Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-01-11
The Woman Question.
From the st. Louis Democrat.

/ coverv which we think, rightly inter
preted. may he of great help III leading
to an understanding of the phenomena
at the Foundation OF the so-called-b1t
-called-woman' rights movement.
which has been the social and political
sensation of this and other countries
for few years. careful study Of the
7 nature, history and habits Of that fam
ilv of the crustacea known as the craw-
fish affords indisputable proof Of what
the philosophers call the dlmorphous
tendency. The dimorphous tendency
NAV be explained as the disposition
toward sexual encrOachmCnt--a desire
on the part of the male to assume the
form. manifestations aud functions #
/ the female, and of the female TO APP
pruach as near rs nature Viii allow her,
/ the properties and offices Of the male.
/ If this be true, it rohs the STATIONS,
Woodhuls and Illtuns of our human
/ race of all claim to originality, and rel
4 epates them to the order Of copyists,
which is at the bast poor one, 1t
would seem thatnot only are there now
I but there have been from the earliest
period in animate nature, crustaceau
triltous with long hair and crus-
tucean Woodhuls with short
hair, weak minded male crawtish and
strong minded female crawtish.
Whether they betook themselves to the
rostrum. and published Il 4 Gotden
Igc and q RcrOiUtioa, IS q fact III the
internal economy of this interesting
subdivision of the animal kingdom
which has not yet been revealed.
We have not the least doubt that the
philosopher of Il hundred years hence
will attribute the attemptO OF the present
day in the direction Of a disturbance
of the social and domestic relations to
dimorphism on the part Of the leaders
and champions of the movement; that
lie will say that ON or about the year
1865. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Miss Susan g. Anthony and Mrs. VIC
toria Woodruff, hrylng given the mat
ter serious consideration, resolved in
their own minds that g change OF sex
would benefit theirconditiun and that
Mr. Theodore llton, Mr. Stephen L.
Andrews, and few others OF prt sump-
tive mascnlinity, determined about the
same time that lie, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness would be most
attaiuable to them in the female organ
ISM Hence the differentiation ot the
Disconnected Of the two scXes-each
meeting each on the plan of mutual
grumble, and regretting, apparently,
that they could not effect for them
selves that physical transformation
which they SO earnestly desired, 1t
was condition of mutual envy which
yearned Tor barter OF the functional
relations.
Physical dimorphiem being impossi-
bic except rs an aspiration, the move
ment resolved itself into its intellect
nal counterpart, and in that respect has
developed into its present proportions
The intellectual attributes of the race
rs To the sex are more susceptible Of
of change and modification than the
physical: aud it is perhaps consola-
ton 70 know if the weak-minded man
may not experience the penis and joys
Of maternity, he may at least clothe his
thoughts IN pettlcuats and utter them
with an cpiaiue whine; and If the
stroug minded woman is denied the or
uuueniatiou ot a beard and the best
adaptation for pautalupns, she can con-
lure up ideas and hurl them down the
aisle Of dj>tJut ages from the platform
and the rosrUm.
As with all "resorms 50 with
this The original ruiSoU dctrc is not
strictly adhered To and converts, act
uated 10y widely different motives, Cock
IN 30 swell the number OF adherents.
Thus it is that the "woman'S rights
movement Of to-day is sort OF an
ASYLUM for the discontinued of both
sexes. iusp5rtl 10y that well known
principle Of human nature when makes
MISERY o lover ot company The wo-
man who has been unfortunate IN heI
selection OF "A husband, and the man
who has been unfortunate in tine Selec.
ton Of a wife, the involuntary virgin OF
forty and the reluctant bachelor OF fifty
ARE nh there ~ lWu i'm chorus III lam
eutatiuu at the folly Of Proyid
ence, and an equally loud lau
datiun Of their own wisdom, ant
u tell the world that its nineteen
centuries of Christian history are but
nineteen centuries ot mistake. Ii tact
were coeNteusIve with assertion, they
would long since have made ont CON
yiucjug ease, and i the except ,oual ie
+ male scold were at the same time .
social philosopher the world wouldlong
. since have been COW g;al But "a
3 neither oi these contingencies exist
in spite oi short.hairel ladies'. maidel
D and otherwise, "a vast majority ot TIN
women III Amorica-wlve> iq cSsJ an,
e wives ia r0SSg-sgll believe in the has
, band as a domestic institution Of grea
, value; AMI in spite ui tae louE-hajrs,
ln1,Ann i N4st nl.t.-.ttN II ~ ~.