Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-07-14


sci, and all these occupations-the last of
which, would tax the strength OF the strong
est man-are therefore quite suitable to her
sphere. Sphere! No, circle would be a
better name for woman's present walk for 1t
is round, round, round, like a blind horse on
a mill wheel. A woman can perform any
mental Office without disgracing her sex, and
from the proceeds of her labor pay her share
OF taxes to support the government and It's
officers but can she hold the most petty Of
flee in the gift of the government or its sove-
reigns! She may scribble as much as she
has a mind TO, provided she Keeps in the rear
OF the lordly sex, but she must take care not
to be guilty OF an idea, OF i~nstanter she is I'M
sexed, and has "a masculine strength of mind
Her pen may be gold, silver, steel, or a gray
goose quill, if it be not an Qficidi pen. Seals
she can have, f%anciful, enigmatical, sad or
silly; but no seal of authority. She can write
letters sentimental, congratulatofy, compli-
mentary, consolotary or contemplate; but
letters of administration of marque or of re-
prlsal, or any other letter which implies au-
thority In, and brings a salary to, the writer,
must come from another hand. She may sell
trlnkets at huckster stands, but merchandise
ing OIL a large scale is rather unbecoming.-
She may cry 'radishes,' fish, 'oysters,'
'%onions,' or anything else, through a crowd
ed city street; but 10 be an auctioneer would
require a commission, and is therefore quite
unbecoming her dignity. She can waltz in
a ball room, dance on a stage, ride three hor-
SEES, or do any other monkey trick but TO &C.
cupy the lecturers stand, the pulpit or the
bar-mercy on us all take care and do not
faint-a lady in a court house! Well, we
will never mention such a thing again-un,il
the next time. If ladies' dare 90 TO court, it
must be as criminals, dependents or witness
es--some position in which she can be insuI-
ted as BELTS the weaker vessel. Did the sex
hold any office there, it would spoil the pre-
rogative OF pert lawyers, and convert our
court rooms TO good manners. We know
nothing of them personally-but they are
sorely belied if this would not be a radical
change.
But we have wandered from the extracts.
With us, all that class of c~ounsels which
Grace is quizzing-this making husbands "a
reward of merit is utterly contemplate, and
calls up the causes which lead TO this effect.
We tell children to be good and they shall
have a cake-young ladies' are to mind their
manners, and they shall have husbands. No
matter what duty be urged, if such be the
offered motive. We protest solemnly, and
ever shall, against the entire system of plac-
ing man between woman and her maker
We insist that they stand on a common plat
form of accountability to Him on high
There are situations in which it would be her
religious duty to wash-when the great law
of love which binds us to minister to the COM
fort and happiness of those around US requires
that we labor, working with our hands, in
employments high and low, honorable and
mental but let the motive be, sense of duty
the reward, His appreciation who sees the
heat, and our own, sweetened with the APP
prevail of others, il it may be so; if not, be
content with the wages without The sweeten-
ing.
Although Grace speaks satirically, she
tells plain truth when she says, with him
we dance, for him we sing to be pleasing
IN his eyes, we walk in silk attire; we en-.
, deavor to improve our weak intellects to bt
I worthy of his high consideration
o Grace, dear, all this is too true to make {
Joke of; and not content with this, it is ask
>: ed of US to go TO church-say our prayers ano
T.. do deeds of charity for his sake. Many o
q those lordly advisers and their abettors of GU
own sex, who noble ends by noble means
d ATTAIN would have US exhibit the strength o
a Hercules-the perseverance of a spider
the heroism of all the martyrs-the enduranc,
9 of brass, and ~soflness of waX-the piety of
Paul, and the wisdom of Solomon, beautiful
ly mingled with the subsection of a slave
v simply to win his worship's favor. To us i
is surprising that women have any mind, o
any intellect at all, when we reflect that thei
earliest, deepest, longest lesson is man-fear
At ing. From the cradle to the grave, in ever,
relation of life, his opinion is held up as tn,
L.r,hoo 10 Iatar fronn cnurca of nnpdnct
and the reward for all exeriions. If it wer
q the opinion of our fathers, brothers and hus
% tbands we were asked to consult, it would b
v another matter. There is something praise
n worthy in studying the wishes of those who's
happiness in a great measure depends upo
us; but we may ask almost any woman
she does not stand more in dread of the re
Is marks of a battalion of curb-stone blues, tina
,r of the displeasure of any friend-nay, otter
,e than of His displeasure, who holds her breat
70 in His hands. If James the First, of En-!
~ land, always trembled at the sight of a swort
: because of his mothers fright at the murd'
ps of a ~favorite servant, is it any wonder oil
mr. statesmen, divines and politicians are the POI
O. truckers they are, when their mothers we
lv moral towards, made so of necessity by the
education. Does any one doubt the truth
our position that most women are more alra
SO of men than of their Maker, and more afra
mi of fools and loafers than of sensible men : |
ne them reflect that despite all the efforts of pf
IS. losophers and phiIanthropists, women for t
or last half ceatury, have persevered in takiI
r. their W lives, by means of distorting the
i bodies to please fools. 1t is a conceded ia
that tight lacing is slow suicide; a Violate
of Gods law, and good taste; yet who Ct
stop it while soap-locked dandies praise sill
III waists? Now, pass a law that the body
ue every lady with a slim waist shall be Civ,
: 10 the doctors for dissection, after death, al
,al waists will soon be large enough to breat
,re in, thus proving that woman would inc
ra- dread the exposure of her body after deal