Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-02-21
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.


BRANDON. WEDNESDAY. FEB. Il. 1888. |
The truly modest author Of the following
Appeal, accompanies il with this injunction,
which receive, Of course, as binding:
"Please TO make no remarks which will
disclose its origin. Suffice i, to say that it
emanated from the pen and heart Of .
pon'an-One who feels deeply for the deg
radiation and misery Of one portion Of her
sisters, and laments in secret the apathy Of
another.n
The Appeal is worthy to be stereo,yped,
and 70 Be put into the hands of every fe-
male and every male in the land. To be
deferred from undertaking It's perusal, on
account Of lis length, would be very much
like abandoning gold mine on account Of
its exten.iveness.
For the Telegraph.
An Appealsto Females Of the North.
As there has been much that was excel
lent and convincing said and written, rela-
tive to slavey,,I should deem il quite SUI
perhous, TO add my mite to the already
abundant fupd, were il not ,thata feeling Of
duty and an Increasing interest in the cause
Of oppressed and degraded human nature,
consirain me thus 10 appeal to the benevo-
lence aud religious sensibility Of my sisters |;
il happily BY "importuniiy" their slum-
bering energies may be awakened to efficient
effort for the peaceful and speedy overthrow
ola system 50 entirely at variance with the
precepts Of the gospel.
! am aware that il requires no small de-
gree Of moral courage to enable our sex to
appear as the friends. Of the slave. We
must dare to exercise those powers Of mind
which the Almighty has bestowed upon us,
or we shall be driven from this position by
the objections and enireal:es Of those whose
views are in opposition to ours. The most
formidable barrier that is presented before
us is the political bearing Of siarey.-
We are gravely told that on this account
Il is exceedingly unfeminine and intrusive
for Us 70 advocate the cause Of the enslayed;
and that retirement is more coDgenial with
our capacities and habits. This is spe-
ctous argument; but, unhappily for those
who advance it, il appears to have been
coined for this exigency, and applied ex-
clnsiyely to this question,-for we know
that the sphere of female action has not
always been thus circumscribed. Weknow
that the sympathy and the cooperation Of
females are solicited in aid Of missionary
operations-that women are now urged by
all that is bene6cent in their nature TO as,
sist in sending the teacher Of Christianity
to heather India-even when they are as
sured that the doctrines he viii declare ar,
directly opposed to the neutrality-suspicious.
the established customs and ong-cherishet
preiudiees Of the nation to whom he vii
| 90. They are not now cautioned agains
an interference with the rights Of others
and warned Of the revolution and bloodshe,
that may result from the PRONUNCIATION q
these doctrines, No, they are conmende
, for the sacrifices they are making in sur
port of.the cause, and told that the blessing
: Of these beuighted souls viii rest upon then
, The alarming thought is not suggested |
: them, that if these doctrines should prevail
3 and the Chinese be induced 70 consign the
Z multiplicity Of idols 10 the flames, III
/ teacher Of Christianity may possibly be n
. garded as an incendiary, by those who d
!. rive their gain from the sale Of image
and forfeit his life BY his temerity. N
) those who are thus anxious to benefit Il
distant heather do not in this case consu
consequences they act upon the immut
bic principle that Il Is right TO do our dut
and leave the event with Him who c.
. override al Cor good,
> And women have been, and still are, a
= pealed TO, as eo-workers with their brelhr,
|. in the cause Of Temperance. Their inf
: ence is sought in diffusing the doctrines
!. Peace. And, astonishing as il may no
4 seem, their aid was once invoked in beh;
Is Of Greece and Poland, when their so
, were wsging physical warfare against the
y oppressors I II was not then viewed as
q derogation from their delicacy, nor tn,
= dignity, to commingIe feelings with th,
4 fathers and brothers, or even TO iransu
!, The token Of their sympathy to those W
1. were contsndins for freedom. They we
= not then reproved for meddling with {
a. affairs Of rulers and their subjects. Oh, 1
8. they were admired for their zeal, and Gu
er gizei as angels Of mercy, commissioned
Is bear the balm Of hope to responding breas
e Il IS truly surprising that the acute
! = eeners Of feminine improperly have n
. ere this late hour, discovered that part