The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-03-02

Stuart refined courtesan, Elizabeth an il
toerably vain, stubborn, hypocritical, whiu
steal, cruel and voluptuous person, in who's
name, blythe aid ofinnumerable gallows an
scafolds, the Lords Burleigh and Shaftsbr
ry kept the country in good order. Elize
beth and Catherine Of Russia we're the mos
ordinary prostitutes who ever dishonored
throne. Going back still further, We disco'
er that the female rulers who have left grea
names behind them we're nearly all blood
thirsty monsters or voluptuous hyenas. An(
If we attempt to pass ia review the iIegih
mate rulers, such as PompAdour, Msintenon
and the many thousand inferior copies q
these French regal mistresses, the sh lo, In
impurity offered by female intermInR'
politics becomes stil more hideouI ,o,vD IN
These facts may, perhaps, be L n" onI,,,o
those Of our Indies who dr'S ,snoos hrt
from female periodicals 81 romHuo'', ou'
III Is.'-''' ;,nd nv crery historian, with
'ney nie 49, 'PIibys3logists aud psycholo.
oH' eAeel'''o" ,han BY the greater sensibility
st''s Ca p'"' Gv tltlr more developed suscep.
" 49," .,.SF lien Impressions, AID by their
5J''oo:.''aii,atJn TO cool and contempative
.aaganise. But whatever may be the eG.
| .Isasaon, such are the facts without contra.
| dilHOn,
Our American ladies, reformers, unroll
before our eyes the darkest pictures Of cor
ruption in public affairs. Whatever they
may state in this regard may be true; but
what theu2 Where is the probability that
our women, such as we have known them
aud such as they are at present, can work q
change for the better by using their right of
suffrage? The suffrage cannot originate
anything in either men or women that was
not within them previously. And what is in
our women2 Nothing but arrogant self
elevation above the men desire Of being
dolized like goddesses, and to be dressed
up with the most costly tinsels which their
male relations or husbands may honestly
obtain for them, but which they must steal,
il they cannot DO otherwise n disinclina
ton to share in a complete unity of senti
ments with their husbands, 50 that they are
not their true companions in happiness or
misfortune, but very delicate dolls, ALWAYS
requiring to be handled with the greatest
tenderness and courtesy. If n disincina
ton TO fill the more practical duties OF
wives were equivalent to refinement and ed.
danger participate in the management OF
public affairs. But inssmuch as the suffrage
will not suffice to make our women some.
thing else than what they really are, there is
a great deal more harm 20 be expected from
the experiment than the good which can
possibly result from it.
II is true that there is corruption every
where. But in order to eradicate it, we
must first find its root. What makes oul
politicians corrupt but their desire Of be
coming rich in the shortest time? And
why do they desire it? Certainly not in or
der to buy something to eat and drink
They desire it rather in order to acquire {
position in society And what are tn,
conditions for permission to enter Society? 2
Fabulous, insane luxury; gorgeously fur
nished and decorated houses; fine carringe
and horses brilliant toilets laces and dia
monds silks and velvets. And who else
if not the women, has established thi
standard Of social se'pectability
A reform in this direction would evident
/ be the most rational and eHicacious trea
ment Of this terrible disease Of America
society, and this reform lies entirely in tn
| hands of our women.
Let them invent new standard of quaI
fcaton and condition required to enter int
society, Let them make the education {
the heart and head the measure Of his abb
ity to enter society, aud not the price Of dr
goods, laces and diamonds worn BY his wi
or daughter. Let them first put under ha
every kind Of riches not gained by hone
means and truly respectable labor; let the
prescribe all the vile trash purchased
/, dishonesty acquired wealth, and return
genuine simplicity in everything, and tn
will do more towards the Punishment Of &C
ruption, towards the improvement and r
, formation Of public life, towards the intr
duction Of true culture in lieu of varnish,
barbarity, than by their thunder from a hu
dred trbunes against the usurpation of me
! and by shedding their safest tears about
e drunken husband who had whipped IN
4 washerwoman, and TO whom they wor
offer an election ticket as plaster for
sores.