Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1870-12-03
Womaa's Rights.
TFrom tbs Iowa State Register.l

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November IL, 1870.
Dear Register 1t has been SO long
a time since the world was thrown into
convulsons Of delight by my facile pen
that cannot longer refrain from using
It, And YET il would seem a downright
presumption for one of my sex, whose
original and uarefned tastes had caused
her TO seek homestead retreat in the
Northwest, to seize her quill for such u
purpose. Indeed, it could not result
otherwise than disastrously to your pa.
per for such an one 10 gain admission
to your columns, but for the dazzlins
scintlllatious of wit and bumor, ever
streaming from the starry host>of con
tribators il has been the rare fortune of
the Register to enlist in its cause. Bu'
then, you know, the splendoI aud mag
nificence of the Heavens comes no,
alone from the major stars, but from
the twinkle, twinkle little stars u.
we'll | do not aspire to do more than
" twinkle. Oh, no /; to @in-til-late is
aut of my range. Indeed. | never did
keep late hours, which. doubtless ac
counts for my ability to take home,
stead !"
~ B-Heads of families, individual,
over twenty>"ne years of age Grrespec
tive of race, cnor or sex. and others nn
account of military considerations, are
permitted to enjoy this brnihcent rishI
For one and the same reason | am uot
the head OF family, nor the happy
pnssessor of military record. but am
varied by my faithful mirror, and the
record in the old tsni'y Bible, that |
am--that | am--,am, yes, dare say lt.
twenty one years Ut age, az the homestead
law requires. Aud as you. my brave
editor, may be assured, by this remark.
able exhibition ot genuine courage on
my part, iu daring To utter the truth uD
50 delicate a point. would have manu>
featured for myself such "a record, bu,
tor. the conttm ptible social theories thai
ruled my sex out of every otter than
!. Aunt kczziah's umbersall aud pep
per-box brigade and the very same
that now crowd her out of the racks u
the politico-social ranks by keeping her
away from the ballot boa Bat enough
just now on the subject of woman :
rights. | have said that enjoy the
hsppy privilege oi being homesteader;
allow me to ampliiy this point little
1t is not everywhere known by u
certain class. who, of all others ought To
know it, that the "deiencelcss and uu
protected butt of all jokes. yelept an
= old maid, ! is entitled 10 the benefit of
the Homestead act of 1862 That she
can take. occupy and improve, u she
wiH, the same number Of broad acres
that the pantaloon lords of creation are
won't to rule over. (See Lester on
Lands, vol 2, p 277); and that there
are SO many thousands Of such persons
skinning out al existence from hand TO
mouth, on paltry salaries of from one to
three dollars per week, craved aud had
ut the hands oil the aforesaid pontaloon
trioe, is enough to cause one of that
unfortunate class, to grasp her quill.
and demand to he hear |, even through
the newspapers--suficieRt to impel her
to turn proclaimer, end say to her sis
ters, there are thousands of acres OF
land in the most fertile portions OF
Iowa. sending forth invitation after in
vi alton, on their flower perfnmed
breath, Ito come aud occupy and i'm
prove aye, touch US with the inspiring
hand of industry. and we shall laugh
with golden hafvests for thee" And
why don't you respond by coming
= Oh" you answer, " am woman -
Not So Your trouble is. you lack The
spunk aod grit of true womanhood.
These elements you want, and then you
shall no longer remain dependents, but
will venture TO assume the offensive
against the Ienoruities aud IMPRESSIONS
heapcd upon you. You allow yourselves
to be laughed and snubbed down. by
the narrow, minded simpering snifflers.
who insist that your place is humping
over the sewing machine, or splashlng
in the dish-pan Fie Your place il
where you can make the most mouey
honorably where y.u can evolve the
greatest amount OF practical work de
velop the greatest amount of muscle
and brains Those who would have you
bel,eve that yeur sphere is exclusively
il the delightfully."- odorized atmosphere
OF the kitchen, wash room and nursery
are afraid of just such developments as
these. Depend upon it, they would
play the identical trick on US, that the
South perpetrated on the slave in no,
ed, Q ting him. His education would
have freed him.
/ You twenty five thousand old maid,
in New England! You are invited tc
come and make homes in noril-western
Iowa, where many OF your sisters will
4 hail s,ntar ,..se.ts,.r fh h daE..La "A