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VOLUME IV.
numuuu :.
THE HAPPY HOME;
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CJrfAFTKH, XVIII
It waa late Ib tbe afternoon of a balmy
day la May-time a hen tbe little steamer
that bad, mouths before, borne Ui the
village af Brlltowa, Missouri, the apa
thetic wife and aaxloaa daughter of old
leaae ArtBaUnaoc, made its oausi land
ing at lb toot af Um rtokety stairs, al
lowing lit lawful husband of Kally
Joans to aVep ppun lit wharf ami game
wistfully about bias.
Tha man who bad bUmm there with
tbe lauUm ou lb aMoiorable evening
when Ui child Margaret bad timidly
accosted bin wliai seek lug the way to
tha widow Jooes', waa xleudiug there
atill, aa tboug b ita were a UAlurs. But
tbc lantern waa not needed uoa-aa lb
daa war long and tha sunshine radi
ant, " "
"How are ye, Mike V waa Isaac Arm
atrong'a tremulous greeting, aa be
grasped tbe Hibernian's brawuy baud.
"Be Jabars, an' ye've tha beat o' me
Jlat ?" waa the Inquiring answer, aa tba
wharfinger cordially returned the greet
ing. "Dace tbe wlddcr atitl live In tba
white house 00 tbe bill?" querie. the
old nan, not caring to reveal himself
wben ba aaw that ba waa uot recognised.
hoer fallow I Kaveu years bad passed
Into too Irrevocable shades of departed
laflaltude aiaoa laat bo atood there. Ha
bad a yauag bride a poet hie arm then, a
bride wbo clang to him tearfully and
. gaxed. y letfully after Joe Simeon-, hoed
clerk of tba Transportation Company lu
btsidta hoars wbo Inroad with a heavy
heart, aod dropping bie journal, weuded
bie lonely way to Ma daily sneehanicai
tell. Bui twenty years eould net have
aeoro eecaptetely claangsd tbe esewblle
bridegroom far bo worse, eo lociero and
abject looked bo, aa bo gaaed to-day to
ward tba white bowse aa the bill.
"Yea, tbe widdor Uvea there yet. And
there1 b gtaae widdor there too they're
geittu' plenty In tbeoo porta."
"Coo ya toll aae ooytbing about nor f
nod tbe little blue eye gloamed un
aaally, while the uugalbly forni'oowttred
ttefara an npprcboualon of be knew uot
"Oh, Dotbln', bo JaUiM. Only aba's
Jiat Ilka nil tba feat o' U women. Now
abe'a rid o' old Ianao, aba'a aa port an'
ehippor as a llTly iW a clover patch. Joe
feUniaua' plokJu' up mlghUly of Uto.
He7! gaTaod Un poQbda la Ibe laat two
months. "
Tbe old suan wnllod to boar no mora
Like a reed sbakeu with Uto wind bo
Uwmblod, aa ba tolled feebly op the at pa.
bU . heart tbomnlnr with rata nod
jeaionay, and hie whole being bent upon
vengeance. r
"What If tha atory aut true V whla-
pored no nnaeen monitor, bnt tba angry
woBMB-protootor waa too Indignant to
Baton to tba atitl, email roloa.
Wad waa playtng In tha door-yard
wlthChriaaand Margaret Waa cooing
10 ittuo uaiay on uta iront poron.
"I aee a beggar-man ! An' he's g4
goad eioo on, nn I daaa ba'a atek, too r
onaUlaaed Frwd, oaHtwc to hte aiwtor, aa
ho pa need to nxnd tba gay red -flannel
hnmaaa wHh whch no bad rigged
Cbrlaay for Iboir eport, and whlrh tha
ehlW-boraa bad broken when playing
"aanaab vp.
"Mamma r called Margaret, ruehlng
to the chamber where her etep-motter
oat, busily embroidering suit of dainty
bine for tbe Infant da lav ; "Mamma!
jiooit I believe that's papa coming wp
tba bin."
Mrs, -Armstrong torned death ly pale,
wlilla a look of ml ngled terror and s ver
sion stole over bar features.
"Xonaenssl It oan't bo your father,
child, or ho would have written to Sp
priaa us ml his coming. Beatded bee
wedded to Stone ben ge nod atock. He
wont care to worry shoat us."
"But It if ha, mamma! And I'm
going lo meet him, and take Daisy with
me f" and before the mother could
re soon strata, Margaret was half way
. down the Lawn with tbe tiny blrdling In
ber arms. ,
"Oh, father ! she exclaimed Inipul
alvely, Tm delighted to aee you ! Lpok
here." holding op the baby, wbo
napped h blue eyes at htm wonder
Ingly, and then hid her face oo Mar
garet's sbonlder.
Ohrlssy onasa toddling after her, the
picture of health and happiness In bis
red Claauel bsneaa ; and Fred, holding
the llnea behind him, snooted "Whoa V
IB ValB.
