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

spirit will daily wither under the restrictions
of her husband, and then she will not only
carefully conceal the secrets of her prison.
house, hut will ridicule the idea Of woman's
| oppression. Do not misunderstood me:
| I am very far from considering il proper to
expcse all our domestic matters for the in
spcction of the curious and the gossiping
| world; we hnve right 10 conceal all we
choose to conceal; but we have no right to
play the Iypocriie and pretend to despise On
enterprise whos5 success we well know
would lenefit the race. Why, the very fact
that all the wealth of the f,niily is ia the
hands of the husband, makes her mere de-
pendent--it places her in the most absurd
and slayish position. She cannot even re-
pleni-h her own wardrobe, or that Of her
children, without asking her husband for the
means TO do SO. Should she desire to feed the
hungry or clothe the naked, she must ask her
husband for the means 10 enable her TO do
IL. Should she desire the services Of seam
stress or nurse, she must nsk her husband
for the means 10 enable her TO employ ihem
Is the babe of her bosom sick unto death,
and she desires TO secure the services OF
skilfiil physician, she must ask her husband
for the means TO enable her to do II. II the
cause of peace. temperance, or anti-slavery
has her warmest symputhies and earnest
prayers, aud she desires to give pecuniary
mid TO these enterprises, she must ask her
husband for the means TO enable her to do so.
Mrs. Kirtland very Justly remarks, in rela-
ton to this tnatter: "The Turk does not lock
'up his wives with more jealous care than the
Christian husband his strong box from her
whom he has formally endowed with all his
earthly possessions. 10 this lock there is
ever but ono key, and that the master car
'ries la his pocket" This is 10 fancy sketch;
on the other hand, multitudes could be pro-
duced that would tell you this is only faint
shadow ofthe evil. And yet, woman has all
the rights she desires have seen so much
deception in regard to this matter, that when
hear woman say that she has all the rights
aud privileges that she wishes TO exercise,
strongly suspect she is living under the rule
OF a tyrant
Let me say before proceed further, that
do not mean TO make any invidious com
parisons between men aud women When
say that man acts the tyrant, do not mean
to deny that woman in similar circumstances
would be as great iymnt ns he. Indeed
lave known women who ruled the whole
household with rod OF iron, us il were and
cases ore not uuirequent in which the tcrongs
OF nun, rather thnn the rights of woman,
should ciaim the synpaihies of the philan-
thropist am very FAR from arrogating any
degree of perfection iolmy own sex. Nei-
~ 7ef * st.ls. on sfliu--.sssis3
blame for the present degraded condition OF
woman, than The women are themselves. j
cannot tell how it was in the beginning, but
at the present time, there Is on the part of q
majority oil women passive yielding up oi
all their rights, desire, might say, TO lose
their individuality, and merge their exist
ence into that oftheir husbands. 1t Is femi-
| nine 10 feel dependent to need protection; II
is poetical to be like the clinging vine, una
bic 10 sustain ones self; il is very romantic
TO be weak aud helpless, and have the gal
lantry und chivolry of man extended TO us
We have not acted us though we were ra-
tional and accountable beings; we have tried
10 step aside from the battlefield Of life, and
rid ourselves of the responsibilities of an in
| dividual existence. Under such circumstan-
ces, il is no wonder that man has taken the
! power into his own hands; no wonder that
lie has taken entire possession of the strong
box no wonder that he has blotted the le-
| gal existence Of the mariied woman from the
statute book. Man is no; naturally more OF
u usurper than woman; but power Is cor
/ rupting. You know how it wns with Nero ;
his heart was once as tilnid, and tender, and
shrinking as was ever that Of woman but by
the corr,ipting influence of irresponsible
power, he at length took pleasure in delu-
ging Rome with human blood z. e,
The present relation between rnnn and
woman, SO far as rights are concerned, islike
tlmt which some shareholders maintain to-
wards their slaves. speak Of those who
have never gone out and reduced the free
man 10 bondage, but who received by inner
itance the power over the liberty, life and
happiness OF certain slaves, which slaves sub
initted their necks uneomplainingly TO the
yoke of new master. But no matter what
the circumstances were in respect TO The en-
slavement of any human being, we say TO the
STAKEHOLDER, you have no right 70 exercise
this power--no title-deed TO your iellow-mai
was ever issued from the Court of Heaven
Y You are a tyrailt, for you take away the lib
erty of your brother you are robber, iol
you deprive him of his property, and OF hi
right 10 himself! No matter ii the work o
degradation be so complete that he desires iS
bc d slave, we still say 10 the STAKEHOLDER
you are verify guiltyin the sight of God an'
/, man, for naintaiDg the relation Of master
So we say 10 man, no matter II certain
our sex are satisfied with their chains, yo'
are none the less guilty for having iorge'
them. The very fact that woman does no
rebel, that she does not rise and demand he
rights, is the strongest argument that can b
! addhced in fiyor Of the agitation Of this sub
!, ject, What Of all the aspects OF Southern
slavery gives You the deepest abhonence Q
that Institution? Who Of all its victims give
! you an iden Of the deepest injury7 Is Il b
who rises in the strength OF his manhood
Gusts inside his fetters, aud struggles for hi
, iiheltyP Isit he nAvhose bosom the fires Q
liberty barn brightly, who is over lopginI
} moi no! IL Is tiat man whose, upward aspi
rali0ns have all been crusiled--thst one il
4 whose bosom there is no love Of liberty, M
Z. hatred of slavery. l heiieye there are sucf
! There are those who heed not the hollis nm
I | the bars that coniine themi there are thos
5 who submit 10 the rsllo of others wiihou