Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-04-13
[For the Spirit Of JeHerson.I
MISSOURI CORRESPONDING
KANSAS CITY, Mo. March 81 l86!

| Our local items, such at least as would be in
teresting to those outside of their influence
partoook strongly of the season, and ribbed
themselves in Lethean iceburg. But now
ss 1.-The revolving suns have brought back the
mild season Of spring to our hills" and the
| bees from the great human hive have aroused
from their lethargy, and are roaming the
fields of energy and industry in search of the
honed treasures of life, it were strange in
deed if everything around should not wear a
! lveier aspect, whose brightness mirrors
sermon of interest to the studiOus observer
! l will not, however, weary you with n detail
of all these, but will select a few which will
FROM their novelty likely be more entertain
ing.
A few nights ago, my curiosity led me to
hear lecture from the celebrated Miss Anna
I Dickinson. 1t was my first opportunity of
seeing aud hearing the female biped discourse
! from the rostrom. [ was all ears (except now
and then as she approached the front of the
stage an Unsuitable desire to learn whether
her hoof was cloven, led me to use my visual
organs). 10 say the least however, the lee,
ture was good 1t was beautiful theoretical
millennium, IN which Justice and Mercy would
be the leading spirits and woman their rep
resentative. She said lit was time to stop
preaching and to commence fighting" An
| open declaration OF wal 10 fight whom ?
| The men of course. This will hasten the
millennium. The laws of The land, said she,
made by these. generous and nagnanimOus
men, discriminate in favor Of the male This
the first woman Legislature would remedy by
! erasng every statute from the book, which
denied woman her equal rights with man.
! broadway and Fifth Avenue had sentmen>
tally termed woman tlOwer-sweet-beau
| tifuI- ornamental. She thought the resem-
| blance very appropriate under the present
state of affairs, aud all would be we'll if all
| women were roses, gcraniQms aud vioicts, but
we must remember that there are great
many hollyhocks in every community. What
must become of them? No one would care
for them. They must either work out their
own destiny or perish. Why then should
any avenue of industry be closed upon these
seeing no mate is found for them. Would
we wish to consign them to lie of penury?
She said the mode Of raising girls now u
days, in ease and idleness as if marriage and
riches were Il natural cousequence-teachlng
them that labor and toll were disreputabc--
had forced painted iniquity in thrOngs upon
our streets, to blaze out their little life i'll u
round Of vicious pleasure. Why not educate
women to take care of themselves? They
very frequently were compelled to do so, and
often of their husbands too. If woman were
prepared for n particular sphere, how easy
would it be for her to enter upon the duties
of that sphere, and how much more success
Iully could she cuIrteud with her competitors
in that sphere. She saw no reason why they
should not be lawyers, Doctors. Post>Mis.
tresses, &c. Wherever they had been tried
they proved faithful She had heard OF but
one project to ameliorate woulan's condition
That was Governor Andrews. lie proposed
to send regiment Of the t0rlorn to Decotah,
where it was said the men were herding to-
gether, living squalid lives, for the purpose,
he termed it, to teach the children. But
how could there be any children in territory
where there were no women, it would take
Il wiser head than hers to solve. She thought
women would nuke good preachers of the
gospel. They had all the troubles now of the
church, and she thought they ought to have
the salary too. She wanted women togo to
work every where to redeem their sex from
the tyranny of man. She had hope. The
star was Frightening.
This ia u fair synopsis of the discourse. 1t
was we'll delivered, and at times she was elo-
quent. Practically, however, | do not deem
her scheme advisable. 1t reminds me of the
artificial rain project Of Mr.. Cannon, which
sounded eloQuently in the ears Of Lord Ed
dington, but which worked a practical injury
to his finances We.woud not like our wives
(if we had one) to be summond upon juries
and we left at home to nurse the offspring and
cook our dinner. And especially we would
not like her locked up all night in the jury
room for not agreeing on the verdict, which
most certainly would be the case-f0r no
twelve women a part thereof would be likely
I Il
hills, build our roads and railroads, plough,
NOW and the ike-physicaly she is untitled
for such. She really has now more to do in
her sphere than she is willing to do. The
great complaint all over the country ig for
house~servants. Music teachers are in de-
mand here and lady teachers easily pro-
cure situations where they will be we'll re-
warded. Woman really has no reason to COM
plain. Man has not only lifted from her
shoulder the burden of labor, but he has re-
moved her in great measure from the arena
of temptation and made her household god
dess. He looks to her for purity and retine>
ment and all the virtues of the social life
If she finds no contentment in those fields of
labor allotted her, she will find it nowhere
else. If she will place herself on equality
(social [ mean) with US, in our every day life,
then she must prepare to breast the storm OF
difficulties and harden the nerves of her DEL
icato seDsibility. She cannot maintain her
present pre-eminent social position, unless
she stands aloof from the sterner realities of
life
Yesterday I visited Leavenworth for the
second time since my sojourn here. took
stroll through the city and was much pleased
with the beautiful and supurb residences that
greeted me at every turn-much superior to
those of our city. The Cathedral there, not
yet fully completed, is magnificent structure
surprising in beauty of interior that of
Baltimore. One is now in course of oonstruc-
tion here, which our Catholic brethren boast
will surpass that of Leavenworth.