, 1879-06-28

| md ovcn passca;into unbcltcf.. But, supnosc It
Il true. WHAT II tho n,o!her Of tl,c race lid cat
did not ma tntler Of the raec eat fort'ilicn
frnft, too and did not he fall from hi0l, cs-
tatc, ana should not all men ti!croforo beware
Of pitfalls II they attcmpt 10 lobby. Or 70 leet,
urc, or to hold conventldrs, or to volo atld
"Ect noturotY, md exc out precarEons exist
snee"! Is not this a. good logic IN ono caso as
Il would teko much wiser man Than b. u.
~ one woman 0,0W years ago has to DO with
the political rights or tho rights md actions in
nnT way. Of thc women OF these days. That Is
| anil It does not take tho reading. thinking, IN:
qulrlnE mind long to answer It..
havo no patlcn ncc with oil this twa1dt abos!t
the mother Of the race eating forbidden ir1it.
ard y, therohy making herself, ind a'l women, 10,
all titno, responsible Tor NIL the SIN aid crime OF
tho world. II command wAs eyer given not 10
eat Of tho fruit Of certain tree, It was Rt7cn to
the father, and not to tic mother u the race,
given 70 him before her creation, ntti whatever
she know Of It she received second -lnnl from
him. FFutn the account handed dorm to uA
she broke tho command moro reluctantly than
knowledge and power to follow that shc w9s
prevailed on to cat Of the fruit; willis al
tint was necessary to secure his downfall
srs %' not tod Slff In. @ IL otses her w.1Ded remon
atrated. or objected, or Tint any promises or
pcrsuasona wcto rcsorted to 10 entlcn him.
And then, when he was inquired OF By tho
tried 10 shield himself from punitshmcnt By
thsuwtng the blame on The wo!nnn,-jnst 40 The
Pinxreys OF these dars hro doing. HOY tny
onc can read tho stury OF the Garden OF Eden
tho Ereaser sin, Of sl,owcd the weakest INTELLECT
Is beyond my comprehension; md I am C'nd
TINT the women Of thfa ago are reading this
story for ,icnse!es With - enlightened 1udg.
as Rutdo to their own actton1:
Another wise remark Of .. E. PipgreT is, TINT
women in tl'ess days hold on to the'r maiden
names ke gF,m death" 5 We'll wh7 shon!d 9SI Tx
Were not their names given them BY the'r
parcnss at their baptism, or otherwise,
ind Sis hSys they mot, not H. r(ghnt, n,uo,to 70
ss o sssa aos ft. i {n 9%4 e saue hG a to r eSs q
tbs nntne Of David and take TINT Of Mary.
Then BY wtnt right or logic eau lie insist upon
Mary giving 10 her own name ard taking TINT
Of Davtdl There aru somo women after Mr..
drop .llclr own Christian names and write and
call themselves Mrs. john. Mira. Tom, Dick, and
llarFy..or Mrs. t4en., Mrs. Judge, and Mrs. COL;
but Of ali time. have hold on to their maiden
narnes The women of tho Bible were only
known BY their maiden named; and all Queens,
Processes, EEnprtsscs, all poets wrlters, lcct-
down through ali tin,o, ns vol as OF our day,
have hold ol, to lle!r. maiden natueh, nnd a:o
known bY no other. Just think Of Sarah. uIId
| Deborah, Miriam, Esther, and Anna, n1ld other
women OF the Bib1e bonE calicu Mrs. Abraham,
MIS-. Jeremiah, Mrs. John, Mrs. Nebuchadnez-
| zer and SO on; or OF Victoria beng called Mrs.
Albert md Eugenie Mrs. Napoleon BonapArte.
And why Should Elizabeth CadY Stanton be
called Horny, ar Lucrctia Mott James, or Har-
| rlet Decctcr Stowe Calvtu, lnsteud OF by their
own proper nnuIeH that belong to them, and
! which they individually haYe ma1e famous md
histor,ca!a
Indeed, whr should any woman givo no her
| maiden Datne III fact, elio cAnn1t. There Is
no law or rule requiring or permitting It. a
deed, or mortgage, or other legal document
| would Lc worthless should wunau siEn her
And where womcn arc voters. ~ they now aro
| In sonlo States, thuy could not register ID any
| other tl,uu their ow1 n1a1dcn names.
Then why all this ado by D. H.. Plagsey over
such matter, ps though the women who "hotd
| on to their tnuidon uatncs" had committed
| some great otFenso against aocicty AId thelroHn
| HomanhooA Verify, tho rlnRreY 10 poorly oil
| for argument ngainsk q ca1sa he would Kill,
whcn hc resorts to such 6tutf NJ tho article un-
der NOTES Is composed u. Were he endowed
with ilaf thu common scnse. ability. aud intel
/ llgenee possessed By the women he writes down,
! his letters might bo untitled to Soma respect
AMI consideration; but, as 1t Is, they Wll lave
10 more elect on seusble minds than tho bark
| Ink Of puppy. Women will continue to Use
| Tie powc,s tho. Rood God has giren tlou,, III
| such tnanner % thcy please, Just tle sa1ne ns
though D. Il. pingrrey bud never followed them
! against pitfalls aud furbdden apples. 4. b.