St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-01-12

'g'sl 20 slnfaHhIe q to.ssS% aiiu Neil ROW
nueh !nlslher.it Nil! max u 70 u xa,nine
i and 'gs.ya a,& Intelligent opinion a.. III
whether issis aasoaa,d !!,o ,ssandasf
women have the ability . DO this and
do actutlly make such computations to
I'D their male friends III their bust
ness Why, then, should itLc disgrace
full for a woman to be commissioned to do
what thousands do now without com
mission ? s.!&a.
This office is not like that Of Sheriff.
T does not, necessarily, bring the holder
into contact with rufdans. It requires no
exercise Of brute force; and has nothing
connected with It which would disgrace
the most delicate lady i'll the State. Not
one man in five hunar,d would object to
any Woman doing tic rorkz Of u Surveyor
General. They are only shocked at her
receiving the hon1r and en,oluments. =
The reign Of Might over Right is not
yet at ain end in this world and under'it,
man, in the might Of his phyical strength,
has 50 ordered its affairs that all occupa
tins which pay, fall tohis share, Instead
Of making e just use Of, his hair.caov,eprcd
face and ox-nsuseles, snd t:.k;n. the
W rld's 1rougH, heavy work as his share,
leaving to woman exclusively such en-
Payments as her, feebler frame. make
suitable for her alone, and shariins with
her that class Of business which parvakc
Of the natures Of beth extremes ,nas
monopelizcd everything he MAJ, 6isI made
himself lord of the se,:aatc, chan, er, and
COOK room-sti'-.,,s ike a turkey.cock in
me pul2~.c walks Of life, and crows like a
uaiitaN rooster over the domestic hearth.
tie manages navics and measures tape
builds houses and makes bonnets--makes
railroads and ribbons-sclls stocks and
satin slippers advcrtises himself as the
manufacturer Of dynasties and oil. babi, S
steam engines and whalebo:e- bustles -
locomotives and ladies' hair pins. Moth
Ing is too cheminate for great, brawnv
man to do, provided it pays; and no work
is too lal orious, too mental, for woman,
provided it does 'sut pay. ii A woman may
fell trees, and cut them into saw logs or
frewood; she may build fence; plough;
NOW; drive "xen; DO any drudgery that
clrcumsta ees seem to require; and there
IS no trouble about .ity provided she dsnot
ask the same wages a man would get for
the work. How much mans work do
women perivrm in our frontier lite, with
out shocking any body's sensibilities !?
So long as she does it in a subordinate
position, it is all very well; but The mo-
woman afpires to use her. oNn hands and
brains for her own benefit. she must cu-
gage in only such ayocat;ons az his serene
highness-that nagn;fccntanimal, man.
has assigned to her. - .aHs /
= Men pirate about "woman's sphere -
we would just like toaknow where it is +!
i" The domestic hearth is the usual deG
milton; but the house Of bondage" woald
be better answer. So far as we know
the laws OF the States OF this Union, there
is not a wo'nan-except old maids and
wilows-who has, a right to bring a por-
ter into the hall Of the house, Of which
she fancies she is mistress, to carry her
trunk out Of it.; or a right to her own
child. Man has constituted himself abso-
Lutte legal master, not only Of her person,
but If all her clothes, even to the old
gloves, as we'll asstlle pots, kettles. and
pans, and every other article Of household
iurrlitsre down to the nutmeg crater. Any
l,usbard in America has the legal right
to hir. lis wife out and collect her wages
They have made the appearance Of laws
binding themselves to support their wives
but they are laws without penalty or any
provision for their enforcement; and I'M
der them, thousands Of men of wealth
keep their wives so that they may vel
envy the cook who has her six dollars !
month, and feels tina, it is her own. @s=.s.
50 far as we are concerned personally
We are not a candidate for any Office. Fo1
as NC are now the North Western pioneer
printer, editor, and publisher Of y these
United States, We arc satisfied but Y
will engage to find women who need hou