edy and
demonstrate the cure for this threatened evil," we confess
to having been _more_ than satisfied with the result. It may
be safely stated as the unanimous verdict of bench, bar and
public opinion, that the jurors of Albany county did well
and faithfully discharge their duties, with honor and credit
to themselves and to the satisfaction of the public.

Among the few exceptions to the general abuse of the press, the
following from the Cincinnati _Gazette_ of April 14, 1870, is
well worth preserving:

Now, in the name of the inalienable right of every person to
the pursuit of happiness, we have to ask: Are not these
women competent to decide for themselves whether their
households, their children or their husbands are of more
importance than their public duties? And having the best
means for deciding this question, have they not the right to
decide? Who has the right to pick out the females of a jury
and challenge them with the question whether they are not
neglecting their households or their husbands? Who
challenges a male juror and demands whether he left his
family well provided, and his wife well cherished? or if,
through his detention in court, the cupboard will be bare,
the wife neglected, or the children with holes in their
trousers? This is simply the crack of the familiar whip of
man's absolute domination over women. It means nothing short
of their complete subjection. Not to use rights is to
abandon them. There are inconveniences and cares in all
possessions; but who argues that therefore they should be
abandoned? It would much promote the convenience of man if
he would let his political rights and duties be performed by
a few willing persons; but he would soon find that he had no
rights left.

And what is this family impediment which is thus set up as a
female disability? The family obligation is just as strong
in man as in woman. It is much stronger, for the manners
which compel woman to be the passive waiter on the male
providence leave to him the real responsibility. Yet many
men forego marriage and homes and children, and nobody
imagines