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Mrs. Drazoc took care that Judith should not go out alone next morning, by requiring numerous little service which at onee employed and interested her among other things, the wringing out and dusting of some beautiful pieces of Sevres china, which were to be used as table ornaments, and when these house-keeping cares were finished, the looking over closets and drawers, from whose recesses were brought forth such treosuresof old dresses, shawls, laces, and all feminine paraphernalia, as the daughter or Jack Miles bail never dreamed of, but which, curiously enough, she was ready to appreciate in nil their choiceness. As a reward for this unexpected discernment, she was presented with a crimson brocade of the scant pattern of our grandmothers' time, and made originally for a peliie wearer, which she was assured could be turned to some advantage by a skillful dress maker. And Judith, reflecting upon herprobable chances of requiring dresses of crimson silk, or of employing skilled dress-makers, put it by with thanks, and an original mental observation upon the fitness of things. So, what with dress ing themselves np prettily to bee the Major, the morning passed quickly. "What news have we to-day ?" asked that gentleman, when Mrs. Brazee had excused herself for a moment. "What did your friend do for you yesterday ?" "O, dear," returned Judith, laughing, "I am not to go aboutsecking situations any more. It is decided that my voca tion is to be presented from house to house, and to ho smuggled Into society, by somebody with influence. "Will they pay my bills, Major? Do you know how this sort of thing Is conducted ?" "I could make it out, I think, by add ing this to that;" replied the Major, amused. "I am to understand, then, that you are going to Mrs. Cool's?" "Yes, to-morrow. There will be another day wasted," said Judith, sud denly changing her manner, and walk ing away to a window. "I am going to take you to drive, af ter luncheon," tho Major said, after watching her picking to pieces a rose she bad taken from the flower-stand. She turned her head, and looked at him smiling. She bad always been ac customed to being commanded and di rected, and this assumption of authority in him .seemed not only proper, but was agreeable, as relieving her of all care in this, or any other matter in which he chose to direct her. Judith's opinion of the Major was still that lie was one of the wisest and most accomplished of men, and honored her greatly by his friendship. She felt, when in his imme diate society, a sense of security from ills, both present and to come, which she had never felt witli anyone else. If he had proposed a sacrifice instead of a pleasure, she would have smiled the same assent, But at the very instant of her happiness, Mrs. Stewart's words about the proprieties occurred to her, and engendered a doubt. "If Mrs. Brazee approves," she au swered, trying to look unconscious, but blushing faintly, with the thought of the outrage she was doing her frieud by this caution. "She will approve," he returned, smiling with that half-protecting, half- teasing manner he often adapted toward her; "for be it known unto your lady ship, I am a part of that society you are commanded to cultivate." "Which means," replied Judith, after a moments silence "that in avoiding it I shall" "Avoid ma ? Precisely. What a lo gician your are becoming! I hope this consideration will cause you to think seriously before condemning Mrs. Bra zee's plans for your benefit." Judith's tell-tale face betrayed a con sternation she could not quite suppress. She could live without fashionable so ciety; she could cveutconsent to drudge for her bread and butter, but to relin- ouish a frieud already gained was a greater sacrifice than had been contem nlated. Before she could recover her selffor her judgment told her this must be true, even though lightly pre sented to her notice they were sum moned to the dining-room. That was a charming table Mrs. Bra zee had prepared that morning; for Mrs. Brazee was a notable house-keeper. The Judge, too, had found time to come up just long enough to show himself at his own table, and say a few polite things to His wife's guest, and the friend of Miss Miles; though when the Judge be held a man of little over thirty, well looking, and apparently unobjectionable in every way, upon familiar terms with his young lady guest, bo wa3 unpleas antly reminded of the conversation with Mrs. Brazee olsowherc recorded, and voluntarily then and there relinquished the thought of taking a grown-up girl for a daughter. Neither was that wise matron unob servant of what she considered indica tions, and became more than ever con- vlnced that by managing cleverly tdie might not only advance Judith's Inter ests but her own. As tho Major had predicted, she very cordially advocated the proposed drive, and furnished Judith will all the graceful wraps necessary to appearances as well as comfort. "Now," said the Major, when they were fairly on the road to tho Cliff House, "wo can talk." Judith, Iooktug up exnectautly, met