New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-27
WOMANS RIGHT TO DO WRONG.

To NE Idi'Oy 81 The ". !. JJftVBe.
SIR: Tie Saratoga Hh,g represents the following
marvellous claim to have boen made for Woman At
the late Convention in thai place; "The right to do
" evil as well az good
This claim, which is decidedly unique, and some
thing Jew under the in the reign Of Qaeen Victoria
is reprose ted to have been made by me- and indosod
as a tcret of the Ccnveptiop. 1t reminds me Of a
sermon preached by worthy little minister against
peculiar sly lie of scandaous head dress He took his
text from Mat 24:l7--nO, the whole awkward verse
beginning: act him which is on the housc.top not
"come down. &c.; but just the spicy til bit Of it
which would enforce bis specific topic" t0p ka0t,
" come GOrn; and down came the wicked head
dIeeset under bis faithful rjut ctiou.
" W oman kds right TO 10 evil Is well as good,
i man las II. 1t ia u'just TO restrict her 10 petty,
mean, little wiheduess,0 ana 10 fIown and snoer her
cut OF oil crimes thai have even ssHdS% q" o@ n
will be pck kcts like 10 have them do even that
scientifically. Lazy Macbeth is lees disgrace to
wOmas hood than Jealous, narrow pGted, s'mpenog
little feminine CoXC"lnb who commits minute crimes
every day of her life, Escaping everything hut con
tempt 10y hiding them in Der thiuble or dSting them
into wcm0rIsh cosmetics for her pretty face
But WORD TO the wl-c must be Sufficient. Top
rot come down. Let woman 'know all evil
not practically, God forbid! but by proper lHvesti-
cation of it, that she may strike hight noble blows at
the IOOts of every wrong.
Iu his topic which * absurd enouga TO take care
of seli, is introduced because OF ~ connection with
charge Shich Involves graver consequences; though
the connection ID abOu. as apparent as that between
ladies headdI.ses AID the prophecy ol The destTuc-
ton Of Jerusalem, or the last luGs Inen'.
Several Saratoga papers say that Mr.. iilgnson
"procCcCtG TO aver that the Rev. Autone'te l.. Bro gn
"bC loI gtd 10 ScrerQ! denominations. rhe lady de-
"uiod that she belonged 10 any, and confessed herself
"sXremCly liberal A rumOr-a private inlCrpreta-
ton OF Newspaper tCxts-has reached me again and
again, that from the reply 10 Mr.. H. ~ whon II was
stated that believed in IqdtCtdaGtsm ia the church,
and in all reforms SO fully 10 allow every pcrsoa TO
take fur as is possible the mO al responsibility of
lis own acts uniudorsod 10y BIS co-workers; ami be
cause of ctmuirlrg atierwar' N another session anu
8nOl or connection, against W oman bong iest1 ted
10y public opinion 10 all the mcanest OF vices while she
lie Yet NiCous, and OF her being required ignore the
knowledge Of crime when sEe is viruOus, lost she her
self BE- susreceGputiiog these two things together,
there tAose who pretend to sec in thoin leaning
toward lnCiNdualtm Ia the OiiOGs scuse in which Il
ID advocated at the present day.
a determined attempt seems 10 be made TO connect
Il Free Love doctrines with the Woman movement,
asnih every other reform. |; may be sell therefore
10 distinctly state, ia public manner as possible,
that neither on that ror any other &C Aston have ever
believed, advocated nor Limited at any thing ftvorins
such opinions nor has any ohor person ever done
from any Nomsns Rgh's platform, to the best Of my
knowledge and belief Let those who believe the
doctrine advocate IT, and iGsiruae its poison every
where! Gvt,st n There is iusultrahy great aud
ero.. evil in it, aud some truths too which are new
tthtss sIsug ed at present 10y the seIsual serpeats
that writing about them il s!imy, oily loadSOme-
ntss; but which Hercules Ike, viii yet one day slay
tic monsters, and be then able 10 represent them selves
Anyihn which destroys the sacred dualism of mar
nag oNCthC saSItd unity Of tie twain who are one
is from tie lit, apc may 20 back whence Il came.
Mr.. Iii, gutUn was not absurd enough 20 affirm
gravely tht any body belonged 20 str,c1l denorina
tons. He stated what Is a fact, thai was or iaued
in Baptist Chu:ct-,hat q Methodist Wesleyan
pieaohCd the ordination sermon, and that hal ex-
char ged TU!pts ana preached FOR ministers Of nearly
all denominations orthO'cX and hctero1ox; ana con
cud6d by laughing iufenucc that mus; DC in t,i-
iorSliy with thom Gll The reply q deaial %
"rtct tt'o E>hip with any; but affirming readiness
70 work with all in every good cause bat 10 be IT,
IccShptr tRt0rNtT Of the evil in none the iniorsar
OF 70 one OF them as whole, not believing say oae
10 lie wholly right.
To deny belonging to any church would &c stating
falselooA wss baptized into al orthodox Congre-
gator al church upon profession o; faith not
quite nine years OF Hge-hGve been member Of such
a cl urch ever since, and still. To be able 10
profess broader and higher faith nov thlu then
would be shame vet 50 great : NY sympathy for
that Denomination. thai. since they allow me 70 mink
snd act for myself iar conscience dc Is l. j.
ny present sincere hope and purpose 70 live aai &c
member Of The sane chutch; Net haiing s9car8ui sn
ara bt heVlng IN some sease that the waOe wort il
hind CT universal church religious society Ia which
the Vhest as well the best have Ger; in rel siOus
IL hts and ryh and ha, true Individual sm con
sisS IN worSgG si.h AL ye, being true - oLe's self
never suutpdcrng the conscientious iulrmeot bu;
oNen yielding Tie mere choice Of The one 70 tie good
q tie msny.
But ever h.rg in lie place: and this no. tine
for developing cEseCs and formulas II iss Elm, H.
tuciy 10 rcTgiG tie lies ihG. every oue bss rh
10 dc VITA. be plosfes Ugh. wr9u. provided 20 ~
take nc VIC ,Cps.CUeUcs ~ be CIV sc, Provided