The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-05-18


come poser the ansliarntion q tie
c1ing esila a ear tsms begins. For
pahlie opinion viii Immediately sliow
81 feuale Posi Natrssses and Tele.
grsph Operators ard ibe places VIII
he freely ,endered Der from evident 20
htical reasons Pnilc opinion vii also
allow Of female physicians, book keep
ers. clerks, Sc, and female labor vii
At once be diverted into these new chan
nela. leaving school teaching 10 those
who have natural qualifications Tor the
position. and fitting remuneration viii
be the consequence 10 all The coudi-
ton Of married women wall also be bet
tered. Fer with be sense Of indepen-
denes, women will no longer marry for
a home, but for love, Then there will
be less uniaithiulness, fewer divorces,
and more general contentment pro-
ducink state Of feeling in society cal
culated IN It's cooperative power to In
1uence the great mass Of the young
generation to habits Of temperance,
morality and high aspirations, which
cannot now be accomplished by the in
diyidual efforts OF the favored few who
have nothing in their condition to bet
ter. Bot who, il they succeed in guild
ing their own children to life Of vir-
tue and honor, arc pointed out as mod
els Of true women. oontented to per
form their true duties in their own
sphere. But not even all these favor
ed children are now saved. The pre-
yaient evils Of the times suatch many
20 destruction. Alcohol in some form
ternpts them every day, card playing
ensices them 10 late hours and disso-
lutte associates depraye their morals in
spite Of parental efforts They are
swayed as the great majority are sway
ed, by the prevalent tendencies Of the
times, aud these are degenerate made
so by the course we have said. And
these mothers viii sign petitions agRInst
Female Suffrage. Their instincts are
womanly and true, but they do not re-
ahze how vital the question il, to tbehl-
selves, how close it is to their own
hearthstones. Their minds have been
diyrted by caricatures and ridicule OF
those who oppose the course, and which
represent its advocates as strong mind
ed" women in short dresses, foreing
themselves into masculine society, and
insisting upon being heard on ali occa-
sions, Portraying the domestic state
by pictures of a meek looking man sit
ting amid confusion feeding the baby
with spoon while his wife is attend
ing political meeting, insidiously seek
ing by such means to instil into the
public mind, that with the right OF suf-
frage bestowed upon them, women
would desert their homen and take to
the field OF politics, making speeches
and chewing tobacco, to the utter de
moralization OF society, and undermine
ing Of all domestic felicity.
All this is Of couree revolving to ev.
cry true woman, but it is as utterly alb
surd as it is revolving. There are many
male politicians by pro- 'ession who are
no doubt, geniuses born for the posi-.
ton; but the great ms .jority OF voters
follow other professions, and their
right to vote does not seriously inter
fere with their private occupations
Thus, reasoning from what we know
women would cast thoif votes at cleo.
tons and return home to perform fan
better than they do now--the duties
which their womanhood deVolves upon
them. THEo.
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