The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-05-04

W Edaf The qaeassea q isasals
suarses itreAleat V t,cens Stale
Lis that a IS lriah Chareh ID Eng
ians - ihis a America has become -
thoioaehiy oanrassod. thai oas mass
possess esirAosdinary capacities 70 pre-
scot aay ea;srsiy nsw IDEAS o. The sab-
iss
Theoretically bo.h parsiss sustain
their position b. stroag arguments
bot vhen practically tested il seems 10
me that the present system With soms
inoaifeatlons is far superior
TIE urongs whs b they sesk 70 re-
dress, are Nou representation aud de
prseiat5on y tensile labor The ballot
once .n Gle baBds 81 woman, thsv pro-
pose 3 reward us by total reform ID
tie radical defects q orr government
Tie compensation oyiAhor vill be oqusl
itei. and tbs terrible cataract 81 liquor
which threatens to epgulf our land viii
be Suppressed
Now as 70 misrepresentation, Il Is
far, testified 70 By the greatest minds,
aud accorded By al that character
formed ID early years viii follow man
through lie An eminent divine once
said, Give nae the 6rst ten years Of A
ehild's life and you may take him. =
Said yoItaire. Give me the FIRST ten
wears u ehilds life and win make
him 70 fear neither God, man or the
devil
Whose Is Il to mold tie character Of
our statesmen whose 10 instil into
their hearts the principles Of liberty,
whose, IN the years Of their childhood
to educate the American people, TO send
such men 70 Congress as shall faithful
u defend their liberties Their moth
crs Could the mother Of George
Washington complain, that she was not
represented in the government Of our
country Did the mother Of John @
Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and our mar
tyr President have no voice ID guild
ing the destinies 81 The aation The
testimony Of our gre-g sad good men
is unanimous in attributiug all their
greatness and goodness TO their early
maternal instruction But will they
say, 10 addition 10 this, our influence
thrown directly against the enemy will
tell with mighty power, and thus be-
come doubly effective. Right here, il
anywhere, lies the treacherous corner
stone Of their structure. Can she lead
her influence thus directly without ma
terially modifying in other respects. In
short, will this new sphere the proper
word, though scoffed at by the support
ers Of Women's Rights, not Infringe
upon her nobler aud more useful sphere
Of educating minds? would by no
means depreciate the virtue OF woman.
Our national grestness is due to the
fact Our national salvation depends
upon the nature of her influence. The
more forcibly does it urge us to keep it
pure Can any enc in the light Of his
tory say that woman, even the most
yirtuous, is free from the deadly thirst
Of ambition. Ii is useless, worse than
useless, to conceal the fact Women
are mortal and subject to Ike pass
ions with us, Then il she handle the
ballot sill she fail to coyet that ballot
for her own promolionl II she aspire
10 Office and minglo in political strife
will her principles Of instruction fail 70
be partisan " It'll the license to sell
liquor in her hands, will principle over
come the greed q gain and debar her
from dealing out the deadly poison p
In regard TO the effect it would have on
the price Of labor, / will only refer son
10 recent letter Of Bayard Taylor from
Switzerland, giving an account Of the
degraded condition Of the laboring
classes there, all owing TO the fact that
men and women work side by side in
the same fela Thus, from a surplus
Of help, labor is so poorly remunerated
that both men and women are reduced
to the most AFFECT poverty
The thorough good sense Of our
American people We believe will see
this before il il too late aud the fatal
step taken. Without casting any re-
nections on those whom We believe to
have been misled in this matter, the
most refined and those who look at it
seriously are opposed to eufranchising
woman. An admirable remonstrance
is already heard from Boston, signed
by one hundred Al f;ty y the first Ia
dies q the city petitiat.ug the Legis-
lature To defeat the bill Let SIM lar
voices be heard throughout the land.
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