the critical and admiring gaze of her companion, and averted her own eyes without knowing why. "Science informs us," continued the Major, "that the nerve-centers of the cultivated man are more complex than those of the uncultivated one; that, however, original organization may in some cases, especially in hereditary ex amples, supply these complex idea sources which furnish aesthetic emo tion. It also informs us that where they exist, either through culture or or ganization, they act in obedience to stimulation just as surely and mechaulc ally as those nerve-centers which pro duco the lower order of animal feelings; and that their suppression gives pain, or their indulgence pleasure, by the same inevitable law. It follows that our capacity to renounce tho pleasures arising from the exercise of our aesthetic emotions is bounded by our capacity to endure the pain of suppressing them. Ergo, it Is entirely futile to resolve, that with a love of the beautiful highly developed in us, we will live a hard, un lovely life, into which the beautiful can never come. But you are not scientific, and do not understand all tills," headded, laughing lightly. If Judith was not scientific, she caught at the meauing of this exposi tion of one of the theories of science. "Therefore," returned she, with a touch of bitterness, "to be a servlug- maid would argue the absence of culture and taste. I acknowledge that it does. in my case." "AVe had pickles for lunch, did wo not?" inquired the Major, at which Ju dith felt forced to smile. "But, seri ously, I sought this opportunity to have a talk with you, and offer my counsel, which you may think worth something or not." "O," cried Judith, with an immediate sense or relier, "I think it is worth everything; and I shall thank you so much for giving it. Do yon know, I feel as if everything I do Is a mistake. I ought not to have come to Mrs. Bra zee's; and I ought not to have spent my money; and I ought not to be taking my pleasure and growing more and more idle when there is sucli need of action. I feel myself going altogether wrong, yet do not know how to stop, or go right." "It is quite shocking that you should indulge yourself in a little rest and amusement, after what you have over come that was neither of these; griev ous that a young lady still in her legal Infancy should not be overturning the world for something to do. That is very bad Indeed; but that you should have spent your money is worse!" "I know it," returned Judith, "and it is not a laughing matter. But I only followed the suggestions of Mrs. Brazee, and I am not good at figures, cither: and it was gone before I knew it." The Major pulled at his beard vigor ously to keep from showing his amuse ment in a hearty laugh, whicli ho felt would be rude to her under the circum stances; for, as she said, it was no laughing matter, to her. "Well, you have this reflection to comfort you: that the money would have spent itself in some other way, probably, if not in this; and that in no shape could it have done itself more credit than in adorning Miss Miles." 'I did not know we were going to make pretty speeches," said Judith, with a gravity that became her im mensely. "So we aro not; we are going to talk business," returne'd the Major, refrain ing from further levity, and looking se riously at his horses' heads. "Will you be good enough to tell me if" I can be of any service to you 2" "Thank you. When I consider, I don't seo how you could, unless you can find out what I am good for, and the place for which I am good. 1 have not yet gotten beyond taking care of some body's babies." "May I ask you an impertinent ques tion?" 1 "With certain mental reservations, yes," "answered Judith, waiting curi ously for the impertinence. "Do you know that you aro extremely beautiful?" "The color flashed Into Judith's face. "Are we makingprctty speeches again?" she asked. "No; no, indeed; I warned you I was going to be disagreeable. I need not have asked, for you have eyes, and Mrs. Brazee plenty of mirrors. hat I should have Inquired, is this: Do you not know that no young lady of your appearance can safely fill a menial posi tion ?" and this timo tho Major's eyes met Judith's searchingly. But she returned the gaze with simple wonder. "And why not? Are my looks another of my faults ? Aud will my face preveut my getting my bread and butter? I must indeed be pe culiarly unfitted to live in this world." Major Floyd felt tho awkwardness of the position. He could not say she, aud such as she wero better fitted for a bet ter world, as gallantry suggested; for that, he felt, would wound her, in her present mood. He was fairly driven to relinquish his object, or speak out his u hoio mind at once. "Pardon me," he said, "if I seem unkind, ungallant, un- polite, or any other word with an un to it. But I know the world, and, by your leave, you do not. You are, as you have hinted to me, unfortunate in your friends. Your friends do not suit your circumstances; or your circumstances do not suit your friends; it does not matter whicli. Mrs. Brazee will not benefit you. She will make a