, 1870-09-04

/ nent e1ietf, and lore scenea Of moro OF l"ns
tenderness are introduced, but tho huuaorous
corrective Is libas ally used. Freed from the
Intense ugor ot 1t. application in the ofisinsl
ore might suggest - tha moSto
TOR tho ne1 school VI comedy Sir Peter 1edf-
ELS hasty Interruption Of Joseph Surface, Oh.
d-n yer sentiments! William Ndcfay IN |
Co1turn's ie1o Monthly -Adgazine-
Women's Rights In Ancient Greece
Ftors The s.. Lauts Rtpua,ta1n
There aeems Really TO b nothing new under
tho e1n, and as the modern advocates or wona-
tn's rights 1Te often met with ths accusa-
tion tha, their doctrines arc mere pest;ferous
n velfies before unl,eard Of, they may not oe
diFp!czat1 1t onr calling attention. 10 the TACT
that tkey are OF venerable antiqnfty-we mean
the docsri ct, OF course, not their adyocatea
1t ID not deelgDed to fsAt this assertion on the
existence Of ths AroA1ons !: It would he diste-
erectful to compare our xpmen's tfghta poll
ticianeaees to those warlike darusela, who
wore breeehcs Without having husbands, and
we.cverJ fond Of drawing boNs; besl6ee sce2ta-
cal ncdern critics have reduced them to mere
myths. Nor need reference be made to Semi
ram1s, Jtzehal, her cousn Dido. her daughter
Athl1i2, Ciropatrs, or my OF tho many otheF
famous ladies' Of ancient days whose talents
in controlling or getting rid Of their husbands
or other male relatives, enabled them to dat
b,e in politics and found Or rule great States
for their right TO govern amel1s rather too
patton, called in politely disguised English
ve,nAcular. wearing the masculine ineI-
IRE. efbles. An example more in point can bs
dIscetned In the glimpses wa have Of the most
brilliant period Of The history OF the most
intellectual people Of antiquity, the age
ytars, and is especially entitled 10 the reveI-
ence Of modem uetformers, IS he took d.
yorcee for his frat wife, got divorced from
her and married foreign lads Of free-loye
principles and practice, whose ae9uit;al ho
had procured before tho Atheuian Police
Cou1t, and who Ia etill famous under the name
Of the iAco1parst1s Aspasia-
The authentic materials tor now compiling
ancient history Ar1 60 me4gre that much has
tc be guessed at, or inferred from chance
illusions In wrat1nGs on other subjects, OF
.; even frem :. guch seemingly unhisto!iesl nso.
make no mention Of any women's rights
movement in ancient Greece; but It Ia
remarkable that OF the e1even plays OF
tic prince of ancient comic poata
which have been preserved out of neArl5
seyonty that be xrote, two relate to women's
abused t4rtu. It Is admitted that the coued1ea
of tho old AtheuiRn ntaSe nere usually II not
invariably founded on actual occurrences. and
designed to satiriza pasaiug events and living
pe.e ons. ~ the modatnH gather materials for
Ashensan hutou from the verses of the dar-
Ing post who ventuted On exhibiting 6ooEatea
ca tho stage - \ dreamer suspended in =
taslet in the clouds, Socrates hinaseIt being a
spectator Of the comedy, We may readily
infer Soms event or movemeut in
Athenian polit,cs to haya beam the
alluded 10. In one, tho women Of Greece, ID
thu long war between Athena and Sparta, bs-
caus tebellious because the young men being
al for yeArs IN tho camps, tho girls have
grown to b. old maids, and fear that II the
men should erar come back thsy would mArry,
not thc girls they left behind them, hut The
The xomen's congress- zosordingly resolved 10
putss2o immediate stop to the war, By refusing
to send tnc combzt1nta any supplies from
home. But the othsr play il more 10 the pur-
y &c, aa in it tic gTeat poet describes Al Ao-
tual king possession Of The government OF
Athens " the women, and gives ua the po-
Tic famous republic WAS governed in :
fashion which considerably facilitated the
eutcess Of tho women's rlghts movement.
| 1t had no cumbrous machinery OF legislature,
congress-. OF convention, but essrythiug frou.
tesee aud war down to the election Ut mar
kct-mastef VI. decided IN gsnozal town-meet-
| ng By whomsoever happened 10 be present OF
tho a6ult male citizens. In abort, the
sovereign Assem- II vas not altogether uulike
. modeFu wsrd.ms eting for the selection Of
A:Lci1ian Tomen's Rights Association To-
aulred in q preliminary CAUCUS 10
a:ail themselves Of that feature
OF tho constitution. anticipate. the
urusl horr Of meeting. "colorizs !"
