Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-03-03
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regret, wo,,an. Sie sbS, profession physi-
elm, and resides in Boston.
Dr. Hunt is one OF taesdozcn women in the
| United States who nine because Nature di'l not
make them men. This untgftnnate circumstance
is the standing grievance OF the;r lives. What
avail the privileges, immuIHiies, attentions, aid
advantages accorded to hsln3 by the gaiantry
OF the rougher sex, so long rs they may not so
to Congress, enlist-iuzsas be .Eltcinen
and conStables, wear pantaloonS, or even vote
IMPRESSED with an indignant sense Of these
disabilities, Mrs. DR.. Hunt is seeking legislative
relief Unlike her compatriot, Lucy Stone, sIe
does not deSpiSe the power of the State, Or al
together refuse to pay her taxes. She brings
her case before the Legislature Of Massachusetts.
That body has appointed a joint Select Com
mittcc to consider and report whether or no DR..
Harriet and the rest oI womaakin'l shall bs
admitted to the ballot. box. This Committee.
as We learn from the Buston papers, has held y
public hearing in the State House, where DR..
liant "cxprrS<ed ilrr disgust at the freedom
allowed tu men to vote, while women are de-
barred the privilege" In this "di>su-t" she
wa, ably sustained by Hon. Samuel +. Scwall
and Wendell Phillips. The Committee Listened
patiently, and appointed another day when it
will listen still more.
Mrs. DR.. Hunt mistakes the Lc't way to APP
proach the object she has i'll view. Instead of
demanding the privilege of Suffrage, which, she
would not care for alter she hal it, she should
70 at once 10 the rumt of the iuattrr. Let her
demand the passage Of bill in tile following
words:
"Bs il eAmc'ed, That all women shall become
men this act to take eject immediately
Nothing short Of such comprehensive anu
thorough proceeding illanswcr Interpretations
Of Dr. Hunt and her small band ot Iet,lae re-
formers.
Nevertheless we will not promise to support
the measure To confess the TRUTH we do not
wish to see women abolished. We wonld rather
not do without them. If they were all like DIR.
Hunt and Lucy Stone We might think different
ly. But tue softer sex, We are free to say 1t,
seems to US worth preserving ~ it is. We there
fore call upon the Massachusetts, Legislature to
exercise juciuuS conservatism. What would
become Of us if there were lio women 7-Ns1
York Times.
THE FATE OF A FLIRT.-It is very rcarely
that u confirmed Iirt gets married. Ninety
nine out of every hundred old maids may attrlb-
ute their ancient loneliness to juvenile lcvity. 1t
is certain that few men make selection from
bathrooms or any other place Of gaiety; and
as few are influenced by showing of in the
streets, or any other allurements Of dress
Sinety-nne huniredths Of the iinery with
! which women decorate and load tloip persons
20 for nothing as far as misunderstanding Is con-
cerned. Where and how, then, do men find
their wives In the quiet homes Of their pa
rents or guardans-a tue tiresde where the
domestic graces and feelings are alone demon
strated. These are the charms which most
surely attract the high as we'll as the humble.
TIE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON DRUNKESNEss.--
Bishop Bayley, the Catholic bishop of New
jersey, has issued u manifesto, bringing the
machinery Of the church to bear against the
vice of drunkenness. His letter ol the subject
has been read in all the churches, in which he
calls attention to two classes-the drunkarls
themselves and the dealers in liquor. Leaving
to the pastors the choice Of the particular means
to bc used, he suggests that each should keep
list of the drunkards and liquor dealers i'll his
church. He says:
am determined to make use OF the most
severe measures against all who are addicted 10
this scandalous and destructive vice; and if
they continue in the practice OF it, they must
do it as outcasts from the Catholic church, who
have no right to the name of Catholic while
they live nor to Christian burial when they
die.
RUNAWAY SLArEs.-The Albany correspondent
of the Journal of Commerce says thatho saw the
other day six runaway negroes marched through
e a