The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-10-14

influence teW pEokure Tor " the priv
iiege (al1d sundey and divers osher fe-
males ziEyurs school deestrika) tew
vote, and lav ofEis, and do the sano
things that men do.
I have thought over tue thing in
dustriousIy, and should be happy to
floor Hiysels and 81 mi enefgys at
yTlre feet, in emmy cauze that I thought
waz for your happiness and final suck
cess.
/ aIa in 11Eouf 0Es YFlInmih, anu
they kan own me at cnHy Homens bi
asking Tor me or dropping me aletler.
owe them mi existence, mi fust
nourishment, and mi fust VirteWss
If I am ever saved 1t viii be the re-
suit OY Woman's care and Influence, at
a time when vast worth saving.
Woman liaz dun for me what no
man could or would do.
But, Jenima, Eve, yure gratist
grandmother, committed mistake,
a good deal bigger than the one which
yuare anxions tew commit, ,but thaFe IL
a remote similarity in the nistakes-
She wanted tew kno and haY hand
in awl that was q going on, and tho
Devil offered tew teach her. and yu
hav heard what the result waz,
Mi advice tew yu Il teW stay right
where yu are, va hav a power now
that never kan be less if yu hold on to
It, but If yu spit on yure hands tew
git a better holt yu may loss yuFe grip
entirely. .s-e+e .esrsf
When yu begin tew vote yu hav got
tew learn how tew wPangle, teW jaw
back, tew intrigue, and bet yurc
stauaBs On the election, aud. II yu vote
contrary teW yHPe husband tharaasviH
be a muss in the family, and II he
votes kontraTy tew w there will be a
bigger muss in the family.
Voting IL a mere negatiH power
ennyhoW. If a vote aint hove right
it IL wuss than nc vote, and what as
surance hav yu teW offer that yu are
going tew vote right? Yu hav moro
CONSTITUENCIES than the men have, and
consequently more pFejudices, yH hav
got full az mutch vanity and o heap
more stubborness.
Thare il more than baH the votes
hove now without judgement or infiu-
enced bi others. N
Ifya cit hold ovv the ballot box
what reformashuns dew yu propose ?
/ haV never saw yure platform.
Yu will vote against Whiskce, l
hope, and Tobacco, and whiskeTs, and
club rooms, and trotting horses, and
pitching. cents, and Staying out late
nights, and wearing patient leather
boots, two sizes too small, and lots Ov
this kind Ov male iniquity, but what
are yu going tu vote fort
Yu viii hay tew vote agin trials bi
jury, and dispOze OV them or else yu
will hav tew sit ON juFys, and will
this be yure best style ?-eight men
and four Wimmin locked up in jury
room all night together, on bred and
water, with yure husbands peeking
thru the key holes, teW see how the
yerdik is q going. 49, o..
Yu will hav teW vote agin o poll
| tax, and git rid ov poll taxes, or, ifyu
are poor, yu will haY teW work yHrc
tax. out on the road, alongside oy sum
| rum drinking and tobacco cllaWing
wretch, who will take great pains tew
chaeg, and sEare, teW show hiz ysupe-
riorite tew yu- s--ns-s. r..sH
| Yu Will hav teW vote agin all rlOts,
| and reserexkshuns, and thus put an
end. teW them, or else when thare IL
an irish riot, to kill oph the suTpluss
niggers, yu will hav tew cum out
armed with sumthing, If nothing
more than a pair or tOngs, and jHstsa2
like az not lOOze yure best waterfall
in the mussness, jist think how billy
Gus this will be. e Ea'4 ta e. is7a
t. Yu will haV teW vote aginaWl kind
ov housework, for how kan yu rur
the United States g0veTnE1enr, If VI
are kept patching pantaloons all Che
time 13ffEH 81 g. FEs sas A4rraees f1s
Yu will haY teW vote agin cnny
more human beings making their ap
fpearanec, for who liza agoing tew ROur
ish the babe, while yu are down teW
the town hall, trieing teW elekt a fav,
Ourite constable, vuFe husband kant
do it emmy how, unless yu hav him re
konstrukted. s7 Sac vs4-fi .ayiisx
Suppoze yut git elekted tew con
gress from ynre distrikt, every woman
in the country, who haz got husband
thare, win be on hand teY watch how
things are a going, and yu will bC
acused Ov transgreshuus, that meyer
entered yure he'd, or hart. iaSfi
SuppOze yu had a vote to day, dew
yu enow of emmy woman on srth, tha
yu would vote for, mean, unmarried
woman, like yureself2 eeraff+.sq
Miss Jenlima, Josephine, jenkins
the more j grind these things in IN
mind, the more think yu had bette
. turn Yure attenshun towards harvest
ing q good husband, and making hi
house the envy Ov the naberhood,
. the gentle, and domestik Virtews
: ViFteWs, which Heaven haz so lavish
: " loaned tew yu, rather than. attend
ing eaueusses, holding wimmin col
Venshuns, or travelling atbWart the
country, In company with a set o
7 IOnghaired, male hybrids, who, lhav
: emit got emmy rcputashun tew spare
; and who will cheat yu out Ov 'wha
!. wa haV got sa as ~ BdlBsh
Ifyu, OF emmy other virtcwOus, gen
tie woman, wants an ernest defender
one who beleaves Glat yure sex hold
( Fthe balance oV power now, oneaWh
: looks upon a mother (WhO ever sh
< isl az the queen OV the situation, on
T who looks upon a sister az an angC
c friend. one who looks upon a daugl
/ ter az the gift of God, ono who look
+ upon a wife with awl the pathOs o
T Venerashui, if yu want cnny help frOI
sich a phelleF, I'm battling with I'll
/ trials that Heaven haz planted in til
pathway Ov q WOmans legitimat
, sphear, send for me, atn Yure maj
Butt haV no ambishun teW see y
;. q voter, and think the hour Whic
sees yure sex, in this country, voter
! will see the early, and rapid dissoll
shun ov the only barrier we have, b,
tween the coarse instiRkts Ov ma
It and the sakred safety ov the dome
n tick vertews, oY which yu hay bee
It the lvestal keepers. altu ea
G Pardon me, Miss Jsmima, if Il
e Language in this letter IL strong,
: Gums from a strong place, mi heart,
IS / didn't mean what say, should La
l. bln az sweet az a courier, j. shOu
s hay to.lled about the gorgeous mi
, sion Of woman, the exalted caret
'e that mighT be opened for her in avail
l. set untrod, and other rhapsodys