The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-10

entering Tn every side the fields of literature and art in
orser TO increase the family income oy such s1srtions
ronhs 10 hske ii possible, come distinct pesunisry pro-
tor her and her children aud to the
thus set aside by the cumbrous machinery Of trustee
d. o,iDg that parents willing entirely
the welfare Of their osp ing the irresponsible power
OF the hnsband TO the chances of his character his
wisdom and his success in profession.
Tbst another device FOR the protection Of who
afford to appesi exists in the acti Of the COUNTS
Of equity, which attempt within certain limits to
the deficiencies Of the law but that trustees
prove dishonet or unwse in the cement of the
funds entrusted to thsr and courts Of equ
fall cjas,ing differences which the fut
and celicate relation Of life; that legal devices,
work cin siy and that here a. we'll as Ia many other
departments OF justice clearance Of the ground - the
cbiet thing pecessary That since this is trush which
has gradually come TO be recognized in regard to pro-
tectvs restrictions upon to titles OF property Ia
land and tohs legal machinery for conveying such pro-
that before long will also come to be recognized ia
rimonial legislation.
rn. rsuvsa y Ws Ss .,
ming large incomes BY pursuit OF the arts how
real = the injury indicted
protected the forethought their relatives the soc~
training OF their husbands and the refined customs
tho rank 10 which they belong, how much more
equvocsl the Injury sustained by in the lowe
csssee for whom n, such provs can be made by the
parents VIII, possess means of appeal to expeusiv
legal protection, and in regard - whom the eduastio
Of the husband and the hsbs Of bis associates offer
moral guarantee 4 r tender consideration OF wfss
rc To employ women largely in tho processes OF trade
and, as w,uen also engage Sc ANS resses, auu
dresses, cbarW0en, and in other mutfArious occupa
tons which cannot here b. enumsra,sd the quss lon
must Re recognized BY all ss OF sc.i Importance.
The Dewspa psrs constantly detail instances Of marital
lately introduced into the Esgsd language aud
O lime against which Eogiish gentlemen have iatey
But for the robbsr, oy a Of his wifes hard
ings there is no rearess-sganst the se!sdnsss OF
drunken father who wripgs from ,ther her chidrens
from
morning till night to the produce OF her La wrest
ed from her and wasted in gin palace and such
within the kntwledge Of every one.
That tho Jaw in deprivog the mother OF all pecuniary
resources, oepves her of po OF giving schooling
moral and physical welfare it ooges her In short, to
leave them to the temptations Of Inc street. 80 fruitful
That there are portions the law of husband
aud wife w,ch bear uIjusty The husband, a., Tor
instance that OF making him responsible fr his #ifes
debts contracted before marriage sven although he may
have had NO fortune with Her power also after
marriage contrsc ing deb's in The name OF her hus
band tor which he is responsible is too unlimited aud
often produces much injustice.
That in rendering the husband responsible for the
entire maintenance OF his family the Law expresse, the
necessities Of age when the the only money
getting agett but that since the OF the country
has greatly changed In this espec. the position OF the
female the law OF maintenance no longer meets the
whole care. That since modern civilization In inded-
nely extending The sphere OF occupa % for v'm has
IN broken down their pecunary Dependence
men, L. is iue that legal protection be- thro
the oduce OF their labor and that in erng tbs
state OF marriage they no longer pass ron reedon Init
the copdion elave all whose earnings belong to his
master not to himself
That the laws OF various foreign countries in this
resrec. much Just than and afford pre-
dent for liberal legislation than prevails in Fog
lsnd snd your petitioners therefore humby pray tn -
your Honorable house will take the foregoing allegations
into ccnsicA alton, and Apply such remedy as to its
wisdom shsl seem fit.
And your petitioners will ever pray.
Ladies aarctlonirg the above :-Anns Blackwell, lisa
Blsgden, Elizabeth Barrett Browning 5ari.nns Brown
ing, Mrs. Carlyle Mary Cowden Clarke Charlotte Cush
ran Amelia B. Fd~ards, Eliza +. Fox, Mrs. Gaskel
Matilda NJ. Hays, Mary Hewitt. Anna Mary Hewitt Auna
Jameson, Geraldine Jewsbury, Mrs. Ioudon Mrs Lowell
Harriet Martineau Hon. Julia Maynard Mary II hi Bes
sic Rayner Parkes Mrs. Reid, Barbara Leigh Smith, Miss
Sturch.