Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-08-05

2. Do females derive their right, prlvl-
lege or duty of public action from the scrip
lures of the Nep Testament? Where, IN
the acts of the Apostles, or in their epistles
to the churches is the duty of woman to
mount the rostrum for public instruction on
ana subject, recognized? Can you direct
me to a single instance? might cite you
10 many, which are against you and them.
One or Two shall suffice. "Letyour women
keep silence in the churches; for ii is not
permitted unto them to speak; but they are
commanded to be under obedience, as also
saith the law. And if they will learn any
thing, let them ask their husbands at home;
| for it is shame for women 10 speak IN the
church, Cor. IA: "a, 35. What! shame !
for woman to speak in the church, or to !
ask question there, and yet no shame TO
appear as public actors on the stage OF the
world? 81 will therefore that the younger
( women marry, bear children, guide the
state q the house. That they be discreet,
chaste, keepers at home," &c.-1 Tim. .:
ID. Tit. 2: 5. Comment here is unneces-
sary.
3. Do women derive, or can they, or you
defend their right, duty or privilege OF pub
, lie action from the social state, as it has
existed in any age or nation2 Can you
affirm less than that the usages of the civ
iized world are against you and lhem2
Lastly. Do women derive their right,
privilege or duty of public life and action
from nature2 or in other words, is it their
S natural right? Has nature, or natures God
e designed, constituted and fitted them for it ?
Your correspondent, R. T. Robinson,
seems to think that the successful issue OF
! the warfare now waging with the moral
darkness Of this world, is identified with
J. the elevation of woman TO her "dppropri-
ale sphere" Has civilization, then, in its
highest state Of perfection, failed there tc
"eeva,e" her? Aud has Christianity, in
stead of elevating her 10, actually depressed
and degraded her beloap her "approprial,
sphere 90 And has no relief been found 70
:, her until the A. S. Society arose and il
their superior and superlatve wisdom re
h. stored it to her? If the constitution of tina
z Society has raised her to a position whic
has been withheld from her by the will c
ne God plainly revealed, and the suffrage {
We the civilized world, even in that case say
+ let her use her new privilege until that il
on strument can be constitutionally amended
of Mr.. Robinson Insists much on the faC
that the constitution of the A. S. Society
lie. solemnly guaranteed TO woman this RICH
ng What if it does? Will Mr.. r. reason thu
We with respect to slavery because the consl
: tuition Of the United States guarantees Ii
y; right of man to hold property in man, viii
the whole creation cries out against II
we And will he, or your friend Holcomb, plea
on the moral" right, "propriety and fines
of the public action Of woman2 The A.
So constitution Inadvertently, probably, granite
-, this right 10 her.
10 AS the representative, and for the hon
his and dignity of her sex, Miss Kelly shou
have promptly and Indignantly rejected Il
de- nomination placing her on the business cor
Ion mttee with eleven men, in the A. S. Co
S's vention at N. York. This briefly is emil
80 opinion" c..
Rutland, July 80, 1910.
. Inasmuch as my good brother has CALI
on me, as we'll as my correspondents, to a
= swer his questions, will answer briefly
= not foreclosing my correspondents referr
!. to- however, if they find occasion 10 gi
their answers also. If l do not stop wi
saw barely Eyes, or no." my brother will be
,al with me, and console himself as we'll as
can with the fact that he is not alone
cd failing to get my answers into just SUI
-, shape as would suit him. A subtle lay
'es- yer, after exerling his utmost skill, on &C
ven tain occasion, TO get simple eyes, or no,
,ed out of me, before court, greatly TO his ov
so annoyance and chagrin-it being mantle
). T to all that was under no obligation, und
N the circumstances, to conine myself to SUI
nd. an answer-exclaimed, on meeting me &
forwards, "you are the worst witness e
poe er examined before court" am not SUI
nh however, that it was the intention of brot
in er c. to confine me to "Ye5, or no." merel
ere "he'her II was or not, IL Is time Tor me
SEES be answering his questions, without furth
sa- preliminaries. reply, then,
ace |. The Old Testament scriptures
ha, not pretend or undertake to settle the que
,all 'ion put oy orother y, any more than TIT
y do the question of slavery. And it strik
his. me as being not little extraordinary, tn