Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-05-01
NO. 8.
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The tyraaufes OF the ruling class who
set up their thrones beside the kitchen
stove and govern the modern household
with q rod Of iron, are menerRllw confu-
ed TO the household ITSELF and seldom
I ts2Euat themsetvgs into the courts OF law.
IAlus the case which we reported a few
days ago, Of an action Of damages
brought by 3 DISCHARGED servant whose
mistress had described her character in
AnE10-SaXsou su5stau6ivss, was inter-
eskinE not as an example OF common
occurrences hnf rs an exceptional dis
plRy Of Vindtctiveuess which most
heads or families had folt on 4 smaller
In-thia case &c seems thatl the LADY
Who was placed in the unpleasant pCa{-
tion OF defendant iu q public court room
GID society. good service by standinR
her ground stead la8liyi As5ti15 tie ser1
Vls1t DO her H9eEsh and 1shG 7lu1 hggE
little that WorHt was. Is8 Et1caueaaa
Of couusol showed the ea8 might have
been settled very cheaalg, had ths ems
plaEeR chosen 20 AizMEe sE the EinnBla
principle Nt ataize, and VhitaWash The
record. - u enc Of the evils Of that
groUp which Ia the c5uoHe5e hls nedfffr-
ed a Feo0gEEitisn and a name Hr fige5-
vantga lisfa, = EhAt nliatresssE ara tea
EeadY ~ give the "character1 demand Z
ea Iy y Departing cook oil Muua8nnn nf,l Z
upon tntli.lol8u9 grounds, and 30 to
avoid 0Heuqfug q servant nt the risk oG
inJuFing a.stranEer. Thus the servant
therstore has passed most rapidlv L
throuEhIa succession Of @places,n ~ haa 4
tAe longest lists Of testimonials and I
the really deserving one, whom an em-
plOyef can recommend with q clear |
conSclence, loses all advantage in the
dead level Of the multitude 20 whom |
the same passport has been given. In I
the instance which has been brought |
into court, the mistress believing that |
she had detected her servant In an Of /
tense calling fer plain speakingi did /
not hesitate TO speak plainly; and be-
ing forced TO the disagreeable issue Of /
the truth before the law, /
did not shrink from that either It i8 !
that after subjecting herseIfl
r. 50 painful an experience, the YER
dict OF the jury gave her such an
ample mark of Justification for the
course which she had pursued,
We are glad to think that the yu0eH tol
which the civilization Of cur day has
given title more idiomatiC than ele-
CANT, as above stated are on che yvaue
among us. The abolition of slavery
and the establishment OF agencies for
.he purpose, have given aCoess TO a new
class available for household service. /
from among q people who, with an
.heir faults, and ali the tendency 60
political domination" which our DEM
iouy haV not that aptitude for petty
tyranny which distingui she's many Of
,he race from which formerly all selec-
ions must be made. It does not need
5he intrOd uCGiOn Of an attendant black
but respectful, into every Northern
household 60 work the needed reform.
The effect Of a little leaven is proven
0ial and though the idea that refining
could proceed from a source
obnoxious 20 the prepjudices of those
who need fsdnduence would be sDurn-
% by them with wrath, it is still pos
IiDls that such an agency Is silently at
work. New gratitude Eill be felt I'm
thousands of homes III the act which
reed host from positive bondage and
aveu q nation from many dangers, Il
hall also result fn the -smauci patton of
he household tlrRluom Of impudencs,
ndursd as an alternative preferable to I /
.irt OF dishOnssty, and net always a / I
eeurity fr0m either, from which so (
many have suffered.