The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-25
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free from coarscness. and by cnltivat'ng
your own feelings into something ap-
preaching refinement. you are becoming
capable Of seeing anything bordering on
...lang'' IN Others. confess that lug
ging ia" wasn't polite expression. bat
IN the attempt {" ''answcr a
fool according Ia his folly.
plunged myself into low figure Of
speech. for which hunbly beg the par.
don of an outraged public. yourself in
clu,led.
You ash me to point ont when aud
where yon have been guilty of vulgar
writing in this .kirmi.h. oh. NV dear.
doa't you wish you could catch me IN That
snare: Excuse me. although have been
like poor dog rray-caught in bad COM
pany, you can't get me ~ write anything
bordering on vllgarity. even rs q quota
ton. A. an answer ~ your question I
simply refer the reading public to your
letter dated Dec. 3Otl, lG..j. which l. all
the proof need. and all shall give.
A. to the little story, my love. iii do
! .sy 20 as hadn't ortcr," am quite tai.
cnted in that way myself. and under ia.
vorablc circumstance. might tell several
true stories to a surprised public. who"
seem To have escaped yonr memory.
And now that your cloqucn"c ha- bccn
worn tircad-bar" in enulmcriting the
catalogue Of my moral deiorinitic-. anu
the people have been fully warned against
the pitfalls aud quicksand- OF my char
actcr. you must feel that your duty ha-
been conscieuiio,l>ly performed: 20. with
your consent. will return To Our origi-
nal theme tho Centennial.
You profess 10 b. ia favor oi woii'ai'
rights. which OF course include female
outrage. profess To BE- and oD,, in favor
OF the sa,uc thing. Gut il ] understand
YOU fully. you contend that such q one
cannot consistently work To assist in our
national celebration. IL you indeed feel
yourself shacklcd. bound by the chain
OF tyrant-. because you have no repre-
sentation a. pet in the law, OF our couu-
try, then it would be inconsistent for vo,i
To engage in such work. But there L.
not particle Of the feeling Of bondage in
my composition. On the contrary. when
| look at the many, many changes TOR the
better In the condition OF woman during
the lasi decade even. feel, in my soul,
that We cannot ling too loudly the song
OF our country glory. We. especially
in Illinois. are peculiarly blessed. Look
at our new State law, giving to woman
equal rights with man. excepting the one
OF suffrage. aud that j. surely coming
too.
The pathways to learning. art and .ci-
ence are offered for woman. too. a. well
rs her brother man, IN our noble conn
| try. shall shc 1T down sullcnly and re-
| fuse TO DE thankful for the glorious priv
llc.cs showcred upon her, because there
is one gin yet withheld: What folly -
what madness to thus debar Ourselyc,
from the first opportunity We have ever
had oi showing III" world what W. a. a
nation Oi women are capable Of doing
Now i, our time 10 proce ourselves mans
equal. by displaying talents aud executive
abilities equally great. II i hot to further
aa,i', but ,eomaa's glory Ina, women
come forward now from all
parts oi our land. hcarin. viii
them the proofs oi their intel.
feet and skill. Lot the woman depart
ment successfully compete with that oI
the men nj Philadelphia, and who shall
tsrS say that women are in any way in
ieriOr: Let il teen with her handi
work, painting, sculpture, invention, lit
erature. carving, everythin!
that woman eau do, even to making TIN
cook book you ,corn 30 much, and let al
these b. systematically and artistically ar
ranged, and il il makes what with perSc
vcrence II ought 10 make great sue
cess, what better argument can yo
hold up TO our yieldin. brothers, thai
=, that haymg proven ourselves capable
We could be relied upon in greater ones
That is the way view the matter an,
feeling 10, there is nothing inconsistcn
about IL, when join our national jubile
heart and hand, as do. for | am sur
e that the only little cloud left upon til
I, woman's horizon in the United States ,
@ American, will yanMish before her il
. creasing intelligence and talent. IA mi.
: vanishes benca III The warm rays OF an
i her sunlight. CENTfNNIIL.
i CAIRO, Jan, oath.