The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-09-19

lications Of these societies. and other works
upon the subject, inclnding many p,sas for
sscusiAe pt.esca aprlieyiop - thspvn.
ciple Of psrecnal approximation, ws have
conc tC the copclusiea thet ppos sopy sash
plan q the following, re- lbsSeass u he
could bssscursd In thssisctsou-e "
aIi Of our Legislative bodies sfssv sllsbAly
ansniinx our existing state constifnsons
and without any change in the. censtitution
Of tho United States; and II would not b.
difseult to apply the same principle to tho
choice Of presidential electors. ea
THE remainder Of this article win appear
In our next issue. s5.3s FL sis
woMAN,s COOPERATION A Me-
CEssITH. Gya
Thank God the time Is past when NO.
vas ct only to be the slaves Of the kitchen,
with just intellect enough TO cook good
dinner, darn stocking, or supply shirt
with the missing buttons, or if her husband
had means sufficient TO hire such work done,
she was promotedf 70 occupy the situation
OF pettsd doll, just sweet eseaeh TO- be
carressed and fsstersd, and listen to soft no.
things-lo bsguile the leisure hours Of the
tired merchant or professional man. AgaiD
we say, thank God woman is approaches.
her proper sphere, % the intelligent friend
and companion Of rnsn. She is endeavoring
TO occupy the position which her Creator
abe should ill. She is nov in .
fair way Of becoming hslpmesse, instead
OF being, what man not God made her, a
helphindrance.
Simultaneous with tho elevation OF wo-
man, we have the devotion Of workingmen.
1t might answer for the wealthy and power
full to deny the highest attributes Of hannah
ity to woman. It was policy for them 10
keep her in the darkness Of ignorance
Without the degradation Of woman, slavery
and serfdom, oppression and barbarian could
not exist. With the cultivation Of the fe-
male intellect, the intuitive knowledge, the
keen perception Of right and wrong which
belongs mostly to her sex, all the relics Of
the barbarous, unjust, and oppressive past
must vanish. 1t Is . notorious fact that
tisose colleges and institutions OF learning
which close their doors against woman.
which in the pride Of their manly superb
ority have excluded the female intellect, have
fallen behind the times, and are where they
deserve to be, century too late.
Be it said to the honor and glory Of vo-
man, she has emancipa ted herself. We well
recoliect lie hue and cry raised against the
woman's rights women. and we think man
must needs blush when be recoIlects how
little of a helpmeet, how much Of help
hindrance he proved himself We are not
the advocates Of woman's rights women, ~
they are generally understood, but inasmuch
as there was necessity for such women,
while we depiore the necessity, we say oil
honor TO the womsn's rights woman, well
and noblY have they fulfilled their mission
Woman has shown herself equal to al emer-
gencies in life, from the monarch on the
throne, 10 the wife of the poor cottager
But it is to you, wives and mothers Of the
working men, we wish to address ourselves.
We know the sighs Of mental agony that
have heaved your bosoms, we know the
tears that you have shed, we know that you
hsva drank deeply Of the bitter dregs OF life,
Oh we know hat your finer, more esthe-
TIC, more highly spiritualized notions are
capable Of greater and more intense suffer
ing than your husbands have any idea Of ;
and we would aid and comfort you, and help
you to do your part towards reaching hap
pier life. How often you have groaDed In
spirit, because you have sweet loving daugh-
ters, dear to your hearts, and can see no
prospect for them but hard and bitter hfe
hike your own. We deeply sympathize with
you, and would kindly show you, that there
is WY open to life, liberty and happiness,
both for yourselves and daughters, bat it
will be only through persistent, earnest e.
fort, only by taking ~ interest in the great
social problems Of the day-laying ASIDE ali
indiferences and istiessness, and putting
your shoulder to the wheel, that you can
work out your own salvation and 10 sal
vation Of all those dear 70 you.
You, wives Of the working men, have .
great work before you. II you win be per-
suaded to do Il earnestly and well, our mill
lionaires on ;as one hand, with their snst
boarded treasures, thu. have been vrungcut
Of the flesh and blood ana nerves or the
masses; and our wearied men and women
on the other, with worn out bodies and bro
ken spirits, who are ready TO lay down the
ourden Of life, slmost a. soon as they have
aiken it up, will be only in the history Of
he past. Sao1 nsfi ae ssf;a s.r
The sorrows that come 70 the working
classes, born Of our present social system,
all heaviest upon you. Your sensitive nerves
IRE more keenly alive 10 external inpres lions
han are mems. Little cares and vexatl5ns,
lissppointments and mortified pride. that
your husbands care nothing about, are ser
ping your energies, and eating away youF
ives, You need above all others the conso-
IatioDs Of religion. the religion that the b.
bic teaches, and there is much in the religioa
VI Jesus to support you. Oar Blsssed Ssvisar
came az a laborer. He lived among working
men. endured their privatiops and felt their
sorrows He renewed theif courags, Inspired
hem with hope, and taught them . lopk-
forward 10 better and happier life- There
is no passage that touches the hearts and
sympathies Of the oysrworked. rearisd. bur
dened women more than the EsudA aComs1
INTO me I'll ye that lsbsr and are heavy
adsn. md | will give you rests Our