The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-09-29
THE PR ESS.
Thursday Morning, S. ptembsr 20, 1870
Two Wsmen Justices of The I'eate """
More Horrors Coming.

More Horrors Coming
The "heathen Chinee" question Is uhques-
tionably important. "John" demands lmme-
date attention. and he receives it from our |
able felow-citzen, Mr.. Kimball, and other |
prominent men in different parts of the coun-
try, who make speeches at him, and from the |
roughs in many OF our cities who punch his
head, coufiscate his gold, twist his oriental
nose, put his almond-shaped eyes in mourn
ing, and destroy the last vestige of his selfre-
ssect by invading the sanctity of his pis-tail
and cutting it off, But the advent of "John"
in this State is calamity which we only an
ticipate at present. There is another far
more appalling evil which has already obtain
ed focthold, through the malfeasance of the
Governor and Council. 1t was bad enough
last Spring to hear OF SO many towns where
such decentralization existed that women were
elected members Of the school committee.
The town of Monson, away up in the woods,
near Moosebead, begun it, if we are not mis-
taken, by electing scholarly young lady,
Miss Bailey, to that position. Then other
pieces followed-even the Democrats of one
town running a lady known as CDR. John" for
Superintendent of Schools. But look at this,
citizens of Maine. look at this, and see what
a gulf is yawning at your feet:
STATE OF MAINE.
'To all schom these presents shall come,
GREETING:
ssKNow YE, That we. coniiding in the ability, dis
erection, and integrity OF Iaez A. blanchard, OF Port
land, Esquire, &C..
All this under the great seal of the State,
signed by the Governor and attested by the
Secretary of State. But enough, enough!
Send for DR.. Todd send for Rev. DR.. Fulton!
Send for DR.. Holland! John Knox in the
time of Queen Mary wrote pamphlet emit
tied "The First Blast of the Trumpet against
the Monstrous Regimen of Women" and he
might come to the rescue, but rest his soul, he
is dead. However, something must be done
at once to stop the progress of this unnatural
and criminal heresy, or we shall all be MUIR
dered in our beds. Already the Kennebec
Journal, inspired no DOUBT by the pernicious
example of our State authorities, has the
hardihood to print this paragraph:
Mr. James L. Stoddard of Gardiner, is a
candidate for the office of Register OF Deeds
for this county. AE effort iaf also making
for the appointment Of Miss Fannie Morse of
this city, ,oh0 has for some time SO faithfully
performed the clerical tabors Of the office.
Alas, poor Stoddard! The same Governor
that has commissioned Miss Ladd and Miss
Blanchard has shown by those acls that he
has "a heart regardless Of social duty and IA
tally bent on mischief" ian enthusiastic
phrase found in The old law books, and mean
ing squire cussedness") and we would not
give fig for your chances.
Esquire" indeed! And Register of Deeds
Not that the ladies in question are at all OBJ
jectionab!e personally. Miss Ladd has been
Gen. Boynton's right hand woman in the Au-
gusta Pension Agency for long time, and
Mss Blanchard is of great service at the
Agency here, besides being one of the most
brilliant scholars that has graduated at the
Portland High School for long time. Who
ever has visited the Register of Deeds office
at Augustaon business knows how efficient
Miss Morse is. But women ale VIGOROUSLY
dangerous, especially when entrusted with
power. Remember "Bloody Mary" and Cath
crime Medici and Lucretia Borgia; think of
Faustina and Clytemnaestra; look at Spartan
Helen, and see how she acted; think what a
pickle Mother Eve got us into; do not forget
JezabeI and Saphira and Mrs. Surratt and
that English woman who was sentenced to
be hung the other day for killing forty babies.
The ancients understood women as
well as the Saturday Reciew does in
modern times. Malta bona temi-
nj esi, says Cicero-"There is no good VIC
mln." Vdriuml ct mautabEe semper femiro.
says Virgil-"Women are mighty uncertain, !"
translated freely. Being in good Latin these
sentiments are not to be questioned, it being
conceded that all Latin is true
1t is sad to think how rapidly the character
OF the ladies we mentioned in the first part of
this article will DECORATE, now that they have
entered public life. 1t is well known by the
readers of Messrs. Todd, Fulton and Holland
that any participation in public affairs unfail-
ingly developes in woman spirit quite an
tagonistic to the usual sweet and delicate
characteristics Of her sex. A tendency to
smoke, chew tobacco and drink whiskey will
shortly be noticed. A vulgar and masculine
"iSfo''eioh w 5"UAACi iAtOiiudbiOu duu uudlly
to seize the ballot, that palladium of mans
safety, will come in due time.
1t is fortunate that few years ago justices
of the peace were stripped of their judicial au-
thority, and that now their powers are very
limited. They can, however, administer oaths,
officiate at marriages, take dispositions and
afiidavits and the acknowledgment of deeds.
Our woman justices can marry and swear"
as wag has already said, but men are not
yet liable to be arraigned before a public pet
ticoat tribunal, though no doubt some domes-
tic courts of that kind have for many years
been invested with extensive criminal iuris-
diction. Justices who take the acknowledge
ment of deeds are often called upon to write
them. If our women justices do this we
must expect that instead of beginning in the
traditional way, "Know all men by these
presents" they will use what has been held
the exact equivalent of that phrase-"Know
one woman by these presents" The perform
ance of the duties of a justice will naturally
lead the young women of the State to the
study of law,and in few years the old rhyme
will again be in vogue among law studens:
"Fee simple and simble tee,
And all tue fees entail,
Are nothing when compared, with thee
Thou best OF fees-femaIe!"
Send for DR.. Todd