause,
Kisses and cries Of "Who has claimed itE' -
Woman, said he, can be the saviour, but not the
god of man. And one Of the greatest evils that
| can happen is to have woman to claim to be
| ahead Of the man. know what this is from bit
ter experience. [UproarouS laughter and APP
plause.l am very glad, gentlemen, for your
/ applause. No man has suffered more than
| from the tyrannical usurpatiOn Of a woman. -
( TRenewed laughter. stamping Of feet clappng OF
/ hands and cries of "Gve us your experience y
| There is nothing SO good as experimental knowl-
edge and tell yOn, gentlemen, know what It
! is When woman comes to lord it over men,
! the earth will he n scene Of riot, blOodShGd. con-
/ fusion, wretchedneS and suffering, If | am
Judge and who knows If not those who have
/ experienced the tyranny OF n woman! Great
laughter and applause, the President reminding
the audience that they were wasting time, and
requesting order want women to be help
mates on the same plane MS man; but when
they claim to go ahead Of us, they ask too much.
| Oh! that will be n sad day for this earth when
! the power goes into the hands of women, /
know il, tell you for know it from sad ex-
perence The speaker here drew deep sigh,
which brought down perfect storm of laugh
| ter
/ Mrs Farnham said the Convention had just
had an example of what is rare, to wit, case
/ of the martyrdom of to the tyranny Of
woman. The ,rartyrdom was generally on the
other side If few more such confessions
could be brought ont, it might convince tho
women Of their errors.
| A man with long, red beard, protested that
Senior Maraque had not been allowed fair
chance, mud that the president had shown an
anxiety to choke him oil.
| Mr.. GEO w. CURTIS MAKES a VULGAR SPEECH.
! He began, says the Times. by aluding TO the
| recent action Of the American Tract Society,
! and the discussions of the Southern CONNER
| cial Convention now in session, as to the ad
visibility of revivng the slave trade. The for
mrr body an assembly Of fierce Christian teach
crs. had decided that they might dcnOunCe dan.
cling, dram drinking, and the theatre, hut might
not denOunce that great evil of all, which ru-
I iued one.Seventh of our population, aud degra'
ded and brutalized 100000 slave masters
/ Then, and not till then, did he ma there was
a scorn in his heart as well as sadness; and
the scorn was moved by the action Of the So
called Christian teachers, and the sadness
ily by the action of the undoubted savehold-
ers at the South Applause.
! In referring to the course OF Mr.. Buchanan
| in regard to Kansas, he Snid that the President
Of the United States commenced vith a false
democracy, and ends as the pimp OF real des-
Potisnr.
This elected storm Of Kisses. y ;ch were
met, on the other hand, by luminous APP
lplause.
words.
The Misses and applause were renewed with,
if possible, greater vigor than before
\ gentleman rose and said: These people
all sound on the goose [lRughterl- because
they give out the sound Of the goose. More
laughter.
Mr.. Curtis-I call the President of the United
States pimp. do it with full knowledge Of
the scope of that word. [Hisses Most of the
men who are here have sisters or daughters, all
Of the men who here have, or have had,
mothers. pimP is simply person who pro.
cures women for the basest indulgence Of the
most unbridled lust and passion. As citizens of
the United States, as citizens ofthe state OfNew
York, we all have younger sister in the state
of Kansas; and when | say that the President
r. a. IL hrnA Of V1, 81,