T, uari yer metner, ng7" aagedthel
ttUergTimy;"aa'whataseaflfimaaar'
taglbf at tha baby wltn n Wondering
tar. -
" awaaai uiai absns DaUwt Thai
awsstteav Oearwat little thing 1 Don't
yaw Waal to ties ner? hseam uaa
wrilli mamata, rator.d
WftaH aear aa Happy, only j WM
t ga hack ta tUoaohange r aald Mar-
at
But Taasai Armalrottg waa la aa
' "ta U grafiloaa.rne fill ipsialparattaa
.I'm'-Aut.! .u-tiLij ;. -r : .
What oared to laraa'sM atoll 4 matter
as a child or twa, wbea tbare waa danger
that be might lose the property ti had
fur yean elaiated lu the arso of Aally
j Araaetrong, nee JoaeaT
"Rathrr tbe youug nn ! Whir's jrw
aaamnsyT be repaatd.4usb1ng Mar-
Igaret away 'with bla treaaWIng ami,
and atrial ng on toward tbe bouae, not
drlgutag to notice Fred and (hrt.
"Uo it! old ffougrr," yt-lled Freddy,
baking bla podgy fltt after the UiUor-
Ing man, whom be (ailed to recognise.
"Ooitf and don't 'ou dare to apeak eroaa
to an y ma
"uaA-ob-ah, Freddy! It's father
Yau ttiuau'l apeak orosa aud ugly to poor
papa wbon you haven't aeeu him for so
long," aald Margaret reproviugly, bat
ber heart aauk within ber, deoplte her
oooolllatory words ; aud she bugged tbe
baby to her bosom with a sickening ap-
preboualon of dread.
Mrs. Arm strong dropped her work,
smoothed back bar hair, straightened
tbe folds, of her dress, and calmly ar
ranged the ribbon at her throat.
"1 always knew the crisis would rome
some (into ; and I wight just a wail
meat U now as at any time iu the future,
I shall not live with that man any
mora."
'uu took the vow upon yoa or better
or or woree f ' suggested conaoieana,
aeaklng eoftly in ber heart.
"And Ae promised to love, protect aud
eborlab ma UO death should part us! He
has failed In bis contract aud made
uiiua null and void," was her inaudible
reply.
Good widow Jooea met the visitor at
tba door.
"Is It possible that this is Mr. Arm
strong?" aba exclaimed, eiUuding her
band.
'Wbar'a Bally ?" waa ths'uucivll re
ply, aa ba shook from bead to foot
"She will come lu presently. Are yau
sickT"
"Worse than ict, mum. I'm ruined!
Kally'e tuck op with Joe Samson V
" What r
"I beared It at tbe wharf. Irish Mike
told ma all about It."
"tUr !" aald tbe wklow holly," you
insult me, you insult my daughter, you
inault my house ! If you cannot keep a
civil tongue In your bead, I 00m maud
you to take yourself afl instantly. It Is
not yet sevsu ears ainoe you took my
daughter away from ma a radiant,
beaJthy, prom Mag woman. Sis months
ago you sent ber back broken in health,
bereft of ber reason and destitute. I took
ber and your children into my bouse,
and fad, sheltered, clothed and protected
tbem, Bailie has rogatuod bar health
and apt rite. Her ehildreu are well and
nappy, and by Mod's grace L-ill pro
toot tba Whole of tbem. But you shall
not eotua bora to-rnsalt and annoy lis.
"My daughter has not exchanged
words with Mr. Samson since the resto
ration of ber reason. That she made a
grant mistake that well-nigh oust liar bar
life, aa It certainly deprived ber of hap-
plueaa, whan she married you for hood by living with a woman In whose
money which she never got luatead j wifely Integrity you have no eoiifl
of marrying Mr. Samson for love, which : deuce?" aud Mrs. Armstrong bit her ll
aha ought to have done, even you must
admit, nnti
you're a natural Idiot; but
aba baa ever bean a true wife to you in
word and deed;' and bad, you protected,
loved and cherished her, as you vowed
before Ood and fti that you would, I
have no donbt bui that alia would have
ever boon true to you In thought alao. deed, I distinctly remember that some
Bat you've sinned away yonr day of i thing like it waa made In tjis parlor
grace. Bailie Is safe nnder my roof, and j nearly seven years ago. I believed you
bora aba shall remain as' long as ahe , then. I know you better, now."
sbn win It." I
Mlss Jones, yer a vixen !
A reg'lar
ole sAc tiger !"
"Dinah, will you call tbe gardener?
! There Is a gentleman here wbo forgets
1 himself," aald Mrs. Jones scornfully,
t "I humbly beg pardon, mum," pleaded
i the poor bead of the Armstrong family.
"i won't say not bin' more that's ou-
reasonable If ye'll let me set a while,
fteame lei me see BaJly."
. W . J 1 . . ,,, i.l
iuw wewBHM m iivaiw ueiwr : , swiu
Mrs. Jonea. "I countermand tha ordur,
Ptnah," asd that worthy withdrew to
the kltcbeo, plroootllng on heel aud toe,
nod snapping her fingers viciously.