display of interesting people in your behalf; and after having used you as a means to promote ends of her own, will leave you to fight your own battle. That Is mi- judgment of Mrs. Brazee; yet I do not counsel you to desplso her friendship. Let it go for what it is worth. Section I. of my discourse. "Section II. is devoted to thesubject of looks. Suppose you really should, as you intimate, undertake to figure in the character of nurse girl ! You could not get employment. Mrs. So-and-so would be delighted to get a young person so highly recommended to take care of the children; 'but then, you know, there are her two nephews in the house, and she is doubtful about tho propriety of bringing them in contact with a hand some nurse girl!' Mrs. This-and-that docs so much desire somebody, well recommended, to take care of baby; but such a handsome girl as this one would be sure to have an admirer for every evening in tho week; and a steady, plain girl, is so much to be preferred to your fine, dashing ones. Again, Mrs. Somebody-else would, etc, etc., only her husband is a little gay, and" "For mercy's sake, stop!" cried Ju dith; "my ears tingle already. I am not going through all this, I hope, to at tain to the distinction of becoming a sen-ant. I'll give it up, and beg, since that is most respectable. I did think," with au expression between laughing and crying on her face, "that tho fact of not being more than ordinarily ill looking might recommend me to ladies and children; but it seems this poor little capital of mine is no capital at all." "We do not require porcelain for the kitchen table. Have none of your lady friends told you of this ?" Judith admitted that Mrs. Stewart had told her she was beautiful, but had said that beauty was a good thing, like any other gift. No ono el9e had ever spoken to her about it, except And here Judith paused with a vivid blush, aud a confusion of memories which brought a mist to her eyes. "Except another friend who was not a lady," added tho Major, with a sudden chatige of manner, and eyeing her questioningly; "some one you formerly knew in California?" Then he fell to thinking silently. "Whero is this other friend, who has dared boas frank with you as I am?" ho asked, after a little interval. "Mind, I do not ask you who, but where ?" "In Germany," answered Judith, with a great throb of her heart; for this was the first time she had ever men tioned Mr. Shultz to any one, except in the most blind way, as "a friend." "A sausage-eating Dutchman?" said the Major, with an air that in a woman would be denominated spiteful. It was curious, he thought that in stant, to see the uplifting of the curving eye-lashes, as a flash of indignant light streamed out at him. But it re-assured him. Girls, he said to himself, never defend their lovers, for fear of betraying their love. "He was my first, best friend!" cried Judith, feeling wounded and indignant. "And he was a gentleman. I dp not like to have him spoken of in that way," sho added, reminded of the old, angry and unhappy feelings when her father used to sneer at "the Dutchman." "I beg your pardon," said the Major; "I had no right to disparage your friends. But I flattered myself had ranked first among your gentleman friends; and having the misfortune to bo only human, suffered a momentary spasm of jealousy. If you will forgive tho weak ness, aud tell mo something about this more fortunato claimant for the first place, I shall endeavor to resign myself cracefullv to the rank of second If In deed I may aspire to that." Judith's delicacy perceived that to make a secret of her acquaintance with any one would bo to diminish the con fidence of this friend at least, and with native tact resolved to relate to him all or her acquaintance with Mr. Shultz that could be related, without betraying feelings that might bo concealed as sacred, on either side. To this recital the Major listened with attention, and also with surprise, for the Insight it gae mm into tiie thoughts, motives aud inner life of the girl bcsldo him. was a revelation of uo small Interest, It appealed to something higher in hid nature man tne mere admiration for beauty, or respect for innocence, or compassion for inexperience; these mo tives probably having made up the re gard he had previously entertained for Judith. He was struck with a now ad miration of the brave, bright soul, struggling up from the lowermost level, aud aspiring to the highest. "lam glad you told me this," ho said with a manner colored by the new light In which he saw Judith. "It more than ever confirms my opinion about your entertaining thoughts of the kind I have been combatting. "We will dis miss the Idea of nurse girl at once, will we not?" "O, Iliad already dono so, after your discouraging view of my prospects in that profession. But that does not dis pose of the main question, what I am to do. It Is miserably true that T am not prepared to earn a living by any kind of labor that requires a knowledge of ac counts; nor by teaching even tho ele mentary branches of a child's education; nor by any occupation requiring skill. And yet it