Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-01-05
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Address on The Subject Of WOman's Position,

huuiCsS vi thV DuUJCVt vi hUWuh lOsiuVhl
adopted By Green Plain Yearly Meeting Of
Friends teho have adopted The Congregational
form Of church government, he'd by dd oiun-
nent from the 27h Of the 10th month 10 The
29h Of The same, inclusive, 1919.
Having assembled in the capacity Of on
nnnual meeting, and looking over the various
causes operating to the INJURY of right, the
degrading and degraded position which wo-
man occupies in the scale of humanity,
stands out in bold relief Who can for
moment look upon the responsible and truly
exalted relations she is compelled to sustain,
without being at once struck with the made
uuatc estimate Of her worth. But why
should we appeal TO consequences to show
the injustice OF the depressing influences
that are made to bear upon her? Has she
hot been endowed with an intellectual, NOR
al, and physical nature? Aud arc not these
natures destined to be subject to tho same
laws of dcvclopement and do they not give
rise to wants exactly similar TO those arising
from the intellectual, moral and physical ma
tnie in man9 Every man, every rational
being, not rendered blind by prejudice, must
| yield an affirmative response to these inter-
rogations. Then why is hgl substantial edu-
cation, which leads TO the thorough dcycl-
opment of those noblcst of Gods gifts to
| the family Of man, SO universally supplanied
in her case, by the superficial training so
generally found in the female selhinares of
the present day? Why are the doors OF tho
SO called learned professions, SO locked and
barred by prejudice, arrogant pride and
priestly influence, against the luudablc nm-
bition that prompts her, in the majesty of n
noble intelligence, occasionally to seek for
distinction and usefulness within the temple
Of science?
Why, too, is she so iuadcquately sompen-
sltcd for her labor? Ii is well known that
in almost every instance she is compelled to
receive scarcely one-half that which would
be ungrudgingly paid TO one OF the other sex,
for the performance of the same kind aud
amount of labor. The Legitimate effect OF
This state of things is 10 compel her into un
entire dependence on mail-to make OF her
a mere uppendage to his person, To rob her
| Of that Independence of soul with which
God has so indelibly eustamped every ration
| al, accountable intelligence, and finally to
| plunge her into that sink OF infamy 10 which
she is so often doomed by dependence up
ON unprincipled men.
Who can contemplate the evil consG.
| quences of all these disabilities, without be.
ing impressed deeply with the conviction
tlat much Of the evil affecting humanity is
10 be ascribed to this source? Being thus
dependent, she is compelled to look upon
the sacred Institution OF marriage rs a mat
ter OF commerce, by which she is to become
possessed Ola livelihood, instead of that cx-
ated feeling, which regards all alliances of
this kind, formed upon such basis, as little
less than legal prostitution.
Feeling thus deeply the importance ofthis
subject, we would in all earnestncss exhort
parents 10 instil into the tender minds of
youth more exalted estimate of woman's
sphere and usefulness, aud that they cndeay-
or to provide that thorough aud rigid educa-
tlonal discipline for their daughters, that will
| develope all her powers under the supreme
| cy OF the religious element of her soul, in q
sublime and beautco,is harmony.
We arc rejoiced TO iiud that woman |.
alive TO the importance Of her own elevation
IN the scale of humanity, and are especially
| gfptilied 10y tho action OF II recent convention
of women, and commend the following reso
hutton, By them adopted, as the sentiment o
this body, viz:
| Resolved, That woman is mans equal, wat
intended TO be so by her Creator, aud tia
the highest good Of the race demands that
she should be recognized as such.
Signed oil behalfofthe meeting aforesaid.
| MERCY l.. HOLMES, Ic,
JOSEPH A. DUGDALE, ''''"s'