"OA, what a bless in' a legal protector
la In a family sometimes f alie thought,
as ahe boaled hereeir lor a few momeuU Uealtk'. ssks. For tbe sake of our cltil
wlih a nervous onslaught upon pots and j dry I will keep our ae pa ration- seerst.
ksUiea, aud than ran out to the gardener , For the sake of my health and happi
ta confer with him over the tragedy in-Dea and reason I refnaa ta live With yea.
doers, -J But, rememlvtr not one word of Ihia is
Mrs. Armstrong bad lingered lu ber
room, partly to Helen to tbe conversa
tion between her mother and husband,
and partly to gain full command over
ber tumultuous feelings.
"Will you jimmiee to treat my
daughter with courtesy and kindness If
I permit you to see ber?" asked the
motbar-ln-law.
"That's a bumlllaUa' promise to ask
a man' to make about his own wlfs !"
I sa lka akiUet
"Haw do yon do. Mr. Araaatsoiie f
I Tba speaker waa bla wife, who advanosd
tenses him with asUUly bow, "When
IsnsV won Uava isj-
aram vasur abUdrea V aba oiMrUd. sal
ng herself pon tba edge of a cbeir, and
sieslncNhoT lips tightly, a aba awaited
hsi aaewor.
"I left nigh ia thase wank ago.
WinjBsajtimnso BM ye greet me
terful aOlL Uks," and tbe hnsband leaned
forward with his elbows opoa Tflf
and kaoksst lata her face, While a aws-
plawwj treaser shoo hU awtry traasa.
"After lbs wet nattering motmmenU
pon aae with whleh yea wara pleased I
i
to houor my ujothpr iu my hearing, air,
I fancy that you aauld object tp any
overt acta of familiar greeting upon my
part."
"Oh, Sally !"
"Well."
'lau Woe?"
"Is what true ?"
"That ye've tuck up with Joe 9am
eon." "Didn't you hear my mother aay It
was not ?"
"Wall, Sally, I've always beered It
said that witar thar waa so much smoke
thare must be so roe flrs."
'.'(SlrT aud Mrs. Artustroug arose to
hrr fvl aud ooofrouted ber boaWud
with Juat such an air of wounded dig
aity as he had often recoiled from lu
Mat tie. ht daughter, but which hatn Mr- of the love and , protection you
uever expected to encounter in Sally,
bis wife.
"Isaac Armstrong, look at nn. I
loathe, delxet, I acorn you. Years ago,
guided by the false ailureiueula w!th
which yo dazaled aim I was a very
child In years aud knowledge then 1
did vloleuce to luy own better Judgment
and became your wife. You prominetl
to loVr, protect and cherish rasriill death
ahiuid part us. How well you fulfilled
that vow, let your owu couaclauce an
swer. How well I tried to fulfill mine,
let your older children judge.
"A fw more mouths of wifely suu
miasiuu aud unpaid servitude iu your
bare, bleak home, nod the grave woald
have closed over mo, aa it once did over
another wbo fell by tbe wayside lu her
endeavor to drag you tip tbe iifvlong
steep of matrimony. ,
" I am now well, though, thanks to j
your beautiful system of conjugal pro-
lection, I never shall be strong. If I j
should go back to tha old Ufa, 1 should
go back to tba old misery. Isaac Arm
strong, sriI not do it - Yon have added
luanlt to Injury, by ooeniag bare to-day
aud making wicked aeousalians aga.net
tbe mother of your children. I shall
seek no divorce. I cannot bear such a
disgraceful proceeding. But I shall live
quietly with my mother aud little ones,
aud shall take good oars of Margaret if
yon will allow na to keep bar. She i
a. dear, good girl, aud loves me de
votedly." Isaac Armstrong rose to bis feet in an
overmastering rags. Seising bis wife
roughly by tits arm, aa be trembled with
passion, be shook ber violently aud ex
claimed In a loud voice, ." K'nmnw .' do
ye know what yer Solo'?"
"We've bad enough of this," saidha
mother-in-law, arising him by the die
engaged band. "Iieave the boose at,
once, or I shall have you arrested for as
sault." Than tba eld man tali upon bis kueue
and wept aud euirealod piteoiialy. "I
know I've not always been aa klud as I
ort, Sally; hut I'll proawlsa tods belter !
RW ye cease aad live with aae?"
"Would you, air, stultify your man
, in scorn.
"I'll never 'cusc ye no mora, Sally.
'J'ou my word ! Au' I'll build a nice lit
tle bouse iu Belltowu, au' I'll treat ye
like a lady."
"Ttiat promise sognd'Straugely famil
iar," waa tbe caustic rejoinder. "To-
"Oh, Sally ! Sally! I oau't live wlth-
out ye !" be plleoualy pleaded.
"That's ths first I ever beard of It !"
was tbs calm reply. "Aud now, air,
with your permission, aa wiU close this
interview.' My baby, with which you
east me adrift, peuniluas ami help
lees, before sbe ever saw tbe light,
. claims my attention now. I most
j look, too, te tha support of rVg and
j red aud Cbriasy. I make no demands
.....
