Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-11-29
Omnipo,eat Ia Al Lands aud Ages.

The ambitious or discontinued fe-
males--tle motive is really more OF dis
content than nmbition--who give al
legiauce TO the wonmu-sllage move
ment and who advocate equality IN ov-
erythinS, pay their sex an III compli-
ment. They really do themselves and
thoir sisters dishonor, because of the
implied argument that women want
lifting, that they should he granted an
influence which they do not now pos
sess, aud that they should have u finger
IN the pie of power, The fact OF the
matter IL that woman IN already our
supcrior she Is tho divinely ordained
boss; her iniluenCe Is paramount, and
not only has she a finger IN the pie Of
public affairs, or her hand even, hut
she takes the whole bakery, From the
Adamic days down to the present man
lms paid homage to her nicsty, woman,
has been led by the nose IN the grip of
her rosy fingers, has obeyed her behests,
has fallen down nj her nod, aud walked
TO death because she pointed TINT cold
way. This more than royal influence
may not always have been exercised for
the best--there have been shadow aud
shame ~ its attendnnts--b the inilu-
encc has been there, is there still, aud
they who try To bring this -permcating
II untitled power down TO the level of a
codilled reality and Il political fact
should claim kinship with the noioriety-
at-any, price chap who "llred the Ephesian
DOME
There IL no necessity, however, TO
argue any longer in the abstract; tho
proof in uncOntostod fact IL at hand.
Whether II be the changes in tho family
circle, the sensation of u city, tho stir
ring of n national sentiment or the shock
of world in arms, hor Majesty, woman
IL in some way 10 he discovered ~ n
cause. From the Biblical legend of Eve.
with its disastrous transaction IN green
fruit, to the Trojan war. with the strligt-
nozed Helen as the central figure; from
Semiramis to Bucrece; from Sappho 10
Phedre; from Judith to Mary Mugdnlcn;
from Messalina 10 Frodegondc; from
Marguerite de Bourgogne TO Lucretia
Borgla; from Diannn OF Poiliers 10 Mary
Stuart; from Mime. dc Muintenon TO
Catherine of Russia: from the north to
the south; from the Senate TO the hareni
from the cloister 10 the palace: from
the recesses Of the boudort TO the bloody
hustle of the battle-ilell: IN the city or
IN the desert, today or cycles ugo, In civ.
ilization or in barbarlsm--in all things,
nj all times, and IN all places, her ma
jesty, woman, exercises her sway.
History Is really nothing else than
record OF the preponderating influence
OF woman. She NEEDLES in politics aud
we have Aspasia directing Pericles. The
equilibrium of the world is disturbed
and there as the lever aud fllcrum are
Marc Antony and Cleopatra. A country
IL in danger and Joan of Arc and Agnes
Sorel appear and wrest il back from its
enemies. The era of the Renaissance
and of reform arrives and N IN due to
Margaret Of Navarro. The great rcviv
ais of literature are those foStercd by
Elizabeth, Anne, and the Pompadour.
We are only rs yet making our his
tory, but woman has already her niche
IN the rising pantheon. The mother of
Washington and the hcroines of LeXing-
ton will bo better remembered in the
centuries TO come than they are now.
II was woman whose taste in bunting
IL now seen IN the glorious stars and
stripes that make up the National flag;
IL was woman who put heart into the
soldiers with the grandest
war song ever written: and IL was the
women for whom these same soldiers
fought and sang, and singing died
In that Oldest of all histories, too --
the story of the Bble-woman stands
out the best remembered of all the pro-
ccSsion OF characters, save one. and
Sarah, Hagar. Deilah, Esther, Ruth,
Deborah, and the Marys are the incarna-
tions of all the varied passions that
move the world.
The examples end only when all his
tory Is told. The throne of her Maiesty,
woman, has been universally set up and
its occupants have been rs many as the
stars. Now. divinities OF the innocence
and grace, the posseSsors OF charm and !
tenderness that elegate their subjects
we, poor men--to the rarest devotion, or |
lead them 10 the self-mmolaton of |
complete designations; now, creatures |
burnt mp with the fevers of crime, and |!
ferocious jealousy, melting their sub |
jects--again, we poor men-to culpable |
desires, and such Nightmares OF debauch- |
cry and degradation Us appal the imagi- |
nation. Sometimes her Ma jesty has held |
u soul in its pilrest transports, at other |
times stepped the senses in brutality, !
while around her feet have been gather |
ed culture. ecstasy, delicate sentiment, |
frivolity. and the triple drunkenness OF |
the world, the flesh. and the devil. But !
she be- q virgin TO emulate, "A
true woman to sing of, a criminal whom
one pities, wretch TO be cursed,
to be execratcd, or u beauty |
whose smile would drive man to sui
TO Europe--she is always her
Ma jesty, woman. San Francisco Chron-
ice.