The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-05-27
81 sAOCUsI TO JENNIE JUNE.


wrote letter concerning the status Of
''dear woman" and sent the same to the
Hartford Times. The editor, a good-na-
tured fellow, well known for his devotion
to the fair sex generally, ont of pure gal
lantry, and being little short of secopy''
at the time, published gentle Jennie's
jaundiced jeremaid, and at the close of
the same expressed the hope that his fair
correspondent might be ''all that God in
tended her to be-" which was gentlcmau~
y on his part, and proved him to be the
good~natured fellow we asserted.
Jennie opens with conundrum, thus
"Nill the time ever come when women
Will be born free TO do and TO be whatev
er they can ?-free to decide their own
destiny, without the compelling pressure,
in any given direction, from friends or
foes 2"
And then adds douJtfulIy, s'It may"
but gives up for ''this generation" at
least.
That's a poser, Jennie, that conun-
drum, and at present no solution can be
given. We might say ''Yes,'' but you
would shake your head and say. 81 can't
believe it." five said ''No,'' you would
shake your little fist at US and say, 81
won't believe it." We couldn't convince
you either way, poor victim of slavery
gIlded, and SO we give it up"
AS to your doing and being whatever
you can-what, where is the bar You
are debarred. by reason Of female suffrage
not being recognized, from Congress, we
WI RF1lf hgaf TO
to you as to men, and of two evils you
should choose the least What else is
there that you cannot grasp if you have
the ability and courage to "do AMI dare
and necessary capital? If you haven't
these requisites which many men lack, it's
your misfortune and not our fauIt-isn't
il +?
Tell Us what you can't edo, " and 'tbe," ="
outside Of voting, and Cong essw oman.
Sculpture, painting, authorship and edi-
torial duties are open 10 you, and you
have The taste, ability, genius and will
to enter these fields, You ''teach the
young idea how to shoot" pretty exten-
sively, and should be, and no doubt you
are, proud Of it. In your ranks are lee
turers, preachers, physicians, actresses,
! fortune-tellers, colporteurs, saleswomen,
I bo0k-keepers, etc The arts aud sciences,
polite and useful, are all open TO you.
You may study law if you wish, though
! clients might be little fearful lest their
| secrets would out; you may discuss pol
/ tiles with the greatest "lreedom," though
/ having as yet, bat little voice in national
or municipal affairs, you are not entirely
! Left out in The cold, post Offices and Treas
+ ury ce kshigs being within your reach.
/ You run millinery establishments, baI
/ rooms, peanut stands, and sundry and
divers other institutions of emolument and
profit, and if you don't like city life you
can 20 TO tarming-two young ladies oil
Iowa have lately taken up land in that
/ State, and are now running a farm on
I their own hook.
/ There's the tensorial profession-noth-
/ ing to hinder you from monopolizjng this
branch of industry, and we can promise
/ you fruitful field here. You could have
all our custom. Who would 90 to Tom
HigGins's shop when they could 60 to Jen-
/ ME ,june's?
With tie exception Of voting and being
( COngresswomep, there is nothing, Jennie,
you are not ''free to do and to be- even
10 specuIating in Erie and becoming stock
gamblers, if you possess the requisite will
and ability, and necessary capital Had
you the Erie>pressiblo qualities Of Fisk,
Jr., like him you could 60 it with per-
feet Iooseness-Pray what's TO hinder =
But if you have only the qualities and ma
ture Of the dear gazelle, Low do you ex-
pect to play the lion
Some of the fraternity of women don't
seem have !, st their heads as ct Re ad ::
Mrs Dolly Chandler and one hum
dred and ninety -four other women have
sent remonstrance to the Massachusetts
Legislature against women suffrage be-
lieying that it would diminish the purity
the dignity, and the moral influence of
women, and bring into the family circle
a dangerous element of discord, without
additional strength, efficiency, or wisdom
to the government of the nation, and ask
to be let alone, ''ia tie condition allotted to
us 6y natore, custom and religion y
In addition to all that you now do and
might do, of a useful nature, you are not
restricted in your amusements and recrea-
tionF. You have your orders, societies
and clubs you drive fast horses, play
billiards, risk more or less in games oi
chance, such as "dollar stores," etc, as
much perhaps, as the men in the great
game of chance-Matrimony. You have
your junketings at Delminico's and other
places, you-well, what don't you do p
You say:
''The husband is proud % is wife; he
would not let her soil her white hands for
the world and he is delighted to crafty
her every wish to the extent of his means.
In society, and even at home, he is ap-
parently her slave. Aud she boasts ot
his ready attention to her every behest.
But she is dependent upon him"
All! that's where the shoe pinches, eh ?
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