Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-08

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passing IN the kitchen and the men in the
stores olnces' &c, '' gossiping and talking
politics. Now reader would infer that there
is something wrong in the situation in which
L. B's ne,ghbOrs are found; at least taat L.
b. thinks So The women in the kitchen, in
deed what but the veriest menial would be
found IN such horrible and debasing place?
and yet women are found there. What
startling = act :" None but tyrants could
have framed the constitution of Vermont and
thus leave Women at the feet of men. Help!
o ye guardians of human rights Help All
ye Susans, Lucys and Elizabeths Let Justice
be done though men should fall Let women
be raised from this menial service and be
placed by the g side > of men in the stores,
Offices, &c, and let them nOtO begin to learn
the mob exalting art of gossip. Yes,
bet a Instructor be sent to every
tea party, and there let women be taught
their rights in this respect.
Afterwards, L. B. speaks of two wealthy
and educated men who are tyrants in their
families, and among other faults the one i
public spirited and generous, the other is heard
praying. And the base law only gives the
wife the control Of her OicR property. Here
let me ask single question. Where is the
sensible person, male or female, who does not
actually despise aud pity the man, whose 'oife,
either from superiority of Judgment or
strength of win, controls the property and
affairs of his household? That some women
do wear the - breeches " lrith a reageGnce, no
one will deny, yet sensible men do not call
for special legislation in such cases any more
than for law that all women shall be anliable
and slceet-fempered at home.
Your correspondent next speaks ola widow
living with servants, and troublesome boys
breaking her fence, &c, and seems to think
that the question Would suffrage benefit
her ?" would be an irresistible argument,
the very thought Of which, would deter all
bad boys from lawlessness. The argument is
like ali Others in favor of female suffrage
Think of it careful reader Has not this
widow as much law for the protection of her
property as men have?
L. B. has long list OF neighbors. some
good, some d" s;ingy," and some proaigate :;
acknowledging that the law protects women,
if not from the " stingy" (there are no
- stingy women) from the unkind and
prohigate. But the most absurd and uncivil-
lied part of the whole article is the idea that
woman should have suffrage because she is
unable to chastise the lawyer who
has cheated her in getting a pension Do
lawyers never cheat men, who have suffrage
and physical power >? The only tangible thing
that L. b complains Of is that there are four
or FIVE . stingy - men in a large village, noted
for intelligence and wealth That is the
whole case and for that sehening politicians
and pubic women are clamorous for an
20 tTe combination giving women
n riEhs - doE the habiIiaments and adept
the pursuits Of men. They want a law that
Is or would be exactly contrary to the laws
of nature. the laws of all nations in all time,
and the laws of God ns revealed in His Holy
Word RM
REMARKS. We suspect R. NJ" has
failed to answer the real scope of our former
correspondents letter. The facts given in
that letter were presented to show that
women. in the cases mentioned, were not at
the .. side Of man, that is, were not given
equal privileges with him in the control of
their property, and in various other ways
If - r. NJ - thinks they were, perhaps he
would be willing to change places with them.
All that women ask, in the agitation for
their rights. is that they shall have the same
right to determine their profession and work,
the same right to their earnings and property &,
and the same right to voice in making and
the laws which they must
obey, as men have, and until they have this
they are not at the - side of man. -