Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-04-27

ity and just application Of the principles of
equality, we shall bo able to maintain them.
You ask, would you have woman, by enga-
sing in political party chickering's and noisy
strife, sacrifice her integrity and purityi No,
neither would we have men do IL. We know
that the natural tendency Of tho constitu-
ton OF society is to this end, but i is wrong,
disgraceful and wicked, and destructive of hu.
man happiness. We want TO revolutonizc the
constitution of society by the application Of the
principles of eternal truth, right and Justice
We hold that whatever Is essentially wrong for
woman TO do, cannot DO right for man. If do
ccption and intrigue (thc elements of political
craft,) be degrading TO woman, can they bo en-
nobling to mani If patience and forbearancc
! adorn woman, are they not equally essential
to manly charactcri If anger and turbulence
disgrace woman, what can they add to the digni..
ty of man Nothing, because nothing can bo.
morally right for man that is morally wrong for
woman. Woman, by becoming the execution
or Of mans vengeance on his fellow-man, could
inflict no greater wrong on society than the
same done by man; but it would create an in
tenscr feeling of shuddoring horror, and would,
VIC conceive, rouse to moro healthful activity
mans torpid feelings of justice, mercy and Glenn
cncy. And so also, if woman had free scope for
the full exercise Of the heavenly graces that
men so calamity award her, truth, love and
mercy would be invested with moro sacred
charm. But while they continue to enforce
obedience to arbitrary commands, to encourage
love Of admiration and desire for frivolous
amuscmcnts; while they crush the powers Of
the mind by opposing authority and precedent
to reason and progress while they arrogatc to
themselves the right to point us to the path Of
duty, while they close the avenues of know
ledge through public institutions, and monopo.
! lzc the profits Of labor, mediocrity and infori-
oity must be our portion Shall we accept i'll
or shall we strive against il fr
Men are not destitute of justice or humanity;
and lot it be remembered that there are hosts Of
noble and truthful ones among them that dcpre-
cato the tyranny that cnslavcs us; and mono
omong ourselves can be more .-ccsty ssaan they
to remove thc-f.',a;, of injustice which
the savagcism of ae~.. hos heapcd upon our
Sex. II, therefore, VIC rcmaifSl nuar.nvr1;u.
ted and degraded, tho cause may justly be tra-
ccd to our own apathy and timidity. We have
at our disposal the means of moral agitation and
influence, that can arouse our country to sa.
wing sense of the wickcdncss and folly Of dis-
franchising half the people Let US no longer
delay to use them. .......A i.
Let it be remembered, too, that tyrannicsi
and iliberal as our government is low as IL pla-
ces us in the scale of existence, degrading as is
Il
its denial of our capacity for self-governmcnt,
still il comedies to us moro than any other gov
ernmcnt on earth. Woman, over nearly half
the globe, is now and always has boon but a
chattel Wives are bargaincd for, bought and
sold' as other merchandise, and as a conso-
quence Of the annihilation of natural right. tbov
have no political existence. In Hindostan. tho
evidence oil woman is not received in court OF
justice The IIindoo wife, when her husband
dies must yield implicit obedience to the oldest
| son. In Burmah, they are not allowed to as.
cend the steps of court of justice, but are obl-
ged to give their testimony outside of the build
ing. In Siberia, women arc not allowed To ston i
across the footprints of men or reindeer. Tho
Mahomedan law forbds pigs, dogs, women and
other impure animals to enter mosque. Tho
Aoors, for the slightest offence, beat their wives
most cruelty. Tho Tartars believe that women
were sent into the world for no other purpose
but to be useful, convenient slaves. To these
hcathen precodents our Christian brethren some.
times refer to prove the inferiorty of woman.
and to excuse the inconsistency of the only gov
ernmont ON earth that has proclaimed the equal
iy oil man. An argument worthy its source.
In answer to the popular query, Why should
Woman desire to mcddle with public affairs.
We suggest the following questions:
l. Is the principle of taxation without rcpre-
scntation less oppressive and tyrannical than
when Our fathers expended their blood and trea-
sure rather than submit to its injusticel r
2 Is it just, polite and wiso, that Uniyersi-
ties and Colleges, endowed by government,
should be open only to moni
3. Is it easier for government to reform lazy,
vicious, ignorant and hardened felons than for
enlightened, humanity loving parents to train
up child in the way it should go"i
4. How can mother who does not under
stand and therefore not appreciate the rights
OF humanity, train up her child in the way il
should goi --ss
8. Whence originates the necessity of a nc
nal codei
o. 1t is computed that over ten millions OF
dollars are annually expended in the United
states for the suppression of crime. How
much OF this waste of treasure is traccablo to
defective family governmenti
z. Can antiquity make wrong rights
In conclusion, we make our appeal to our sis
ters OF Ohio to arise from the lcthargy of agos.
to assert their rights as Independent human be-
ings, to demand their true position as equally
responsible co-workers with their brethren in
| this world Of nctinn and rnsnnnrihiliA., w.