New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-17

Tie Una e.. December opens with the following coyent
statement OF tho gal disabilities Of Women a. compared
with those Of Slaves which embodes food Tor sober reec
ton
PrcrM.Rr ISnEFESDEScE o. WcNAS.-Ihs words
which describe tie wrongs @ strangely enough
exact definitions Of he positions in society prescribed for
Ioltcal ecuniary dependence domestic infe
rorty ard industrial and professional limitations are fast,
eued uTou them by civil law and current opinion es rig iy as
ever tie stem of eudasn the spirit Of caste bound
theirvcn- under the like disabilities. The civil aud or min
,laws hy vhoh they governed are made without their
ErTtiiIaton consent; their property interests a1d the
lair proceeds 81 ihsir industry during marriage are admin
iste1d AMI disposed 81 by those whom they TOOK Tor hns
bonds bur The laws change into masters in the household
thew are ~ but uTTer ant under life long engage
and In AL the business avOcatious By which pecr
nary Independence might be secured, they restricted
BY The rules a. cutt and nOn 10 those which are most
seville in ohala,er and least profitable ia returns.
In fact DE tntlc7y that exists between the conditions OF
women end of the negro race in the Uniied States is
close thai slavery ana CASTE apply 10 the one as well as to
tie Other.
In the Southern States all tha. slave possesses belongs
"to hi lie has nothing Of bis Own, except bis
reculium HAT Is to LAY, the sum 4 money or movable
estates vi ch bis master chooses be shall possess Tle
eanIg slaves and the price OF their services belong
10 her who have their action % recover tie
amount from those who have employed them. Slaves can
notreceye or dispose Of properly by gil or oeqaesi m
"les they have been previously eniranch ed coniomaby
TO law unless they expressly eniran hsed by the
act by winch tie donation i made to them
Thos provisions Of the Louisiana code relating slaves,
are 10 The letter OF the condition Of wives under
our law The last cited requiring only wdowhoci
and trusieesbp 20 be substituted for enfranchis meni
Tie wife INDEED csrrot be sold for the debts OF her
husband or ha;srcd for his Iecuniary benefit but her
service ard their proceeds may be just ifher husband
had only slave hoders life estate in her person with
resanne eniGmcni 10 the next possessor but this ex
emption is IL not few nsiances balanced the f1cthet
the vie Les the benefit OF changing bad master for
better but her children are as absolutely az the
Disposal Of her owner during their minority e. are those OF
the slave mother.
Thus tie uc'aI hyscal oneness Of marmony operates
al .f.n~ 81.
cuniary hts end interest a. completely a ehstel slavery
iiself could eject.
are released om the bondage Of domestic masterdom but
Ike IL, free ecro they suffer stl all dqualicatons and
opressions Of caste hey may take property by inherit
fnce and ACQUIRE by industry, hold ia their
and di.gose Of Il TO ID .ir own benefit just the emanc
rated slave the free born negro may do but sex a. alb
soutev "A color denies thom al the political rights Of
cizcrlp and they stenly barred out Of lucrative
official stations liberal professions and profitable employ
Lients.
needevoik which lt best but poorly feed and clothe
them and never afford that opulenc which insure position
and power in society. Coored men nay be BARRIERS pOr
tiers and in the Northern States and white women
have tic pondig opportunities labor IN its inferior
and low priced Department.
The exceptions TO the rule in both cases balance each
other nearly enough to justify the parallel Two or three
medical schools admit ColOed men 10 their privileges and
about the number are open 10 white women. One
colored clergyman in New YORK has white congregation
and now we have one in the pulpit 10 match this
grace to the black in the same State And a. II TO
Keen the measure of restriction well that Of niu
etrce even the representatives, Of the respe tive
castes Of color and both excluded from the same
World Convention OF Temperance men held in the me
.ropolis Of that CommonwC alb.
Private nuIc has provided two or three schools
Of design for in this country and as many estao
hmC nj. for the liberal education Of colored people have
been founded in the same way
The Normal schools OF New England supported by State
enGowments have IretensiOus 10 classical character
but the aycWed design OF these 10 provide teachers for
urinary gad preparatory schools elsewhere, where the
service of teaching will be paid at about half price,
cordng 10 male teachers of sim.lar grade. Tuition in
all the higher branches for all the free education OF the
otier sex is not thought Of provided for And the
college or two that are open without Limitation Of study
and elm 10 women also free 20 the same extent AM
eject for coloTed men.
Truly the Jurisprudence i exact than we are az
cusoned 10 admit But here the profession Of author
ship in which womep free genius and talent can
make them Well even here, there is mulatto Dumas
as popular as Mr. stowe Miss Brema- or Miss Martin
eau IL is By the law of spirit life, which civil laws and
social customs reach that the world literature IS
lust a. open 10 the ambition Of color of womsnhood.
Tie parslle holds throughout. Women and negroes. in
marriage and singenes in slavery and in nominal free
dom stand the platform and hold the same posi-
ton in the laws and conduct OF business In the
freest eovernm, ut of the earth
This subject is not nearly exhausted but the compari
sons we have orawn the analogy between the most hated
and desrisod race of earth, may sare some who sleep
into stress and compel them 20 feel their false
unnatural and despcable position II i does tbs, II II
rouse one woman TO feel her degradation, is suggestions
will have accomplished their mission and when the new
wear opens upOn US and volume Of the Una com
merces e shall rust have both health and srlt 10
fuv develop our hou ght and make application Of the
whole subject to our many and varied relations.