Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-05-10
VOL. 6.
WOman's Rights.

Mr.. EDrroR : Will you permit one OF nv
Sex, to scribble little for the Bugle. It may
seem quite out Of order, for a Woman to give
uttcrance to asentiment, on any question, en-
crossing general attention. But however a.
suming, and presumptious It may appear, fos
woman to give wings to the truth, that may
heave her bosom, by the free exercise of that
right which belongs alike to all-Fye.dop, of
Speech ami without even asking your pardon,
for the Liberty, will dare TO speak, and will ask
to be heard. True, am not accustomed to
writing for the more reformatory journals Of
the day but am so out Of patience, with tho
estimation in which iconen arc held, Negro sia-
very, and human 6utehering, that am. willing
to write in any, and every direction.
The Bugle, believe is not free, for the dis-
cusson of all important, and agitated questions
but for the Anti-Slavery question alone bu,
though should transcend the established rule.
and drop word on other topics, may not hope
to be indulgedi Slavery hate, as hate the
blackest sin, that ever cursed Gods fair world
slavery hated name,-damning, blight,ne
siareryl what voumns Of untold, unfathomabie
horrors are contained in that WORLDS deep 40
hell, as high as heaven, and as wide as the uni
verse, has its baneful influences gone forth, de-
stroying and TO destroy, until sll nature might
well put on sackcloth and turn aside from the
awful spectacle to weep tears of blood. God il
dishonored; his own image imbruted in mill
lions Of our countymen-the vile, and the vir-
tuous, alike chattels personal in the hands Of
their owners'-mcrchsntable property, subject To
all the insults, and abuses, that the (almost) to-
tally, dcprayed minds of base, and lustful, ty-
rants car invent; and who is the greatest suf-
fcrers> Surely woman, whose very nature
renders it possible for her to be double victim
a victim to both avaricc, and lust
But need not dwell upon the hstefuiness,
and Nervousness of the slavery Of my own ma
tive land, seeing it is q subject in which your
readers are well verscd. Twill however say just
here, that nothing connected with this vile sys-
tom, deserves deeper condemnation than tho
Religious support it receives through tine agency
of the popular churches led on by the most
heartlcss, time-serVing priesthood that ever
cursed any country,
The political parties too, have stopped low be-
yond description, to do service unto this mon
stcr. They seem TO be, so many mighty watch
dogs, eager to outvie each other, in doing the
shameful biddings of slavery. That Fugitive
Slave law" the blackcst act this side of per-
diton itself-the most shameful, and damnably
wicked law that ever disgraced the Statute book
of any country, savage, or civilized, EY- TAss
law was the act of :he AMERICAN CoNoREss atths
very noon of the nineteenth century! And
think of the State Constitutional Conventions
of the North-how they have bound the knee to
the graceless monster See their shameful
catering to slavery in their dastardly conduct
toward the free people Of color. Such Conven-
tons arc disgrace to free people, aye would
be to savage people.
Ah now have tranccnded woman's sphere:
and have been mcddling with politics, and 9TH
er things that ought not to concern ME; I ask
does slavery, and such devlish politics as have
alluded to, cause woman to suffer; Ave, she il
is that doth suffer from those and other kindred
evils such as war, intemperance &c. II you
would sound the depths of human woe, then,
sound the depths of desolated woman's heart
Amen, IL woman suuers, why may not woman
If my sister is outraged, why
may not my voice be heard in her behalfi If all
classes could be educated, it would break the
destroying spell, of both corrupt Religion and
timeserving Politics, in this country. And in
this department woman is again the sufferer
her mind as a general thing is neglcctcd-tho
higher schools are closed to her, and she COM
PEELED to ignorance and drudgery all her life.
without honor, or profit. Woman wants to bs
elevated in all her being-she wants to be eman-
cipated, and until this is done woe betides this,
and all other nations. May God give wings to
agitation every where, and to all vital sub
jccts, so that there shall be no quiet until the
Right prevails. S. z. A.