Litchfield enquirer., 1868-02-13
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ton for.whatis called s'Woman's Rights" fundamental reasonzfor it. it argues that l marriage is an affair of quid pro quo:
 "Ihe rule has been that woman should { give love. comfort, obedience; and that men should give love, protection, support. ] noY, n!Ns leading principle. .of Woman s l h1ghts, as we understand the doctrine, IS ] to do away with some of the terms of this exchange. ! It is proposed; that Won1en should continue to give love and perhaps comfort, but to obedience man is to have no claim. *--- Everything English we see--povels, news i papers, and even the pictures and jokes Of the come papers-tell us that thea-- young English women of to-day are far more fast more masculine. more self-asserting q word, more independent than were their mothers, than intending husbands like to see and tolerate The IT. sing generation of EngIishwomen are de llberately resolving to strike ont, the word obey from the marriage sacrament: marriages, as consequence, arc i'll Eng land greatly on the decline; .and whatever the difference between Engiishmen and Americans, we may look in time to see very much the same result in our own coun
 try. < It is clear that if all idea of authority as exercised by men over wo- men Is to be forgone, the majority of man. klnd are likely to prefer illicit relations which entail nc responsibility. The grave evils winch promise to find root i'll this un
 toward prospect need only to be suggested; they do not require to be dwelt upon ill detail. We may enfrancilise woman from mans control just as we have liberated the slave; but in either case is it certain that the emancipated ones wifi be able therehf ter entirely to provide for thenlselyes?'
 Few thoughtful minds, we imagine, will dissent from the Round Tables conclu- 1 sions, ,-sSsntjnel +'.-'' ' -'''' 5. In accordance with the prevailing mode of these political times, we condense the foregoing into the following Conservative Address, ''-
 To aN Women to uhon, these presents shall
 conae-GLEEFING e-; :# C.: ts-.i d. L. Whereas, we the undersigned, Chivalry of the Round Table, journalists, and others, of the Conservative persuasion, are most so- Der, moral, and modest followers in the footsteps of our fathers, being no ''faster' nor ''more self-asserting'' nor 'in word more independent" than were they in the days of their youth; and, '.
 | IPheye0s, 4 destructive Radicalism is striving ''to enfranchise women from man $ control just as it has liberated the slave;'' and, -..7 -f.s 'E "'- l Whereas, You, ''the women of to day, are far more fast, more masculine, more self fasserting-in word more independent than were your mothers or than we your in- l., lo1,
 and, |.
 r. Wtereas, You ''are deliberately resol
 wing to strike out the word obey from the marriage sacransent."
 Nor THerefore KNow YG-That you cal
 no more ''provide for yourselves without our overseeing care, than the unfortunate African eau ''provide for" himself withou the control of bis natural master. Farther naore-<'It is clear that if all idea of ofauthor
 ity,as exercised by man over woman IS to bt forgone, the majority of [us*l are likely tc prefer illicit relations which entail no res ponsihiUia,'o" F'"Te tt"e etli5agHffil i minds in we imagine, will dissent"
 Giren u3atls5' ou7' Hands tSc.
 ROUND TABLE,
 SENTINEL AND OTHERS *It is perhaps safer to let these gentlemen speal
 for Hten9Setres, rat ther than for all mankind" Eag~ One of our Conservative State pa 5 pers (evidently, we think, the N H. Regis ) ter, is thus noticed by the N. Y. Eeeain1 5 lNdI, a neutral journal:-
 ) PET NAMEs-A little partisan paper among our exchanges, indulges every day In such expressions concerning its political enemies IS follows: cubs--c0lca9'ds-Dups
 This paper is one of the "Ieading {" jour nals" of our ndgboring State, Connecti- cut. We are glad to say that most of the
 partisan papers have not been so interested in the campaign as to find themselves obi 5 ged to resort to such energetic epithets for
 the expression of their opinions General
 Grant has not yet become generally regard
 ed by half the country as either ''pup'' or ''cub." That he will become both be- fore many month are passed, unless he de- , cline a nomination, We have no doubt Be- fore the first of November, in fact, he will l have assumed the dimensions of a full , grown bull-terrier, or of 8 grizzly bear,
 according to the taste of the editor who
  called 0 coward, too. a miscreant, and 8 va- 7 riety of other pet names. He has already
 been called Liar and a sneak by the
 WorM of this city; how soon he will be-
 come all the rest ill the same columns, we
 cannot say. - ..~ ,..- ...
 We suggest that one ot our enterprising
 publishers have Dictionary of Political
 Campaign Epithets" compiled. Such a
 publication would sell rapidly, and be ex-
 ceedingly profitable. There is a demand for it. Editors throughout the country
 feel the need of such work. Some. in
 deed, there are, whose originality needs no
 assistance. But the majority of editors I5have exhausted their stock of epithets by years of service in free trade campaigns, abolition, coercion and reconstruction.
 This is golden opportunity for a pub fisher. r. ...--- .-...... ...s.-, .....
 aaF We noticed a statement, some time since, that Father Agapius, the Greek priest, who was welcomed inTrinity Church. New York, a few years ago, as 8 represen-