Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-08-03

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to be called IL pref ssional ptlid.ilu1 ~ MAJ
Suits Of men in the worLl, to wb;J, !. .He Put.
directed by the natural apdtu lie of A., '"'y de
( whish they must deI Ole their Il 90 - AL %
oign from political functions As th,,sn ~ III.
10 take AN extreme case there is notbin, 'a n
Incompatible with poli;i5tl Iutits in cons;. u"s
taxing care OF children than there is In c;'5
bitches or making shoes, or in any other ns
airy employment, while in every superb, ' ;7'
est OF society GROWN out Of the flniiy tb, 'I'y''
Of women is not less than men. AMI ,'s
knowledge is greater. In Eagllul us'
who OWLS slltrcs in the East Indi, ro "uN'n
may vote. In this country she may vcta p'!
stoikhUlicr upona railroad from on, crI ,s %'
country to another But ii she sclls her VI Zoe
and buys house with the money. sba '~k'
voice III the laying out If the rold 6eg,r" 10
door, which her house is taxed to keen ,nS uG
Tor And why, in the naliie of COOL sen.p IVY Nv
responsible human being may vote upop sn.i "a
Industrial projects, may she not vote NJ pO,e
industrial regulation Of the Slater Therr. .i
more reason that men SHOULD assume IL nc
participation in politics to be unwcmsr,,. .T'e
that women should decide for men that II "lAl
manly" " un
The position ofwoman in regard fl IL,
common schools of the State is th. n"".
absurd and unjust that can be imay;no o,'
She must always be the chief instruct,
OF the young in point oftme and inavenc.
She is their best teacher at home and !.
the school. And her share in this av..
evr,~1,c5 - - .----.i..s r.s,u. IVY. Nv,
day. Woman as mother, SITTER. teacba;:
has an intelligence, comprehension If
the educational needs Of our youth, and
an interest in their development, far II
advance of the other sex. She Can or.
game, control and teach the most difficult
school in the State yet she has no vote
IN the selection Of teachers, the builduc
arrangements and equipment of school.
houses, neither in the method and, extent
OF Instruction She can pay her share Of
the expenses of schools, but can have no
legal voice in their management. She
can teach, but she can have no vote in
determining what shall be taught. She
is the very cornerstone of institution,
which she has no lawful vote in ssaope
Suffrage a lone can carry woman's equal
right and privilege into the district schools
And especially let US have hercpen, avoTt.
ed and pubIic responsibility aud co-olera.
ton, always safer than indirect influence
always more honest and efficient than
kitchen cabinet.
This subject is ore that promises to en-
gross the thoughts Of this generation, and
it will be agitated till in the progress Of
events the right Of woman to vote will not
be questioned. This result is Just as GER.
tain as il is that in the end the cause Of
truth ever triulnphs. r'
We believe that woman, married, Ssaas
made to be the companion Of man and not
his mere servant that she has the same
right to control her property that he has
to control his; that she has the same right
to aspire to any occupation, profession, OF
position, the duties Of which she is com.
pct,nt to discharge, that he has. A right
is worth nothing without the power to
protect it. The ballot alone can do this
When the black man Of the South was
made free man, the ballot was given
him as the only sure mode of protecting
his free lonl and the equal rights freedom
conters. s.st i. ftt u
And We should glory il seeing V r
mont, first OF all lands, accord 10 wo,naa
her equal rights before the law, and iii
vest her with their only sure safeguard
tac right Of suffrage. ...7.
After aboIishing human slavery, the
next great conquest of the United States
over wrong and error, will be to take wo.
man from the feet Of man and place het
by his side, invested with every right and
privilege Of her present "ord and master"
that the law can confer. And in this is
involved his highest interests. Whatever
will elevate her will elevate him. That
they rise or sink together all history Shows
The form Of an article Of amendment
to the constitution is appended, the adcp'
ton Of which your committee Recommend
Respectfully submitted, r-~
CHARLES REED, s. l.. la,,....s..r ta
II. HENRY Powers, ! Committee,
Montpelier, July 9th, 1869.
.a..t, i. "a. .1....a. ..,,,. q. rta,s.-,t
Proposed article Of amendment on Wo.
y man SuBra,e. ~. .sr.
ARTICLE No. "a. Hereafter women
shall be entitled to vote, and with no other
restrictions than the law shall impose on
men. . 45t,ll.r i.a.' @ 90"