New-York tribune., 1869-02-25
"A QUESTION" ANSWERED. AND A QUESTION
ASKED

10 the EDITOR Of The Tribune.
SIR: correspondent signing himself "M,
I'm Saturdays edition Of TIE TRIBUNE said;
think that one branch Of the Woman Movement" in
this county likely lead to great mischief for there
Is spirit cngcHdcred analogous TO rebellion based upon
the assumption that man IS 1dnt when has caiaied
from old MAIDS, and entirely distinct from the question
Oflabor and wages.
should like TO ask this representative Of the male
II facts do 80 TO prove that married tyrants
in many instances What night have you exercise the
control Of property 10 make laws which allow us
only onethrd of our mutual earnings To claim our
children Of separaOn what tight have you to
dictate to what shall buy, aud whittier shall 90
Have you any right to subject persons TO your
troll against wsheS Should not be as free your
seyes Yet you forco to submit 10 your basest desires
Your brute strength is superior to ours but the OF
authority based this ground renders condition one
OF slavery. Let us look at few OF your acts.
You have ned this land with dstilleries and rum.
shops and what are tho resusf Great men have
declared that alcohol Is OF the primary OF
crime and destitution. You all admit that greater part
Of the misery which exists among the poor Is owing to
the effects OF strong drink but do you ever stop TO think
that you the first to Introduce this terrible evil into
society," and 1t you nlOno who first entccd
and daughters with the accursed cup OF ntemperance
There was never a drunkard who went down 10 the
grave, who did not go there through your influence.
You are not content with desolatug homes but you
attempt to define our sphere, and you are not willing
ing laws for our protection.
How many hours have you ever spent In waiting for
tho return OF a drunken husbaDdi Have not prayed
by day and by night for yOnr welfare, ana were we not
rewarded by basphemy aud blOws Have you not spent
your earnings and ours for Tumi Have you not filled
the bones Of children with the fruits OF your de.
baucheres and taught them To follow In your nqutous
pathsi To-day stand shorn OF the powers which God
because you have denied us the privilege Of
ercising them the Creator intended we should. Oh
most nOble man. who Is II that pontcs the mir with foul
and sckening breathf Did "loyely woman" ever teach
chew aud smoke tobacco, and become more
unceanly than the beasts of the holdsl
Ia this alli Mol Your tyraBnlcal mennnesses AFRO
almost without number You build ferry boats with two
cabins one for ladies' and for gentlemen, but you
allow your apartments to become hlthy that gentlemen
VIII not occupy them; consequently ours are monOpo
LIED, ANA then you boast OF your gallanry u you Occa
siOnaly 0Dcr us seat You know full well that we pro-
test against your abomnatiOn but does your vhuhted
ehvalry against the gentler induce you TO abandon
your disgusting habitsi You have flooded the land
with an Infamous literature, and now you mock lis be-
cause we are sdnced by reading the works OF your cor
rupt imagination. You say that We do not need the
on are protectors yet why st that no
rePectdOie ~ woman daTes To travel your streets after
dark without prOtccOri What right have you TO hang
us by a law which We had 10 hand In inaklngt What
right have you TO tax our property while you deny us
rcpresentatonf Our sisters and daughtors whom you
have seduced yak the streets Oueasts and criminals
Dld they ever harm you or yOurHf You mako us inc
lowest OF all Gods creation and then you hOld US up as
examples Of wouahhood; aud because woman shrinkn