is incredible that a healthy, strong, willing girl can find nothing to do; or finding something to do may not do it because she happens not to be ugly. It must be simply because my friends are too good to me, and prevent my get ting to work; or because I am so Ignor ant of what is most wanted to bo done. I did hope when you mentioned counsel you had something to propose, that was I possible," aud Judith smiled appeal ingly. "I will bo quite fair with you," re turned the Major, with au answering smile; "not being even 'loo good,' as you charge your friends with being. I will tell you that there are places whicli probably you could fill, If not at once, in a very short time. You could even find a market for your unfortunate good looks, in various sorts of places ranging from a cigar store to a fashionable photograph gallery; anywhere, in any place, where my sex mostdocongregate, beauty is at a premium. But you would not stay anywhere to be stared at, not at ever so high a price. The other situations you might learn to fill, are In telegraph offices, book-binderies, manu factories of several kinds, dress-making, bounct-making, etc, all requiring some apprenticeship. You might not find au opouiug in any ono of these at ouce, but in time you could; and I could manage the immediate pecuniary difficulties, if none of your lady friends should oiler. You canuot complain that I have been too good in presenting facts. "Will you make your choice?" "In following these occupations where would I live, and how?" "In the cheapest boarding-house you could find; usually among uncongenial people, aud subjected to the danger of improper acquaintances, as well as of Impaired health aud spirits, from want of homo comforts, and pure air, not to mention proper social relaxation, and mental recreation." To think," said Judith, "how little I have known about the world whose acquaintance I havo been so desirous to make! None of the things you mention are what I have drcametl of doing. Mr. Shultz thought " and her voice sank timidly "that I might become an artist, a cattle painter, he said. That would bo a very different life from the others, would It not?" "An artist? Do you know that only years of work and study can fit you to take rank in the profession you would choose? Yes, truly, it would be a dif ferent life, when ouce you had attained to It. For this, you must have money enough to furnish you with the neces saries of life, and give you leisure for study, and patient, persevering in dustry." "Then it is useless," cried Judith, "to dream of being any tiling I wish! I must be only something I must But I can not make choice even of what I must do, without time to think. Thank you for showing me what there is to choose from." "You did not allow me to get to Sec tion III. of my discourse, though !" returned the Major. "I have not said all my disagreeable and impertinent things yet. Do you think you can bear to hear the remainder?" "I could not be better prepared to hear disagreeable things," retorted Ju dith. "Now Is my lime, then. lam going to put in a plea for yourself againstyour circumstances. I want to tell you that it is not merely food, clothing and shel ter that you do and will require. You cannot live on these. Books, leisure, pleasant surroundings, congenial soci ety, you cannot dispense with. And that Is notal!. Your heart made for the warmest affections will not remain passive and silent in your bosom through all the halcyon iays of your youth aud beauty. Y'ou must and will love. If you should not, you will have lost the chief joy of your existence. To love happily you must have an opportu nity for choice; and yonr choice would lie out of those walks in life I have pointed out to you. Should you be so unfortunate as to accept the hand of a man who did notcomo up to yonr stand ard of mental and moral qualities, it would blight your life; you would grow bitter, unjust, perhaps reckless like your friend Mrs. Jveiiogg. un, you need not look so resentful! You are proud, like her; and pride and disap pointment play havoc with the softer virtues. But suppose you do not marry? Y'ou arc of a social nature. Beauty and social qualities will provoke 'envy, aud malice, and all uncharitableness.' " "Do you mean," interrupted Judith, "that I cannot do right, so that any body may know It is right, in any posi tion?" "How was it at Fort Kellogg'? Did your rlgbt-dolug save you from injustice there? And If envy or malice could toucn you iu the very household 6f your friends, what security have you against them in tho wilderness of the world ? Am I cruel, as your face seems to say ? It Is only to be kind. Forgive me, will you not?" "Why should you tell me all this?" inquired Judith, feeling pained, and despairing. "Can it help me, to point out so many dangers at once to alarm me before my strength is tried? Do you mean to deprive me of all courage, and drive roc to suicide next week ?" "Suicide!" and ho looked at her down cast face, half frightened at the sugges tion. "My dear Miss Miles, so ugly a word does not befit your lips, nor so ugly a thought you heart and