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

senoo, noe from lack Of power or oppor-
tunity. Tho holding of this regal po-
sition is fully admitted by Mrs. Croley,s=
= shining light among tho reformcrs d.
the day, in recent aia,ribe against tho.
men: b
1t is strange, but men seem willing to.
give women every thing but freedom. They
will make high priestesscs Of thsm (ao-.
coroing to court, or queens Of them lin
society. but they will not allow them 10 DO
FREQ women in actual life.
When men make CT women "quesns
in society,"" they put in their hands tho
moral formation Of that society. It Is
theirs to 'sset the fashions at court"
The atmosphere is either good Or bad,
as they may decree. If men drink, it
is because women set no seal Of their
displeasare upon intemperanco il men
are impure, It is because women do not
discriminate against that which is cor
rupt aud in favor Of, that which is u a.
de6led. The fountain-head Of intern
pcrauoe IL not the Low dogsetriisss,, IF ~.
streets; it is the dissipation ii great re-:
ceptions, in elegant 'parloorias,' in social
gatherings, large and small, in which NO.
men mingle, if not active participants
a. least uulrebuking witnesses. (We
have. now present in our mind as IN
instance lady friend, elegant, wealthy,
a leader in society and staunch advo-
cate Of woman suffrage, waose parties
are famous for their choice liquors, aud
who when reproached tor thus placing
temptation aud ruin in the way Of her
guests, replies, Everybody does 50 j.; I
must, too.") 1t is in the homes through
thelaud, where the husband and vile
join glasses by the Preside. 1t is welles-
tab!ished fact that the weather. classes
in our large cities number among thei r
womeu-qucens in society Hundreds
Of drunkards. In its issue Of June
2lst, Harper's Bazaar, describing tho
luncheon, which is now becoming =
ceremonious repast, says:
..At their receptions our danes general
" serve up chocolate and cakes. We are
sorry to learn that the wine and iqususr de-
eantees are beginning to circulate with I'M
usual freedom ct these gatherings Of the
gentler Eek, though unprovoked to indpl-
gencs BY tho example Of the grosser in
stinots Of men''- - t.H - -
None being present. It is also SAID
that for the new and noxious liquor,
"absinthe," the demand comes largely
from women. How many wives there
are who are perfectly Indifferent as ia
how much their husbands drink; pro.
sided they never reach absolute intoxi.
cation! How many men, confirmed
drunkards, who can point, as their first
step downward, to the glass OF wine
pressed upon them by some fair hand,
that they might toss of in sparkling
champagne a toast to the sparkling
eyes! What wonder If q rctributive
justice should sometimesinvolve women
in the misery they have helped create
Is it strange that incorporates "bas
fatteued and grown great on the regi.
men :" 1t could ask no filter food. Il
Can laugh at the ballot while petted
thus. -.:
The likeaing Of the ballot in wcmen''
hands to "clubs and stones" with which
to "knock out the brains" Of sucl
monsters as may lie along the roadside
Of life, is very frequent aud some
what striking rhetorical figure, bu
nothing more. It amounts to nothing
in fact. The ballot can no sooner cure
a man Of intemperance than it can o
atheism or profanity or the rheumatism
Women are already doubly armed; le
them but use the weapons they have
After they have honestly tried these
aud thoroughly proven their uselessness
then it will be time enough to demand
Others. After women shall themselves
abstain strictly from touching liquors
Of any kind; after they shall banisf
them from their homes; after they
shall condemn their use in their owl
receptions and calls, as we'll as whe.
meo are present j.; after they shall cease
to cherish dissipation if only presented
in a winning garb. after they shall
give some manifestations that they ab
hor liquor, whether 10 decanter or il
a man-~if, after something OF this k;nt
shall be done, men give no evidences d
reform, then let women. ask Whatsoever
they may choose, We shall be the las
to say nay. But as Mrs. 1ivermor,
said At the Woman's Convention in St
Louis on last Thursday-whele she We
one Of the principal speakers-in -urg
ing her favorite doctrine OF female sui
lr.ge: "This woman suffrage question
is not . political party movement
but = great moral movement :" g
Of this question Of intemperaoce
It involves = great moral reform in
realm where Woman is already Queen
What will she do7 ''
THERE is an exhileration in the tone .
editorial discussions at Austin which i
truly refteshipg-at distance. %" It i