, 1876-09-24

hc funds' and dishonest manipulation ~ -:
sate uust-tunds, mans record for boa - p.''
Is Infinitely worse than wonans
are bo!der thieves, compass and dav;eo uea
colossal robberies, and are morc an :. 11ofe
thieves than women. Women are 49,, ~ os
more trustworthy as holders or euar,;s". ""ss :
other peoples money, and under tho 49,. "
circumstances and an equal degree Of tenn4a '
t'oo are guilty OF less stealing than men ~
was laid down as an axiom by ar S. !"
the ex-United States Treasurer, that il "1
case where the amount Of money pu,,o;ss,
from his Department exceeded 6ya q. ~
dollars, it was not woman who took =
every case where large packages Of ro,.4
were abstracted he invariably found ,h:.
they were taken by the male clerks a;th.'
directly or in connivance with Other ma,s-
outside the Department. The female c,a.l.
appeared to have no disposition, or. il ths.
we're SO disposed, had not the nerve tn 49,
large amounts, consequently in the assor,
ing and packing Offices, where thousands md
millions OF currency or coin are handled tba
preference in employment has been auardos
to women, because they are, as rule ,af..
from temptation than men.
The class Of dishonesty to which tha ar+;.
Gle alluded was that of gift-taking, and tbs
writer dwelt upon that as the peculiar dan.
ger and temptation Of women, Illustrated bv
Mrs. BELKSAPs fall, without making tha d;.
tlnctlon We have drawn Mrs. BnDAp
stole nothing herself, but she accepted piftz
which were only procurable by her influences
IN securing the assignment OF post-trader.
ships. As she did not steal from or openly
rob any one, shesaw no harm in accepting III.
gifts, OR, if it tappeared wrong to her, It VA
an offense easily condoned, since it did M
one injury. This is the point that was npsaa
in the article and also in Mr. H1GG1ssog,s
weu-known '*Boston Woman sketch. name.
", that women do not regard gift-takipe in
the same Light Us men, and do not look upon
it as J. dishonest act. We do not proposa
to go into the metaphysics of morals
to ascertain the causes Of the dis.
tinetion We have pointed out We
have only to record the result Of general
experience the world over, that, whils
woman would regard the downright theft Of
y, 900 as positively odious and wicked, the
'ame woman would look upon it as tridine
'tfenss to accept a gift of $1,000, even
hough its acceptance involved actual dis
honesty and corruption. There is just this
Inference between the sexes in their percer-
ions OF honesty. While We have no doubt
hat the exercise Of the elective franchise
7ould lower woman instead Of elevatinR tho
uHrage, would tend to degrade her and strip
er Of all those qualities which make her life
, sweet and beautiful, and would tend to
opularize and increase the practice Of COZ.
apt gift-making and gift-taing, 1t is none
10 less to be placed to the credit of woman
lat the experience Of the world, at all times
i'd IN all places, shows that, 50 far as tbs
'cAess abstraction of other peoples money
concerned, WOMAN is not as bad as man.
VI accepted the apple as gift from the
rpent- If she had let it alone, ADAM would
we stolen it. The difference between the
st parents is the difference between the
xes ever since.