White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-10-24

are ronnd. J ! fsis relieved. Patsy wants
to be . true woman. and il the true wo-
men won't vote. why Patsy won't.
Another point was. it would double
the number Of voters. Now. then. il the
number of voters are doubled. one Of two
things mnst follow: Either the one who
wants Office. and buys votes. must have
twice ss much to do it with. or the one
who il bought must take hall. which 3
good many are no; willing to do. as the
price Of votes is not very high. no how;
therefore women should not vote.
He read a paper that soms Of these
foolish women at Lswrence. who want to
vote. 20, up among themselves. He just
riddlsd that paper completely. closing tie
storm with the following touching qnots-
ton: "Evssythisg would Be lovely. and
the goose would be very high! At this
moment fresh delight spread over the
main audience; . glow Of inspiration
came onto us. l WAS kind Of threw OF
nv guard for Q moment, was bewil ler-
cd was in the B,wer,? or among the
Bssr.j.rkers? L recovered qnick. when
10! / was in . church.
@ lick as thought the following original
and beautiful stsDsss came vividly to my
mind. 1t is . spontaneous burst Of po-
etry. caused by the rspturous eloquence
OF the orator. claim it not for me, but
for him:
"a womanly woman, and . manly man.
Our Statesman says, is the theme Of our clan;
A womauly woman is dear TO his eyes,
"When things is lovely and the goose hangs
high;
"a manly woman )" i. . woman We hate;
Her rough, ugly talk, on our ears roughly crate
And we've seen enough of this world, to know
THAT things are not lovely when the goose
hangs low"
Our champion dwslt long and we'll on
Q womsnly woman, and said much about
. womanly man and who would want 9
better reason why . woman should moi
vote. than that Q woman should be Q wo
manly woman. and q man manly man:
In his fsacri6cing efforts to do wo
man good. be don't want woman to b
q man. nor q man to be Q woman: bu
wants wom.a 20 be woman. and q man
:. to be man. &c; and to this we oil. ir
our secret souls. said amen
The speaker once saw or heard Of q no
man who went to saw mill with saw
logs; she didn't always have both hel
extremities on the same sile Of the log
5 Now. let me ask. what ssr, or reasonable
Z man would he willing to allow women t.
5 vote, after such 90 outrageous occurrence
!, Another argument against women Sot
5 ing is: our champion says he can't &c
an honest living. If they do vote: tha
D honest living. let me add. is going to U
J, s. Senate. or some such place. Las
winter. We were foolish enough to be op
e posed to him; bot sincs he is engaged il
the glorious work Of ks,ping the woman
D ly women in their proper sphere. (bs
sides the expectations We have. II he eoe
to the Senate, we are decidedly in favo
Of him going.
We want to be saved the modification
I Of having our wives and daughters go /,
the polls and vote: TINS deg aiding them
selves by saying through the ballot. wha
their fu,nre destiny shall be- We ar
their lords and masters. and will stten,
to that ourselves. But we will take then
to circnses. horse-rsces tn halls. wher,
bacchsnalisn sports rule the night; tr
church festiv ,ls. where they bet on the
weight OF n cake. Rness at some,h hing 70
10 cts. q gness. bnv lottery ticket. in ,
cake thst has a ring in II. and grnpr.
system Of gambling carried on for money
to al these places. and many others
will we take them. where refinement and
morals are very che'p.
The meeting was over the lad es an I
gentlemen wen, away. some feeling verv
good. Especially me) As Patsy and I
were going down stairs. abe said she fell
like shaping her hands which the chair
man forbid. becsnse It wa. in cbnrch At
every word he said wherenpon ons ol
these women's rights women. Of whom
we have entirely too M my here, ssucily
sail. she felt like slappina his ears.
While he vas speaking. he paid q
glowing tribute to the mission of the true
women ct home. and what Divine rish,
she had to stay At home. When he wa.
away among Birds of jereled feathers. -
or rosminR in foreign lands in sesrch ai
happiness for those be left at home, he
would think Of:
"The old oaken bucket, the Iron bonnd bucket,
The moss-covered bucket. that hung in the WELL
And in thinking Of the dangers OF the
dear ones, in coming in contact with the
manly women. be would say.
"Woodman, spare that tree!
| Touch not a single bough."
But forget to say
"In youth is sheltered me.
And III protect it now"
Our women were delighted with the
high aounding words. and fine poetry.
liked it for the eject it had but to my
dismay. / hoard one Of those tormented
strong minded women s-y: THAT fellow
had better borrow his whole speech from
old ssyipgsl" Iwent home feelingly.
Yours. most Respectfully.
PATSY'S HUSBAND.
(For tie Chiefly
The Festival NJ DoniphaD.
DoSIPHAN. Der. 9. 1867.
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