Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-02-26

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Miss PressieDG, sealsrr si~neu, and
mals teasA senefally-I 80 hees to-day
far the purpose of discnssisg wsman's
rights. rcsassing her wrongs. and euss;ss
/ bslievs tie ssxss were ersstsd pcr-
fseily eqsal. with the :~enas . ,litals more
equal than the man.
I also believe that the world would
tS-d.y Be hsppier IL man had never ex-
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~ = spcssess nan is . failurs. and I
bless nv sssrs that my mother vas 10,
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Inot only maintain these principles.
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I'll was a betting man. I'd bet two
dollars and . half tha. they are. III
The enly decent thing about him. any,
how. was rib. and that went to make
something better. Applause |
And then they throw, into our faces
about Eve taking that apple. - a.,
I'll bet Eve dollars Adam boosted her
in the tree an! only gave her the core.
And what did lie do when he was found
out7 ...r.
True to his masculine instincts, he
sueakcd behind Ewes Grecian bend, AMI
said. '"Twsnt me. twas her. and woman
has had to father everything since. aud
mother it, too. = -.
What we want is the ballot. aud the
ballo. we're bound to have. If We let down
our back hair aud swim in sea Of saugui-
nary gore. Sensation ! F
Bring up your little daughters to love
and caress the ballot. and when they are
old and scrawny they will not depart from
it.
Teach them that man occupies no place
that woman cannot fill, even to . pair Of
pants.
Teach them that without the ballot.
woman is simply 4 cooking aud washing
machine; With it she can rule her little
roost. ..
GIVEN little ballots to play with.
We have plenty Of ballet girls but What
We want is ballot women.
The male creature now sitting on this
platform, whom the law compcls mo to
call husband, says | have 90, ballot on the
brain.
Hesays tl,st I. sleep with ballo. un-
der ms pillow. and dream I'm commander
in-chicf Of large army of ballots. aud am
cleaning ont everything that looks like
male sex, while the plays baud See the
conquering sbero cometh.' '. .ee..
Such remarks prove that man vas Gre
atcd lower than the beasts Of the sea, the
carton of the air. or the rhinocesos upon
the prairics. 20
And what can be expected from this
man Skinner. whose intellect is lower than
tho. common qnahaug. App!ause.
My soul IS filled with poetry aud seuti-
ment, and his vulgar remarksgrstc on nv
ear. and when l hear persons use express
sions that arc no. refasd and genteel. /
want to go through them ike birthstone
and molasses. tIear, hear
I'm astcnished there amt more interest
manifested in this absorbing topic. This
ball ought to be packed from dome to cell
ing. and couple Of hundred climbing up
the lightning rod outside.
A short time ago l addressed m i'm
meDse throng on Boston Common; ut least
thirty-seven persons, including men. aud
women of both sexes. who stood packed
together for at least FIFTEEN minutes hang
ing on my words, tie enthusiasm finally
reaching such pitch that tbey insisted
on burning myefigy to slow music.
We are bound to succeed.
Our speakers don't lack brain or in.
fiucnce, but there's one thing I wish they
did lack. and thai is their desire for hus.
band .s
No matter how rabii a woman may be
on this question, or how much she talks
against the men on the platform. she'n
grab the fust one that offers himself. and
turn right straigh. round. and that's where
we're weak Most women seem to think
that We we're made bu, for one purpose,
and that was to have Mrs. on their tomb
stone -. T .'.s-
They'd b. missed oil their lires, and
when they die. the more they're missed
the better
From the creation Of the world We have
had al! the great men on our side. .s
There's Pharaoh. What did Pharaoh?
Recognizing the fact that woman mus,
inevitably rule. be issued the order to
s,ransle all the male children. IL this
thing hadu't Slipped up 'twould be mo-
ncy in our pocket. Mr.. Pharaoh i.
dead now, aud hadn't fore,houGht enous,
TO leave the business to some good man.
Amepg those who escaped justioe .,
that time was youth called Moses. OF
bulrush fame. and since then esery Moses
has been wsrt on the face Of nature,
including the wresebed object whose
rear name / am encumbercd With -
! TCries Of that's so! and Put him out |"
No yon shall not put him out. Neither
shall be go Of his own accord.
When ve get homeI will show him
wha. one solitary woman can accouplish
for this great cauAe ~i,h her good right
arm. Applause
Herod was also woman's rights man.
lie ordersd all the male cAildrea 10 be
slain. and what swee,er proef could We
haze that Herod's head was lcyel1
Ny dear sisters We can't be oil Hercds.
but se can wear bis tinsype uext osr
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