, uuon vour Dursa. aud I aiiall ask lor no
divorce. If you will yield lo tbe inevi
table with graoefal submission, you can
visit your children whoa yoa feel ao dis
posed, and the world ahall net know
that wa have sr Derated. When rou re-
turn stohnge 1 will remain for my
. to go before tbe children. It la anon gb
for them, poor dears, that Ibey have la-
, be riled from their uu happy mother fite
I inward Qrss ot iinqueucUable Uisourd,
I,ct na not embitter their, young lives
j by unseemly blcksrlugs. You may
J bava tba aae of tbe north chamber do-
Injryeui "lilt.1 3qhlidren shall be
J Uugbt to love" and bouorytm as their
father, and I shall five for hem only.
Were f tory W li ve th you, I should
not survive a year, 1 do uot reproach
you, but iVwiil not brook your re-
. l. T a ...lii.,. ! .
fOJMWwaa. 47s saisHswai sail T
The old. mas started Hf Uddebly. lu.
aplrsd with a aew Idea.
4lTlI git even on ye for tbla, Sally ?
he aald exultanUy, "Ye iorglt that
tbax'i 4 law ta panUb feuatliou wires.
Tbem bbU'ea als)t ywur'it, nn' TO
troabie ya ta gira 'am ap, peaceabty rf
aa ssiat. faselhle it ss sssms -; r
afra. Aaaatraag turaed deathly paie.
feuch a enniljagaaay had pat before ae
earred ta her. Ftn king afaa tbaWnaew
aha gaapad for breath and clutched new
bdaly at tba flbbim af ter threat.
"Jiha! Am a ! Miaa Aasurraono ! Yer
not a aiusrt aa ve thought ye was !
' Luckily ihar'aa law to punish reCeTllous
wive ! Ahn .' Armtlrony "' and
the head of tbe family chuckled sodlt.ly
1 to himself, be fumbled iu bis pockets
; for lp and tohacen, and began to prr-
: pare Manrrly frr a smoke
' 'Hh, Mr. Armstrong! You ttuUdn'(
tie ao cruel !" pleaded the wife. "lie
ueiuher, I gave the best years of my life
to ths care of your first motherless brood.
. Kemeuiher that I bsve gone down to
the very jsws of death for you time aud
:agaiu. Keinember that I want ta your
' home a healthy, willlug, amhltsnuk
glrl-wlfe. I came away from It with
your oouaenl only Ueoause t was e
longer physically or mentally equal to
tbe tasks which you imposed upon oie,
,,romlsed, and for which I slaked aiy all
and I'jat
"i'.y the memory of the dead mother
of your first doseu children, a mother
who went the way that I, s her succes
sor, hopek'sxly triKl fur yeura, I entreat
you, spsreto me mythitdren !"
"If J'c'll do yer duly liar an obedient
wife ort to, and submit lu yer husbaud
aiicordin' Scj-ipler, Vf ahall have yer
youug uus. If not, .Vm Armstrong, I
prniOHc to text ahal viilue thur is lu
law."
Margaret, who had heuns cruelly
wounded by her father' rude repulse
when she bad apruug to meet him ao
joyfully upou tba lawn with Daisy iu
tier arms, bad remained out of doors
with the little ones during this whole
atormy seen) aud now gathered courage
to enter the parlor, still clasping the
baby waif to her bosom. ,
"Sec here, Teg!" aald her falbor ex
ultantly, for Mrs. Ariuatroug'a mood of
paasmuale entreaty pieuaed him vsslly,
"Yer mammy here has got sums hifa
lullu' uotious In ber head, aud wants to
he a yruf-truJAcr. Tbiuk il'syuaiiofia
Uc. I'll iarn tier aitritk wuth two o
that when I send tbe oouslahle to re
plevy tbem young una. IkeArasstrong
may Us a fool about some things, but
he's up lo the law about a huadaud'a
righle."
"You slsixier mamma, and 1 w ill not
hear It !" exclaimed Margaret; aud the
old mau alerted, as lie traced tier strik
ing resemblance to her sister Maltle in
the child's flashing eyes.
"If you've oome tn visit ua peacefully,
and tell us all slout Monehetige aud
the folks at home, I'm glad to aee you,"
aiie couliuued. "But if you've come to
raise a row, I w ish you'dsLayed at home;
thwl'a all !'
J'Ue father, suddenly Infiirmlod, gave
tile child a blow iiou the side of the
face that sent her sprawling to Ihe floor,
strikiug the baby's head violently
against tiie corner of a chair.
Mrs. Armstrong fainted from exces
sive fright.
" MituaUr ."' exclaimed Mrs. Jolu-r
frantically, "you've killed the baby !
