The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-04-27
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Women in Office.


No eeseneaton has been crea ted of late, 10
tai cirdss, 81 the appointmest of lady to IN i'm
pd61Ant Post Official poaitionb BY the Gore rnment.
L49es have hed jurisdictis1, heretofore, over the
mails, Go PIN Intended in certain little hamlets
dignihed By Post-ohice, and great enthusiasts m
WAS awakened mu CHI fault found but now that
city important Richmond has Post master Cor
mistress y all womanknd is In ecstasies, and all
mankind wonders if manly prerogatives are not in
jeopardy.
sWearo not quite iuse shat Authorizing Mis-. Van
Lew to append sP. NJ. to her name will fully settle
the vexed Woman Question: But may It not in
some degree influence public opinion We think it
will. 1t is virtually pronouncing in favor of Woman's
eligibility to Office. All that remains is to give Ter
the ballot and when that done there will be Wo-
man Party, of course, and Woman's Ticket and
all gallant gentlemen will vote for the fairest of
the candidates We shall have lovely Government
indeed
The situation will not be excessively disagreeable,
except to crotchety old foges who believe ego
tistcay in themselves and their SEX And as Meth
er the ladies, nor we who appreciate them and who
are very truly their humble servants, will care a
pcayune for such cyclists, the world-our goodly
portion of twill wag aforetime Our foreign
relations will be satisfactory in general, because
Woman, long used to diplomacy in love, will prove
a match for diplomats the world over and shan't
have any war with England, in particular, because
Engl ands Queen will sy mpathze with President
ess and it is well known that the sisters always
cherish most amicable feelings. 3ss: ~ =
II remains to be seen how Woman will deport her
self in office, under Republic. She has done well
in a Queenly way, the water. She has held
other positions than throne, moreover.-though this
fact generally knownand there being no facts
upon hich to found opinion are fain to infeI
that she acquitted herself credtably. Isabella d.
Vetripont, born in 1884 and married to Roger, Lord
de Clifford in 1859, became the death OF her hus-
band in 1898 hereditary Sheriff for the county O.
Westmoreland, England, and executed the duties o
that office in pers on until her death. Thus she as
sun,ed official dignity when about thirty years O
age, and wore the honors about eight years. The
old chronicles say that she "satt herself upon the
bench, as herdetarie Sheriff of Westmorland, upor
TRIALS of lie and death, an honor which woman
in this kingdom has hitherto attained but herself
Anne, Countess of Pembroke, also heredi tarJ
Sheriff Of the same county after the death of he
second husband the Earl Of Pembroke and Montgom
err in 1885, but in her the duties of the ofic
were performed by male deputy. EeE9
We have evidence, the refore, that Woman has dont
official service other capacities than those of zeal
| ously swa ying ceptre, or idly wearing crown
and surely what has been may be. What came dow
to her through hereditary law may come to her agai
| through suffrage and so, while she only gra
/ ciously hands man his letters from Post o fic
window, in time she may perform the duty OF hang
/ ing him for appreciation, some equally helm
Gus crime