Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-01-20
ADJUSTMENT or TEE sEYlss

The balance Of the sexes is wonderfully
preserved. In the last weekly returns have
seen for London, the number Of male births
vas 1856, and of females COL. Left appsr.
emily to chancc-One element prcpondcrat.
ing while the other is deficient, no parent
dreaming OF producing set OF girls because
his neighbor has produced batch Of BOYS
the entire question, in fact, being removed
out Of the jurisdiction Of the human will,
the race has yet run its course in double file
for nearly G,000 years, and among the four
hundred millions Of Jacks" now existing,
there is not ono who would not readily Sc
cure his b" Gill " if he were to set about i,
like man. What mischief would arise
were any alterations made in this sell, sating
law? If il were in the power Of person to
determine the sex Of n child how few would
decide as nature has decided The couilib
rum would soon be broken. and every now
and then the State might have to interfere
and give orders for 50,GoO boys or decree
that, fer one whole year, the children should
consist exclusively OF girls For, suppose
that either sex should gain the aaccndency
to any considerable extent. Let the ladies
acquire such an arithmeiicsl superiority
their social supremacy is already well secured
that there should be two women to one
man, what ought bachelor to do IL tho
world were inhabited by unpublished people.
Ike the Turks or the Movmons, the reply
would be, let him marry couple But If
bigarny was allowed would our noble British
DANES be willing to accept half husband
Could they be ccntent to accept noiety OF
any parsons affections? On the other
hand, it would be most unsoemiy that every
alternate lady should be doomed to state
of single wretchedness. Would they ike II
themselves, venture to inquire Would il
be reasonable that such a valuable portion Of
the population should be pat hors dc combat!
Imagine, however, that the disparity Of mum.
brrs continued to increase until the fair sex
exceeded the unfair by twenty TO one. The
consequence would be terrible for the scanty
supply Of gentlemen would make the latter
exceedingly precious, and raise them TO such
an extrayagant price in that matrimonial
market that they would become inolerably
concsitsd, and the larger part Of The tribe
would probably be converted into mere fops
and coxconibs. The relative duties Of the
two sexes would alse undergo some a,,era
ton. Perhaps the ladies might begin to
propose and even consider it their business
TO take the work Of ceurting into their own
hands Perhaps they would push US from
our employments, and edit our newspapers,
preach sermons, sell estates by auction, take
the chair at public meetings. become Alder.
men and Common Councillors, set up as ter
pound householders, and swamp or disfran.
chise the males, return themselves 10 Par
lament, drive the Bishops from then bench
cs. and manage the ship Of State, with a
crew OF legislators in full crinone. Ttsn \
reign Of petticoats would commence, with
better results, it is to be hoped, than those
which cmansted from the fementfra scnste
conyoked by i!eliogabalus; for did not the
Roman danes employ their whole time in
debating on the fashions and in considering
what ceremonies were proper on visiting p
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