National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-03-11
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Tor The reason That the OLD Inc aSi-
t.tors find their ancient occupation
gone of denOuncin3 the church, the
Bible, and the clergy, and 50 turn
with avidity into this new thorough
fare, where the well worn material
furnishes stock in trade, and the
leaders, inflated with the idea that
they had freed the slave, gladly I'M
dertakc the difficult task OF enamel
pating womcn.
True they labor under a peculiar
difficulty. The negroes knew they
were in bondage. They were bot
ana sold. wives were torn from the
embrace of husbands, husbands
from the society Of wives, and chill
dTcn from the care Of parents. They
were whipped. bound III letters, faS
tened to the cham and driven off in
gangs, sold from the auction block 8,
subjected to the Iudest and most
indicate examinations. and cen
dcmned to worse than seryile tasks
or mental toll. They knew they
were in bondage, and they cried
unto God, aud sympathizing hui
manity, for deliverancc.
Women are told that they are sin
chains and slavery" that "thcy are
in subject condition. but they
smilingly ask where are the chains,
and where is the slavery ! Many
of them are bound by the Silken tie
of love to an object from whom sep
Grafton is little better than death,
and with whom union is the bliss
of life. They are compelled to toll
and to serve, but toll and servltude
is the lot of all since Adam fell, and
God has so ordered it that the idle
are miserable, and the industrious
arc happy-those who serve are in
the line of promotion, and those who
refuse to do SO, are set aside in &C
cordancc with the Christ given prin
ciplc: "Who;ocvcr would be chic
among YOU let him be servant of all.
In accordance with this truth Oul
mothers attained the highest of cartl
" posltsons, and our wives and sis
tiers who are content to bless will
love and service those dependent
upon them, win not only lasting re
gard, but obtain the place Of honor
and are loved as, next to Christ, th'
best gilt of God to man.
The Christian women of the Ian,
are content, despite the agitation 0
IA few noisy zcal0tS, and hold in i'll
cflabe contempt the advice and til
couuscls OF those who attempt iron
the platform and the roStrum, {
teach women that it is unwise t
obey God, who commands them t
"bc keepers at home.'
There are two or three facts whic
deserve mention, as showing til
character of the disease known a
Woman Mania.
!. Rev. Rowland Conner, til
chairman Of the executive COMM
tee on woman suffrage won Ii
present position by his supposed I
deity to the cause. 1t will be II
mcmbered that he was the JUNO
pastor Of the Universalist church t
which Dr. Miner is senior paste,
He was 50 inhdcl III utterance an
sentiment that he was excluded Irol
the denomination. \ fit champio
of this woman crusade against tn
Bible and the family. At ClCvt
land, and in Boston, he took the pr
Slt'On that women are not truthful
. They are prone to lie rs the spark
are to ily upwards; not bccau>
they are worse by nature than mel
but because OF their long suhje,
! condition to men. Like the slave
= OF the South, who steal and lie, W,
man, being III bondage, are guilt
of the same practices. No wondt
that decent women cried shame, IN
that men who remembered their III,
p theirs as the very embodiment I
e truth, felt that such Il deCalatio
, was uupardouablc. But not So wit
the womcn's rights women. Prob
bly, knowing that the position co
tanned truth, so far rs they we,
Z concerned, feeling conscious tn;
: ninc-tcnths OF the statements con
y corning the disabilities of womt
' aud the mkiudncSs Of men we
untrue, and having II faint hope tn
e the ballot secured would save the
=, from the further necessity of falls
hood they acquicsccd IN the GO
cluson reached, and elevated Il
y the viliiicr of decent women To q
l. craftsmanship of the executive col
l. mittcc on woman's suffrage. But
n the hope we'll ioundcd9 Is the ba
LOT u cure or.lying or stealing, or III
of the ills which flesh is heir tot
y Ii cannot he expected that &
r. ballot will do more for women TIN
= men; and when We see the dept
/ of iniamy reached by many who lac
u the ballot, We are compelled 10 sc
" u remedy for lying and stealing I'll
u where. New York city, second on
&c TO Sodom aud Gomorrah ia Wickc
ness, has the ballot, and vast nu
- bcrs of Christian men to WELD
=. = but the majority is corrupt, yicio
. and base, aud the result is, THEW
r. and lying are practised despite
ie ballot. The religion of Jesus Cni
B. not the ballot, "a the purifying {
=. mcnt IN society. Place the ballot
~ the bands OF these women who
NJ knowledge themselves tobcuntru
he iul, aud add TO them the thousal
y. Of prostitutes, and al must adj
u, that politicg would hrcoi.c n 90