Isve the house this iustaut, aud never
agaiu rinrr to darken my dMr, or I HI
have you arrested for murder"'
Dear reader, if Ihia were eatery writ
tea merely te arouse and then asauage
your ym pat hies, we might here record
and would ws could iu truthful ilea
lhat I sass Armstreug, slang by by re
morse, grew buertlly ashamed of his lo
beman conduct ; and that, exhibiting
tbe nobility of soul which yon have
learned to so deeply admire in Dr. Hard
ing, bia daughter's suitor, the aid man
aoespttd bie let, hard as It swaed. and
'ever after contented himself te live
without InttloUag a husband's presence
that bad become Intolerable open the
young mother of bia ehildreu. Then you
and we would sympathise with him lo
hie sorrow and loneliness, and long for
the day to oome whan hie freed spirit,
pnntled by sufiering, Its dross consumed
in tbs cruoibie of self-denial, and bis
whole being ennobled by the exercise of
manly msgtiauimily, would soar, on-'
I
! sullied iolo the beautified presence of tbe
martyred wife of bis youth. Aud while
we sympathised with, we would honor
him, aud hojt and rul, for his sake,
that his youug wife's loalhiug could be
turned into' ehanuels of afleciiou, aud
j U tulJo r"Jtt" in k1 presenoe
aud yield him wifely ooncessiun with
duly rsspoudiug love.
Bat this is not a mere Idle romance,
dictated to pieaes tba seeissa. It u s II fe
te i story, of whiob every reader can, In
some form, Imagine a counterpart. It
ia a story penned to point out what is
wroag In law aud custom, with a hope
tttal tbe great evils that natural Jy ac
aurapeny tba violations of God . great
isTdtnancee, in aoroenary marriages and
oue-seked, ons aided la wy Way be laid
bare at tba root by tbf baUls-axr of
trulb. Aad ao, With trembling hand
and saddened fasAAl, wa pen thiseliapter
and tbaArxt, picturiag, aot what ought
i te Vv-bwwhat, alas, se often a.
Mrs. Arsaetroog's baby did aot die. It
was atwaaea ay tba blow, but soon re
oovessd, aad the old man, seriously
alarmed, look' tha frail waif Into, bis
arms, only to batfsufTbcate It in Ms
attempted kindness, with bla smoke-
Is den breath ; whereat the HtOe orea
tnre grew" death lyalch.
"Olvw tbe baby to m o4 -attend U
yoar fshrflbg wlfa, or be off wtm your
self, wwlr (a better, aafd fcjt Mothsr
' "The ajills) eaat haar touaeoo
aaaefta. It baa always treatbed elaaa
"Don't town WaiMd' ariao Mar
garet. "She'll loas her asnaea for good
and all, If you don't stay away from
belt" and the child wiped the teors from
tier eyea and liegan applying ronton-
jtlVM to her oneon-Hom, strpmoU.er's
mouth and nostrils.
"Ye ll hesr from n,e, Miss Jot.e. !"
SAlu lasse Armstrong empliallcsliy , uoio imin iun 11 ia ior uvi men 10 mi
'"Ye've been lnterferln' between the!eo? ' f s not the sin of uochantlly aa
! holy relstloua o' husband aft' wife. A great in the one aa in the other " "Ar
mnlh.r.ln.U Iwvm 1..11. a n 11 luaiiiv "
If It hadn't been for Mrs. Jones vour
wife and children would have died of
",U,UU" .a., w.u.er, H,u m....re.
oenairiry. ton man i nt-ip us any
- ..isyoe ye n u.f ...n..er ootu, , y.
M Auanr.V replle1 the head ol tbe
family.
"Not another w,l. Mr Arn.atrong!"
lni.rru4ted Mr. Jones. "I've alroady
VTwyaaiTmeo I'liian ror at nii(iiivrair. 1 1
tilers' any law to protest s wotnsn from
1 her husband's violence, propose lo test
I It." .j"1
I 'Mis Jones, ye can't prove ss 1 ever
.struck .-tally a blow in my life ! Hut
I can prove lhat iter name' tteln' bruited
'ettottt HeiHown tn a wsy thst ain't re-
' apectable. an' that ahe ain't fit to lie
I . - -..! 1.-1.. .... f..Mll.. I ' ' t.l 1. ..
uumiu m iriiu u ji u miuilj . H1U lur
MM.. Mr. Armstrong!" pleaded hi.
(unhappy wife, now fully conscious of
what wsn treuMdrtuK. "you certainly
wouldn't trv to taitiiah the irnod name
iof the mother of your children !"
i " tarnish yer good nsme, indeed !
I That's a Kj.(rr1U1 joke! Didn't I hear
evil said o' ye on the whsrf when I first
'landed st BetlTown IWn a purty
' woman to talk about yer (rood name !
! Kefuaeto bbey yer own lawful hnshand !
'.I'll lam yer and the indignant consort.
I trembling now with mingled exultation
and rage, hurried sway from the house,
twett I aboard tiie ferry U.st and crnMd to
I tbe Illinoia shore, where lived a brother
of his, to whom lie unbosomed s doleful
' story of his wife's unfaithfulness.
Tu tc colilliiurd.l
V0TEE8 AID VIETUE.
