The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-08-19

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wouhl, urlf severe pntorsiiur
buri huh With asIflIeI uf,. El
nwcr ha.iu b.en known. thcy hly,
.u..u been 90 FIIual Ladic wil
.d.ay iHhi any malignant tis .on
ir i1uuIut unlcr lhc soitor qnlh.
%, chat appear on ihr surface Lul
'irruio iho pngeof history. and rcnd
fhomuorof bloody Mary and Quccu
Elizabeth. They wtp ecutlc cuaugll
until forced hoH wamaL natural
position Into place ol absolute
power then who were moro tyraui.
cal, morccrucll | know Queen Vic
torio i' on example in opposition 10
the above characters; hut Victoria
surrounded her self with wise mon
AMI while -hc rode the ear orcmpirc
they have hold the reius and have
guidol her safe so far.
Now lam about 10 touch tender
point, iorl say cmphatically, ~omca
arc not mentally qualified 10 gowq,
they have not that masculine intel
lect which grasps ot mighty schemes
aud looksalong through weary years
to the accomplishment of m object
to result in either great good or TO
the enlightenment of the human
race. They have not power Of con-
ccntration to hold the mind to one
subject and under every difficulty
until it is mastered. They have not
been endowed with persuasive clo-
quencc which overleaps the barriers
of prejudice and error, and wins the
minds of mon back toa good cause.
They have not that determined will
which will execute what is right un
der the most startling appeals to sym
pathy. In fact, when weighed in
the scale as lawyers, judges and
congressman, "mene, meme, tckcl
upharscn" will be written against
them.
But lay aside the subject of quail
iications and look at the result -
The ladies of America and England
occupy the highest position socially
of any other in the world. Who
elevated them TO this social rank p
Men! What entities them to hold
it7 All those sweet and cnnoblng
graces, those virtues which adorn
the character Of woman most. How
long, under the new regime, would
they preserve these distinctive char
acteristics? am sorry to say not
long. When once they throw them
selves INTO the arena Of political
strife as independent, self-sustaining
law-making women, the spotlcss robe
Of purity will be torn from them,
and il they arc metemorphosed into
something too hileous TO command
tho respect Of mankind, they will
have themselves to blame. When
they so completely unsox themselves,
can they expect thathomage, that
respect, those delicate attentions
from the opposite sex which they
now claim as q right2 No! Man
will turn from them in disgust aud
worship at some other shrine.
1t is saidMat woman, through the
influence Of her virtues, her reiinc>
ment, holds inchcck what is base in
mankind. If this is SO, how dare
she throw oil this responsibility P
Oh ! ladies, when ''you SOW in the
wind, you must reap in the whirl-
wind" No, the truth is, in this
democratic country of ours, they
have too many privileges, and, like
the Chinese ladies, they will have to
be dwarfed into submission. 1t is
said of these ladies that they once
gained much power in the govern
ernment and abused it SO terribly
that wise heads concocted plan to
put an end to it, and an edict was
issued that henceforth the feet of all
female children should be incascd in
iron shoes, SO as to make locomotlon
for the future generations too seri-
GUS a matter to admit of much RAM
bling. If they have waddled on three
inch feet ever since they arc espon-
sible for it.
When / glance over the world
and mark tho shameless immortality
which. Ike the upas tree, is poison
ing the health Of society, turn back
with sigh Of relief to the little gar
den Of Eden where the serpent has
never drawn his slimy length. My
noble townswomcn, can speak for
you--you desire no ether position in
the world than the one given you by
the great Creator in the beginning
to be a help mate to man.
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