The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-07-10
nCOWARDLy LIARS"
..rrE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE
FOR THE GANDER.
,,t5cle That Higs Very Large NaIl on
Ar Al''''
the Head--PerSonai Purity Among
the sexes.
an The Gainesville Eagle.

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hin, nnfaithful. She followed him, Sc
,,od sufficient evidence to satisfy her
.oIf IS to his guilt, and then shot him
doad The other woman escaped. If
,r,mpn held men to the same strict ac-
,onnt for moral laxness as men are hold
.,o women. might there not be clear
inc Of the clouds and a higher sentiment
,ritb regard to personal purity among
the male sex?
This woman has set wholesome ex-
annie. ard we hope to see it followed
generally. When man Stays the de-
snoiler Of his home, 1.-THE courts usually
cav he did right. If a wife were to take
the law into her own hands, what
Vould the courts say then? Has she the
same right to Stay her husband for
breaking The marriage VOW that her
husband has to Stay her? 1t looks like
she ought to Lave, doesn't it? But has
she? If she has not, then why has she
NOT? Does the community and the law
require a woman to be more chaste than
her husband and then deny her the same
rights? This idea is monstrous one,
and results from the old barbariOus
theory that the wife is the property of
the husband.
For the prevalence of this theory we
are in a great measure indebted to Saint
Paul. dry old stick of bachelor, who,
while first-class theologian, was fiat
failure on the subject of marriage.
But we believe the cruel, absurd, and
unjust habits and conceptions of society
can be performed and corrected, and that
they will be as the world grows better.
Then the wife will be the equal Of her
husband, and the same morality will be
required of both. What will disgrace |
the one will disgrace the other.
We do not believe in double standard |
of virtue. We believe that the husband
and wife should be judged by the same
rule. What is sauce for the goose is |
sauce for the gander
There is one phrase of human life that |
passes belief, and if we did not know it
to be true we could not believe 1t. 1t is
this: there are men who in their deal
ingS with their fellows are the very soul
Of honor Their word is as good as
gold And yet without a culver of con-
science that would disturb the calm of |
an aspen leaf will violate the most sacred |
VOW under heaven-that VOW made at |
the marriage altar to the no " mother of
their children. With her hand clasped |
in his he looked bravely in her eyes as
she placed her trembling life in his
keeping, and swore love, truth, and |
honor-and swore an infamous, coward
lyle.
Now this mans name Is legion. You
eCOuld not fire off gun in any direction
without crippling several of him. He
goes to congress and the Legislature. He
makes our laws. He sits on the bench |
and holds in eternal calm the scales of
justice. As a guardian of the common
veal, he sits on the grand juries He |
sits on the petit jures as arbiter between
man and man and between the citizen
and the state. AS an expounder of the
law he sits at the lawyers desk, and with |
anflnite verbosity pays fine tributes to
truth and honor, morality and religion.
We find him with the pill box and |
Scalpel, and we place the lives of our
children in his hands. We find him in
every walk of life, from the highest
places of honor and trust to that of the !
lowest servitude.
Yes, we find him in the pulpit some
ames-God save the mark? We find hiln
IN the amen corner. We find him carry
ing around the basket. We find him
teaching class in Sunday school We
md him leading in prayer with ferver
and unction.
We find him everywhere, and whenev-
er we find him he is the same rotten
Sephulcre, and generally without the
"hltewasn, for his sins are well known.
and does society care? Not much. He
~ man. They exchange winks, and
say he is "sly old coon.'
But what about his wife? She is ex-
pected to preserve the virtue of the
uome. She must keep sacred tie "hon
VI OF her lord and owner, the husband.
and if she should fall
Inc righteous brow of society turns
ava with honest rage. Both men and
women rush in a clamorous mob at her