Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1872-09-28
LET US REJOICE

IN the persons of Miss Rhebe Couzins,
Of St. Louis, and the intellectual daugh-
ter OF Judge Snow of this city. The
Tribune has from its birth been foremost
in maintaining the woman's cause, and |
advocates both the policy and the right |
of making her power in society. She
share with him all the privileges Of the
citizen, not only in the representation
but in the government, and in every pro-
fession and sphere of life to which she
may find herself adapted. We can there
fore cordially rejoice with those who do
rejoice over the admission of these two
ladies to the bar of Utah, and that too,
not in hypocrisy nor for effect, but be-
cause it is at once in harmony with the
advancement of the race, and now with
the platform and future action of the
great Republican party.-[Salt Lake
Tribune.
We fail to see in what sense the admis-
sion of women to the bar is an "auspi-
cious event" unless it be suspicious of
the destruction of the social fabric and
the consequent degradation of woman
ultimately. We maintain, and it cannot
be successfully contradicted, that God
made man and woman to occupy differ
ent spheres. They differ physically and
mentally, yet each is necessary not only
for the happiness and well-being of the
other, but for the perpetuation of the
human family. 1t will hardly be denied
by the special advocates Of what is called
woman's rights that the highest, no.
blest and most exalted sphere of woman
is that OF maternity. If woman is to
pass through life in state of celbacy,
she might with propriety be admitted to
the bar, to the ballot box, and to all the
occupations. But she was intended by
the Creator to counsel and guide man in
the path of virtue, to solace him in the
hour of trial, to be his comfort and sup
port in sorrow and sickness and to be the
mother of his children. Nature has en-
dowed almost every female with desire
to take upon herself the duties Of mater
nifty. Indeed, woman cannot be said
to have reached her highest sphere until
she, becomes mother, and in that
sphere do her many virtues shine with
the greatest lustre. Now, we submit
that no mother can do justice to hel
children and at the same time perform
the duties Of a lawyer. Imagine Mrs
Fitznoodle as counsel for the prosecution
in murder case, where the shocking de-
tails of the tragedy are described with
such minuteness that strong men ever
are filled with horror. Then comes the
torture of an overruling Judge, whose
decisions upon points of law are not un
frequently very irritating to counselor
then the badgering of some stupid or ret
icent witness in order to worm the trutl
out of him, the long and elaborate argu
ment to the jury, and then, we ask, il
what condition would this mother be
to the wants of tender babe? And i
by chance the jury should agree upon
verdict during the hours of the nigh
when most people are supposed to b
slumbering sweetly, the acme of woman
rights would be reached when thi
mother was called from her bed to leav
her little one and proceed to the Coul
House to hear the verdict read,
So much for women as lawyers. The
what of woman suffrage? In our estima
ton no wilder scheme ever filled tn
brain OF an enthusiast; no greater pc
litical and social monstrosity could orig
mate outside the realms of His Satani
Majesty. The admission of woman
the ballot would tend to create jealousie
where none now exist between men an
women occupying the same social pos
ton, and destroy one of the creates
blessings vouchsafed to man-woman'
friendship, disconnected from any matr
monial thoughts. The friendship Of We
man to man excels all other friendship
there is no friend like the woman friend
she ever counsels man to prudence, Sc
briefly, honor and virtue, and actuate
by none of the petty jealousies whic
men entertain towards each other, alway
takes pride and pleasure in her ma
friends advancement to higher and mol
honorable stations.
As jurors or judges women woul
prove failures. The impulsiveness {
their nature, their warmth of heart, til
mercy with which they regard the sir
and errors of others, unfit them to graz
pie with the cold, calculating realities {
law which may consign a fellow-bein
to death or Imprisonment.
With an exalted estimate of woman
noble attributes, q high admiration q,
her many virtues, and the sacred memo
ry of MOTHER long since numbere
among the dead, we protest against tn
new-fangled nonsense about making We
man mans equal, when she is now, an
ever should be, mans superior in ever
attribute where truth, virtue and homo
prevail.