brain. Don't think or say such very disagreea ble things to a nervous person like my self, I beg of you." "Yet girls better educated, and more accustomed to self-dependence than I, have thought it, aud done It," returned Judith. "An Apache bullet might have saved me a great deal of trouble." "Thank God that it did not! For thero is, in your case, a way out of your trouble even a way to your heart's de sire; anil when we get out where we can look at the seals and the surf, you may ask me to point it out to you." But when the Major drew up his horses at their destination, he found all the world there before him, aud every part of the bulldlug thronged. The weather at the beach proved to bo unus ually fine, and crowds of people filled the piazza which overlooks the sea at the Clill House. This, together with the music of the band, made any private conversation Impossible. The novelty of the scene, indeed, proved so powerful an attraction to Judith that her com panion was content to seo her enjoy it without interruption as loug as the in terest of it lasted. For himself, ho de sired nothing more interesting to con template than Judith, with her keen, appreciative sense of everything new, beautiful, or wonderful. Novelty of scene, place, people, was long past with him; but the vivid charm of this young girl was ever fesh and piquant. So they sat for an hour, much observing, and much observed, talking in au undertone of tile music, the ocean, the seals, and the people; of an ocean steamer going in at tho Golden Gate; of the while winged ships going out to sea; of the sea-birds swooping down upon their prey; and now and then of bits of his torical romance, in whicli the Spanish galleons sailed along this coast two hundred yeuw ago, or were cast by storm upon the rocks outside the unseen harbor. Oil! how beautiful it is!" exclaimed Judith In a hair-whisiwr. "I used to dream of such scenes, and. now I know they are reality. I wish I could dance," she said, seeing the waltzcrs kecnlne: time to the music. Directly a couple whirled out of the throng, so that the garments of the lady a young, pretty woman, with dark hair and blue eyes brushed against Ju dith's. She looked up, and her glance caught that of the lady's partner. Her heart beat violently, a mist passed be fore her eyes, and Mr. Shultz was speak ing to her. "Is it possible! Miss Miles! Meiu Gott, is it possible!" Judith had risen, pale and purpose less, not knowing what she did, nor what she expected. Before she could recover her presence of mind, Mr. Shultz presented the lady on his arm as his wife. Then Judith's face became as flaming red as it had been ashen pale before. There was an instant more of blindness and confusion, aud suddenly she remembered to present Major Floyd. They stood in a group together talking polite nothings at first for the parties most interested in the meeting were at a loss for words iu the surprise of it. "I did never think to sec you in San Francisco," Mr. Shultz remarked to Judith in a partial aside, when the lit tle nothings were exhausted. "I did think you wero in Texas. There is much to ask about" glaucing at the Major "about you, and little Kate, the licbling how Is she?" Juditli tried to say"sheiHdcad," but her lips formed the words in silence, aud it was only by the greatest effort that she controlled the tears ready to burst forth. Involuntarily sho appealed by a glance to Major Floyd, who, taking Mr. Shultz by the arm, waKccd away with him; while the two ladies wero left to look at each other in helpless awkwardness; one not speaking a word of English, and the other not a word of German. Directly Mr. Shultz returned witu a countenance exprcssivo of grief and sympathy. "Ah Heaven!" lie cried, "whatacruel fate. I am a thousand times pained for vou. But you did not write to me, as you promised, when you were in trouble. I know not what to say. I am dis mayed." And he looked indeed like a man who was consciously in the wrong about something. "I think we ought to go home," said Judith, turning to her escort with a de sire to escape. "Yes," lie replied, looking at his watch, "it Is time to go," nud drew her away. The road to town was thronged with vehicles; and fast meu behind fastborses made driving critical, which was reason enough why the Major could uot give his thoughts to conversation. Why It was that Judith did uot remind him of his promised explanation of the way toiler heart's dc3iro was not so apparent. But she did not. Sho leaned back on the cushions, as if there was nothing more to bo desired iu life, and the fu ture uot of the least consequence to her. So unexpectedly aro we called upon to meet the events we should have taken most pains to avoid, and so reckless do they make us for the time, of all that may come after so quickly and cruelly was Judith disillusioned. To be continued. CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY. nx StATlY O. BROWS. As a large number of. persons desire copies of the paper containing the fol lowing article, and as wo have none on hand, we re-publish it. It first appeared iu the issue of August 