Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-01-08


nan eads il hardship shsl shsis required aosl 1
to aaRlsel Der own household TO manage Tie
matters Of BOonshbcOlOogOO; and that she NUT
see beIsslf and iamily fed aud clad before she
takes care Of the Affairs Of the naiiOa,--is not
man under the same restrictions : Ask any a
wife Of corner politician or a visionary Pbilan' b
thrO2hisi, or an Office seeker by profession and !
Office holder by interest. IL her husband in bis :
care Of the public is pot worse than an inhdelp
sine. be does not provide for bis household.
Upon the ground that the so called rsformers
take that woman is kept in inferiority, because
she has something practical to do. Market 81.
might rebel. Why should our intelligent mer-
I chants be tied down to examining muslins and
calicoes, any more than woman should be ~
ranicaly compelled 10 set stitches in them ?
/ Why should men inspect sugars aud hour ani
cheese and maekere, any more than woman
should overlook the cooking Of those articles :?
! WHY should our farmers broil in the sun to
raise corn aud potatoes and tomatoes. any more
Than woman be degraded by watching the pot
10 which they are made edible The truth is
tbatin all the practical labors Of life the bur-
then, il It be net equally divided, does not fall
, heaviest, in this country, upon woman. Wo-
man and man may rise, if they have capacity
: above the sordid uses Of life. Employment for
the hands, while It keeps the foolish out Of mis-
q chief. does not prevent the intelligent from de-
l. yelopment in mind, but rather promotes aud en-
, couragss their improvement
Its unauestionabe, that in the marriage re-
Iation. bad husbands are a great cause Of un-
e happiness to their wives and families; and that
q the law gives men control over the property
:, and earnings of their wives. But. we would
ask, ifthsre is no unhappiness from unIhriIhy
and incompetent and mtschievOus married wo-
/ men Does the right Of voting, OF filing the
s, judicial bench and the executive chair, help
IA man in this matter at all And as TO the
20 rights o1 property have not some OF the States
SO altered them, that the woman has tie sdvan
re taqe In our good State Of Pennsylvania
nit unless we very much misspprehend the matte
at no married man can sell real estate or devils
!, property, however acquired, before marriage o
ahsr, without regard TO his Wile's dover. Bu
ny any married woman. holding property in he
'ge own right. is protected by the law in dom
to what she pleases with it, irrespective oil he
,gs husband By the law formerly. as we'll as
present, ths husband, upon marriage. becam
Immediately liable for his wiie's debts, contraC
ION ted prior 10 marriage, while she could secuT
s it herself against any such claim. There is a
her amusing anecdoLe in point, the scene OF Whic
r, was laid about hundred years ago, more
80 less, in debtors prison in London. A won
'e~ an who had moved 10 high life was pflson'
a! for debt. She caioltd the barber ofthe prise
re, an Irshman-into marrying her. Forthwith
the she walked out, and Pat, very much to bis a
l. constituent, was fastened in. He was release
my as the creditors had no hope from his duie:
O' lie sought his lady and called her wife. 81
the told him to presume upon no such famlliarll
ear but gave him few hundred pounds for thu
nee becoming her bail, and he went whistling hon
,no to Ireland, better iu pocket and wiser IN head
Wv "To the authorship Of school books Woma
'n' naturally proceed from the avocation Of schO
'''' teachers, upon all subjects, are the wO ks
women. And in all departments OF lteratu
they share the work Of men; in some excelHT
ieee and from others practically excluding the
'eeO And 10 the more private walks OF life al
'Po- business the sex has been found fully CONT
sex tent to all empoyments from which physic
a. causes do not except them, The retail ira
ne'' Of our city S largely, We had almost said e'
axe lirely, 10 the hands of woman, Here, part
'a'e ulary in The sale and furnishing Of articles
lneN lamily use and woman's department. their S
a' Instead of disqualification is positive Adva
pee tage The many openings whish young "
~ men fnd Unemployment have raised the wag
eh' Of domestic service; and this circumstance ca
not fail in the end to dsspate some ot the pr,
5n'' udice which was obtained against that mode
was obtaining a livelihood. All honest labor
''l" 5onOlRble, and needs only suitable emolume
~ TO be sought by capable persons,
'''" There is something in all free countries SUI
'"' ror to law. for If Law be wrong it unmaE
- L, wanting, it SUPPLIES it. That powerful
geucy or influence is public opinion. A
" whence this public opinon?" From books,
which the woman furnish their share; fro
-, periodicals, TO which tLeY are large contrib
,,'''' trs from The family fresde and the soc
OPe circle, from the church and school room,
both of which their influence as teachers
wcn we had almOstsaid, pAram cunt. 1t must
acknowledged that the character Of the WON
in a free country determines its complexion al
Is desJiny. So does the position of the &c
OF tier sex everySbere. So has it in all time.
IONS, From the merest savage state, up to the hig
in est point Of Christianity and civilization,
well find that the successive grades are indicated
i.,., the superior respect paid TO woman and b
nV' consequent healthy direction, the effect OF t
IN opportunity she enjoys Of exercising her me
and tai capacity and proving its Competence, G
orer preudices are giving way before the results
.,,,o happy expeieme. and the difference bttwe
the atelect Of the sexes proves to be, not 0