The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-10-14
wolrAu AND TEMPERANCE.

70 be what she seldom is,-datteriug.
She refers in enthusiastic terms to what
ve had hitherto looked upon IS q very
unprsteuding paragraph. Mrs. Bishop
Of St. Paul, is likewise eulogised.-1n
Ill CALAMITY, We presume that Mrs.
b. name should have appeared first,
but We were in such haste TO acknowl-
edge the uuvonted appreciation Of our
abilities on the part Of the writer, that
10 veil nigh forgot what is .cknowl-
edged 70 Be due to the stronger-miuded
sex.
This paragraph, which was doubtless
It the time only carelessly Or unappre-
e;atinely glanced over by the majority of
it, readers, will be found in Mrs. Swiss
helms letter. It breathes genius
glowing, burning, consuming genius.
AZ least, Mrs. 8. says II does; AID, ap-:
psrsnsly warmed by its repeated peru
ri, she, too, blazes forth. Read! .
Suppose Mrs. Bishop should take it into
her profound head to visit the dirty part Of
st. Paul, and thereupon write out and
read speech mot in favor" Of the NO
men there having . supply Of water, and
mops and brooms, because, forsooth, they
had failed to cleanse their dwellings with
out! Suppose she should urge an amend
ment to the Constitution, making
it penal for one with an unkempt head to
ct possession Of brush because she had
not kept her locks glossy with fragment
Of . coarse, horn comb.
AIS!
We now feel humbled. We don't
think any more Of our poor paragraph
by eonparison-tban Ne did at first.
Before such . volcanic burst Of genius
Gf Mn. 8. will permit u the use Of
her flaming illustratiou) No "pale our
iss6setsal frss;' We family glimmer !;
" de Out! That u genius such ~
would hp up rivers ike dew drops,
aid sssskls 10 the center Of IN eysp-
oeated Atlantic.
Bot perh.ps Mn. Bishop, being a
woman, would not yield 20 readily
She might reply that some Of the self
ordained ssfosmsrs Of the day are not
sat,sded to NE the "mops and brooms"
and the ibsral supply Of water at hand,
but insist upon rushing river through
osvsIyboays house in order to effect a
CLEANSING process; and that, despising
sash humble instruments - "bru,hes
ard eoob1 il keeping their clocks
se~y," they demand that all women
shall arise and esy aloud against the
syrsspy which would question their
right 70 employ a'eyolviog hay rake in
ps,tcrming this essential part Of their
toilet. She might insiouate that these
rstormers are not content to use the
simple and efeetual Eeans which are
already 10 their hsnds, but waste their
Energies 10 frantic endeavors to lay hold
upon what 10 beyond their reach-vhat.
secured, would iDjurc instead Of aid
then, and what they have no business
With. [.....y > .....t s,.' g.
Thi, letter involves case 10 point
1ntempeapes. Mrs. Swieshelm claims
that "drnnkenness never can receive
any, considerable check until women
meet it armed With the ballot" This
hja. grave e .sr:q ]otemper.nee can
never be erad;eated BY the b.llot in the
hands Of either women or men. It il
not IN evil in the body polite, to be
net aad fsmsdied ~ legislation. It is
: grsaa moral eurs,, ari.ing from the
indulgsAes Of DEPRIVED .ppstites.s Tits
% svil q society, aud can only b done
away With By purifyiag the atmosphere
In which il exists. Here it must be
MT b. woman, not with the ballot, but
with I ssbtler and more poteat weapon,
,hse social influence - woman. There
II nsIealn in which she il omnipoten|
s-e6oeistt -.aad man Is morally jus
a~hae ahs may. make him. Her sway
'rshsss'esnnot b questioned, md wherein
'aIhs hib u from hesitaney Or .indifer.
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