Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-02-22
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From the Independent Magazine & Health Journal.
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Are not the hig hest dignities Of woman
TO oe the wife and molher-and Is not
that state Of things wrong which deprives
her of The power to be these Is woman
at peace2 If so, she lives in truth. Err
TOR is unrest, is sin, is disease,is death. II
woman suffers. man suffers. There is unity
in therace. II the hall suffers, the whole
suffers. II the right Of freedom of tho't
and action is denied 10 woman, is she The
only ,suferer2 BY no means. To say
nothing Of those invisible ties that con-
meet her with the race, aud cause them to
suffer with her, she is the receptacle Of
life, she is the mother ofthe new being
and the crushed and diseased mother lives
again the crushed and diseased child
And how fares it with the husband, on
whom feeble, half.developed being
hangs, without head 20 plan, or hands 10
achieve2 with only heart to distress,
for even her love is disease. How fares
il with the husband2 Let the miserable,
toil-worn schemer. and Spectator, the
harrassed & depressed professional man,
Ie. all men, 10 whatever class, who have
any development OF soul. answer. Is
marriage what they expected I! Is there
calm, con,ented affection, intelligence,
and peace2 Or is there fevered, and un-
satisfying passion, or loalhing and aver
sion 3 How many feeble, nervous,
wrelched, half.developed wives we see, OF
whom we can never decide whether they
torment themselves. or others mosl2 But
says one, have men no faults, no diseases
Patience, good reader, we are not writing
q chapter on man, but on woman on
wives and mothers. We see the evils by
which they are surrounded. Evils for
which they are not 10 be blamed but
which are visited with terrible power and
distinctness on husbands. and children,
and the world. We see, too, or think We
see remedy, or remedies for all this
The worlds redemption draweth nigh.-
Woman's love will not always he smoth-
cred, or converted into morbid and des.
uoying passion but rightly directed and
truly evolved. Then she will not hang Q
dead weight upon her husband, requiring
him TO overtask every faculty of soul and
body, and sell himself to the Evil One, in
order to minister to her qualification anC
support her and their children in style
falsely named ease, and destroying idle
ness. The time will come when mer
and women will see that buying and sell
ing is not the only business of the world
God is Love. When He comes 10 b
call and 10 all,n will not the business 9
/. Life wear different aspect from its pres
snt2 Love deals not in clever bargains
or sharp reckonings. As q good ma
once said, "the mother runs up no mil
score against her baby" Love has n
slate and pencil. The presen. antagor
ism of interests makes every man a
Ishmaelite; and as man suffers from We
mans wrongs so woman suffers from hi
The noble nature OF man should be We
mans support. and she should be his 81
lace. Butts she this last any more lha
man is the 6rst2 We may all see VIII
should be, but facts make Us fael with te
rible force what is. Be it ours to sho
what is, and thus make all sensible VIII
should be.
q We can only preface what we have
cav on woman, and her relations to mS
and The the Divinity. now. Hereafter v
willspeak to you freely, fearlessly, and
earnest. Heaven help US to speak al
YOU 10 hear. The course of Truth is o
ward like rivers TO the sea. Nothing c.
stay IL course. The procession Of Coz
Provideucc is sure. Let Us rest upon Il
grea, underlying fact, ard work in .Lo'
power and peace. :