Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-19

public charity. So far as is proper, she
should gil the Offices In these institutions.
and Der guiding hand should be felt in all
these appointments. For these, sir, are
but the adjuncts, the nurseries of the
family love and obedience, and purity
preside in them, and no bitter political
contests need be involved in thier manage
ment Sir, the men are ready to concede
these places to women. No amendment
of the Constitution is needed to this end
The spirit of Christianity has already laid
the path open to her, and she has but to
walk therein.
Mr.. President, permit me to say, that
this, to me, is strange spectacle Who
are We, sir, and what are our duties a
body of men selected, to enquire whether
there is any absolute necessity" for a
change in any of the provisions of our
Constitution, that may be necessary for
the preservation of the rights and happi-
ness of the people! And it is through
the door Of this conservative body, is it,
set by our forefathers, like a two edged
sword to guard the entrance into our
system Of government of any new expert
ment that the passions and blindness of
the people may demand, without single
petition from one of our constituents, that
this untried experiment of woman suffrage
is to be invited to place in our system
Can we consent to open this door, sir, in
the high and honorable performance OF
our duty2 Shall we, by proposing this
amendment to the Constitution, invite The
army of harpies, representing all the
forms Of infdelity which aiilct the age,
free love, woman suffrage, and the kindred
fruits which hang from common stem, 10
come into this little State of Vermont and
make it, for the next two yoars, the battle
ground of these pestiferousIsms. Shall
they come in swarms, as they are
anxiously waiting to do, and come on mr.
invitation, to debauch the hearts Of our
wives and daughters, and draw them
from that sphere in which they now n Jve
the admiration and the hope Of The world!
Sir, have five little girls, growing INTO
womanhood, my tongue NAV cleave 10 the
roof of nv mouth, ami my rgl, arm
wither, before l will consent 10 expos"
them to be deyoured by these rayeBous
wolves. In their tenderness they may b.
misled, through appeals TO their vanity
their love of pleasure, and Of conspicuous
places. Sir, would invite the Serpent
again into the garden Of Eden a. soon a.
| would invite these emlsearIes Of his de-
signs into this state..
Mr.. President, thus II is that the awful
voice of scripture, and Of nature with her
myriad tongues, the anaiogIes derived
from the Vegetable Kingdom, from Lool'
ogy, the structure and instincts oi AM
mails and insects the secrets disclosed by
geology; the movements Of the heavenly
bodies tremendously in their spheres.
"singing as they shine" all literature.
painting, sculpture. every component part
of anatomy OF the woman, the transparent
nails, the hands, the arms, the hair, The
eve, and Its lashes, the teeth, The mouth.
the delIcately formed face, the ear. The
breast, the sacred mysteries Of the organs
Of maternity the delicate foot, til soul
and its heavenly longings, al. cry ogi
with deafenng voice against this mon
strons proposition. Hence IL D.. Mr
President, that all the right minded
woman in the land, look upon thj, nOre-
ment with the utmost aversion and !odA-
ing. Ii is confined sir, TO a few eccentric
females, and 10 class Of politicians who
can hope for no -epute ~ treaiIng the Old
WAYS. They are like the AtE"niaH. and
Strangers whom Paul net on Mars hll..
who spent their time in nothing else Loaf
either to tell, or 10 hear some neA thing,
and whom Paul addressed IN that most
wonderful Of all oratOrical proIu aiion-
.sYe men OF Athens, perceive that 10 all
things ye are too supersutlUus, whom See
ignorandy worship, him declare ! unto
YOU" II was an old truth which Paul
laid before these Athenians. IL D.
the same Old truth have laIi before g6l
TO day.
Sir. if We visit the places f,he enlomb-
ment of the persisted empires 81 the world.
We shall find upon The monuments which
commemorate them, this inscription
"Died, because, though the word II God
Is sure and steadfasi, and never fiiing
source Of personal and national glory aud
endurance, vet hath man turned away
from It, and sought out many iny-ntlOnst'
How long shall poor, weak man continue
TO seek out these many inventions,
under the name of 'human rights. aud
..liberty," IN whose sacred name. only too
many crimes have already been commrpil
God has given the woOd-peeker the ILL.,
stinct to build its nest a perfectly on the
first trial. as when. IN the morning OF
creation. il first ratified its music Go the
rising sun. Man being Al accountable
creature, God has gwen 10 AIm a lass ui
conduct as binding ami a perfect AID un-
erring as the instinct 81 the il-l tat 800
his blind ambition he b., sau-lil ,'lIHa.N
inventions, and hence be lear s oniy ht
mistakes. Experience means ihr ku.Hl-
edge Of failure Ii man would onlg fol
low the eternal ordina- ces at God As uu.r-
ringly as the feaihcred soDgsirr io.i.H-
its Gol-giyen instincts; II be- would anly
learn, after six thousand years I'd mls"ra-
ble failure, TO leave ul making u,s foolish
inventions, aud calling them "lluman
Progress, number one mn,.on,lh, Patent
applied for by Lucy Stone : then would
the Kingdom of God aud bis glorious
Millennium be u-h-red in. But until
then, We must wait IN prtiercc and IA
prayer, and in hop6 and struggle man
fully against the sad pr, crss'on OF the
errors and follies 81 orr stall unrr9eucraie
race.
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