Middletown transcript., 1871-12-09
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heard much Of late about wpmans place and wo-
mau's sphere, but We often wonder II the women
Of the North, and especially New England have
any particular place. The people Of tina, section
with a peculiar nature, II she has any par
ticuiAr nature, which they think doubtful. |
The slehrmss " the middle ages were much ex- |
crriscd to discover universal solvent for mat |
ter II never occurred TO thcm that II they should |
discover II they would not know how to keep |, |
quiet for use Dissolving everything, no vessel
could contain IL. u would be u universal gnaw-
cr-thc very plaRne Of philosophers life. Now,
the aehcmisi Of tho present age are working In
the moral instead Of the material order. They
are trying 10 find In the human mind universal
solvent for all the social, moral aud political
problems of the times, and some Of them were
sure they had found II in the principle OF "cqnal
rights" They first tried II on tho negro hut af-
ter sewing him the solvent would not stop soly-
ing Il Dissolved rights as well as wropgs-things
evident ns well as riddles. II rlghicd the negro
by wronging everybody else. II solved the qucs-
ton Of enforced labor, but II dissolved society
II was caught In the Constitution and II dissov-
ed that, and we have been Obliged 10 wire to-
gctcr the dlsin,cgraied family heirloom with
fifteen mendings. which all wan, already To he
amended. Then the solvent fell down upon the
coupen saicd labor question: and il Is eating like
| corrosive acid into all the economical arrange
mcuis Of the country. Labor and capital, cn-
all nj war. Everybody. every machine, has
broke loose, aud all are chasing h,ir rights IN
| mnzc Of inrxiricable confusion. The owner OF n
| coal mine Is in hard chase to find his right oil
ownership, smoiherei up under grimy pilc Of
| rights to workship. The hands are determined
no, TO work unless their rights shalt he recoe-
/ nixca 10 own the owner. Mill hands are all agog
10 have a third Of the day made full day OF Ia
bor Tim, is their right, and they will have y
against all sense finance and astronomy. Then
there Is the right OF the Government 10 protect
indicators In the South, and coal, iron, &c. in
the North. Never was there heard such n ain
about right and such an uproar about wrongs.
In the midst of all this din aud uproar comes the
shrill sound Of the female pipe. shrickiag on, wo-
mans wrongs. and demanding, too, 10 he put 10
rights As long rs woman stood last the nnu-
mcrablc little family clasps would hold the social
fabric together But woman will lie solved too.
She says she Is u problem too, and her position
IL VERY prohIcmatiral She is going to lc rgkisf.
as well as negroes coal miners, carpe-baggers,
iron, coal aai everything else.
These Northern craek-hrains are trying 10 SOW
the seed OF discomfort NIL over the land. On
Monday evening last iwn OF these Growing hens,
from Massachusetts,, held public meeting in the
Hall is this town, TO advance the cause OF wo-
man suffrage The meeting was attended by
about sixty or seventy ladies aud gentlemen who
We rau hardly hclicYr attended for auv other
purpose than 10 CRAFTY their curiosity. The first
speaker Was Il M Campbell, who preached n
bau, the innumernlile Wrongs aud expressions oi
woman The next was Mr.. lucv Stone. who
delivered long dissertation on babies, the righ,
of women to have much control Of them MS
, men &c The latter was Intended to hc the htil-
liant star OF the occasion hut her address was
not half sensible as he, she, or iis-wc don
know which-cocaugnc WAS not in the least
chastc. and in some instances bordering upon the
vulgar When she was married To Mr.. Black.
! 4. r.. .I l,su
bands name. contending that there was more
necessity for her 10 change her name than for hei
, husband to change hs--a sort of frec.ioyc doe
rinc which, wher womaus rights cs,nh
lishei, she will probably advocate She is aisc
a spriinnlisi, We judge, from The fnct thnt 50,
leeinrei in Spirlualisi Hall. in Wilmington OF
, SUNDAY last This i ;he sur, Of women - wht
are advocating woman suffrage aud not being
, satisfied with degrading Themselves, wish TO draw
ladies down in their own level. Ms Stone sttl
that II has hecn argued against woman suffrage
ihn, women will become masculine, u she Is
sample af these sirane-inuiea, We should ihina
, So She has mol sfjegsi that rsghi tct hut il
nhoui masculine looking weman as We eve
, saw and II such ia the resnl, from merely :iiihk
ing Of the snhjeei II she should enjoy The righ
J She would. taking the Dnrwininn theory, y
on past man and culmina,e in the lonr-armet
ape.
Woman suffrage has been tried in Wyoming
a few DAYS ago. She practical workings OF
wrought lis destruction. Three or four wolae
locked mp all NIGHT with eight or nine men on u
ry with sqnawkina hahies al home hesides the nia
y ny other incon ycnicnces and evils attendant upo
;. its practical workings, was more than The Ieorl
could siana Woman suffrage ouee established
In VERY few Years would work its own enri
= and We don, believe thai one lady In i've hHl
y drei in this srrtinn of the country wuul
l. exercise the privilege il granted. There M
>, rights women should lave such rgh,
control her property, 10 make n will, and IL
,r like which in time believe they will gc
I,n, ihc riph, of suffrage ,hes do not want,
u least in tins section, and IL Is not worth VIII
,e for growing hens to waste their time In preacl
/, ing II 10 them.
:, The new Opera House in the Masonic tempt
~ will no doubt he completed far 10 bs open,
n on Christmas, as proposed hy Mr. Ford of Bali
more, who has leased |, and intends to open il {
I, that eseniRa with a company Of competent pc
= formers The house l. now heiGss frescocd ar
seated very rapidly, mud In the of anoih
TO week or ten DAYS the uphos,ers and pninic
n will be aciiye, engaged In giving u the fin
: touches As the house Is now thoroughly warm,
re by steam from hoilcr which hss been put u
a. der the pavcmcn, on King street, the cold we.,
er does not impede the work much Ms e
be pcc,ed, and any doubts To lis completion
"a The time nnined. have passed awny. The Hon
'e will be one of the handsomcst In the Unit
hit States D.tamare Gazette.
3. THE RaiLnoap.-J. K. Hines, Esq. having
a. signed the Supcrin,endeuey of the Kent Coun
Railroad In consequence of III health. Mr. Je
or nings Owens. of Queen Anne's, and Supcrintc
dcai of tia, road, has been appointed Superi
tendcnt OF the Kent County Road. The ro
will reach chcsieriown by Tuesday next, bn,
has TO be ballas,ed and finished before nsii
- which may require upwards OF two weeks. 7
q, contractor, Mr.. Jackson, we ARE assured "
70. give us n good, substantial road, well made
lr- IN fine ordcr.-Ksm Nems, of tAe I'd.
lite Corar-Sicphen II cos,cn, found guilty
h this term for the manslanghter Of Charles
!. Woolsy, was brought in and received his 5,
il ience, which was Fine Of $4,000 and costs, |
-, prisonncnt for five years, commencing Decent
y I'd, 1871, ending December, LIST 1878.
ls Alfred Boycc, colorcd, found guilty at Il
!, term Of murder In second degree, Of John y
" whenny, was sentenced as follows Pine $40
he and costs, stand In pillory one hour, receive
!, lashcs, and be imprisoned for life.