Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-16
WOMAN.
A EeVT Organ Tho WOnian's
Advocate
Blackstone On VFOman's Rights
not PaIatab Q.
Why Women shOuId Eaye the
Privilege OF Ihe Franchise.
The Movement ia Eugland-En-
duslrial Accumulation.

As the recent introduction Of it before
/ our Legislature renders a" WOmsn's
/ Rightsu OF immediate im portance TO the
| readers Of the APPEAL, We lay before
! them this morning some extracts from
| the atest estsbi iished sad more advanced
| organ OF 1.-THE SEX in th- \ irth. Il Is
entitled the HOmdn's Aisoc0te, and con-
tains sixty-5we Psgss Uf reading MISTER,
| furnished by contributors more or less
| idsnti ied with the movement for confer
ring the suffrage On wOmen-sueh as
| Frances Dana Gage, Henry B Black
well, Frederick DIugiass, Z. J. Hinton,
| Kate : cid, George 5. Burl-ign, AatOin.
ette Brown blackwell, Lucy Stone, aud
others OF that ilk.
The first named writer gives some of
! her early experiences IN the West, par
ticularly during tho exciting conflict
about the slavery QUESTION. She says:
"At ten I was foud Of reading BJoks
were rare In thAt new Juutry, and BOOKS
| for children were not often 10 be found
! 10 fsrm-hOUses but my father, New
HsmpshiFs msu, had q snsii collection
OF choice WOTks-Adds3n, Shakespeare,
Milton, Butter, Y8uDg, Johnson, SteTne.
Blair, etc. AL tbsss 1 pored over With
childish sviji;y. Among them l found
Blackst1ne's mmeltaTies-THther dry
residing FOR llttls giTl-until one dag |
received theg5frOm the startling iuteilI
ge8ce that In Common Law, husband
! and wife are ouei that during coyerluTs
| the wife has no legai existence; that she
/ cannot buy, or sell, or make 3 viii, or Do
business In her own name that wife
may be whipped with a SUCK no larger
than q mans tnUm5; De gently cOeTCed
go ffF r.. nhrfls4
bul the dictionary vas At hand, aud my
curiosity as excited. Ny mother Wss
3 wife; had my fstner q right 10 whip
her? I knew old J0uea, tas shoemaker,
whipped his vile, anj turned hsr cut OF
dooIs with her children. @ud everybody
blamed him, and the boys jnTesteIed TO
give him q ducklug 10 tbs creek II ever
he did it agsiC. l knew ths5 Gibson
took ell the mO3ey his wife could earn
by weaving and bought wlisEy with IL,
while his children went barefoot iu the
snow. Mother and other ladies had
talked very much s5out i, but why
should they IL wss law. 81 ght not
every one do lawful thiHgs2 Not Tor my
beat gown would / have asked a0y q less
lions, FOR was already spoken Of - a
queer child always pryiug into things
tnst did not concern me-
Mr.. Blackwell, writing about the " Era
CT Rsc0nstruc.i .ioD," Gays:
g. Women, as women, differ ffOUl men.
mind has ne SEX but ia sCgl and char
scter men anu women differ. As & Glass,
women are more psacess sle than men,
therefore woman suGIsge viii be iLtiG-
entail fer peace. Tney aTe more temper
ate, therefore their vote will strengthen
the cause OF temperance. They are
fL-waT1uo N TntArG2ra nf
purity will be promoted. They are more
alive to moral and religious cOnsiders-
tionR, therefore the ipteTesi OF morality
and religion Will hs advanced by their
vote. AS mothers they will always feel
q deeper interest tasa II an IN public ed
ucati0n. Removed by their position from
the corrupting Influences Of the outer
world-1c3upied IS q class by domestic
and family duties, they will always
bring to the consideration Of great pub
lie questions q freshness and purity Of
spiritual insight to which men are less
keenly sensitive"
Mr.. Hinton is encouraged, by the pres
eut situation OF the Woman's Move
ment in Great Britain," to say that:
4" As Mr.. DiSTaeli Is IN opposition, and
It is becoming mora evident daily that
large mum oers OF intelligent and TsspOn-
Esibie Englishwomen are in earnest 10
their demand for the rights nov denied,
ws may expect that brilliant and able
leader TO take ground Ia It's favor. B5-
sides, the movement in Eagisnd, al
though sustained largely by liberals, is
emphsticsily non partisan, ami almost
non political in It's character. The late
Premier has shown, In mis- way, as con-
spicuous devotion to s. noble wife as John
Stuart Mill himself. The refusal OF a
peersge for himsslf, and the bsstOWsl of
IL upon his wife, is IN itself sn act - re-
markable aud noteworthy as tue tributs
which ths greater Ecglishman ge have
named pays to the memory Of his be-
loved com panion, in that grand and eiO-
quent dedication of his Essay on Lib.
erty.'
All things being considered, the wo-
mans n lvemeut stands we'll before the
British 2 Parliament, snd e-en DsLter be-
fore the British pGbl;c. If there is any
drswb back in the character of the new
House Of Commons, il is to be found in
the prepOnderance OF merely rich busi-
ness men who have been able to secure
seats therein. Some OF the G6lesl Lib
erals have been 'left ous in the cold F."
AntOinatte Brown Back we'll concludes
q stro0g srtiols on Industrial Recon-
strucion," by saying;
We bring up oar young girls In ef-
fsminste idleness, aud we quiet our old
ladies' into premature second childish
ness; but perhaps the msj lrity OF women
IN midd life are enfesOied aod prems-
tursly Hged by over work. The husbsnd
never dreams of this; ne must serve
months apprenticeship Ia nursery,
kitchen, and parlor sueossaiveiy, before
he can be n Ade TO credit this fact. WO-
men have as much natural riyht to con
tinue to live in good heallh To The sud OF
their days as men have.
Exceptional women may follow spa
clsl osliiogs ste sdiiy for life, bur the ma
jority viii never do this. OF even that
small class who are predetermined for
| speoislities, or for eminent SUCCESS in any
/ of the higher ag00sti0ns where great
men al make their mark, the larger
half rasy expect to rssp heir highest
success after they have attained the foil
I beneit OF ordinary middle life expert
enee and disclplise. The added years
| bring not only wlsdom, but soflened
aud .brOsdened character, TO sn exten,
that no young person will ever Tealizs
uutil long experience has been UNDER
gone 1f this steadily modifying proasss.
Youth Is sagsr and brilliant, and ths