Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-03-24

cuiarly designated were Lucy Stone,
who in spite Of all obstacles
SECURED for herself the best education
possible though the college that would
admit woman and then devoted herself
to an unpopular demand Of freedom for
negroes, and the still less popular one of
suffrage for woman, bearing all manner
of abuse for more than thirty years Mrs,
Livermore, who when graduating ,r"m
the Boston High School applied for ad-
mission to Harvard Collegeto be refused
yet with the same energy that makes her
the strong women the is to-day continued
severe studies alone and becoming inter
ested in Theology and having the loan of
certain work on that science, copied the
whole of it in writing, fearing 10 lose its
precious truths, woman who in addition
to wifely and motherly duties edited pa
per for fifteen years, and who did more
during the war than any other woman in
the whole Northwest for our soldiers.
And this shallow" woman was accom-
panied into Vermont by that Thought
less" author of our grand "Battle Hymn
of the Republic" Julia Ward Howe,
whose ethical studies are unsurpassed by
any aoOntan certainly in this county fa-
miliar with seven or eight different
languages, yet with all her accom-
plishments, carrying herself so modestly
and kindly that the poorest and most lg-
norant turn to her with glad confidence.
The charm of every social circle, yet con-
fining her thoughts and work to none,
large hearted, liberal handed, welcome alike
to the palace of the rich or to the howell of
the poor: where shall we find another
such; and these shallow and thoughtles'
orators" are but few of many demanding
this badge of equality for woman, and
among these are the Chief Justice of the
United States, S. P. Chase, Bishop Simp-
son, H W. Beacher, G. W. Curis, Henry
Wilson, B. F. Wade, VIM. Lloyd Garrison,
Wendall Phillips, Rev. VIM. Murray, DIR.
James f. Clarke, Rev. A. Haven, Luz
ceetia Mott, L. Maria Child, Harriet B.
Stowe, Maria Mitchell and many other of
similar character While across the sea
are such names as John Bright, John
Stuart Mill. Mary Somerville and hosts
of others standing rs the representatives
of great intellectual and moral wealth.
If the success of the woman cause
needed other assurance than that founded
on its merits, it could be found ill the
names of its leaders, for no reform since
the world began has ever been so grandly
led.
Aropose-My Woman's journal has
just come in and the first article almost
that catches my eye bears the title "fo!-
low your Leaders" t. W. Higgenson, the
author, is, safe prophet when he predicts
the success of this cause from the charac-
ter of its leaders. He says Lydia Maria
Child, Julia Ward Howe, Harriet Beach
er Stowe, Louisa Alcott came to claim
for the ballot earlier than million others
because they were intellectual ladies OF
American womanhood. They saw far
Their because they were in the highest
place. They were the recognized repre-
sentatives of their sex before they gave
in their adhesion to the new demand.
Their Judgment is as the judgment of
Grant and Sheridan, while Flora Nc
Flimsey's opinion is as the opinion of John
Smith, unassigned recruit. But if the coun-
Gil of generals make arrangements for
battle, the chance is that John Smith will
have to take hand In it, or run away"
ADA G.. BOwLEs.