Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-12-06
Woman...Hrr Mission.


From the Brighton England Herald of Feb
ruary 0, 1850.
We have received the following commu-
nication from Mrs Anne Knight a lady to
whom reference was made in n recent nrii-
Gle in our columns under the above head:
"EsTErMED FRrEND,-A long article, in
the Brighton Herald of l mo. 10, headed
Womnn--ller Mission containing repct-
iions Of my name, yet mixed with inaccurn-
cics, beg thy kindness, for the sake of truth
and my friends, to insert few remarks.
"My letter to Coquerel did not contain
word about fighting, nor ofwoman's niellcc-
,ual equality with men. That subject has
been pretty well decided hy the world ia
these last ayes. We could not now, in the
face of experience, maintain the mental inie-
rioriiy of sisters to their brothers, II we
would. IL contained an earnest appeal 10
Coquerels justice, ms legislator aud n di
vine, TO retruce the recreuut steps hc had ta-
ken in their place of law mnking--steps en-
iirely NJ variunce with the declaration Of his
iugratating candidature. II cannot bc II
perfect Republic when only the smaller part
of the nation are suffered TO exercise the
right of every human being the vote for the
maker OF the laws which brother and sister
nrc equally compelled TO endure. applied
to Coquerol 10 do this for the sake of my
own country, also, poor England, bound IN
with shame, with inky blots and ragged
parchment bonds
an. Legouve is no legislator. lie said it
in lecture he gave in the College of France
in my hearing on the moral history Of Wo-
man, IN which he gives an awful picture of
The injustice and cruelty inflicted on our own
sex, and said that the old Revolution failed
because they had not done Justice to the wo-
men: il is Justice that we demand for ALL
who bear their share in the burdens of the |
State, and WHO does not pay taxes in this
mseruby playground country? Is she ex-
empt whose part it is to work lS hours ont
of the "a, 10 sleep lhllc, and to bc too much
worn with labor TO think? The Just man
cannot refuse the right: and for capacity
the very name is mockery, as our Parlia-
mcnt men are chosen, with most fragrant dis
regard of capacity or educational qunllllca-
tions. is not the poor woman MS III to vote
--os fiji to iegislaie-ns the man who enter
iains the House by relating how the donkey
goes before, whose patrician mansion over
looks my humble dwelling, and who boosted
many years ngo that he had been twelve
Yeas over our country? Would any hut
Essex calves endure quarter Of century
of donkey rule? Would not the washer
woman who instructed from her tub the nu-
thor Of the Pearl of Days, make better leg |
islutor? Would not the author of the Pearl |
of DAYS make Ms good n legislator
"rherc is another tnis-statement, which ]
beg may be corrected. 'Beninnin Parsons
told met was minister of religion, n
brother beloved from America, Lindley Muir
ray IIoog who told me at Paris that if two
thirds OF the Congress were changed for
women, it would be all the better for Ameri-
ca. An English minister, Benjamin Par
sons, las published in his book that If our
fox-hunters and stccple chasers were ching
ed for women, the country would soon be
raised TO the highest degree of prosperity
il is not fighting powers we want IN that
House we already have n horrible majority
Of slaughter there. Woman could not
suffer war; she would soon change the
sword for the plough-share, the spear for the
pruning-hook although for polcer of fight
ing, her deeds in battle have shown iChdt she
can do from Boadicea downwnrds; but the
day of battle and war with her is gone. She
would soon take the tools of murder from the
hands of her hrute-iorce brother and he
would learn war no more.
"Let me request thee to publish in the
Brighton Herald my letter TO CoIuerel. The
world will then see The truth for itself-also
The Brougham, which touches the war ques-
ion. Coquerers does not.
81 remain, respectfully, thy friend.
"ANNE KNIGHT.
"Quet Home, Chelmsford, l mo, 25th,
1850"