Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-16
Ghe GanliLp Qirtle.
Wrongs.
For the Green Mountain freeman.

The FreemdnS correspondent in No. 2, Of
the present Vol ume, discourses eioqucntly OF
"Woman's Wrongs and sueers contemptu
DUSTY at tht ahe =" discor,!ont note Of 'wo-
mats rights; =" as though the wrongs could
be remgdicd, the evils conpane OF remov-
ed, ithout asserting or claiming her rights.
We are not sensitive upon tn matter Of
terms. We would like to hear of social
wrongs, or other expression indicating thar
DO sexes that al-are sufferers from the
eGls which have crept into the construction
and operations Of our social system.
We have seen and felt the oppressive
weight which bears upon woman, almost
crushing out the sp rit once light and buoy
ant, leaving upon the WON face deep trac-
ings of sorrow and care, almost cou;ra iicting
the sentiment, Hope springs eternal in the
hum n b. east" That oman, whose sacred
trust it is 10 mould and give impress to the
infant and youtlfIl mind,-woman, whose
influence the most sorlid and selfish unite
with poet and moraist in pronouucing pow
erful and lasting, should enjoy greater tacli-
ties and be allowed more time for mental i'm
provement, no one is more fully sensible than
ourselves.
That she may not devote frequent hours to
mental culture and development, but is so
often doomed to ccaseess toll, may be not un-
frequently attributable to mans improvi-
deDce, his foolish expe dture of money for
the pleasures Of the passing hour and the in
diligence Of perverted appctites. But does
the cause, or complication of causes, begin t,
end here ? Does not woman too waste mon
ey, and, what is of infinitely greater value,
time, upon trifes and the qualification Of Idle
fancics? Do not many wome i will not
say Ina 0r'ty- evlEce more solicltude with
regard to ribbons shade, thu fit Of dress,
or the style Of an ornament, than to read and
place in the hands Of their daughter, scicn-
tifo works. or miscelIanies of true literary
merit and high moral tone?
Were the money and time worse than
thrown away upon "yelIow covered litera-
ture,' added to the cost of tobacco smoked
and snuff taken by worthy matrons while
porting over it, or perpetrating gossip, thrown
into the scale against cigars consumed, would
the latter drop the beam?
Tank not we toerat the noxious weed in
y form or in any hands. We meet young
man in the street, putting a cigar We turn
away with mingled feeling Of sorrow and
contempt. and bitterly moralize upon the
weakness and folly of poor human nature
We sigh, that powers and energies suscepti-
bic of indefinite i'm royement md develop
ment, and of accomplishing untold good
should be Frustrated to such ignobIe ends.
Why, we ask, should the physical system be
destroyed, the mind entccbled or deranged by
the use Of poison rejected by the brutes !?
But should we turn from this scene to the
sanctuary of home and find her who should
be its guardian angel lending the influence Of
her example to perpetual. practice so po-
tent for evil, we think, the tempter hath a
snare for all, his seductive wiles ended
not with the fatal taste of the forbidden tree
For our sensitive nature the picture wears a
sickeaing, revolving aspect, AMI the expense
involved, the money consideration, is lost
sight OF.
Almost within the shadow of our own home,
are other homes, Ger whicn rest cloud, lit
eral aud significant, that me links would be
lifted we're the wife and mother to number
her pipe and snuf-box among the things that
were These families think themselves too
poor 10 take pc iodical. Nor are the in
stances few nor isolated OF wrong thus done
by woman to herself her family, and society.
Among the carly recollections, we would lain
not recall the visions of the sitting atmos-
phere of close rooms, and the blue wreath
curling up amid the waving trcsses of the
ma ron or the ample borders of the gran
DANES cap.
OF the disabilities of woman growing out
OF the organization OF society and social GUS
toms our limits will not allow us to speak in
this communication. BERTHA.