Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-04-01
ALLIPoLIs, OHIO, APRIL 1, 1869.

"ieios the trenchant blade, with mol
n than quixotic pride He is sure t
WIN the "smiles and glances" he 8
much covets. What patient research
e what profundity of thought, he exhib
: Its. IN this great question affecting fe
male rights. The weary hours G
sieepless nights are given over to
+ careful meditation on the theme. Hi
dreams are troubled and his rest dis
turbed. Buried in the deep recluse O
cold abstractions, and lost in the drear,
mazes of mystical lore, his brillian
eye grows dim. and his youthful vigo
meltss away. For atwo DAYS an,
nights" his mind was sorely exercised
and yet he says there are mysteries un
solved, and perplexities that battle hi
mighty brain. Consult some of Gal
las female teachers, perhaps they MAJ
relieve the pressure of this delicate sub
Ject which rests SO heavily on you
powerful brain.
Unhappy man-"Ennui'' is a Gre
tan labyrinth to him. Are not youl
powers of analysis limited, and your
thoughts vagrants? l would not ex.
cite needless i'll your breast, by com
mending you to the protection of one
of our Benevolent Institutions. Though
| stand condemned by you as being
Ignorant and exhibiting a ''meHow,
ness Of brains" far better is it that |
should be such, than be afflicted with
that incurable malady which renders
its unhappy subject, the victim of the
strangest yagaries, and the widest
phantasies. You say you have no re-
spect for me, and l trust, you will find
that have none for you. You i'm
pugn my motives, say they are ma
licious, and call my former letter dis
graceful. Other unchaste epithets you
apply to mead mauseans. This but
betrays the weakness of your cause
1t is Jupiter appealing to his thunder.
Your courage exceeds your discretion,
but both excite my astonishment.
The Jackson Standard next appears
in opposition to my right to speak
against females, as teachers, and stoops
to personal abuse, to "clear his skirts"
He refers to the success of female teach
ers in his own county-and brings
his notice of it to close by calling me
a 'heathen."
The School Reports of the State,
say that in some districts in Jackson
county, no schools were taught during
the past year, and in several no schools
were in session for the required length
of time Such is the status of schools
in Jackson. 1t is not to be wondered
at that females suit them so well-
Greasy Ridge" is far in advance of
the classic shades of Portland and
Oak Hill, in intellectual attainments,
and when the Standard wishes to find
"heathens," let him cast his optics
over his own diocese, and behold the
quintessence of ignorance anddegra-
dation. In making out his inventory
of old things that he loves, let him
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Mans, square legged tables next
and then in his advancement of "Wo
mems Rights" and defence of "old
things" may visions of crinoline, be
his
"Daily longing and his dream by night"
The editor of the Portsmouth Re-
publican, says they have eight female
teachers in the county, beyond the city
limits-a county that employs at least
one hundred teachers, has eight Je-
males. He also says 1--WE consider
them good teachers" or an equivalent
translation is, / consider them as such.
l still cling to my former assertion in
reference to said schools notwithstand-
ing this qualified denial.
"Will. S. NJ" speaks last. He refers
to the "liale knock" scarce audible jar,
that the side for which combats so
gallantly, had received -, but it
rings louder than the sicklY defence
he has been pleased to give birth to.
in vindication of measure, which, he
says, should be; and because the world
does not rise in open opposition to the
theory he advances, he pleads con-
tinuance.
He holds out the morbid proposition,
that to the education of children, fiat
terry is essential, and that the most sue
;essful are those who fatter most, and
n the slyest manner. On the weakest
minded men flattery only accomplishes
fS end hIIt on ,.h,1I if NOT
al, it has the effect to render them
more or less vain or conceited, far above
hat which one in advanced life would
De able to bear. A boy, if designed
o be great, will become SO, without the
of praise, such as Lincoln
md Grant have been, for instances.
He also says, ''that by keen moral
ense of their responsibility, around !
he school room such inviting smiles
we're thrown such as she can throw,
hat the pupils with parted, innocent
ips, dancing hearts, &C., came to .
chool." This is simply well strung
hain of words suspended to the plat
orm of suppositional ability on the
'art of the female to play the teacher, !
which is by no means confessed
Here the action lies in its true ma ,
ure."
have now confronted my accusers,
md shall in all humbleness await the $
entence they may pronounce upon me. ,
shall not "abate the 1.-THE of hair'' !
n aught that 1 have said, but shall I
onfdently rely upon the clemency of /
hose whose hearts "oft err on mer- I
Us side," and around whose virtues, 6
would have society place an impreg t
able wall. Such are the sunlight of i
he homes; in the school room and |
larket place an ignis .fatuus, that '
lres but to deceive. GLEN. !
March %, 1869. I
re- Robinson Crusoe was q !
cotchman, and died lieutenant in
be British army, in 1928, aged for