Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-16

IS~1iuuusseSusl dhoW u biict iSNicW VI
some of the more prominent points of the lecture
of Mrs. stone before the Convention. !. In her
weighty argument, she says woman would go
quietly to the polls, vote aud return 10 her do
mestlc duties.
Would there not be caucussing, canvassing,
clubbing and electioneering Qnseparable from
political cimpaigu) which keep men in state Of
ferment and agitation about hall the year? Where
would we find that domestic repose, so salutary
after the excltements, incident to political life.
She thinks female suffrage wonld tend to pro-
mote, If not insure domestic tranquility. Weare
unable 10 see how this privilege could conduce to
the peace and harmony of man aud wife. If they
happened to be Of opposite views. For many
instances Of collision aud strife during the late
war (when women did freely express her political
opiniuns) come forcibly to mind
The social fabric is made up of little uniens,
and each family Is a government In miniature,
Has not political dissenliou lin which the hus-
band was urraytd against the wife brother against
the sister dissOlv' the unity ard harmony of
many happy household? The full enfranchisc-
ment of woman would multiply and intensity
these Instances and finally culminlte in dpmes-
tic alienation and divisi''us more deplorable 10
sulnn Of It's features than tho struggle through
which we have p ,ssed
The finer sen,ibilities Of woman are avcrse to
the vigorous and heroic lab0rs OF the .teruer sex
She is the 4 wcr aud rnetry of creation, and her
sphere 10 circumscrib.d by social ,and religious
duties. Sue does not demand the ballot for h.r
capacities aud uffinites ilnpe her to the duties
and relations of domestic life. Here she 6i,ds
ample scope for the exercise Uf all her powers.
ln education, religion. manners and morals she
wieds mighty influence over he masculine ele-
uient, hut let her assume that element and trans
gress the bounds of her sex. and she falls 10 the
esteem aud respect OF mau, and her influence is
lost.
To make and execute and defend the laws seems
to be the exclusive province of the sons of Adam
while the daughters have committed TO them the
sacred trust Of rearing un training Children, care
aud supervision Of the household
This Is the divine order of things, and all at
tempis by man ~ Impose upon his help-mate du-
ties (poitica and otuerwise) which she is untitled
aud uuwilli z to perform, will lend To mar that
economy Instituted for well-being of the race,aud
suhvtrt The purposes of Him who is too wise to
err, and too gu0d tu do wrong. IL.
The Detroit girl who wears beaver and
carries q c,ne, tri, d to kiss a hotel waiter the
other day. fhe insulled youth compl ined to
the landlord, who informed the offender that
she must respect the men about the house or
leave.
Tho Princess Marguerite was enjoying her.
self at dinner party ut eight in the evening, and
at half pust ten Ihe heir vi Italy was bora. The
infant does It's sleeping In II $4,000 cradle Of
siyer, and the happy father has given away
S2O, 900 iD charity.
Mrs; Boetner, of Mimi. helped her husband
raise aud harvest seventy hve acres OF grain dur
lug the pust seuson. Sne did fully one-hsii of
the labor, and assisted at The threshing.
How full of sad meaning was the remark of
tue young gill In Providence who, while work.
Ing in u cotton mill, caught her hand in the ma
To be u,npuiated Speaking OF her loss, she
said, 1t was my tblmble finger" then added
chrerfuly, but 1 must learn to use my left
hand."
-Mrs. Stanton says that she knows of rich
lady In Michigan who made will giving her
husband u handsome annuity as long us he remain
ed her widower. ut is evident" adds Mrs g.,
THAT the p,rOr white male, sooner or later, is
doomed u try for himself the virtue of the laws
he has made for woman. l hope for the sake Of
the race, he will not bear oppression with the
stupid fortilude we have for 6UO0 years"
The propress of the Female Suffrage movement
seems lo br very successful, in all direcliuDs BIZ
fore The recent Convention met In Cleveland
there were hardly IL baker dozen OF people in
that city ready tO grant women Justice and equal
rights. The Convention produced wonder tul
revolution of feeling iu Cleveland. The largest
hall In the city was throDged throughout its ses-
sion. and since IL adjourned Cuyah "a County
Woman's Suffrage Suciety has been formed. with
some Of the bestmrn and women of The city inr Its
Ulcers. In the names we notice those OF the wives
nfprouiineut DOCTORS editors, judges, and clergy
men. Recently woman attempted to lecture In
Cleveland against female suffrage, when she had
an audience of twenty seven persons, all told
The New Jersey State Woman Suffrage Couven-
tiOn, held In Newark, this week, was great
success This association has over 1000 members.
Tie New York Comme cia. A drertiser shrewd-
ly suggests that the suffrage be granted TO all
woman over forty.
What constitutes a lady? The New York
World answers: Plenty ot money, French
milner, aud position in so,iety"
The "girl Of the period, = oiie hundred years
ago, wore n sharp needle 10 The top of her stays,
which pricked her chin unless she held her
head up.
Some young women Of Lewiston, Maine,
formed q society, pledglng its mrmbers not to
kiss any man who uses tobacco, but the organi-
,Ilon came To grief by resolution passed nnani-
mously At the third meeting, that each lnsiDber
b. al liberty TO make aii exception In favor OF
some ope OF their particular mi ile friends.
-Woman's Rights are again maintined. A
lady has been appointed clerk in the Washington
Dead Letter Office.
A Massachusetts woman for beatiug her poor
oppressed husband daily has just been sent to
jail fer two mouths.
The New York Herald calls the Woman's
Rights Conventional Cleveland the 'pantalunalc
parliament
Young lady physicians are putting out shin
gles IN every prominent city in the country
The iughter vi Alexandie Dumas is ceebra-
ted as "the woman with the most beautiful eyes
III France"
"A story is afoat to the effect that Miss Winnie
Ream, while In this C ,untry, decliUed an offer OF
mar riage from Senator Trumbull, of Illinois.