, 1869-03-25
ANOTHER VICTORY FOB "WoMAHB
RIQHTAn

ANOTHER VICTORY ToR womAn,s
RIGHTs."
TIE army Of woman's rights warriors
sre prosecuung their campaign On the
n acouda plau-attaeking the eutrenchel
aid fortified sex at every weak point,
SUR -uDlirg him with q continuous and
unbrcken line Of assault, and "peggiug
awzJ". wherever opportunity for conquest
tffers- The combat dccpens. The latest
bst1le won by the intrepid ard heroic sex
DERIVES the doctlc but unprotected male
ofscversl oi his mcat important outlying
pcsiuons-ot the .!ghs to dine in pu ,tic,
The right to make speeches after dining,
and, last and nos. sacred Of all, the right
to psy fer the wine, We record, wish
ba'ed breath, axd temotions which no
largusge eau txpzcss," our sense OF the
recent sad disaster at Dsln onic IL, where
in the male sex seem to have lost trains,
AMMUNITION ard position, aud to have
manifested no s'erner ambition than 10
ISL Into the arms ot the e.cmY.
When ladies ard gentlemen assume to
Invite gentlemen asd ladies In such sor,
that the ladies are not invited to join
the gentlemen and the gentlemen are not
Invited to jain the ladies'" but both are
Invited 10 join each other, and each 10
come uIder his CT ker own esc.r,, or
aionc, or Tic ladies to escort the gentle
Der, and each is to help himself or herself
10 each particular delicacy essential to
It satisfaction ol his or her own appetite
without allowing mcdes'y to prevent
sAticsy, and each is to make his or her
own speeches, pay for his or her own
dlrrer, and 60 home-all this Is surely
IN assault On the male position in i's very
citadel, we'll calculated 10 impress the re-
t1ecting mind with the anxious i1quiry
whether ary such thing AZ ladies snd
gentlemen will long continue to
t1'sf, OF whether the two
are not rapidly merging into q species Of
"numans" which will be neither ms,e
nor female, but Will be clothed half ia
cloth and half in Galley; which will wear
panta1oons that are pausa'e:s aud cut
down frocks ard pe.ucoats into frock
COTS ; which shall cut The male wsts..-
coat very low around the neck, and re-
quiIe every human who is thin In flesh
10 protec: shc chea. NJtks c; so,tov, TO-, and
compress me s,@asz-23aIinc waist and pad
slu ,;l' and scrimp the swo forms, here
), :f,ue and there little, till the sharpes;
cbeerVsr could distinguish no external
difference between Theodora Dickinson
ard Anna Tiltop.
This would only e1p1tss in dress ths
abolition Of all distinction in chsrac:e,
toward which thsss excellent people cas-
their longing eyes, as IT It were the very
dawDiug OF Mllet NAL glory. Mrs
Elizabeth O:kes Smith, in response Il
tie least " Why should women prop"ss =
is repofsed as saying she Thought ths
right 10 propose, and to make love, 1
"you like, INVOLVED 4 more rad,ca
"chsrge in society thsn did the righ
"to vete. 1t was the right to fol1oy
"orc's feelings, which she, who Is to be
"mother, should certainly have right /
"do. Such = system would be elevAtinj
"to the whole race"
4 Mss Susan B. Anthony thought tha
"Women will propose because they vi
"accnmnlase fortunes and will tnvi'
"tbeir gentlemen friends to sh ,re thei
hrown-stona hopiea with them"
The combas deepens It Is bus cen
tury since Charles Fourier, the inspire
> ap-s:le Of new doc'rine Of the relAsio
OF the tcxts to esch other, plsu,ed fl
in tdyance OF tie open uucsAncl
Of all The advocates Of. woman
:. 1'Eh.s, and Of the hitherto devclope
= views Ct mcst OF them, the standard
!. universal and equal se8usl freedom.
e did Lot, as some have supposed, CONNER
: tbs Few doctrine 10 the tmmedia
K adoption Of mankind. Ga the consrAr
be predicted that four or hYe hundtt
= ye61s must clapse b1f3re any cons;de1ah
=, progress would be made toward prep
j ration tor his new harmoaiA sys'e
d Meanwhile, however, he declared ii
. the old-time theory OF the relation ot Il
!. ssxcs, whether in or out OF wedIoe
i must yield under the Influence Of the {
Ia ueatIon ef won1n. aud her admission
l. uelearned professions, to civil and p
IL lit;cal equality with man, to prAcsic
4 business, to Literature aud authorship,
y tic pulpit, the bar and the Senate, nn
Al her peuonA equality Of rights and po,
le era should be universally acknowledge
re Man Should 70 lorger be b
10 mss'cs or protector. but merely her q
a wiser ard companion Marriage Won
~ gradually CEASE TO imply dcspotlsm, I
a. au'hcritJ OF the husband would Is
away, and The obligation OF obedience
the wife would disappear. D:vol
Il would cease to be special dlspensau
from m eternally sacred ordinances, \
% would gradually pass into priyileI
rs then right, and at length custom, I
u. til the bonds Of marTisga had beclme
lis rope Of sand, which would At no III
re restrain the freedom Of either party
the choice Ct a companion. This syst
II would be promoted by The gathering
C. families from solitary into aggrc2s
Is households, contamination which
cr carried out in our fashionable hotel Ii
g.