Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-07-07
(M=rehesscr Cor. Of the Revolution. J
THE CLAIMS OF WOMEN.

tne sIefms 0t Noren was the title
of the lccsurs given hy Lady Amb~rley ..
S:r"aa last week under the auspices Of
she S.-ond Institute There vas large
ssscndancr. Including = msjorisy oflaaies
Mr.. j. +. Darlington, one of the eonser-
~s'ive candidates Tor the Borough, presi-
dsa. and ss;d in his introductory remarks
that be rad come 80 the meeting with the
her~ of learning something OF the subject.
lady Amhcrley was accompanied on 10
she platform by lord Amberley. and was
very enthusiastically received. The lee
'urr vas written. end the reading of oc-
eupicd an hanr and half Il was de,iv-
~-"d With nnfslserirg euencv 20 the end
1.'dy Amh~r'-y .sid her object was to call
a's.n';~s 10 the claims nf women TO equal
Political. social and industrial advantapce
10 ,h~.c enjoyed hy men She 6rst beg.
cd the indulgence of her hearers in that
she sas wholly unaccussomed 10 public
sr~atins. and then told them that the in
'cns;.y of her convictions had caused her
{. c"me forward. saying to those ~h" re-
gar,led such r"nduct as unwomanly. that
feeltng without action vas little better
than uaiilstonc fung about the neck
Her great eaFne<ssess on the question had
l~d her 10 overcome the Natural serurles
of q wemsn % srpear upon public plat
fr-Ea. T~ay Anb~rsey wsat on to say that
s!e should appeal more especially TO wc-
aaea, fcr IL the battle was 10 be won. il
mu.i b Sought By them. They mus. be
raised frcm their Indifference. and then
the opposition of men would cease. She
admitted that icrica! arguments had been
e0,ar.ra:;vciy rowcrless to indu &c mon to
rscccrise the equality Of the SEXES, and
said that fsr appeal on womsn's behalf
would De rather In the feeling than tho
is,cIlrc,. expressing hope that she might
IT, able "a 10 something TO hasten the time
when wn:,sn should have full scope TO
swplcv M her faculties and cuergics. and
when. IN the eyes Of the law. she would
b. e9=al With man. Lady Amberley
pe;ntrd Co their inditfcrcucc as one chief
rrasoa for the present inferior position of
wcmcu, and saii that when once they
~ere aroused to n Just sense Of their own
srus position in ;he world their claims
would he allowed. aud they would no. be
icag in securing their rights. With re-
gard to mems interested motives, general
di,i;ke c: change and fear of tie compete
sisn certainly enter ;a,o their objections
20 the equal:,y Of the scxcs. hu. do not
cxhsuss their rcssNrs against It. We find
many ncn who say tha, they dread the
iisaryears.ec ef the gentle. lcving, yield
ing wcwan, and who seem TO EXPECT the
whole Of wcmsnkind to be turned into in
fasseux mcrs..r.. Mr.. Nil, might be n
magicisn of the dark sse TO judge BY the
scrru~ efscn expressed Of the effects Of his
wand. Hut have none Of NJ known wc-
usrn whe have. from their youth up, been
sascascd With ;heir hrcshcrs. nurtured in
the feelings Of cOmrlcss equality; others
whs have taken part publicly in the az
fsirs Of the day. aud even preached in
~Aarshe>. ncne The lee true women for
such training and such services.
Lzay Am.,esiey then aiverted to some
Of the Objections raised by women them
sci~se. ls xss too saea said By women :
81 sacsld b no better Cd i'll had my own
srcr~rty. cr . vcse-oy what do women
vass With eclleees--or Why cannot We be
ccnseut and quiet in cur homes" Or
again: II should bate to be doctor. or
. lawyer: women are not at for il, they
hid better look aaer their husbands and
shsir eAildrea. But people Who argue
In this ~sy Gail 70 perceive that in doing
- ihey ere soiy asserting their own hep
saine>s, % their eva comfort, and are en-
tircly forgetting the ,huands, I might
ssy nsshcas, Of women Who are aioue in
the sesla. and Who have neither parents,
nce hsme. snr friends, nor sorsuue cf their
ewu. .aa Who are driven TO seek these for
shemselvss. % die. Have these haroy
ssissssss<s OF comfortable hovass ever SPAR
I'd q So ncmee,s FROM their hliss % east
their eY<s % . r<Fsst Of the Gsvernesses'
Rcnevcleas Institution Home il we'll
~eess th<re b one. has What beesues Of
shs wcrk Of he Is 600 ssvernssses who
hase no rsssey wsese~ish 10 ges that
koms : I, 10 10 attain tha. end, % pos
sss si,her foe themselves, oe for young
srcsssss, or aged parents, that loved
kssrr. that ~ nasy seek emplcymeas in
the void. The rrmaosrssicn given 10 wo-
~ae- ->asss- -shis- -sassse--ssassS che
anlv enc srca t. ,hen-is xalary vary
i.s sssm ECO - EIee per anaam. The
s.sllssss sf tAs pay eossss from the Oar-
hss is:a. oversss.ks4-ORcs. Indeed.
z.,h Ia. &sssns WORKERS. Bat vsess can