New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26
WASHINGTON SKETCHES.
THE HON. A. A. c. ROGERS AND THE WOMEN
CLERKS

CLERKS.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The longvaunted
chyalry Of the South has passed away Those hybrid
knights of the whipas whose accolade should have
been made with its bloody thong have vanished before
that great army Of Northern mudsils- those "shrt-
sleeved Cds" who have undertaken the work Of the nine
teenh century, and mean to see 1t through There are
those who still sigh for the old regime who remember
with hankerng sadness the large and stately ways OF
that save-breedng. women-selng. women-whippng
arstocracy which condescended year TO teach us
behavior while it famed away its Southern fervors
under the piazzas OF Saratoga and Newport They miss
that ideal OF their fancy, the saow faced long
haired, widehatted planter. who talked endless politics,
chewed infinite tobacco and wore the value OF dozen
little negroes his diamond shirtpin They are melan'
choly Ephraims, mourning for departed glory. Their
instructive hero-worship finds idol among the class
who rule to-day. Sumner may be scholar Fish may be
gentleman, Grant may be mighty soldier but they
miss with unuterable yearning the true xxx plana
tion, "manners is this inherent element OF human
consciousness Does the "pasp always orb into the
perfect starr Did Shem, Ham, and Japhet, as they
hobnobbed the vintage OF Il. c. 2ois, lament for
those good old days" before the food and recall the
charms OF that high society when the daughters Of men
were so fair and there were giants in the lands
There pleasant fable In monarchca countries that
the King dies and perhaps organized institution
becomes thoroughly defunct that IL cannot at
least a sembance OF vitality lie roi est mort rire e roll
hood Let the faithful off their sackcloh and ashes,
and wipe their eyes for tho welcome spectacle Of fresh
tournament In the House Of Representatives. on the
1Hh OF March, 1870, appears new Bayard who is doubt
less rcprOcho and most certainly sans peT since he
PUSHES with such gallant and reckless audacity to tho
Of the ngsuferng poorly paid -used, down
trodden male sex. His first tilt is against the formidable
army, ntrenched in patronage, Of women departmental
clerks who. under the insidous fiction Of equal excel
lence and smaller pay, permitted TO do the
work BE it enacted" asks
this heroic legislator, that all acts parts
Of acts authorizing the employment Of females
clerks in any Of the Executive Departments OF
the Government at Washington be and the same are
hereby repealed, ana the places now hlled ny such
female clerks shall be filed by the appointment OF males
the wants OF the service may require" Arkansas has
the honor Of sending forth tins champion Of the rights OF
His never-tO beforgoten maine is Rogers! Pass 10
winds! print it. newspapers! Hear II, wronged aud
patient toicrs who tasking Your masculine energies
while at least 800 sitting IT ease IN the com
Portable Offices OF the Departments AT Washington writ
ing and keeping accounts. Pass Il along badgercd and
bothered male persuasion Caudled at home invaded in
your avocations 10 the sacred precincts OF Wast
threatened at the polls, and IN constant terror OF ANA
zonian anarchy, take hope and trust IN Rogers!
Our od chiyaay W.PPca women our ne" GnV airy
eptome Of worldly wisdom. the elder Weller Pzen your
self. samvel my boy hansings Nuiran cat-9,nile-
very well for the snl1ugatlou OF black Women but
for white " it's vulgar" let them Stare. Make
way there, pampercd clerks; make way for the
long bearded broad shoudercd, strong listed fellows who
are standing in the cold. Pass widows and or
pnans OF soldiers Find yOu garrett where yOu
"priCk away dishOnOr or death with the point or
needlc;" open bOardln hOuse, where there Is board
ing house in every block; put your name ~ the end OF
list of "a hundred applicants for place as teacher; and
If these fail. Try the wastuO you are dccately bred
revolt at mental employ remember that the old
ClvalTy often lis daughters To the block, aud
the only turns you back To yOur appropriate
sphere" II, God help you, you can lind that out.
The distinguished member from Arkansas may have,
beside the noble arOr for the rights OF what Sarey
Camp would call his Sect" cOmmendaDle fear OF
unworthy influence aud improper selection IN the APP
pontuleHt OF clerks, The officers and employees
Of the Government have always been chosen with such
scrupulous regard to morals They shine with such im
naculae OF integrity that the vrtuOus Rogers
might well be alarmed If any Of the family
doubtful character should darken that long roll of
honor His action probably hastcned by an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Trumbuil equalzing the sal
aries OF mate and female Government clerks. Whatever
were his motives he has become the leader OF crusade
Perhaps he is descendant Of John Rogers, the Smith
field niartyr-wiOse small children were 40 indefinitely
countedand. like his ancestor IL ready to be scorched
before the burning eyes of thousands OF working women
IN defense Of the divine right of nentO make money!
Photograph him. Brady, with your long gallery of celeb
rites print under the brave head of this QuiX
ote the Rogers! Learn II. women, wherever you
work for bead-in the factory, In the shop, in the
kitchen. Prick IL into the patterns that you wear, or
stitch, that you may never forget the man wo
lust as old barriers Of caste. and color and
about fall rushed the front with the knighty bat
tle-cry OF " Fidt jitStttia, radf tcDita :"