The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-02-07
Communicated.
For tie Thbaus.
We, Us, & Go. .l-

that | should dohne the words We.
Us & Co., respectively. Your CORE
spondcut considers himself blessed in
belonging to the first mentioned class,
single in number. and Of that persua
sion who since the days Of Adam
have successfully held tho rcigns Of
gorcrameai, church and of the domcs
nc aud sociai circles in their own
short We are the grand
ccntor-thc nucleus-around which
the lesser lights presume TO rcvolvc.
| speak now particularly of the whito
men of America Glass No. ., or the
" Us " of our subject, arc the Freed
men We have turned loose upon tie
Country by heroic deeds of courage
aud yalor. DO not mistake the word
for the United States, or tho great
Ulysses $. whom ,ro proudly claim as
ono Of our luminaries. They are nci-
thcr as numerous as the one or as great
as the other. They are the colored
brethren who wish TO ingraft thonr-
selves upon our body polite, aud who
talk vahntingly Of their F" Blpcqu," "
+" Suffrage" 30, Almost every news.
paper has its columns darkcned by a
discussion of some Bill or act where
by they shall become equal in the
rights of citizenship with US, who
have so nobly sustained this Govern.
ment since its establishment by our
fathers nearly century ago. But it
is not of this class particularly that
we wish to speak just at this present
time. Ii is of class No. 3, or the
" Company OF our subject; Firat,
who are they2 Verify none other
than the "gcatier ser." Our hereto
fore submissive misses-obcdient
daughters aud patronizing lady. lorcs,
1t is they who have caught this spirit
of usurpation, aud are rushing pell.
nell to Washington with divers petit
tions-b. ibing old Beanx in Con-
gSess to aid their cause, and who are
cangassing this country New York
State in Notwithstanding and
prating about female suffrage. In
short my brethren matters are rapidly
assuming gigantic proportions They
should be looked Dier, my limited
experience With the female element is
quite sufficient to show me they are
not to be triHcd with. There Is an un.
conquerable inextinguishablo spark
of 20 ahead ,tiveness, that needs
timely foot stamped upon it, clso, ere
we are aware oft the whole female
hemisphere Of America will be in
clatter, ugh Think of il | beseech
you--my wise working men, can we
not destroy this disturbing infection
explode their magazines of power
and pour upon them shower of
our indignant wrath? Rise You mar
ried lads and maintain your rights
cry down this Presumption Of your
wives aud daughters-and give dose
of quieting bdisdm to the girls in your
neighborhood. What il this political
invasion be winked at--the very God
given rights We have SO sacrodly cher.
ished are being wrested from our
hands on shares by the wives of our
choite G and girls of our-admiration--
Where is Cyrus w. Field a man that
could string tho mighty Atlantic and
whisper to tho Queen, it seems TO me
might at least suggest plan of a
steam ship to carry this hen pecked
dethronod race of men, under the
friendly reign of King. l entroat
you in the name of George Washing
ton, Thomas Jefferson and others to
be up aud doing. We had congratu-
lated ourselves that tthe "Bloomers
were all dis-bdnded aud the "strong
women " we're enjoying the quiet OF
domestic lie after their wearisome
labors. But alas for human expect
alton il seems they only stopped to
take breath. 7 boldly suggested-to
lady acquaintance, alter listening to
dissertation on her favorite scheme
the gross impropriety Of her idcn-
tifying herself with the drunken
crowd sometimes foul d at the polls
what would she do with her house
hold affairs while gone to n caucus
what would we do without their "9ea-
lie iHGuence" when wearied with the
trials Of business and cares of the
world and were dying for very. need
Of their genia! smiles to drive dull
care away---to 6ud them absorbed in
some article touching the interests OF
State-where should we go for soIace
where to find slippers, dressing
gown, cigar case &C., for our comfort
what do you suppose she replied to
this last eager questioning" lohere
you len them ioheH y0H last used them
probably" said she viciously. l rea-
sonsd, would not the husbands and
brothers, fathers, and lovers, do what
was best and see to it that they had
all the rights socially and politically
that were necessary according to theil
limited information. You should
have heard the TRADE that followed
Her proofs of intellectual equality
the superiority Of womans instinct
the evident design Of God in creating
women as a help mete for man--con
sequently his equal not his slave.
found her far moro polemical than
was prepared to meet | Ainted a
her duties in the parlor, kitchen
nursery, but to no avail, she move,
toward my hat and coat, clinched j
and without remembering goo'
night, l banged the door vehement
/ ly after me while the cool tantalixinl
voice Of my antagonist screamed al;
ter me, "good night Mr., s., shal
hope to see you doing your duty a
| the ballot-0ox upon our next elec
| tion.r rushed TO my bachelor quar-
lers 10 the third story Of the Hotel
but not until l had smoked my thirs
cigar was Richard himself again. \
lis with this scene fresh before mi
! that i appeal to the ruling powers tt
scatter 20 Tho wipd this leayen ofdis.
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