Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-07-10

I ~ ltt tiENfStlOlls Oh hOiltUs Hllh NtiO" w
! her the whole responsibility Of action.
/ M0u has so much intrigue aud worldly wis
dom, and the best Of them do so continually
sacrifice principle to eXpedency, that we
had great fears in taking him as counselor
on my moral question. We are happy to
say TINT many excellent men came forward
on that occasion, gave us their names and
fees, and seemed quite willing to bc excused
from all the labors aud houors of our orga-
uzaiion.
We already have three agents of our own
sex lecluring with great success, aud we
need more, that every part of this State
county and town--mny he thoroughly can
vassed, and fully reused TO do its duty at the
coming Election.
/ The Gospel of Temperance with Women,
is not one of compromise. We say, let this
I question be carried wherever il legitimately
belongs. We are tired of the tordy Justice
and false representation that we have thus
far experienced at the hand of Government.
Thousands of drunkards' wives, with no
hope on earth, are raising their helpless hands
TO heaven aud pleading for mercy aud for
bread. Governments have no ears, corpora
iions have no souls, and Man claiming to he
the natural protector of Woman, transform
ed into n demon by the vile drugs Of the
iulil-rtlltIs htfOllfb UtG iIlOsi CIlltl ODUItHs
sor aud tyrani. To these suffering ones,
natural protectors, like estates in Chancery,
are unavailable, aud tie sooner they cease to
look to them for comfort and support, aud
learn to- stand alone, relying OH their own
God-given powers for noble independence
and virtue, tie better for themselves and the
rnce. 1t has been lett for Woman TO preach
the doctrine Of Divorce-a doctrine which is
TO strike the most effective blow at the sin of
drunkenness. Let Man cease to persuade
Woman 10y his sophisiry and logic, or COM
pei her by his cruel aud unnatural statutes,
TO act in violation of her will and conscience,
and let them silently bow before the holy in
slincts OF her nature, when she declares that
God never joined together the pure and the
vile, the vlruous aud the vicious, the holy
aud the unholy. Such rs these could never
have been one IN SPIRIT, and they ought,
therefore, never to be one in FLESH.
We preach, too, the doctrine that this
question should be carried into the churches
aud into politics. We say to Our Spiritual
Fathers, aud blonted Legislators, sitting up
in high places, Hold Enough! We want
no more emanatons from brains belogged
with wine and brandy, we ask for 10 more
drugged Jurisprudence and theology, for we
would now iain try the effect of cold water
IN ushering in new dispensaiion Of justice,
mercy and peace
For the PRONUNCIATION of these doctrines
we ask for the aid of true men and women |
We ask support for the "Woman's State |
Temperance Society" in preference to all
other organizations, for two reasons First
because we take the highest moral ground on
the. Temperance question. Second, because |
on our platform man aud woman may alike !
al.
nnce Society, no woman is allowed to open
her moull--a fact fully demonstrated by the
recent disgracefnl occurrences in its Annual
Meeting at Syracuse.
What say you, after their repeated mp
pcals to Woman, for aid and encouragement,
after clearly announcing in their call, that |
they wished delegates from every Tenn |
perance Society in the State, did they re-
fuse onr delegates n seat on their plat
form? A voice in their counsels? Yes
verify. Aud in so doing, have fully explain
ed TO us the nature of their past appeals
They wished us to become members of their |
Society, by paying into its treasury the sum |
of One Dollar annually, to 10 all we could |
TO clolhe, feed and get up meetings for their |
fat agents, scattered through the State TO dis |
tribute tracts, get up petitions, beg and work |
in any way and every way TO ill their treasll- |
ry, but always remembering, with due hu-
mlity, that God never meant TO place wo-
man on an even pedestal with man
| earnestly conjure the women of this
Stne TO Withdraw from all societies and |
churches, under the exclusive jurisdiction of J
Man, where woman is not allowed to spenk or |
not recognized MS an equal in counsel Waste |
no more time in petitoning, until we have |
men with Glenn heads aud sound hearts in |
our halls of legislation. Let woman never
again be gully of the folly of asking wine |
aud beer-drinkers TO put down the liquor
traffic.
When we I'll our Senate Chamber with !
rnen of our own choosing, twill he full time /
10 petition. Nevertheless, let us carry our |
temperance principles into politics. But,
say you, How can we, in asmnch ms we have |
no voice in making the laws, no influence in |
the creation of a single law-giver, and our
right 10 petition, even, sneered at,-pray |
what can we do for temperance in politics? |
Why, Man has no more right TO make |
State Constitution, excluding us from all !
share in the government, Than we have TO !
get together and make one excluding him. |
just so soon rs all the women of this State
say they will vote OH the Temperance ques-
ton, the work is done,-for we shall not on
ly he a majority in ourselves, but we shall he !
sustained by the greatest aud best men of
the State,-such as Judge Hnrlbut, of the
Supreme Court, Gerrit Smith, Samuel J.
May, &c &c, and put our opposers into a
most contemplate minority. Did Woman
but know her power, we should soon sec
change on the ihce of affairs. Our position
is every yeur assuming greater importance.
The new property law is going to make n
mighty change. We do not see It's effects
yet, hut time will make il manifest. Full
bali the property of this State, in less than
ten years, will be in the hands of Women.-
She, from her education, being more prudent
and less given to speculation than man, will
he continually extending her possessions-