T th m Knrms tii i Vn Vukthwbit
! An article ptiblNhod lu the ftrtgtminn,
ami aigueu ah;iiii, wan reau ai me
last meeting of our Suffrage Society
i From tbe lone of the article, and the
1 arguments made use of, I more than
'suspect that "Arcadiun" would have
I beep the snore appropriate signature,
i U the article w as written by a woman,
I It must be oue in whom all the finer and
nobler attributes of womanhood have
i -v.. i..t lo uiu matter, ii ta lime mat
ielemcut of our nature; for uo womau men, and women too, sli.mld know lhat
jof noble aud virtuous principles no i "sexual sins" are just as criminal in
woman of pore and generous impulse men as in women yea, even more ao,
no womsu wlasee daily associations have I as mau is the aggressive party. Il l
been with the true and high-minded j time that aoclety held him rciponaihlc
meu and women of our land, aud whose instead of her, or at least equally with
soul is tWIcd with an earnest desire to kit; and wa are glad that ao many no
f beneflt humanity, would el'oyp to w rite aod women ilve become
such a diatribe, such a ,.liW Ur.owk aroused to tbe enormity of the Injustice
I .1.. ..! ...-...., I k- l.l-
j, . .r..rwrwu, -
srticls. I merely wl.li to say a few
! words on one or two points. Ths nrl
is, "If womeu were allowed to vote, bad
' women." prostitutes, "would vote : andl
their going to the poll, would not only
U.lf "Teful calamity, but
"had women ars worse thau had men.
The lllluir of knswei-llig such fmtissh
! assertion, would lie worse than waoled
were there uot nisuy, both men and.
i-omcii, wuo, uot lAKing me pains or
lim. In lr,n, ll..m.,li.- ... Il, ...I.
I . ... . v
' i.u.i. ....i i ii.... . .... i .
would so disgust decent women lhat eoniml the aentlmeut and enJce of anniJ ..u,..,-o.aie., iu. ouu.
they would at., athome. aud thu. ..m t madrand1n,U' f " l
leave the voting alU.gelher to that class 'e, Z he Z IniK wTr and men ' ""' lUrVUK'
'of wo...... ao,lil.e-ei..,,.,i.llo.-ir ' ruling K.wer , and men, . jve u ruc,,OIHi kid free-
, of women, Aid these haying it all their holding, a. they do, ths illtlcal Hwer d ... . .iumU.riu. IKjWtr
own wsy, would vote tliem,lves Into of lhe UB,ion , tbelr own h.uds. are f"" ' ' ' " '
! fkffiss. il -s-a..li " m, 1 a. Ik.l .... llit Half I)ert. Ill llOl A WAT Ol. It 11 I
i 'b -J- to bold the legislative t,,.t uut uniiurmltHMl Murm ev
- "-'-"Hany other relation in life. Meu know
any innovations on esisniisnea customs,
would, on reading sue,, an article as
Arcadia's," firmly believe that llw
I world with all It family aud govern-
mcutal lustHulioiis wouUI go to destine-
(tion,were women allowed to exercise i respect, and that public opinion, iu re
I Iheir iuslieuabie rights to a voice In lb I janl t "free lloi-nse" on Uic part of
( government and Hie laws to which they mt n would Changs, and tiiey he held to
! are ameasble -in short, if lliey were el- I . ,lrtct a moral and virtuous life as are
lowed to votjt. What are tbe nw.ulal i woman
! nualincBllon. for voters Not sex. but
j cilixcliahip. The Constitution of the ! should they bs allowed political privl
j l ulled Slates say. the voter must be a; lege, i a libel upon our aex. and Is only
citisen of the I'nited States, and of the I set up as a scare-crow to frighten ths
State wherelu he resides, at tbe time be timid. Il is just like the miscegenation
casts his vote. No State can disfran- cry of tha slaveholders, wben tbeemau-
cliise any of its clUtsuH, ' nor deprive iciuatiouof tbe uegrurace waa advocated,
tbem of the exercise of this right, ex- J they forgetting thai lhe rapid increase
oept for certain cans,-. These causes jof mulatto children smoog their alaves
are specified as minority, Idiocy, iusan- was a standiug evidence of the coiwupl-
lty and crime. Sex is nowhere men- j soeuos aad I luuaia9Uaucss of themselves
- tloned as a disqualification for the excr- , and sous, aud a proof of tbe helplessness
cise of the right of franchise. i of enslaved womeu. Tbe social evil hts
Slate regulations can extend only ao grown lo such vast proportions, aud the
I far as to require s residence of a oertain men have made such a vigorous on-
eugiu oi time iu me ntate, Bounty,
township and preuluct.
YetsTery SUtel
i . .
e.1 lue power to ,
Pl Li SMI anil la
lu this I'nioa has usurped
dlsfTauohisc its female citisens, ami Is
udield In that usurxtlon by the gea-
I oral government, right In tbe face of tba
Hoiial Italian Vmr mitmt r.-.i.i. t up-
' cadia," and others of like prejudioua aud
fears, seem ta think that It ia because, if
, women were allowed to vole, "bad
women," by which term they lueaa
j "rvstitntea,N women bnobaata in their
uvea, wouia, m a neoeeaeryaonesojuenee,
t vote too. Then, oh, what direful results
would follow ! gecne af tbem weald
'evengeUtJffloe! Woader If "Arca
FdU" ever thought af tha mflliooe af
draaken, Ignorant, debaocbed "asea
1 1 ww-. i i w .w s i stw1 vei
, aleotlon and deposit their Votes, flinag
I tba varlottf offtoea la anx aatioa, from
the President and Supreme Judaea.
down to the loweat offlee In the gift of
the jMiiple, outnumheriug the dtn'enl
( uieu Uu to oue. Could the "women
.prostitute." do more th.n this? la it
, any worse for bad women to vote ami
eaulia" Ihlnks llfli Khe uvi Lhat hail
women are worse than had men an -
swrtion without proof. What doe the
.. ..... . .. ...
