Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-02-03

eN'1eme slavery. II tn kes her the toy o
her ioro' the plaything of his leisure, but
sun ms slave. Civilization takes another
sep gives her larger measure ofiree.
oom. She is the cumpanion, the friend.
The JOY, the light of life; but i. she The equal
OF mans Nc, she is only the solace Of his
leisure. Not yet has he though, Of her
rising 10 integral independence And still
mat is her right; good God do we need an
assertion o! that truth in the nineteenth
century OF the Christian dispensa.ionl
lhe INTEGRAL INDEPENDENCE OF WOMAN:
-Moraisis, Ph,lanlhrepists; here i, the
road through which society is TO a,lsin to
be truly soclety,a real brotherhood and NOT
pell NELL grega,ien. Do we hate slavery,
and forget tha, half of our fellow beings
have no political existence? Do we be-
leve in human equality, and forget tia,
woman, by education, position and the
sentiment OF the community is an inferior
creature! shu, out from every career Of
noble ambition ard left nothing but to be
the wiie,--alas! not always TO be The ,cifct
TO cook The dinner and mend The old
clothes Of Man, her master?
Doubtless The practical question is no, an
easy one TO solve; its solution goes pretty
deep. But solved it must DO. Reason,
corrncu sense, manly chivalry, as dts,in
gulshed irem fawning fattery to woman,
alike demand it. What! shall we pfesis,
in making laws by which women must be
governed, and give them no VOC in ,hs
matter! Shall we keep woman where she
is! What say you, then, 10 the fact that
one-eighlh OF the women Of suitable age in
all Your large cities are public pros,itules2
w hat say you to the thousands of marriages
wlthou, love, in which women sell them
selves TO moro legal prostitution, obtain
ing home as their pay2 These are facts,
we think, which canno, be put Of. Ths
founess OF the relations OF men and wo.
men, taking society at large, will no; be
answered with the cool remark that it is n
difficult matter. Look al it, think OF it,
men who know! Is there worse hell than
that around youP
How shall this bs remdiedl How shall
the II enilousneSs which makes society
putreiyng mass be cured? We answer,
by secur ng the independence of woman.
Give her an equal education, open 10 her
the avenues Of wealth, honor and useful
ness as freely as 10 men-make her, in
short, just 50 far the equal Of man rs God,
and Nature, the interpreter of Gods viii,
have made her. There is no other pauacea
for the d, epest rooted and most empoison.
ed evils ofsoc:e.
This is great step which we speak Of
We do not expect 10 have it taken in a
day or year. 1t must be done gradually.
too, and it must be done wisely, or i, had
better not be tried. We are happy 10 see
the signs that il is BEGINNING 10 be thought
Of. The movement which has appeared
in so many States for securing to married
women the control of their own property
is cheering and: as we believe,
Provideniia indication. 1t will 90 on,
ard whether we live 10 see it or not, even
politics will yet be pure enough for women
10 participate in them. The truth, purity
and loyalty ofman shall hereaGe attest
that woman has been inauguruted into her
rghtfal position.