National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-02-18

paragraph which leads to the con-
clusiOn that instead OF marking ont
a higher and purer path for woman,
she herself has just stepped down,
and is following on in the old beaten
path of political tricksters.
We clip the following from the
journal, in regard to the convention
and the speeches:
But the browning feature of the
Convention was the speech of Mrs.
Liverm0re to whom was assigned
the duty Of answering the article that
appeared in the Journal of last
week. She approached her task
without the least reluctance and
engaged in it with the utmost EN-.
thuslasm. The article was Il gener-
al discussion OF the subject. wholly
within the bounds of propriety.-
There was not q word in it to awak.
en- the wrath of the convention or
that was designed to apply to sin
gle member Of it. But portion of
it, at least, fitted some members
and they made haste to put it OIL
We asked last week, why this move
ment, if it is purely good one, is
found often in such low company
We said, IF We are not mistaken.
many of its leading advocates have
thrown scorn and contempt upon
the Christian idea of marriage, upon
the sacrednees OF that institution
and upon the authority OF the Liv-
ING Word. which has been HE basis
of our freedom, security and prog
! ress as a nation Mrs. Livcrnorc, who
was the appointed organ of this
convention, pronounced this whole
; charge utterly and absolutely false
! and challenged the writer to prove
2 the truth of it, She flung her gaunt
. let at the feet of the editor Of thi:
\ paper with the charge Of 'liar ant
coward! we propose to take NJ
her gauntlet, and to prove The trutl
G OF the statement. We do not car,
at all for the spirit which was dis
( played on the occasion. Female
modesty and dignity have beer
deemed beautiful qualities. Ans
Z when these are put aside for thu
J. garb Of a termagant, we have II
IS wish to complain. We can onI
Il question the good taste Of such a
-, assault, and express our conviction
!" from the specimen given us, tina
IL the manners OF congress will stan
e a small chance of improvement
u when such women are our repreSel
:, tativeS, and that politics will not /
apprcciably purified when the char!
10 cs of coward and liar fall so glib
a from female lips. However, ever
woman to her taste. We will |
Vi content with substantiatng Il
statement, that many of the a.
~ vccates of this movement hay
IL thrown scorn upon marriage al
in upon the Divine Word.
m When these women were about
-, start on their mission and etle
" political organization and force tn
he question upon the state, II. b. Blac
1e well, who sat upon the plattor
ne with Mrs. Llvermore; wrote an a
o. ticle Of counsel, published III Il
:, WOmdn'S JO'Undt OF the Sth OF ia
; In the course of it he says, 'Some
rn the advocates of woman'S cquali
I'd hold latitudinarin theories on Il
of questions of divorce and marriag
,e They insist upon dragging in tn,
peculiar views. No one can est
." mate tie damage the cause of w
zee mans acknowledgements has alwa
&C. sustained by the failure of its adv
r. Gates to limit themselves to the ma
question: Here we have one of t
II" members Of the convention viii
III, assigned to Mrs. Livermolc the d
a ~ of pronouncing our statcme
zoe utterly and absolutely false adv
,l,. ing beforehand the members of t
= Association to cloak their views
"s the subjects of marriage, diVol
nd and theology. We need not la
In gone far for our witnesses.
ton sun further, one of the femi
M speakers of this meeting proclaim
the following sentiment: 'Inm
us rird women have some priVllel
be that the married do not have.
Ter unmarried woman can call her ch
,d,s her own, but a married woman e
not We are at a loss to und
c"' stand the meaning OF the langua
i've or the nature of words, If sucl
his sentiment is not indicative OF Il In
,,o ing hatred of marriage. Such wo
49,, cOuld never nave fallen from
''" tongue of a pure woman who h
pa to the sacredncss of the institute
the They we're straw upon the surf
ed. of the Convention which shoS
c,,e which way the deep, under CUR
was flowing.
About the time of the McFarl
IONS tragedy, IA Woman's Rights [
ittlc met IN New York, and in u disc
by sion upon it, the lady orators OF
% ~ club Indignantly acclaimed aga
= the law of inNiolatc marriag
They said one and all, that :,
, of Mcfarland was n woman mcnt
,r 10 formed TO outpow her hush,
,a, that he was not her pr'
NV" mate, and that she was j
lu'r' fled in taking her proper mate
the order that her own developl
n TO should not be thwarted.' Mrs.
ermorc will find lenor,s of ihi