( nnniin nanoua, tmy vma mo.
It
nuur. ,n .iruuK". "HH'
adulterer, tbe fornicator, the whore-
monger (all mau line terms, and I where-
,s.r -wd applied to men, and deela.ea
t that they sh.H not Kingdom
mi. i . . i . 1 1 w mr
sdultereress? 'Hio and siu no more."
1 While man makes s great outcry shout
I tbe uucbastity of woman, accusing her
; of lb at of which he i himself also
'guilty, aud of which she could not be
i guilty without his co-opcratlon, Christ,
1 knowing her to le the victim of man'
' concupiscence, as ya, lu scccnts of pity,
liV.IM. A.. I Muiiu.,, Il4u. ...1
, - .11 w uv v . . . k. m ...ww , w.iu
I ..........
that I. without sin " to "cast the r-t
1 -tone.' But let th. enormity of the
1 ,,n e what It may, and lt prevalence
" extensive as we know It to lie, we
donotexcuae nor palliate it in either
1 sex; but we do say that as it is not made
bar to the exercise of the ballot mid
' the folding of office In the esse of men,
it should not be in the ca.e of womcu.
,l no norsc for "had women'' to vote
ofTice than it is foi "bad men"
lo ,)o Th' ""l" clllzciis, and
j 'oln l,T Uv same natural and ootiBli-
I tu'"nal rights; both also are umeuaUc
j 10 lu "' laws, both humau and di
I "ine 11 w,r ll'n nousciise-it ia
j criminal -this trylug bo excuse in man
1 that which is condemned in woman
I We could mention many prominent
; men iu our nation whoee private lives
i are a maae of rottenness, ant uikhi
I whose countenances the word "liln-r-
tine" is staned in every lineament,
I were it nec
ry to prove what we have
assenea, inai purity or lire lu tbe male
oitlaen Is uot a prerequisite to the exer
cise of tbe right to vote and hold office
even ,the ofnoe of President and to
prove that it is unjuat to deprive womeu
cttlicTJS of the exercise of the same
rights, because some unchaste uouiaii
might vote or get into office.
It la time a different view was being j
thst us so long been meted out to
I . .
i woman, ami are striving with tongue
j a0)l p,,, na uot. tll.eds to emancimte
j ber from the social thralldom In which
I ah. ,. inn. t n t,i. ... i i ...
- i... .k..m - ' m.i.. ...
I stead of women, for the evils of society ;
I bat how c.n tnil u d(Mie wllile ,,
and judiciary power, and through il,.-.
to control tbe Industrial, domestic snd
social relations of all classes of the peo-
.. . ." Vl "''arouse these slumbering forces, and
eaualltr With man inuihmllu. she can l ... . .. .
i .1
nrrrr te on an equality with nun 11
i . . ' )
tflU. kllow tll.t ,holl, wotft
onee heoome Klltically free, that marlal,
lrf,M.I Hnmilr rnH...,. ....IH
u follow, and that she would come
Up by the slle of man, his peer In every
f The fear thst women will degenerate,
aiwugut vu toe women, iu oroer, iiuim-
liki 10 oreen and excuse themselves,
by tbrowlng the sin and blame on litem,
lh, weMia tlTe been forced to de-
. ..A ... j , ...
j peiad aa themselves; and in ao doinr!
bava discovered where the root of the
evtt Ilea. It lies In the noil ileal in-
4 eqttaHty at the sexes, ana) can never be
rsmaniad aattl tba swriag power uot
eaercised by man alane, but by man
and woman conjointly, and whan wom
an demands of man the same purity of
I We that he demands oT her. We thiuk
If "Aroa-ba" will rive this sahlec a
tboroagh iDvastigatioa freas mi uuprwja-
diced sland poiui, she (,ws will assume
ior convenience mat a woman wrote
tbe arttele) wlH find that the grouads
aha baa taken are amenable, sud tbe ar
gnaaant used samalataia them ausouod;
that waataa are aitisena, and equally
with aaaa have a oenatitutlona! right to
vetel aad nheoad anew" are Just as
had aa "bad wamen."
M. O. Bbowa.
Olympin, March 1, 1875.
ki 1H1 TnraiTos ,,nrv
kl,Ki.k IVrlUllu.N
lu, right of wonau to the ballot 1 an
n,Uirwil rlf kl vtn Ler ty lu, rt,e
K)wer Ullkl u,, to Ub, tr(tll.r
mail. All are endowed by the reator
with certain inalienable r.gbta, aunmg
which are life, liburty, aud the pursuit of
baplBeaa; to secure these rlrhu,
ertiuianta an: iuatlLAileJ .niniiif ni.,i
, j,.,,,, ,u frotn ltlr ct(ll.