fpre tie men would think it time to 60 to tue
assembly. Here VIC see that SONG supposed
nasclt,os Of modern ward politicians ars also
ano'liuS new under the sun" From xupsr-
stiti us regard to existing lATs and forms,
witch is 70 usually initiated by moder.s IN
backing and controlling ward meeting, the
A;heninn ladies' cau:us considered it consti-
tttioral}y indispensable to appear and tall
4. men il tLeir general assembly. Oue lihi-
ct!sy they lad which will not, We trust, i'm.
prde the onward prog1c.s Of modern cham.
piorcEses VI reform it il i'm, ossibia to t2ke
II pure Attic without Plentifully inssflazdiss
Of hard swearing, aed tho tyranny OF man ID
tbeso lays wss such that the ladies' not having
a selection Of oaths for their own gentle
torgnes, were not allowed to uso cer:ain other.
preserved exclusively for tho ador.11nes. oi
&c. over this difficulty most adroitly. L pro
liEiiu7ry examination IVES bad, Like th.1 OF Ar
Frnktlturx's caistsdiF, and the speakereseel
to figure in the general assembly were Ralect
ee from among thoso 1adies only who coult
1'o;o Ill uainiciug swearing and showed ,
ready command OF what Shakespeare cali
"mouth-6llipg xths, " such ~ ware 1aest u
!,.Een.. ~''
The remaining di1a:nltieu Of dscss IN,
appearance we're Is SUCCESSFULLY ovss
cc:re. The General Assembly 0
a. Asss,R aaes,na At nP9S0 5!Psb &;p apr ",a 4
il ssructioas Of their lesds.ess, the eloquent
I elesaul and accomplished Mrs. PEa1agora Bic
}yT1.s, tile Athenlau damts provided them
eeives with fa1es bearde, arcse noisole.sly be
forc dawn. and d.nned,,we duly bluss, t
and shoee. while the legitimate owners 0
tLcse certificates of Athentan registered sui
frage we're Guileleka1y iudu1ging In their m1rE
ine naEe! Arrayesi in all this masculine slory
he ladies' gllded to tho pl,ee Of meeting, OF
sesree to transfer the reins Of gov
eminent to their oRn sex, elected Mrs
Virginia Woodhull-Re beg pardon, we neA
Ars. praxsgota Dlep.Tus to the Preeideac,
aud At once proceeded to declare their p!as
form and entct laws to carry II ont. tn
citizens, Eraiually awakening, had no zt
,icoats and hurry TO the assembly Of III
strange doings Of which = c1usty old hachelc
wss spreading alarming reports, based Q
what he had teen and overheard On fctutnin
| {the dlsEolu'o rreteh) to his home 1t dawn
but they mere soon hnstied ont Of tnc Eoner:
ass-uubly - not cnti.Ied to vote, and the TO-
p%etable Mr. Efephyrua himself gut roundl
Abuaed as An innodest female poking herse
into political assembly, by 1 person
describes - ~ conely youth. but who VI
| no ether thar his own dear consort, tho b.
witcliuE Pf11ogora hosself. ..
The platforms ard reforms are also Elel
prototypes Of supposed modern IDEAS. It
leading features wrro community Of good:
the abolition Of marriage and tho family r
1stiou. al chil,iren to be copridered the chi
/ T. .rf wan {NS1A Al
the halls Of Justice to bs converted into fes
ing raloon. for the great eocisl communit
The men submitted snd received = Eaucr
amnesty; the new regime was to be 1t on
irauguIated ly the biggest kind OF Eta,
taEqnct; and the only nnplca*antnes1 record
aa maYrirg the universal hnr1n ,ny was q
y unreasonable resistance Of > handsome vou1
70 dandy to the gushing affections Of three q
!. ladies. each ughet thaD the other, and ca
u therefore asserting prior right to sot
e marriage to hln-
ID he submit the subject to the favorable CO
II eidezstion OF the women's rights advocate
q rot with an~ Recommendation thai they $40
q eiher tho Athecian platform or tbs mode
n which it gained iss triumph, but merely III
9t the Euegeetion that Is the protectionists q
Is going back to Henry VII for pstron sai.
e. the female cmancipAtionfsta can orettop tht
L by claiming much greater antiquity fos tn
:. leading doctrine, the abstract right Of won
70 to vote.
Church ~. Dl4tlllcry.
= Some ye..s ago, the rich proprietor Of
II tliatiliery IN CAuada Ono m4tter in vhat 2
ID | Of ~ erected 4 church in tho neighborhood
e The distilleEy. to which (ihs church. not
t, So far be was to be psaised- But, unfor
ia | patels. forgetting that "hunility- in An
y dispensahle ingredient IN Ill true religion, !
j. not receollecsEng the divine ptecept ~