The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-05
ANTI.WOMAN'S RIGHTS.
viudica,ion OF the Marriage Relation

Viudication OF the Marriage Relation.
On Wednesday evening Miss Maud
Ernest delivered lecture in New York,
taking the auti-woman's rights side of
the question. Her audience was high
ly respectable one, most of whom were
ladies. The fair lecturess, who is rath-
er prepossessing, commenced by saying
that, in assuming to lecture against her
sex, she became target for the petit
coat politicians of the day. 1t was a
shame to permit such loose and danger,
Gus doctrines as were advocated in
reference to the marriage laws. Was ii
to be wondered ut that millions OF
young hearts became corrupted
which were once as pure as the beau
full SUM- Any woman that could
take her stand in the ranks of poll
ticians at the voting polls was lost to
all sense of shame. The woman suf-
frage advocates we're generally Tilted
women and old maids. Men did wrong
to aid these women. The women who
controverted the Bible, Shakespeare
and Milton were disgusting. These
women left their husbands to take care
of the babies and went to the suffrage
meetings to rant against marriage and
call it a Gigantic infernalism.' If
these women had power they would
misuse it. Six thousand years ago
woman was rib-bOne; now she was u
bone of contention, aud she aspired to
be the backbone of . woman's confed-
eracy. Marriage was not slavery.
Women should cultivate their
minds SO that in the hour of
need they might depend on their
own resources. A man soon got tired of
q painted doll, or a beautiful flower.
Women should be subject to their hus-
bands to reasonable extent. Eminent
poets, both ancient and modern, con-
temned strong-minded women. When
We found minds of masculine propensity
among women we might be sure that in
the domestic circle they were the veri-
est tyrants. When q woman cried down
with the laws of morality, and said she
would rather have six or eight hus.
bands than one, what a perfect horror
she became.
The lectures then pitched into Sena-
tor Sumner for his action in reference
to the Woman's Rights Convention re-
Gently, and said that the Grand Army of
the Republic, otherwise known as the
Woman's Rights Convention, no doubt
went out and had drinks all round on
the strength of getting the Senator into
their front ranks. Sometimes, now and
again, the husband of one of these
strong. minded women awoke to fiud bis
wife another Mrs. Mcfarland. A man
of any common sense, or who is in the
least . gentleman, would never abuse a
woman beyond her sex. We needed
reform. but it could never be obtained
striking down such barriers of restraint
as that of marriage. If woman can
assist man, and he is willing to &C cept
of her assistance. let her put her shout.
der to the wheel. ...t..
She did not wonder that men hest
tated to marry, for if the husband
found fault with the wife's extrava
gance in dress, aad so forth, she would
have him dragged into the courts, where
he weuld stand but poor chance
Statistics proved that nearly three
fourths of the applications for divorce
were made by women, showing that
'womens rights were progressing
Women's rights should be put down,
not only for our own sakes, but for those
of our sisters aud brothers. What
would be the result if women had yotesi
A ring, q bit of ribbon, OF something
equally triting, would buy one of their
! votes, and the handsomest man would
have the largest number of votes. The
fair lecturess wound up her discourse
amid applause. '.--