New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-12-18
GUrLLoTINlEG TIE LADIES.

If women for the present are dcbarrcd the pleasure,
and the privileges Of the Elective Franchise, they
may consider it az a compensation that they are
mostly spared the doubts and disappoin'mcnts Of Of
ce.seeking and the uncertainty OF that kind of pub
lie position OF which the pangs arogreater than The
perquisi,es. We were glad. in view Of the number
less difficulties which women in pursuit Of an indie
pendent livelihood must encounter, that room was
made aud work found for them in tho Treasury De
parment; but the old original curse seems to stick
even to their placc-holding, for NJ Secretary Me-
Culloch it ia rumored is thinking Of dsmssing all bis
skirted assistants, not, as We understand it,
out ofa deficient and lukewam gallantry, not be-
cause the women clerks do not do their business we'll
bu, because our financial Jupiter is continually
bothered in his serene mind by the importuni,les OF
Members Of Congress seeking ositons ioT their female
friends" II is moreover stated that the patience Of
the Secretary Of the Interior has given out altogether
and that he has already discharged nearly oil bis
clerkly LADIES' There has no, been such time since
Eve was marched ont Of the Garden Of Edcn-but
then she bad a companion in her misfortune 70 con-
sole her. Feudaln not then invented. If it had
been VIC are by no means certain that Adam would
not have been left in Paradise and Eve sent
70 a lonesome widowhood in ,he wildernes5-an ar
rangemcDt TO which ii is possible that Adam, who
was selfish fellow, would not have objected. But
nasmuch as they were Joined in the Fall aud tho woe
Of work fell equally upon both it does seem hard tina,
Adam should get two loayes Of bread or the sweat Of
his brow and Eve only one-such, if we may credit
the present pbosophc custodians Of "woman's
sphere" having been the prmeyal rule Of distribution,
as it unfortunately has been the rule ever since. We
III, A, al ftv IA az.
sentally an unjust animal at least as a mem
Der Of the mass. Tom, who is in love may
be generous but that may DO selfshness; Dick,
who is proud of his wife, may pay her millinerS Dill
without O growl, and also without any great SELF
abnegation Harry may be full Of love and reverence,
and all that sort of thing, for his old grandmother his
maiden aunt bis pretty cousins but Tom Dick, and
Harry, acting in political partnership in mere mat
tiers Of tho world agree in striking the whole sex out
of the account, having dim notion that agitation for
women's rights is kind Of destructive radicalism
the success Of which would turn the universe topSy-
turvv. We wouldn't for tho world charge any such
confusion of right and wrong upon so great man as
the Secretary Of the Treasury. We presume that he
is simply bothered Too much cipherng may have
made him nervous The billions in the sum-total of
the National debt may be too muchior his equanimty
The gallant Members of Congress tendery anxious for
interesting young gentlewomep may bore him within
half an inch of his valuable existence and seriously d.
minish his numerical capacity. But STILL not being
Secretary of the Treasury vision is limited and
VIC cannot for the life of us see why great many
clerks should be turned out because still argernum-
Der desire 10 get in Possession which is nine points
of law happens in this TO be nine points OF equity
also. 1t ism Miss Mary fault fthe Hon Mr. Button
hole Is mportunate to have Miss Jane appointed to
something easy and profitable; and why should Miss
Smith, who does her work we'll, be made to atone Tor
the transgressons of loafers and lobbymembeis who
for love or money annoy the great man by pressing
the claims of their favortes or their fair cientsi
Moreover as tho result of our limited observation we
must declare that oIice-seeking u not particularly
female weakness. We have known more than one
most undoubted male engaged pressingly not to soy
passonately, in the business making morning
calls upon Secretaries in their beds, waylaying
them in tho public streets, intercepting them
at their ofhce-doors, dcvsing stratogems to
effect an entrance into their bolted. barred, aud
double-locked sanctums, and following them like
their own shadows from the rising Of the sun until
the going down Of the same Why should there be
milder policy for the tough than the tender? Why
should Mr. McCuloch be less tolerant OF the teasing
of the arcr SEX Is it because he can less easily ro
sist their winning ways and their moro emoent per-
suasonsi This, if so, may prove the soitness OF bis
nature; but a public officer should be hard old
Roman panoplied against sghs and not to be turned
from bis purpose by the rolling river Of the eye
no matter how fair tho check down which It
may run its crystalline The Secretary should
calmly consider eli the cempensations Of the situation.
Bored by place-huntcrs he mast bolt is his predesti'
nate fate, which he cannot possibly be simple enough
to think of attempting TO avoid-snd will it not be
better TO DO plagued by soft and blooming woman
than By rough apd bearded psn-bg ladies redo