The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-03
Our william the Third:

Our william the Third:
William the Silent was one of the
most remarkable sovereigns England
ever had. He was silent in peace and
silent in war, but he was man of deeds
and his name will ever DO illustrious in
English annals. Grant IS, thus far,
our William the Silent. No man like
him ever attained the Presidency of the
American Republic, not even Wash
ingtcn whom he so much resembles in
tho calmness of his character. Thus far
lie is entirely silent about the personnel
OF his incoming administration, and
contrary to the habit of Presidents
elect he repulses all demonstrations
whereat he would naturally be brOugh4
conspiciNusly before the public. 1t is
certainly something to be recognized
lion in this day and age of the world and
Mt the same time to refuse to be lioniZed-
There are thouandS who are waiting
to form around the silent man and who
long for an opportunity to do so. But
instinctiyely he understands the stu
ton. He knows just how to value the
luCSIlSt vi lI4S SlONN AhtI -
ready to huZZl for the man OF the
hour, whoever he may be. We are
glad TO SEQ that he has thrown Il
damper on the Inauguration ball, and
also that he has declined any sort of
ovation prompted in honor OF his nc-
cession to power. y man like Grant
can do the whole country inestimable
service by having as little AS possible
To do with any such performances.
Whatever may be his own private
views and tastes it is wholesome for
society at large, and Washington so
ciety in particular, that the weight of
his example should be against the ex-
pensive and dcmOraliZnE follies that
all ct the politics OF the country.
WOMAA'.I EIGEIt& AND WNOS3$.
Miss Anna Dickinson III tho course
OF her lecture ut Washington Hall, Il
few nights since, took occasion TO say
that woInmn's rights were not so much
political or social in their nature as
personal. What she most needed is
adequate pay for her labor and access
" HiII'I WI LAih' '''E
is capable OF performing. Tho crowd
ing young men into stores, to attend TO
counters and measure tape, is one OF
the wrongs of woman that she claims
ought to be righted. Young men have
thousand avocHtiOns open to them,
whilst girls are driven to the needle or
the sewing machine, enplOyments so
overstOckCd with laborers that they are
compelled to work at starvation prices.
AS society is now constructed, when
what ia now called a woman's natural
protector dies she ought to die with
him, rs nothing but gradual death by
starvation must be her fate.
This subject OF woman's right to
get Il living price for her labor, and also
wider field OF employment than she
nos has, seems to he attracting wide
spread attention both i'll this country
and in Europe. Such men as job u
Stuart Mill and John Bright are not
afraid to be known as sympathiZers
with tho appeals now making on her
behalf. And in this country the move
menL is apparently gathering volume
from the persistent efforts of not only
SblIhe SliOhB "n'tASh HN'
a;ronS minded men also.
The Cincinnati GG-cftc recently pub.
liSn2d an article in which the question
wna asked. "Docs the wife bear heI
share Of the burden of n large family
Some woman who evidently knows
whereof she writes, replies as follows
Yes, Mr.. Editor, she who becomes the
n"'h"r of II large family bears no small
share of the burden; which, however,
ia seldom taken into account by any
on. tut herself. And il she, as most
women do, perform the other duties OF
wifi. muu mother, what can be more irk.
some, more uureleuting? What man
in trade or the professions would eX-
ching" work with her however hard
may he his lot? A candid COnsideru-
ton of this question is sufficient to con
vince unv man of moderate experience
that vvOnnn's work is by no means the
play many would make believe. ii may
lie very gratifying to the labOrer, who
works all day i'll tho broiling sun, TO
say that his wife who il in the shade
working over # hot cooking stove-with
perhaps n fretfnl babe in one arm, AS
hundreds, thousands of women do
wear after yUar-that she has nm easy
tin" oft, but, if his labor were pro-
trncted into and even through the night
rs is common with hers. he would look
seriously about for relief Pity the
man OF business, if you will, whose
brain is rack cd and whose feet are tired
with the toll aud turmoil of the day.
Pity The luboring man who gets up md
eats tie break fast his wife has prepared
while he was yet in bed, who works
hard until six o'clock, then Tolls around
and smokes during the evening and
retires at will 10 u quiet nights rest.
But rather pity the poor wife who,
when the husband aud tho fretful babe
are asleep, robs her system of its much
needed rest to do the work it was not
possible to accomplish during the day.
Pity TO tho poor man who is "crushed
to earth" by the necessity of providing
for his large and increasing family;
bat have you words of comfort
tor her who is an invalid for his sake,
the demands upon whose system are
far in excess of its strength, and whose
labor. however severe and unCeHsing,
has the lamentHble disadvantage of not
being lucrative, and who meanwhile is
constantly depressed with the reflection
that she and her helpless children con-
stitute her husbands crushing burden?
Can We not. oh. wise Legislators, devise
some relief? Will you not, by securing
to her that which she may inherit or
acquire before marriage give her an in
cenIive for procuring something for her
own support instead OF having to look
forward 10 marriage az condition OF