National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-01-29

man as a man separate from ms IL
lation - the woman; and that ut !
do not regard the person and rights
and priv llcgcs Of the woman as
woman separate from her relation
TO the man. The existence of the
State and its continued life demand
that the individual man and the in
iividual woman be united in the re
and continuance of the
race, by which alone the State can
live. Then the welfare and pros
perity of the State requires that the !
children which are to compose its |
future citizens shall he nurturcd, /
supported and educated. None can /
do this with the interest, devotion
and taithfulncSS that the parents
have. The child is not an indcpeu-
dent citizen of the State ~ it's
but a helpless thing TO be provided
for with long, weary, lal orlous and
expensive care. Is it possible that
| the State as such can take these
embryo citizens into its care, with
ont relying for the nurture of each
one upon its natural parents and
guardians! Surely not. And thence
it follows that the State can 60 no
farther down than the parents, or
to the households, in its care for its
own pCrpctuation. The State must
take care of the households. and
the households must take care Of
the increase and nurture OF those
who aie to make the citizenship of
the State. Thus, then, the Unit for
the state is the Family, composed
of the Father, the Mother and the
Children. Anything in the organic
, law of the State, IN its statutes or
customs that strengthens the unity
of the family, promotes its harmony
its sacredncsS, its cacc, and lncitcs
its members to exert themselves fol
it's support, honor, intelligence an,
prosperity, will most rebound to it
3 own pcrpctulty, prosperity and hon
or. Any thing the State may d,
to weaken the unit of the family
separate the interests and honor o
its members, will inevitably Worl
towards its own diScord and ruin
The bearing of these principle
:, upon the questions of woman sui
=. frage is easily seen. The family i
:, community within itself. Il pi,
!, ribuS unum is as applicable to it .
to tie State, or the nation. Th
:. history Ct the world has proved thG
-. a State must have II single ruin
-, head. "a house divided again'
:, itself cannot stand" The ClriSta
religion has provided for the unit
Of the family in the sacred coyenaM
into which the husband and vii
must enter when assuming the maj
riagc relation, and in the mutua
', and equal love that separates cac
" from all others, and unitcs them I
, each other until death, by I'll
- strongest possible ties. Now whe
: this unity and harmony exist til
husband and father will justly al
adequately represent the family
: the State by voting or otherwis
Whrc this unity and harmony ,
y. not exist the house is divided again
itself; the wife would vote one ";
" aud the husband would vote again
her, and both would exert tlel
selves to draw over the chidrc
and others whom they could inf
>, encc TO opposite aud oposing side
:. and diScord would reign in tlli
~ house. Who can suppose that Il
State would he made more stab
or that the laws would be ma,
"' more equitable or statutory by SUI
III. state Of things? Then the fur
''' tons clrnaturc, by her ineXoI
"' laws, has assigned to women rs (
'no wives, mothers and nurses Of o
." race make it absolutely impossil
''' for her duringa large portion of i
w life, and highly indicate for II
." during another large portion of Il
' life, To engage IN the duties, a
Wv much more in the certain conniC
" of political activity So the
~" women who are best dischargi
" the duties Of nature would L..
=, discharge the duties politics. !
~ sides we have ever been taught
e" respect the qualities ofmodcsty,
'o' trcmcut, and devotion to home ,
wy ties IN woman, and to. regard
~ duties in the education, and II
Wv giouS training Of her children as {
" most potent influences for prumoli
the intelligence aud morals of [
ltt youth, and so for rlisinp mn wort