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

The qa crsson a "WonAs's Rghu
hks tie qus.sssan 81 the Abolition 81
Negro slssery, va 81 arss snisrtAiusd
Ard sgiiAtcd b very iev o. the most
advanced philauthrophis;s Of the age.
and vail venture 70 say that II Is very
geaerally remembered when abolition
ia, was term q reproach, and 70 be
an Aboiitignist was 10 be one upon
wh0m many. not very complimentary
spithsis we're to be bestowed. Very
much like il ats the advocates o. Wo-
mans Rights tTested BY some to-day.
and il Is 20 evidence against tbs JUS
tee u the eaass, that il finds disiayor
among those whose narrow pAilanthTo-
py Is bounded b. the orthodox idea,
that woman should keep silence at ali
times and on al subjects. The effort
put forth against it are al the Inilder
as the fact becomes more and more APP
parent that il is steadily gazing
strength and favor.
Snsers and disparagements may
sometimes answer for arguments, but
Anna s. Dickinson, Lucy Stone and
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, are too well
known as being fally competent to in
struct, even some Presidents and Vice
Presidents in the fundamental prinei-
pals OF American Government to have
such kind Of attemps at detraction ef-
feet their position Their words have
been so widely heard and read, and as
pioneers in the great work Of establish
ing Female Equality, their names viii
90 down IN history to be roverenced by
many coming generations.
In taking up the subject Of "Woman's
Rights there are two things to be con
sidered. In the FIRST place what's there
in womans present condition that needs
amelioration, and in the next, how is
the amelioration TO be effected There
may be nothing new to say on the sub
ject, but by continually saying over
what has been said, woman viii at last
become familiar enough with it to un-
derstand its merits and then the cause
is won.
Those who most persistently insist
that women have nothing at all to com
piain Of, are most anxious to impress
upon the female mind that their sphere
is to educate the young That educa-
ting the young comes properly within
womans sphere is generally acquiesced
in; but that women have no rights or
duties outside this educational circle,
we are not willing to admit. Because,
naturally, there are more women than
there are common schools, more young
women who aspire to be teachers than
there are schools to be taught And as
the price Of female labor, like the price
Of all other kinds Of labor, is governed
by the great Law Of Supply and De-
mand; low wages will as a consequences
exist so long as the surplus OF labor ex-
lists, and no amount of appeals to phi
lanthropy, no amount Of argument as
to the justice Of the matter will ever in
duce community to pay teacher ten
dollars a week when just as good can
be had for two and half This is why
we object to being limited to teaching
as the only means by which women are
allowed to earn a pittance for their own
support. But insufficient remunera-
ton is not the only evil attendant up
on such restriction. Our teachers, as
general thing, are the daughters Of
well to do people, who have brought
them up respectfully, and they, being
now grown up, feel it incum bent upon
them to do something, if they can, tc
help themselves. Teaching is the only
thing consistent with responsibility
which they can do, and as their chances
for getting school to teach is always
precarious they unanimously eonsid
or their chances for getting mar
ried. In accepting or reject
ing an offer Of marriage the respeeta
bility of the sutton is considered, and j
he is respectable, and Of average intel
igence the offer is accepted. And herr
is monstrous evil, which is the roo
Of all the evils complained Of in tht
present condition OF women: That sh'
should be obliged TO marry, feeling NJ
love, nor even inclination. because o
her inability TO earn an adequate sup
port for herself The amount Of miser,
and unhappness which such state Q
things entails upon the families thu
formed is unthonght Of. And ! doub
| if the George Washingtons who ar
lucky enough 10 be bora at all, ar
much better taught reared as the
must be amid continued repinings
faultfindings, determinations and scold
ing. than they would be in a state o
society where love and similarity o
tastes and dispositions were the govern
ing motives in forming the marrihg
relation.
"a Reader" thinks every true wo
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