.ul , Klther Wo.llSU
, UJrll.be lo luwM or b
Ui- ulurm q
UlM. twu of cUmm h.ve Uf
, o of f
are sessed and eK. r-
cised by themselves man has no more
right lo deprlvs woman of ber free pub
lic political opinion, thau she has to d.
rive bim thereof. Mau admit the
right of womau, wheu he declare that
wliuu ail women demand the ballot it
shell he r rati led. If it is the ril'ht of all
women, then it follow necessarily that
it la tiie right of each oue. eeuslilutiuK
j j
Ou arriving at the age of
tweuty-oue, man is eutilled to ote.
j w,',. Ul. lblll wolumu ,, ,
: llbt.rl. ? j, uisn cannot rive
. . f . . . , '
for lb un withholding from her the .anie
fruilum, let In in no longer ignore tier
demand.
i'he Conslilulion declares tlial w omeu
a.ie cilizeita, and thai Die right to vote
ia acititon right. Therefore, ber eu,u.l
j right to the ballot is plainly to be aeeii.
Our opponents cannot aay that women
ale not ciUr.etnt, ami aa audi HM.M-as a
citiren o riglit from birth; if the right
to vole, or the right to aclf-govc rumelit,
does not exisl in the ple, iudeieud
eut of coustilulioii ami laws, how could
their he a lawful constitution, and from
what source came our present lews "
rile) emauatud liooi Ibe Snauinpt ion ol
pow tr ou the part ui komeuuly. The
will of tiie entire people should he the
true basis of our overnmeut, sud the
free sxprcsalou of ttiat M ill by the pub-
I lie vole of all cilisens, w ithout dlstlne
liou of rucej color, occiiatiiiu, or sex, I
l the only means by winch liial will can
bu ajtceilAiuud. As the world bas ad-
vaneed iu civilisation and culture, an
miud iusa ariasiu iu douMuiou over mat
. Ici , so have the right n( women bet?ome
I more fully rcoogiused, and lhat recogin-
1M1I1 initio r.-lill nf ll,w il.ifudutnu.nl i.f
2J.au nielli as well Iry to control Ihe
wiud, aud slop lis ualural acttun, aa to
thiuk that lie can much longer hold
womeu in atiujectiou. We are uot iu
j harmony with ualural laws, and dis
cord prevail thai will eventually revo
lutionize and recoiiNlrucl our preaeut
corrupt aud demoralised goverument.
Tbe force a of natural law are posbiug
women Into tbe harness, that through
action she may attaiu her p or feci aud
ualural devclopiueul. In order that the
deaigua of tiie Creator lie accomplished,
I womeu must have unbounded freedom,
! -"piete .luancipaUou from man's
i "l""U r"'1'' "l ""ly -'
I 1 be -"'P - 't f casliug a vot,
uau K,pieaUlll Tnc TugTicsi iyicbT woni-
suhood.
Tiie ballot is the impetus that will
i UTI Ug lUlO BCllOU B Sell -Till I A UO 1 U W 11 IC II
, . .. ,.,,,.
,ow sadUr dencient. It will
j siie is now sdly dencient.
j arouse higher aapiraliona at
I nobler
lLl!LvlM J ihTriaii.TuenVra
tloli.
Tbe AuterKiau l.alMin, in its mareli
onward and upward, cannot pwliticaily
choke tiie intellectual aud political sc
tivity el half He citizen by narrow
statutes. Women have argued, plead,
aud reasoned to prove that their claim
( ar,J""1 ul"'"
w uu u i RvpTi mi w ,ov lews m man.
And this will eveulually enaipel bim to
relinquish his asfumed power, aud yield
to woman ber lod-glveu right-
CliAllA K. H LVKalt.il.
Olympia, W. T., March 3, lw.i.
Ikkm-km-k ok Nkwm-ai-krn. Small
is Hie sum that i required to patronir.e
a newspaer, aud amply rewarded I it
patron, I care not how humble and uu-
r tending tiie gasette which be take
ia next lo impossible to All a sheet
with printed mailer w LUiout pulling
into It something that i not worth the
subscription price. Kvery parent whose
son Is away from home at school should
) uply bbu with so
i remember w hat a n
lner was between th
mla a-k. hul till f I
newspaper. I well
marked difference
ose of my scbool-
ntalee who had, and those who had not
I eoeee te newspapers. Other things be-
laa eaual. tbe flrat were always de
cidedly euperior to the last in debate,
composition snd general Intelligence.
Itnniel Wtbeter.
"Ilaos woman unlannucted.unahawled,
before the ' public gase, and what be
en ma of her modeetv, her virtare?"
Tbiss wrote a distinguished Unitarian
; clergy maa twaaty yaare ago. Ha has
, since ousoo verso, let as nope, tost saed-
esty does not lie attogetlier In a honoot,
nor is vmoe a amy euveioped B a
aba art Hiaowa rtsasmlaatiaa te new
(airly eoeamiiled to the eneuacmeat
of womaa praachera nor do the other
denominations linger far behind.
England baa tasi.nfs) more women than
men.
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