Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-01

Many Of our contemporaries have noted
the progress of women toward a numer-
ical majority, as shown by the last census
reports. Some Of them exhibit a healthy
perturbation in view OF the probable
overcoming of the masculine population
by the feminine but so far we have means
to determine, the alarm exists chiefly
among the bachelor members of the guild.
The Benedicts seem to contemplate the
probable passing away of the scepter OF
numerical power with tranquility. 1t is
of course not a thing to be lightly passed
over, but as it is in obedience to the law
Of civilization, which cherishes woman
as a little higher han man, as well as on
equality with the angels during the court
ing and honeymoon seasons, we conclude
that there is really no reason for alarm.
In II States woman has a numerical
majority. 1t will now be in order for
alarmists to show that outnumbered man
fares any worse in those States thar else
where. We do not believe that any
showing of that kind can be made. New
England, which has furnished more of
the pioneers of civilization than any
other equal area, is decidedly under pet
ticoat government, only one State having
preserved its masculine supremacy. That
is the State Of Molly Stark, who did not
put on weeds after the battle of Bennlng-
ton. Thus early did Vermont assert
itself as a masculine State, and it comes
up smiling nearly a century later with a
preponderance of men to the fore.
Whether this accounts for its overwhelm-
ing Republican majority or not we can
not say. but probably not, because Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island, though fairly
~groaning under the yoke which William
the Testy two hundred years ago de-
clared to be easy and salutary, still give
large Republican majorities. On the
other hand, Maine, whose females barely
exceed its males, is so close politically
that victory is nothing to brag of, which
ever party may claim it. The men Of
Maine are stalwart fellows, tall, burly,
and full of muscle. They hold their own
very well, and in case there should be
any danger of oppression in Pennsylvania
owing to the p~reponderance of women, we
can recommend Maine as. very city of
refuge from oppression. Go East young
man, go East !
Were we to take the New England
and middle States as criterions, it would
be easy enough to explain the preponder-
ance of women. Those States have sent
out hosts of young men to make the
wilderness blossom as the rose. And no
doubt the preponderance of women in
those States may be chiefly due to the
departure of the males from their bor-
ders. This depletion is going on year by
year, and the only remedy that suggests
itself to us is the enactment of a law
that every young man shall take a rib as
a condition Of freefootedness. Other
wise, ne exeat. But the last equilibrium
OF which so many have m~ournfully
taken note can only be restored by send
ing our surplus damsels after the Grant
SWANS. How the Carolinas and Louis
ianas came into their present bondage to
women we cannot see, unless it be that
those States have not yet overcome the
fortunes of war, which swept away
thousands of young men. They have
not been robbed by emigration. And
the condition of affairs in those States is
not such as to warrant the averment that
female rule softens and beauties all
within its inAuence