The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-05-27

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datisn. Then you loft her to the con
sumnate strategsms Of that polished
vllais."' -. .. ]. r.
-He .ni''d his face now pale and cor.
rugated; shes had spoken with hers
turned away, but fslt the action and
turned TO look as him, n she oontin.
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"E'en 30; she sinned agsinst you
but epee." in ....~.. -. -. .,"~
/ } She burst into tears, and looking
far ont into the horizon, went on: :;
"Think Of the poor child; for even
thspIshs IA little more. You had .trea,
I'd her - 4 child. Think Of her already
sold, taught 10 osttsge her natural in.
etinsb tsyipg;to preserve the respect.
abilities when the very foundations Of
purity were gone, asaailed by villain
who played the lover, and, had the id.
dress to make bis semblauce Of love
answer the cravings left unsatis6ed by
her husband. Rshe had fallen by her
tree consent, would it be wonder ? It
is : maxim that people are not gener-
ally better than the laws. Men have
made laws which place their wives on
level, in some essential respects with
slave; and slaves are not expected
to have big sense of honor"
"Io what respect did I place my
wife on = level with a slave ?"
"Io making her your wife without
frst winning her love, and under the
law that: all she could acquire by her
labor, ,;esrvice or act during marriage
should belong to you:" ...:..-.
"Dd 1 grow ,ioh by her labor ?"
Irony will not meet tho case. Thou:
sands Of slaves perform no labor, and
thousands are delicately. clothed and
fed. Some maintain their selfrespect.
in an inferior position but the gen:
eral effect of th. legal degradation or
oppression Of class i: to. make Or:
keep il morally inferior. The Arab,
who believes his wifs .has no soul, is
sadly perplexed to prevent her stealing
bis dinner: The sp.niard's xife too
often requires the care of q duenna
md the advancement of women as we'll
as men 10 intelligence aud morality h..
kept pace with the freedom secured to
them BY general laws. Those laws
which msrge'a a wife's legal existence in
that Of her husband degrade her and
lessen her self.respect. Those which
give him the control of her person, so
that he may arrest and take into custo-
dy, his slave, his apprentice and bis
wife without legal process place her
on direct equality with the slave and
apprentice-stamp her an inferior. II
size accept the situation, and act as We
expect slave or apptentice to act have
you ! right to com plain /? Those laws
which provide that her husband is the
is the proprietor Of ali they can both
acquire, deprive her Of the usual in
centres to economy and industry. Few
men would acquire property if thev
could not secure It by will, and the
hw Of desoent to their children. A
vom.n cannot do this. When she aids
her husband to acquire an estate and
dies: it il his to bestov upon her sue:
cessor,. lad he may turn her children
out Of doom. This is the reason Why SO
many women devote themselves to
spending instead Of saving the family
income: They seek present gratifca-
tion because they are deprived of the
benefits of self-dcnial. Every human
bein must have an object 10 life, as
surely as tho smallest rivulet must have
!. path way to the sea. 1t turned aside
from Legitimate pursuits, he will seek
others. Woman's legitimate place is
that Of helpmate to man, indoor part
ner:of the marriage dtm, joint guar,
dian of their children, and joint owner
Of their estate. Her share Of thar
estate, should be secured to her heirs,
just IS his should be to his: Then all
tho strongest affections Of her nature
would lead her to such i course If life
As would most tend to secure the vel
fare Of her children; but !. in upper
servant, entitled in consideration Of her
bcst services, to food, clothing and shell
ter, and 70 just the s.me if size perform
no. service, and liable 70 be deprived of
III. society Of her children; all her I &C.
quisitivsness leads her Is obtain for
them and herself as much present graf
iaeation Il possible. Any GLASS Of per-
sons deprived Of the right to acquire
property become impto,ident, and the
care that would otherwise be given to
that .snd, turns into soma other channel
In women It turns oftenest into love Of
dr,s. and perilqu, .musement.. French
wives run into schemes Of business for
securing the return. which q should come
to them far the household cares which
can never be safely given up by q, wife
and mother, and instead of the indoor,