Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-01-26

Tnn WoxES's PRr1yroS The petition
cfa thousand women. among them Mrs.
Sherrzan, the wife Of the General. which
was presented 10 Congress. was IS fol-
lows:
We, the undersigned. do hereby appeal
10 yonr honorable body. and desire re-
specsfully 10 enter our protest against an
extension Ut suffrage 10 women, and in the
firm belief that our petition represents the
sober convictions Of the majority Of the
women Of the country.
Although we shrink from the no.orie.y
of the public ere. yet we are too deeply
and painfully impressed BY the grave pc
rils which threaten our peace and happi-
ness in these proposed changes in our CIV
il and political rights longer to remain ST.
lent
Because Holy Scripture inculeatcs a
diiferen, aud for Us a higher sphere apart
from public life;
Because, as women. We end full meas.
ure Of duties. cares and responsibilities
devolying upon us, and We are therefore
unwilling to bear other and heavier bur-
dens. aud those unsuited to our physical
organization
Because we hold that an extension of
suffrage would be adverse to the interests
of the working womca ofthe country, with
whom we heartily sympathixe;
Because these changes must introduce
a fruitful elcmcn: Of discord in the exist
ing marriage relation which would tend
to the infinite detriment Of children and
increase the already alarming prevalence
Of divorce throughout the land
Because no general law affecting the
condition of all women should be framed
to meet exceptional discomfort.
For these. and many more reasons, do
we beg Of your wisdom that no law ex-
tending suffrage to women may be passed
rs the passage of such 4 law would be
fraught with danger so grave to the gen.
eral order Of the country.
ANECDOTES OF THE WASHINGTON BAR.
Stories are told in funny parts Of peri
ojicals Of the wit of the bar. The Wash
ingtcn bar is not whit behind that of 9TH
er cities in sprightly repartee or epsrams.
One of the wi;ticst of the lawyers, who
practices in the Uuitcd States Supreme
Court, is Mr.. James Carlisle. a resident
OF that city. On recent occasion, when
an importation case was before the court
involving the celebrated Widow Gle
quot" brand of champagne. lawyer nam
cd Eaton was counsel for the widow =
To speak plainly, the gentleman prosel
and the bar and the associate justices grew
weary. Mr.. Carlisle took up a pen and
| wrote:
q The Widow Clicquot, oh. no! oh, hol
The Widow Clicquot, oh, no 1!
We're all of us thinking.
First rate is your drinking.
But really your Fatons so So so so;
But really your Eaion's so so.''
An anec1ote is told of Chief Justice
Marshall. esincing his ready humor The
old gentleman. like Miles Standish, was
very fond always cf doing everything for
himself, and objected strongly to any as
sis'ancc being rendered him. One day.
wishing to consult some work Of reference.
he entered the law library and proceeded
to mount the steps and draw out book
from an upper shelf. The books being
| tightly packed together refused to leave
one without the other, and the Chief JUS
ticc, not noticing this, in Withdrawing the
one he wished, disloged the entire row,
which came down upon him. telling him
to the floor. The librarian instantly ran
to the rescue, inquiring # the venerable
gentleman was hurt. and offering him as
sistance in rising, Let me alone" said
the Chief Justice; ''let me alone. I'm n
little stunned. for the moment; that's ALL
| haze laid down the law often. but this
is the first time the law has ever laid me
down."
| Mr. CARLYLE nS NrnsE-M.KIyc