The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-02-04

should Dc acknowledged by OF the vast number
oil those TO whom II Is addressed, without awaiting the
publication OF the more formal communication There
are some OF tbe concerns OF life in which CONVENTIONAL
ties are properly 10 be dsregarded and this is OF
Them reply TO your address mast necessarily be the
work OF some one individual among us. must go alto
geher unpeiormed Woman, in the United States with
but lew exceptions confines herself within that sphere for
which the God who created her have designed
her Her circle Isl literally and eInphatcay that OF her
family and such she is content that ii shall be- Within
mat circle her influence felt the relations OF le
as vile, mother mistress and she discharges the duty
OF one on all OF these relations is she respected or
otherwise 10 cast doubt upon her fidelity in any one
OF them Is TO excite against her the odum OF the
munily, and IN great measure, TO dethrone her from
her high position. She knows nothing of political con
ventons or conventions OF any other sort than such
are held under suitable pastors OF the church, and
wholly directed 10 the advancement OF the Christian e
glon. Such is emphaucally the with the women
OF The southern States, Do you wish to see them,
you must visit their homes. Do you desire to
tain the nature OF their employments, you must en-
ter their family circles and believe good sisters
OF England, you would find in their Christian deport.
nent and perfect amabiy OF manners. enough al once
10 inspire you with the exalted respect and esteem
lou might lind no splendid vestmens OF Dress glitter
ing diamonds, no arisocraic displays. No, the vest
nenls they wear are those OF meekness and charity,
Their diamonds are gems OF the heart and their spendor
the neatness and order and conentnent which every
where greels the eyes and that nea,ness that order and
that coDtenment nothing more observable than in the
welco,hed and happy domescs who welcome your arri-
val and heap you every comfort during your soourn
under the roofs OF their masters. Yon will see then how
IL
the United States TO assemble in convention either in
person or y proxy IN order to frame an answer to your
address. Nay must, moreover, in all frankness de-
clare TO you that the women OF the South especially have
not received your address in the kDdest spirit They re-
gard 1t as entirely incompatible with all confidence in or
consideration for them 70 invoke the inteposon of the
women OF what are called the free States, in matter
with which they have no more to do than have your
selves, and whose interference in the question pro-
dsoe no 9hsg S excite dis and ga
hilation OF kind feeling between geographical sec
tons II is the province OF the women OF the south
ern States TO preside over the domestic economy OF
the estates and plantations of their husbands it is
emphatically their province 10 visit the SICK and
attend to the comfort of all the aborers upon such
taes; and il is felt 10 be but poor compliment TO the
women of the South to suppose it necessary to Introduce
other superintendent than their the condition
OF their dependents and servants They see too. or fan
cy they see the fact that the address which you have
made them handed to you already prepared for sigma
ture by the editors OF the newspaper press of England
and that according the admission of the Duchess of
Sutherland in her opening address TO your convention,
your convention itself is but the offspring OF the
political newspaper they enough in all this
10 excite not their sympahies bat their appehensons
They also see or fancy that they see. in your movement
the fingers of your greatest statesmen The Countess OF
Derby the Vscountess Pamerston, the Countess OF Car
Isle, Lady John RUSSELL not TO mention others of dis
tncion and notorety would scarcely be complimened
by supposon that they had signed openly approved
such address without the concurrence OF their hus
bands The women OF the southern States are for the
most part, well educated indeed they yield not in this
respect to any females EARTH and they have peculiar
opportunities OF acquiring knowledge regard to the pub
c of the world Politics almost universally the
theme OF conversation among the in all their coeries
and social gatherings, and the women would be stupid in
deed if they did not gather much information from this
abundant Hence they not ignorant OF the rapid
growth OF their beloved country or OF the promises Of its
early future. Their mothers knew this land when it
contained but three millions OF inhabitants, and numbered
but thirteen States. Their children know it now the
great confederaed republic, whose population already
equals 100000 and whose dominions washed BY
the waters of two oceans. Believe mo- that its mag
nllude now, and Importance, in the future, is as fully
known to the of the United States il is to your
husbands and editors. and statesmen Our census tables
show duplication of our population in every cycle of
90 years that by the time the infant, in the era
de- shall have attained the age OF manhood that popua-
ton will have increased 10 50000,000 and by the time
that infant a.tans TO middle age, it will have swo
len INTO 100, 100000 We need go no further in the es
mate in order TO unveil that immense future which lies
before us-a future unriyaed IN point of power, by
anything the world has heretofore seen-a future which
already fixes upon it the intense and seadiast gaze of
the statesmen Of other counres-a future, which an
folds destiny, happier and brighter one
trust, for the human family-a future to be regard
ed with rapture by the lover OF man, and which
may cause privilege to shiver and nemble with fear
all its ibres and arteries allude not to any power of
the sword. No, allude 10 power more resisless and
certain in its resulis-the power OF example-he
example OF fTee prosperous, and great people, among
whom all artificial distinctions OF society are unknown
where prefermeni is equally open to all, and mans
established The women of the United States oresee all
this and they also thoroughly comprehend the fact that
all conederacles have heretofore, IN the history OF the
world been broken up and destroyed by the Vaccinations
OF foreign governments and if such has been the fate OF
other confederaces, how much vgiiant ought we
to be to guard against The fatal results which have attend
ed on others, and TO look with suspicion, from what
quarter may, all Interference domestic rns
II the AcbaIan and other leagues could not Withstand
the Vaccinations of The powers OF their day, how truly
sensitive ought to be point which proved fatal
10 them; and If the foreign States by whom such
ederacies surrounded felt to be due to their
safety to destroy them by their Vaccinations have we
not suppose that len-fold interest found
in our case, in view Of the rapid growth Of the United
States and in the early development OF that future which
will clohe this country with all the elements of control
in the affairs OF the world Governments and countries
which are now looked upon of the first magni
ude will ere long, if the United States roll on in their
present rbi,, be secondary and tertiary in the political
hemisphere. This is quite thoroughly known by us
by you, OF England, and therefore you should
be the slightest degree surprised at the suspicion
with which your address is regarded by all the thinking
women not only OF the South but OF the whole Union.
We know that there ia but subject on which there
is possibility of wrecking the barque OF this Union-a
possibility. however, which trust is very remote-and
to that very subject you have given your attention and
not only go, but have subscribed address, not pre-
pared by yourselves the emanatlon OF your
cep,ble hearts, but the admitted production of the news
paper press OF England, which affects mawkish sensi
biIty on subject with which has nothing properly to
do and all for ends which every rejecting person can
not fail TO understand.
Nor is this suspicion in any degree removed by the
fact on which YOU predicate YOUR address, the fact