1st, IS73, before the trial of Miss Anthony came off. En. The present position of the Woman Suffrage question is one of no small im portance. It has passed through the several phases which all great reforms, both in science aud government, are obliged to pass to come up to their final recognition and adoption by those in power, as well as by the masses of the people. I could cite as examples the reforms that, at different periods of the world's history, have brought uot only scorn, contempt and persecution upon their promulgators, but even death it self. I shall, however, merely refer to Gailileo's system of the movements of the Heavenly Bodies, the now pending reform in medicine, aud the agitation of the Labor Reform question, which is at this time assuming almost gigantic pro portions. The "Woman Suffrage question, as I said, having come up through the dif ferent discouraging phases, to which all reforms are subject, including the sneering phase, the phase of ridicule, the phase of weak and silly objec tions, the phase of real alarm and anx ious solicitude by ignorant, honest peo ple and prejudiced bigoU, has slowly worked its vay into the understanding of the people until it lias become the leading question of the civilized world. In our own country it has at last worked its way into the Supreme Court, the highest court iu the land, (from whose decision neither the President nor Con gress can dissent J, and there seeks its fi nal solution. Final, did I say? No! there is still a higher power than the Supreme Court of tiio United States. That power is the will of the people. And when the people say that ail citi zens, irrespective of sex, shall be be al lowed to vote, and shall be protected in the exercise of their rigiit to the ballot, then will the strife between the op pressor and the oppres.-ed cease, and our Government become, as it should be, a Government of the people, by the whole people, and dcrivo its just powers from the consent of the governed. The friends of Human Progressaro watching with anxious hearts the progress of this question as it fluctuates back and forth before our highest tribunals; and prayers continually ascend that justice and equality may prevail. The refusal of the five Chief Justices, who consti tuted the majority in the New Orleans and Bradwcl! cases, to define what are the privileges and immunities which accrue to all citizens, anil which no State has the power to deny or abridge, shows conclusively that even they are ready and willing to concede to women the exercise of their right to the ballot just so soon as a case Involving this question directly shall be brought be fore them for their decision. It is the pleasure to, as well as the pride of, every friend of Woman Suffrage that the honor of presenting such a case be fore the Supremo Court of tho United States has fallen upon our renowned and able champion, Susan B. Anthony. May God speed her suit and put it in the hearts of our Chief Justices to break the political yoke that is galling the necks of half our citizcus. May they learn that oppression will in time work its own overthrow. How strenuously our Governraentcx erted all its powers to prevent the over tlirowof negroslavery, throwingaround It every protection in its power, even to the crushing out of the rights of the free States by forcing upon them the odious Fugitive Slave law; even the Supreme Court decidiug in its famous Dred Scott decision that the negro had no rights that white people are bound to respect But the leaven of liberty, which our au cesters had Infused Into the Declaration of Independence, was working in the minds of tho people, and all the powers of Congress, the President and the Su preme Court combined could not stay the overthrow of negro slavery. Will our rulers learn nothing from the past by which to be guided In their present duties? It Is gratifying to see that four out of nine Chief Justices admit that the Constitution of the United States recog uize3 the right of suffrage in wometi; one of them (Justice Bradley) declaring "thata citizen of the United States has a perfect Constitutional right to go to or reside in uuy State, and to claim citizen ship therein; aud the whole power of the nation is pledged to sustain that citizen In the exercise of that right; that a citizen is uot bound to cringe to auy superior, or to party, for any act or grace as a means of enjoying all the rights and privileges enjoyed by auy other citizen." Let us ask whv- this i so, and we will see that, according tooiiri Constitution, all citizens are bnj an equality; so that no citizen, as a citizen, can be superior to any other. .,t'.: Therefore, no citizen has a right to debar another from exercising andieti joying the same rights and privileges that he or sho enjoys. Hence, 'when the colored race were raised from a state of slavery to a state of citizen ship In our nation, not all the-forees of the nation combined could Constitu tionally have prevented them both men and women from -voting; for in the act of enfranchisement uo "distinc tion, was made between the seres,, but all alike were