Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-05-04

realm, tney nave sought 10 Dulld up an nfls
tocrncy of wealth, democratic nobility
whose power Of gold shall compensate foI
titles aud coronets. Il would be too bare.
faced robbery to take from the unmarried
| woman her properly, so man waits until her
| legal existence is absorbed in that of hiis-
band, and then, in the name of affection,
shamefully filches thnt to which he has no
moral right If woman who is about 10
marry contemplatcs securing for her own
use, while the law permits il, the means at
her disposal, the world frowns upon her
she is told that her course evinces dstr,isi,
that she is practically impcaching the honor
and the integrity of him who is about to be-
come her husband. And thus is she duped
by public opinion and debased by law. She
is ashamed TO maintain her rights before
marriage, and she cannot muintain them
afterward. Legislation has aimed to place
the wealth of the nation in the hands of
man; and in the right to hold property, as in
many other things, to make the woman a
mere cypher.
And not only does the law permit man to
entirely control his wife's personal property
and her daily earnings, hut il declares, that to
great extent, the will of the dead husband
Is more to be regarded than the necessities Of
the surviving wife. by stroke ofthc pen, he
can reduce his wife from the opucnce she en-
joyed rs his companion, TO comparative power
". And although the stntute law of Ohio Sc
cures to her, at his death, life-interest in
one third of his real estnte-and mark il, a
life-intercst only, no actual, bona fide right
of property, the right 10 sell, to will away, or
otherwise dispose of even though II came
through her hand-although, l say, it Sc
cures her this, he may by will dispose of
the two thirds, even though IL be upon the
wanton, who, perchance, robbed her of n
husbands love, and make provision for the
final disposal of the other third after her life
interest in il ceases And the wife dies with
the bitter consciousness pressing heavily up
on her, That of all the property which was
the gift of fathers love, there is none she
can leave her children to save them from
destitution.
But / will not dwell longer upon the
points enumerated. Such is man's law
such are some of the evidences of his rever-
ence for wonan--such the spirit of chlyalry
upon which he prides himself! The fact
that some men are better than their laws
| that there are those who repudiatc nll lega
rights not based ON exact justice, who trca
their wives as equals, as rutionai beings, doe
not loosen tie injustice Of the laws, or nv
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Il Ane enurS couisc o' inen ies 's's''o' ,.,
ho' on'y m p's co',ouy cul ~ ou'els' c.h ~
nens an utmost epprc =, ~ =,
lsce u.n' woman nus .'RnsI sna, s"Iu,. La. = =
iespec'eu Hsns 'na' 'oe''o"s " " 3 ''s''ii''
virtue OF her humani'y ,,.
Inc common law, OF wnlcn naVo ~
speakng u IN 'orce every wno'e as u''o, ,n',,
stand J. except Where ue,e 70 sur. s'a.u'v ,s a',
sPeciai provision ior me pemen' ~ Wy
whe. Sucn provision eAls,s 10 onio. ! nav
aircaoy n'',no'cu ,na' p's.',n"y a,i.,,ss sS
menus may DC rhaue 10 op''o'e VIC neiP'ee'
and dependent condition in which woman
Is placed as soon as she Is harfleu. l,
&c" yoih'urss ns, and sS ; 'a c;n,',re 'S.' IL
Tor the beneht oi the wiie' loinuire is
separate provision mode ny lhe husband Iol
the wlies support. se,,lement Is uie SEP
nrate provision mace py ue pareh,s VI u,'
whe ior her support lhesc may DC ,''a''' ,'U
alter marriage, hnt they are usuaiiy h'auc PC
so,v, GO, mart C CIR lie w;,s nder The control o
trustees, who MANAGE II tindependentIy Of III,
husband for the benefit of The wife.S ~
i Under the control of trustees, mark you
another ASSUMPTION of incapacity on tn,
nort M woman 10 manage her own property
q Bnt n this precaution for her own benc
fit be not taken. then by marriage all III,
/ ,v;f.,s ,,ersonal nronertv becomes his abso
i,,,.lv = n no, IN nrosssss;on be NAV tax
,,sas,,res 70 - ,edurs Al 4 10 Possession. H
cnn" inns J;snosa of Il i'm spite Of her. : ! j
Iah III, .'.., ~ M ,,,a,, c,llec, ,hen
S If he ,yss ws b;mseir @ II tSe debtor the marriar
concels the debt. If She bns earned none
bv her own labor. during tile marriage, h
NAV collect IL. Thus her personal properi
il entirely at his control. In respect to REL
estate he NAV moi cucumber or dispose
I Il witbont her consent. but he has control
! ,he ir,eore.n I1 ,ilai da'Iinf la
i -aOn the other hand. the only claim Il
wiz, has nnon her husbands property, is (;
n hare s,npori n-;,st the neeessaries suit,
to her condition. If She has brought hi
, ,;eI, onIv M enough for bare subsistonc