New-York daily tribune., 1842-07-25


kinds OF Savery to be abolished we will give the
li.t again a. VIC wish to refer to the Dependence Of
Woman.
Eigh Brancbe, Of fhc Trunk Of >lsrery.
l. Naiiye-bors SLAVERY. .. Enslavement OF Prs
oncr. taken in War. 3. Slave Trade and eNportator
Of Slaves. f. Sale and secu.ion cf Wones in Se-
RI rlio. D. Seritudc Of the Soil sr Fcuda Bondage.
&. Military Conscrpton.. :. Perpetual MoHastc
Vows. g. Indulgence, or passive ard indirectSiavery
We have shown in our last articles, we think,
that the fundamental and original cause Of oil
Slavery is Repuqnart Hdustry, and that to lay
the sx At the root Of Slavery and Scrvitude in
general, we must dignity Industry and render it
attractive.
1t may be supposed at the first glance that some
of the Seryitudes mentioned in tho list given
sbove-for example, the sale of Women, and the
dependence of the Female Sex under all its va
rious forms-cannot be traced to Rcpu -nont In
dustry Directly or indirectly, they however can.
To show this, we will touch upon the Dependence
Of Woman.
Labor being at present degrading, being exer-
c.ed by persons who for the most part, are coarse
and vulgar in their manners, Woman. with her
more delicate nature. shrink, from it. There il
ssiiher charm, elegance, potene's nor any thing
IN accordance with her feelings connected with II.
Add that Man has ussrped nearly the entire field
Of Industry to her exclusion; add the immense
complication Of domestic Labor attendant upon our
system of isolated households which forces her 10
waste hsr life in the uHproductve and menial oc-
.,c, Il, .pI .bqll hut "
!. almost entirely cstrangod from Industry. from It's
higher occupations. which procure consideration
and fortune, and which develope the powers and
facul,ic- Of the mind. With these disadvantages
resting on her she becomes dependent upon Man
for her support Pecpniary Dependency poison'
al Social Relations and causes 10 greater or less
extent the renouncrment of Liberty of that Liberty
" hich i. the most cheri.sed,-hc Liberty Of ne
Heart NTH its sysvathies and qfections.-
Woman. IN her union with Man. becomes
secondary being, who is annexed to him; she
loses her name, which is merged in his, and her
sht of action as an independent being. She
pres him obedience in return for support; and 80
easily does the mind surrender independent re-
1ection to predominant preIudices, that even
Woman herself looks upon this dependency, this
,ba.emcnt. a. natural. She believes that n career
in those higher Spheres, where Man, with a few
exceptions, has shone alone, is shut out from her,
md that her Virtues should be those which
sdap,ed to the narrow circle of the isolated and
morotonous Household.
The condition of W oman must be amslt0rted,-
she must be socially clevated. To attain this end
we would not recommend, however, that Industry
as il at present is exercised that Banking, Com
mercc and Busine" in general should be thrown
open to her. or that Political Rights, the right TO
vote and to sit in our Legislative Halls, should be
conceded to her. The Selh.hne.s and Duplicity
which they communicate to Man, would he ex-
tended 10 Woman, and the whole circle of Society
would be involved in the pervsrson OF our civil
iled Societies different route must be fol-
lowed Industry must be ennobled and refined,-
il must b. eleuated 10 Woman; she can then enter
it with honor and advantage to herself; and while
she finds in its pursuits the guarantee of Ind'rsnal
Independence, she will find IN its noble field new
and vast sphere Of action.
In Association. which will award merit to whom
it i. due, to Woman as well as to Man, mot like
our present Societies, which circumscribe rewards
and advantages to small minority of males,) she
can deyelope her faculties and powsrs-whch,
when fully cultivated, no way inferior 10 those
of Man-and acquire Fortune, Distinction and
Renown by her own efforts and talents She will
then no longer ask support at hi' hands she VIII
have no longer TO barter Synpatlies and Feelings
for phv.ical wants. Invested in Association with
her Liberty and Independence, she will scorn to
live upon his Industry and will soon assume her
true and independent position.
The cause Of Association and Attractive Indus
try is especially the cause IF Woman; she should
advocate and support it. for i, will open 10 her
new social and intellectual existence.
In none of the Societies which have existed on
the Earth has Woman possessed real Liberty and
Inaependence no where has she beer the maker
Of her own Destiny, the controller of her own SYM
,a,L;es and Affections On one half of the Globe
.be i Looked mon as a creature made to minister
70 rho sensual pleasure. of Maa-she is thing
bought and sold, a slave. And in her most ia
vored position she is pecuniariy dependent, she '
surrounded by a thousand obstacles which rob her
Of her liberty and prevent all individual eNertion
and independent action. She is reduced IN con-
sequence, to tell tho plain truth, TO barter her
Svmpathes and Feelings for the house which
cover. her, the clothe. which she wears and the
food which she eats; she must. in vast nsnber
of cases, sacrifice the true and pure impulses OF
her heart.-the dearest and most cherished as
piratons Of her soul to the sad necessity of satis
fying physical wants. Reformers in general over
look this Ssrvitude or think II no hardship, which
.h,w. bow little they analyzc Social Evils; let
them search closely into Womans leart, let them
seek there for the effects OF crushing oppression
and sacrifice which. for public opirion, sake, de-
yotion to children and other reason. are carefully
hidden from the W orld, and they will find wounds.
that ever bleed more frighrui than those on the
negro's back.
/, i. deeply to be regretted that they who are