The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-14

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vote, and hav offs, and do the same
things tksk1kaa AoSI aIE0H LIaa
1 have thought over the thing in
dustriously, and shoutl h 1kppy to
floor myself and all mi -eaerIys At
yure feet, In emmy caHza hat I t6ouxht
waz for your happiness and final spck.
cess. ,TZk1KtrD doNhHJ1TT 4
1 am in favour oy Eimmin, and
they kan own ND atenur moment bi
asking for me or dr0pPing ne . letter.
L owe them mi existepce, mi fust
nourishment, ana mi rust virtews.
i'll am ever saved it win be the re-
suit ov woman's care and influence, at
a time when want worth saving.
Woman haxs dun Tor mo what no
man could a. would do.
But, Jemima, Eye, ypre gratist
grandmother, comfhitted 3 fnistake,
good deal bigger than the one which
yuare anxious tew commit, but thare IL
remote similarity "a The mistakes.
She wantsd tew kno end hAya hand
in awl that " I going Cd, md stl,e
Devil offered teW teach her, and yu
hav heard what the result waz.1o
Mi advise tew. yu IL teW stay right
where yu are, yu, hay q power now
that nsrer kan be less fyu hold ON TO
il, but If yu spit on yure hands tew
git bettef hDlt yn may la6s yarc gSP
entirely.liss bns rza.s osih s-ssri = is1f'
When yu begin tew vote yti iiav got
tew learn how tew wrxngle, 'tcH Jaw
back, ,tew intrigue, and. bet yure
stamps on the election, and ifyu vote
contrary tew ynre husband thare will
be muss in the family, and if he
voues kontrary tew yu thup win be 4
bigger muse in. the family.
Voting IL Q hae n6gsei&t .p0wer
ennyhow.aiI ia vote amt heye right
it liz wuss thsn NO vote, and Whist as-1
surance hav yu tew ofier that y1 are
going tew vote right? Yu hav more
sensitivcness than the men have, and
consequently more prejudices, Iyu hav
got full az mutch vanity and q heap
more stubborness. ZITZTT
Thare liz more than haff the votes
hove now without judgement or influ-
cnced hi others. sl isfl lids. 9sI - 4
Ifyu git hold ov the ballot box
what reformashupa dew yu propose? I?
/ hav never saw yure platform. =
Yu will vote against whiskee, ] !
hope, and Tobacco, and whiskers, 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 isiquify, but what |
are yu going tn vote for?
Yu will hav tew, vote agin trials hi
jury, and dispoze oy them or else yu
will hav tews sit on jurys, and will
this be yure best style ?-eight men |
and four wimmfr' locked up in jury
room all night together, on bred and
water, with yure husbands peeking |
thru the key holes, tew sec how the |
vcrdik is goisg. I L A AaHka
tax, Ia ans Wy ysi tsE:: 's J., Il Psa ~
are poor, yu will AaY tGwerk yure
tax out on the 1Rd Aongsid0ov sum
rum drinking I'D tobacco chawf,g |
wretch, VIII xill 6RE fcdf hsihs tew4
chaw, and sWafe, few show. biz supc- \
riorite te<sSuETkseIs3s tha sIrssEsa
Yu will hav LAW vSic aaiin4 all ,iois, I
and reserexkshups. 4d {nS pqtr an
an ami irish ish riotsVc c2SI SSn tic ssrpsusst
niggers, " 3WshGSs kew ,'cpai. out
armed with suthihg, 'ifs nothing !
more than Ralfu& forgs. and just ~
like az not lQpze sNre best rNtcrMll
in the muenels list think how sbillf-
'"S Yu NV will hav tex{JngHswl kind
ov housework,s fnr rhow kan. yn run
the United states rhihenta IS tu (
are kept patching pantaloons alE the
time? s!'iw .sfrss< fsuttssts ono I'D tssj
will l.s, I. bs,,sr ss mod. yyo.. q a, q. mo,
more human beings making tnsjts s&p,f
pearance, for who IL going tewsnoar.
ish the babe, swhflc yu'are down te11 Il
the tOwalhau ,tsisin6 tew elekt A.faxs 4
ourite coustA6ley sur6 Ehusband kant 4
aois,,"p;as do it sn9y 5ssx, pa|ss'ys AAE Asns
Suppoze- ynt git -elekted lew con.
gress from yure distrikt, every woman
in the country, who haz got husband
thare, win be on hand tcw watch how
things are a going, and yu will be
accused ov transgreshnus, that never
y
Suppoze va had avote to day, dew
yu enow Of emmy woman on arth, that |
yu would vote for, mean, unmarried
woman, like ynreself iaid,sa1os onsiaH "a
Miss Jensima, Josephine, Jenkins,
the morei 4 grind these things in mi |
mind, The more 1 think yn had better
turn yure attenshun towards harvest +
ing q good husband, and making his
house the envy ov the naberhood, hi
the gentle, and domestic yirtews,
virteWs, which Heaven. haz SO layish.
ly loaned tew yu, rather than attend.
ing caucasses, holding Iinhnin con \
venshuns, Or trayelling athwa the
country, in company with q set of
longhaired, male hybrids, who hav-
en't got emmy reputashun tcw spare,
and who win cheat yu out ov what
yu hay got. ,lisirs-7 esAsi Il .2Hfls',a
Ifyu, or enny other yirtewous, gem
tie woman, wants an ernest defender,
one who beleares that yurc sex holds
the balance ov power now, one who
looks upona q mother .(wh0 ever she
Isl az the queen ov the situation, one
who looks upon o sister az an angel l.
friend. one who looks upon o daugh-
ter az the gift of God, one who looks
upon wife with awi the pathos ov
vcnerashun, il yu want emmy help from
sich pheller, in battling with tho
trials that Heaven haz planted in the
pathway ov womans legitimate
sphear, send for me, / am yurc man.
But hav no ambishun tew sec yu
voter, and j think the hour which
sees yure sex, in this country, voters,
will see the early, and rapid dissolu-
shun ov the only barrier We have, be-
tween the coarse instinkts ov, man,
md the sakred safely ov the domcs.
eck vertews, oy which yu hav been
fhe vcstal keepers. a fTT&IfW +
Pardon me, Miss Jemima, if mi
language in this letter IL strong, it
Gums from strong place, mi heart, If
i didn't mean what say, should hav
BIN az sweet az a courier, j should
hav to-ked about the gorgeous mis-
sion of woman, the exalted career
that might be opened for her i'm walks
yet untrod, and other rhapsodys in
the key bugle style, butt kno the pow
or that womnn bsz,ov me, and ikno
WHARF it lave, Il don't lay in Che ballot
box, it lays in that MYSTERIOUS delika-
sy ov hers, thoze silkcu threads, whoze
power iZ invisible. -r. n,