emancipated -and recog nized as citizens of the Uuited States, (the real fact of theircitizenship having before existed by virtue of their having been native-born subjects of our Govern ment.) But fearing that some !of the States might refuse to recognize itheir right to all the privileges and immuni ties of citizens, an amendment was in serted in the Constitution guaranteeing to them the full exercise of all .those rights, by preventing auy State.l'from making or enforcing law or regulation in any way infringing the rights of citi zens," and also declaring that uoicitizen should be deprived of the right to .vote on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. Thus throwing around all citizens, male and female, white and colored, a full and sufficient protection for the exercise of all the rights of citizenship. How havo these Constitutional provisions been carried out in relation to the colored women citi zens? Not ono State in the Union has as yet admitted to the ballot-box one of its colored women citizens, although no one will deny that they have the same right to vote that colored male citizens have. Why is this ? Fpr the very rea son that they know that if they admit colored women to the polls they cannot prevent the white women from voting. They know full well that the same Con stitution that guarantees to the colored women citizens the exercise of the Con stitutional right to tho ballot also guar antees to every other citizen the exercise of the same right. Now, if no citizen Is bound to cringe to a superior, nor party, for auy oct of grace as a means Of enjoy ing all tho rights and privileges enjoyed by any other citizen, how can our Su premo Court expect to deprive one-half of the citizens of these United States of the exerciso of their rights of citizen ship by deciding that women citizens cannot vote? Iu other words, that women citizens have no rights jthat men citizens are bound to respect. But let their decision be what it may in re lation to white women, they, "and the whole power of the nation combined," cannot deprive the colored women of the right of voting. - Thus the question of Woman Suffrage has become the leading question be fore the nation; and as the Constitution guarantees to nil citizens alike tho exercise of their rights of citizenship, without distinction of race, color, or pre vious condition, and debars any State from infringing upon the right of. citi zens, and a3 the State of New York has sought to infringe that right by prosecut ing Susan B. Anthony, a citizen of the Uuited States, and of the State of New York, forcxercisiug her right to vote, she bciugof mature age, and neither an idiot, lunatic, nor criminal, and therefore en titled to the full exercise of her right of citizenship, we cannot see how the Su preme Court can otherwise than decMe hi favor of Impartial suffrage, and we declare that the action of the New York court was arbitrary aud unconstitu tional. A Desperate Bemedy. The following little story from the Cincinnati Gazette is well worth re producing: "A Hamilton man, who fell a few years ago into dissolute habits, aud passed most of his time in lounging about bar-rooms, while his family suf fered for tho necessaries of life, was startled, not long ago, by the entrance of his wife into a saloon on Basin street, whero he sat playing cards with a party of boon companions. The woman took no notice of iter husband, but boldly walked up to the counter aud called for a glass of beer. Turning to tho crowd, she said, 'Come, gentlemen, have a drink with me! If beer is good for meu it certainly ought to be for women,' and though the crowd wero a little startled, as representative bummers notio of them, except the husband, were unpre pared to accept the invitation. The drink was disposed of, when the lady ordered a second for the crowd, but made a wry face as she struggled to get through with it. Setting her half emptied glass on the counter, sho said, 'I don't believe I like beer; wh'dt else have vou cot?' The woman who offi ciated at the bar enumerated the varie ties. 'I believe I'll try Tom and Jerry,' was the answer, aud the crowd willingly helned her to dispose of a round of that also, her husband, meanwhile, smiling desperately, a sickly smile, with an effort to show that he thought the affair a good joke. Taking a seat, then, at one of the dirty tables, she sat down and said: 'Gentlemen, I've got some monev here which I have no other use for, let's play a game of soveu up, at two dollars a game?' and somebody played with aud at the same timo instructed ;her in the ganie, and she lost, of course, but manfully paid every time, aud as often treated the crowd as she lost. Finally, as her utterance became, thick and her head rolled to one side, and hor'conver sation grew maudlin, her husband was able to stand it no longer. He-arose from his scat and luduced her to accom pauy him home, and arm In arm thoy started. Whatever of good the lesson mnvnniiltiiMn in irnrt. it has Certainly effected something toward his-feclama- -.. i. i.naff..nf luwn spent in anv bar-room in Hamilton since.". ,, i 1