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Show MIH. PITTS 8TKVKNS O.V THE SITUATION. Tho JYonccr is a woiuau suffrage organ, publirhed in San Kruncisco by Mrs. Euiily Pitts Stevens, with no in-cont-idcrable degree of ability. In fact it deals some blows to the ' lords of creation'' which make them wince oc-cisionally, oc-cisionally, but, of course, tl.oy are too to acknowledge that a woman's thrusts have even irritated the surface of the cutiele, much less punctured a vital part of tho superior male anatomy. anato-my. Many of them wou'd regard it us the highest exhibition of masculine weakness to pay the slightest attention to a woman's logic however sensible or sound it might be. Referring to the aelion of tho late Republican convention at Philadelphia, tho 1'ionccr characterizes the platform as very Son reading, crowded with brilliant bril-liant generalities, and says it talks about liberty and universal suffrage as though women were destituto of that immortal portion of tho human composition compo-sition generally described as the soul; and as tho fair sex generally lay claim to tho largest share of that article, this insinuation is, to S3y tho least, au unkind un-kind out. ilrs. Pitts Stevens very patieot'y awaits tho aotion of tho Baltimore convention, con-vention, in the faint hope that the Democrats will do something more peksitivo and sensible; which the "un-terriSed" "un-terriSed" ought to make a note of and pro6t by. Referring to Greeley, the Pioneer indignantly burls the charges ot weakness and vacillation made against him, in tho teeth of thoso who have uttered ut-tered them, and says they know butlittle of tl 6 character and habits of the man they bold up to ridicule; and then that v-nerable farmer's virtues nd worth are properly enumerated. llo is characterised as a wise, pure, neat and temperate old philosopher. The rie.ii portion of this euloey will, in n!l probability, bo questioned, however hearty the other traits may be endor-cl. endor-cl. The article in question contains the flowing paragraphs, to the credit of tho old man, the truth of which ctr-tiinly ctr-tiinly cannot be denied. Twenty years since, when "Know-noihiogism" "Know-noihiogism" ruled the hour, and oxcr-nsed oxcr-nsed despotic proscription against t.-.osc wbo wou:d not fall into' i;De l.reciey, notwithstanding ihe war wag-id wag-id sga.nst the Iritanu, hurV-d de'fi sceo at the exclusive,, continued his delenseofthc political equahty and rights ot adopted ,, and continues contin-ues in that state of m,nd at the present tim.-. h..wig u, ,fcia ba, ,lc h aac'tli. r vacmatcd nr changed hen the South surreudoied V,-t.roo.ey V,-t.roo.ey demanded of tbe fmr'am s-nngem laws to p,,vya hlllliriV, protect property ana hie i Ic4 frn.-.' vot,e.,,m,s termory coupk-J witi, J-i,,and J-i,,and lor universal .a t,., si surtrjge as a means ot'tablili-ineu,u,enooasto ot'tablili-ineu,u,enooasto the Co,sl intentions inten-tions ol i.,e IcderJ mtnrnu and u.-i.ii-j!he ?ouinio k.i,,,.;, 0,- !lVal l,;iru.or All parties n.waio;.: iLe-c "!" !" P!tya of il.o .l0,,'L. o.nnono to ridicule Mr. Gmiv for po-soMrjg ;be:r. In thee rb- iee 'r-tainly 'r-tainly has U-eu on hi. part, ueither vaeiilatiou cor ehanre. |