The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-04-13


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SrELLA-"T nm somewhat inclined
to the woman rights mnycment
but have not yet fully decided, ne /
am not certain what rights they
Will you be 50 hind as to
give me and your readers, generally,
their PLATFORM" We take very
great pleasure in giving the Informal
ton desired. The "platform of
the Woman's Rights party is, in snb>
stance, this: "That woman is en-
to all rights, privileges and i'm
munities claimed or possessed by
man." OF course, the right of suf-
is the main "plank in their
platform, and this they claim is al
ready vested in them by the four.
.eenth and fifteenth amendments to
he constitution. We are sorry that
Stella is inclined to favor this move
nent--not that we would deny to
woman any right or privilege in the
World that could possibly add<o her
pleasure or happiness, but because we
eel we'll assured that she already
WINS and exercises every such right,
nd that the granting to her the
.ther "rights" asked by these
strong-minded" fair ones, would
My bring trouble and vexation Of
pirit. OF course, if woman is vest
d with all the rights of man, she
axes those rights with all the Incl
ents which alta oh to them. One of
hese "incidents 3" is the necessity of
itting as jurors. Now, let us see
What an extremely awkward posi-.
ion a man might be placed in when
fomen arc made jurymen. Perhaps
'ur lady friends are not aware of the
act that in an important criminal
.ase--murder, for instance-the jury
re not allowed to dispense an d go
heir homes until they find their YER
unless they find it impossible
o agree upon one. They are placed
n charge of an officer and kept to-
and no one allowed to DE
'e with them during the
inc, even though it be "a week.
suppose eleven of the jury
hould be ladies', and the twelfth
difident old bachelor, afraid even
f one woman, and the jury should
all for one whole week to agree on
verdict, as they in all probability
Tould, what in the name of humani-
Y would be the fate of that poor
if6dent man? Wouldn't he be a
orpse or a candidate for the %lunatic
But let us suppose that
Of these eleven jurors was mar
led, and each had left at home a
responsibility" about eight
II twelve months old, what would
the fate Of the poor eleven hus-
lands who would have the awful
ask of administering to them "sooth-
ng syrups," "catnip teas" and
spanks' during a whole week.
rhe very idea presents so horrid a
that we dare not contem-
,late it. Seriously, we h%ope-earn-
silly %hope--tnat this new ism" will
lot find many votaries in our loved
Southland. That it is gaining ground
n the North, there Is no doubt, and
t is even possible that at no distant
period women will be entrusted with
he right to vote and hold office.
For woman's sake, we pray Heaven
avert SO dire a calamity. ~
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Bad luck is simply a mar with his
hands in his pocket, looking on to
see how it will come out. Good luck
is a man of pluck, with his sleeves