Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-12-15

1t is ready still for - boot and saddles, Out not
at the call Of any temporary expediency Of the
hour. Rising out Of the ruins Of political fraud
and party schemes, may be seen new ele-
ment, linking together individuals hitherto Of
terly divergent il their political feelings. ln-
telligent Conservatives are no longer kept in
awe. by the vulgar fears Of ..let,ing 10 the
Wings" Crotcheity Radicals no longer ex-
pect more from Peel than Melbourne adj
ninistratioL. The delusion is utterly gone ;
and instead Of wasting time in unavaiIing re-
gre,s. the mass Of the electoral community are
preparing to a,one for the great error Of l64l,
by seeking objects higher, better, and nobler,
than the miserable molten Of turning out one
ministry, or upholding another.
1.-THE great bond Of union is free trade; and
that is now sought with an earnes.ness COM
mensurate with its greatness. II is fitting
that, 10 this new movement, London should
take the lead. Free trade is the harbinger oil
80 much that is vast and important. that we
verify believe the detection Of the metropolis
would be stamped on the age as one OF the
most serious and enormous crimes. Without
London. free trade will be carried; with it,
carried in the most appropriate and triumphant
way. Next Saturday will. therefore. be
day literally, truly, and without exaggerated
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that day will rest the decision whether or no
the triumph of free trade will be immediate, OF
the result Of protracted struggle. On that
day may depend the fate Of the successful re.
.ention or permant closing Of markets still
open 10 our commerce, our industry, and ouI
skill. On that day may depend the question
whether free trade may come in time, or come
too late.
Much, therefore, rests with the citizens Of
London. We should be sorry 10 see the cleo
ton carried by some mele mea.uriug.cast ma
jori;y. Free trade in the election of Mr.. Pat
tison, should have its triumphant hundreds
the voice Of power. Apathy, negligence, in.
difference in any elector would costitute pos.
tive offence in the sight of God and man.
He who permits the fate of an administration
10 kick the beam when the fate Ct an empire
and of millions is in the opposite balance, is.
indeed, driveller Of the worst description
journal Of Commerce.
UBy the Caledonia, the result of the cleo.
ton in London has been received, and is a
complete Free Trade triumph. The vote stood,
for Pat,son, $40; Barring, 6.a57. being a
majority of l65 for the Free Trade candidate.
Were the mass of the people in ,ht country
allowed to vote, the Free Trade party would
have tfiumphed by an overwhelming MAORI
ty: but there the aboring classes. who are
most interested in the triumph OF the party,
are excluded from the ballot-box.
If no undue importance was attached % the
result in London, by the Chronicle, it is tri-
umph fraught with the deepest interest to mil.
lions of her oppressed laborers.
~ The weather, for the past week, has
been unusually warm, for the season. The at
mosphere is now warm. the ice on the shores
Of the river fast melting. and the channel SO
free from running ice that boats might pass
without trouble.
The RIcHTs OF WoMEN.-A bill has
passed the Senate Of Tennessee by We
ry large majority. TO secure to married
women the use and enjoyment Of their
own property. The justice Of such a
measure seems at once SO apparent, that
it is matter Of wonder why it is now for
the first time 10 be established by law
The principles of the English common
law have been SO deeply grated into our
jurisprudence. that this and similar meas
ures have met with but little countenance
in most Of the States because Of the grea.
and important changes which they were
likely to produce in one Of the fundamen
tai rules of that law. This sort of oppo-
si.ion, however, is the fruit Of prejudice,
and justice has been denied solely TO pre-
vent an innovation on long established usa-
ges. Under the civil law. which prevails
in Louisiana, no distinction is made as to
the right Of women 10 their properly.
Several years since, Judge Hertell,
when member Of the Assembly Of this
State, made strenuous efforts 10 reform
this particular feature Of our laws. For
some reason or other, in The face of the
most able and convincing report which he
made on that occasion. his bill was defeat
ed. The measure has not again been in
troduced to the legislature. but we hope
that at the next session some members
will be just and bold enough to undertake
a thorough investigation of the subject,
and insist upon such action as the impor-
lance of the case demands.-N. Y. Post
The Nashville Union remarking upon
the course of the Tennessee Legislature,
says:
We ought not 10 refuse 10 do right, be-
cause il has been customary to do wrong.
Common justice demands that every per-
son, male AZ we'll as female, should have
the absolute control Of whatever estate he
or she is lawfully possessed; why then
should it cease 10 be just for woman to
retain all her property, when she contracts
marriage! What is there in the contrac,
or the relation that should compel her in