Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-04-28
Written for the Heraldl.
WONTAN-HER CARES, WRONGS, POWERS
AND DUTIES.

and mistress OF a family, are sssch ~ re
quently preclude even hasty reading Of the
weekly newspaper at least, such is my ex-
perienee, and doubt not it IS that Of many
others. Yesterday while waiting few mo-
nents for NY family to come todinner, (not
:aring to busy myself about anything in
particularly took up the Herald Of March
10th, and for the first time noticed your
liberal proposition to the ladies Of your
county, for which courtesy, | think we
should be truly grateful, | do not ask,
care there none able to conduct such de-
partment" | know there are many. Nei-
Their do / adopt the sentiment that eve do
serve no defence of orr rights if unable to
10 So | doubt not there are many a.
mong us, of sufficient public spirit and lit
erafy taste, to conduct department in any
scientific and literary newspaper or maya
zine, who are nevertheless, so chained to
tile common routine Of everyday life, with
its cares and yexations, that they cannot
break away to attend to such pursuits,
without seyering some Of the links, which
bind together the comfort and happiness OF
the domestic circle, over which they pre-
lside, Such, therefore, under existing cir
Icumstanccs, cannot write. There are 9TH
ers Of limited education who have talent
land intellect sufficient to writevolumes, and
who mi, lat become public benefactors, yet
feeling how sparingly the benefits OF educa-
ton have been bestowed upon them, shrink
at the thought of presenting anything for
publication. But because Of these adverse
stall orr rights be mapro-
Itected, err acrongs unredressedS
But there is a class from whomwe might
Iexpeet much. mean the young or uninar-
lied ladies Of our county, few have been
more highly favored or are more highly
gifted. They haze basked long in the sun
shine Of literature, and drank deep at the
fountains Of science, "a the various institu-
tons Of learning can testify.
To them, therefore, We may look with
confident expectation. The lady who pen
ned the article on "Woman's Mission" is
not | ,hilk an advocate Of woman's rights;
at least, ike myself, she does not adopt the
sentiments and resolutions Of the woman's
rights conventions, Of the present day. The
picture she has presented US from Mrs.
Beecher's new work, is admirably portray
ed one Of RAJ beauty and interest, especi-
ally to the young ard eonfding, and was
there no reversion Of such pictures, woman
might perhaps, rest satisfied with her con
dition. But reverse the picture and what
follows; suppose after enjoying for few
short months or years, the blisstul prItil-
edge Of 'sshining IN that softened light, shei-
tered and guarded by manly love, il that
home made heayenike, by her graceful care
and gentle influence" Suppose after this
brief space Of enjoyment, the dark clouds
of adversely come over her, the "softened
light in which she has shone, giving way
TO the grey shadows of dependence; the
home once so heasenlike, becoming dark
and dismal, as the grave, in which all her
youthful hopes aud aspirations are buried,
the manly love; which sheltered and guard
ed her, transformed into deadly hatred, and
brutal violence, thrusting, perhaps, the
shrinking form he once cherished SO fondly,
out into the cold night airwithout covering
or shelter. ! question not the tfuthfulness
Of the first picture, and aver that the last
Is not oycrdrawn. Thousands Of sorrow
stricken women, could testify that the half
has not been told. and what has caused all
this misery? Whose was the fault! Did
the angel Of the fireside become neglectful
Of her duties Did the lamp Of true wo-
manhood grow dim in her habitatiop, SO
that her husband failed to be allured there
byl
Oh, no! the demon of iutemperanee, that
..biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an
adder" had entered; had dashed her cup
Of happiness to the ground; had filed her
breast with sorrow to overlooking; and who
i responsible, for this great calamity -
Why, the ventier of Intoxicating liquors, it
will be answered, SID how dare he dgainst
public opinion, against all right and he
maaity, how' ddre he propagate this great
emI2 The love Of mammon constraineth him.
Reason with him, viii he not say, / must
earn livelihood, have / not right to
choose my ownmerchandise Didnot the
Fathers Of the town, men elected by the
votes Of the people, to superintend their af-
fairs, license one to traffic in ardent spirits
Did they not say, give us so much money,
and we will authoaize you to deal out Ii
quid poison to your neighbors, until by rea-
son thereof, man declared to have been
made in the inmage Of his Maker, and but
little lower than the angels, sinks not, to a
level with the brutes, but beloso the most
of all the brute creation, till his
half furnished children, shrink from his pres
ence as they would from an enraged ami
mai, and his poor, toiling, heart broken
wife, sinks to an untimely grave, or IN her
degradation and despair, IS bought to sell
her souI for bread Shame on humanity,
If in yicu ofnu tiS misery, the license law
cannot be abolished. Ills tho price of blood,
as much as were the thirty peices Of silver
which Judas received for the betrayal Of
his Master But not only is it the price Of
blood, but ofsobs, Of tears, Of gro.ms, Of
anguish uautterdble; not Of one but of
thousands. And if the money was appro-
priated III the same way as did the Jews
appropriate theirs, the grounds itwould pur-
chase, would scarce be sufficient to bury its
victims. Thanks, TO the Supervisors Of our