National Republican., 1888-02-06

queens ore all such, ana whetherthe w0rld
edges them. When Scarron, the wit and &c.
cletiastic, as poor as he was brilliant, was
about TO marry Madame dp Maintenon, he was
upon mademoiselle. The reply waa; "Immor.
talityl The namesof the wives OF kings die
VII, WITH them; Then the name Of the vile Of scaIlon S
sense ns upon all Women an who gRhsf gher duy
will Eettle immortality. Not the Immortality
Of earthly fame, Yhien is mortal, but the i'm
mortality celestial; And they shall reign for, Or,
every woman has of being q a.queepl The lon
SSomapheod. And j Fave come 's to form n
my opinion of the character Of q man
woman; Il q man hayea depressed idea Of
is no exception 70 the rule. The writings Of
for me as shakespeare, because nearly all
German :, have some Kind ,, q t1lpisSde.
destine scheming, and his Mignon, of evil
parentage, yet, worse than her ancestors, and
his Theresa the brazen. and his Aurela Of
giant, and bis Meiina, the tarnished, and his
BARONESS and his Countess, and there
is seldom womanly character IN all
worthy. of residence in a respectable
coal cellar, yet pictured and dramatlzed and
emblazoned till all the literary world is COM
ssasespeares SHAKE Is idea of W. Woman, s and nd see L in
DesdemoDa and Cordelia, and Rosalind and
1mogen and Helena, and Hermione and Viola,
and Isabella and Sylvia and Perdita, all OF
them with enough faults to prove them
human, but enough kindly characteristics to
give us the authors idea Of womanhood, his
Lady Macbeth only dark background to
bring out the supreme loveliness Of his other
female characters.
Oh, women OF America rise to your oppor.
%py s eyor sS a Tie dust when
can mount q throne? Be queens unto God for
ever. Hail, Vashti
veiled. Had she appeared before Ahasuerus
and his court ON that day, with her face un-
covered, she would have shocked all the deli
oacies Of oriental society," and the very men
who in their intoxication demanded that she
come, In their sober moments would have
| despised her. AS some flowers seem to thrive
| best In the dark lane and in the shadow, aud
| where the sun does not seem to reach them,
| SO God appoints TO most womanly natures
| retiring and rnobtIusive spirit. God once In
Miriam to strike the timbrel at the front Of a
host, or a Marie Antoinettee to quell French
mob, OF, Deborah to stand, stand at .iln, the
SHs Which the Lord R% deliver sseTs ans H nto thy
hands" And when women are called TO
such outdoor work and to such hSr9ic thcv P5si
iron in their soul, and llghtnings in their eye,
and whirlwinds in their breath, aud the bor-
ss5epgn q the Hd
as though they were hedges of wild flowers,
and cross seas as though they were shimmering
sapphire, and oil the harples of hell sink down
| TO their dungeon at the stamp of their
exceptions. Generally, Doreas would
sheF cg keSesca See ESuS rather Sa III HI
trough for the camels; Hannah would rather
make a coat for Samuel; the Hebrew -maid
would rather give prescription for Naaman's
for iamished Elijah; .Phebe would rather
SSnye mdssP s,ssr S, ST aSa ths nspFsa sRtSsl
educate Timothy in, the Scriptures. When
see a woman going about her daily duty--wlth
cheerful disnity presiding at the table With
in the nursery, going out into the world with
out any blast of trumpets, following in the foot.
steps Of Him who went about doing goo1-I
say: This is vashti with yell on" But
when see a woman of unblushing boldness,
loud.voiced, with tongue Of infinite Glitter
clatter, with arrogant look, passing through
rayed in very hurricane Of millinery, cry
out, "Vashli has lost her veil" When see
woman struggling for political preferment,
cant, and thinking the offices of wife, mother,
and daughter of no Importance, and trying to
force her way on up into conspicuity, say;
Aa what pity Vashti has lost her co%aiv ye
teilect, and endowed with ali that
position. yet moving in society with supercil.
iousness and hauteur, aa though she would
have people know their place. and unde
domontade, % endowed with with aiiopSthic quaint
ties Of talk, but only homeopathic inhnitesi-
mails OF sense, the terror of dry goods clerks
cant meanings in plain conversation. prodieie.
Of badness and innuendo-1 say: "Vashti has
| n, e,u,a hat 7 i,tn N a
probation of the work of those glorious and
divinely called women who will not he under
stood till after they are dead, women like
for the betterme4t Of the condition Of their sex
Those OF you who think that women have un
der the laws Of this country ar
the laws. gentleman writes me from Mary.
land, saying "Take the laws of this state. A
man and wife start out in life full of hope II
frequently the case, through the economic
ideas OF the wife, succeed in accumuatlng O
fortune, but they have no children the
0G e age wSS9SS Soss apG he hsn aR 'as o
state, do them 1t says to the widow
Hands of, your late husbands property
do not toneh, II; the .ts state VIII an, iti
widow, must not touch It, only so much as will
keep lie within your aged body. that you ma!
live e zee S those Others gna9g what rShb
relatives Of the deceased husband, whethe
they be near or far, whether they were eve
heard of before or not and transfers to them
ceased husband and living widow.
! Now, that is specimen OF unjust laws In al
the states concerning womanhood. Instead @
flying off to the discussion as to whether or no
the giving Of the right OF voting to women viii
correct these laws, let me say to men, be gal
SnSS rsheous
enough to correct these wrongs against womei
by your own masculine vote, DO not wait 70
but sprs So sT 70 You ballot
and legislatures, and congresses begin tn
reformation. But until Justice is done to you
sex by the laws OF all the states, and womel
of America take the platforms and the pulplts
and no honorable man will charge WASN'T
| with having lost her veil. eil.,,,
Again, ! want you this morning TO consido
{ coming out OF that palace gate OF Shushan? /
seems to me that / have seen her before. sh
, comes homeless, houseless, friendless, trudg
It Is Vashti the sacrifice. o, what change
$ was from regal position to a wayiarer's crust
, little while ago approved ana sought for
. quaintanceship vashti the sacrificesI Al, 20
, and have seen 1t many a time. Here As
{ home empelaeed with beauty. Allthat reiin,
home has been done but Ahasuerus, the hus
band and the father. is taking hold ON paths {
. sin.. He is gradually going down, After
t while he will founder and struggle like a vii
Q beast in the hunters net-further away froi
i God, further away from the right, Soon III
!: bright apparel of the children will tur
i to rags; soon the household song will becom
f the sobbing Of a broken heart. The old stor
. over again. Brutal CenauIs breaking up th
}, marriage feast ot Lapthac. The house full 9
i; outrage, and cruelty, and nbomination, Will
. trudging forth from the palace gate are Wash
4 and her children, There are homes repr
0 seuted In this house this morning that are
4 deuger Of such a breaking up, o, Ahasueru
0 thai you should stand in q home, by diss
:, pated life DESTROYING the, peace an
/ comfort of that home. God forbid thu
r your children should ever have
wiring their hands, and have peop
S point their finger ut them as they pass dow
b the street, and say, ''There goes drunkard