Litchfield enquirer., 1867-06-13

alone but of boys and girls indiscriminate- ly? He was informed by one of the high est authorities on the subject. that in the ma jority of the deeds of endowment the provision was for education generally and not specially for boys One great endow- ment-Christ Church Hospital-was de- signed expressly for both, but what was the fact? Why; that establishment main tained and educated 1, 100 boys and only % girls Then when they had attained womahhood how did it fare with that large and increasing portion of the sex who
 though sprung from the educated classes, had not inherited a provision, and not hay ing obtained one by marriage, or disdain- ing to marry merely for f provision, de- I pending on their exertions for support? Hardly any single descent educated occu- patton, save one, was open to them. They were either, goyernesses or nothing. A fact had recently occurred which was worthy of commemoration. 4 young lady, Miss Garrett, from no pressure of necessity, but from an honorable desire to ind scope for her activity in alleviating the sufferings of her fellow creatures, applied herself to the study Of medicine. Having duly qualified herself, she, with an energy and persever- ance which could not be too highly prais- ed, knocked successively at every one of the doors through which in this country student could pass into medical practice. Having found every other door fast shut, she at last discovered one which had been accidentally left ajar The Society of Apoihecaries, it appeared, had forgotten to shut out those who they never thought would attempt to come in, and through that narrow entry this young lady obtain ed admission into the medical profession. But so objectional did 1t appear to this learned body that woman should be per mitted to be the medical attendants even of women that the narrow wicket which Miss Garrett found open had been closed after her, and no second Miss Garrett was to be suffered to pass through it. This was iastar ouiuns. As soon as even women become capable o1 successfully competing with men in any career, that career if 1t be lucrative or honorable, was closed against them. \ short time ago women could be associates of the Royal Academy: but Mey tre''e dtAiqguiShing Memselres, Mey tcere toh- ing so Honorable C r0lh in Mei1' o11, Mat his pririiege loo lad been tahe0 01cQy from Mena
 That was the kind of care taken of women by the men who so faithfully represent them. That was the treatment to which unmarried women, where subject And i then as to the married women, they, 1t might be said were not concerned in the amendment which he had moved, but 1t did concern many who had been married as well as others who would be married By the common law of England every thing that woman had belonged absolute ly to her husband who might tear it from her, spend the last penny of it in debauch
 cry, leaving her to maintain by her labor both herself and her children, and if by he 1 rnIc AyortInn cha a1 4o anything for their future support, unless she was judicially separated from him, he would bounce upoh her savings and leave her penniless. Such cases were of very common occurrence. Hear, hear If men were besotted enough to think such things right, there would be some excuse for them. But they know better The richer classes had found a way of exempt ing their own daughters from this iniqui- tous state of tie law. By the contrivance of marriage settlements they could make in each case private law for themselves, and they always didso. Why was not that jus tice provided for the daughters of the poor which they take good care should be done to their own daughters? Why was not that which was done ill every particular case that they personally cared for, made the general law of the land so that poor mans child, whose parents could not af- ford the expense of 8 settlement might be able to retain any little property which might devolve on her, and might have @ voice in the disposal of her own earnings, after the best and only reliable part of the maintenance of the family? He was some times asked what practical grievance he proposed to remedy by enabling women to vote. He proposed for one thing to reme- dy this. He gave these few instances to prove that women were not the petted fa- vorites of society which some people seem ed to imagine; that they had not that abun- dance, that superhuity of influence which
 was ascribed to them, and were not sufic- iently represented by the representation of those who had never cared to do in their be- half so obvious an act of justice. Hear, hear, Women had not that superfuity of power which was imputed to them; they were not sufficiently represented through those who never had the heart to do for them this simple obvious act of justice. Grievances like those borne by women, when suffered by classes, had provoked revolution; and we ought not to take ad- vantage of the security we had against such consequences in their case to with hold from a limited class of women that degree of participation in the enactment and improvement of our laws which this motion solicited for them, and which would enable them to throw in a few male repre- sentatives of their views and feelings into the great Council of the nation We ought not to deny to women what we were now granting to every class-the right to be consulted in the choice of representative; we ought not to deny to them the right we were now granting to every paltry trade or profession of having few members of Par lament who felt themselves under special call to attend to their interests, and to point out the manner in which their inter- ests were affected by the state of the law or any proposed alterations of it. No more than this was asked by the present motion; and when the time came, as it cer- tainly would come, when this would be granted, he had the firmest conviction that they would never repent having conceded 1t. He begged to move that the word ''man' be omitted and that s'person'' should be inserted. Hear, hear.-N ?. Times.
 We extract the following comments from New Haven Palladium.
 1 The speech of John Stuart Mill in the House of Commons in favor of the amend ment to the Reform bill giving women the suffrage, is remarkable both for it's ability