Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1870-02-18
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After Mrs. Nichols removed from this
place to Kansas, about dozen years G"s
and the Windham County Democrat ceased
to exist, till our connection with the YER
MONT PHGN1X commenced in 1862, We rTes
not aware that any newspaper in Vermont
advocated woman's suffrage. Being con-
WINGED that under our form Of government
men ana women should have equal rights,
we have, as occasion offered, said SO unhcs-
itatingly both in our paper and elsewhere.
Thus for several years the PHGNIX among
the Vermont papers, stood 'alone IN It's
glory" on this subject. But since the sub
ject became prominent one for discussion
several of the other papers of the State
one after another, entered upon the discus
sion, taking sides for or against it, accord
ing to their several bellies and tendencies
Now we have the satisfaction Of finding az
rayed with us in support of this reform u
goody number of the leading and in1ueu-
tial papers of the State. The Green Noun
tain Freeman of Montpelier, edited by c.
w. Willard, representative to Congress
from the First District, who is an earnest
and able friend Of the cause; The ST. Al
bans Messenger, edited by Albert Clark. a
paper conducted with ability and warmly
devoted TO the movement; The Rutland
Herald, an able and widely circulated pa
per, whose chief editor is Henry Clark
well known and highly respected through
out the State; The Christian Repository
edited by Rev. Eli Balou, who has long
been prominent man in the Universalist
denomination in Vermont. These with
the PHOENIX make five that are now Tie
decided earnest and outspoken advocates
| of this reform. On the other hand, the pa
pers most decided and demonstrative a.
gainst the movement are the Vermont
Waterman and Journal, The Argus and
Patriot of Montpelier, The Free Press and
| Times of Burlington, The Union, printed
at Lyndon, The Standard at Barton, The
Times, at st. Johnsbury, The Journal, at
Manchester, The Bulletin, at Poultncy,
and perhaps others. Most Of the other pa
pers of the State have published articles on
| both sides of the question, have given no
! ticcs of what has been and is doing, but
! seem not to have committed themselves
decidedly to either side of the question.
| The Free Press and Times of Burlington,
| ana lue w utcnDlhu anu JOhIlldi VI MINI
| peler, are the ablest and most influential
| opposers of the cause. A few papers have
| attempted to ridiculo the movement, have
| INDUCED in sneers, and low abuse, and
shallow wit having no arguments to adj
duce or reasons to give, but they have in
| jured none but themselves, and shown the
stuff they are made Of So far as the press
of Vermont is concerned "a great advance
has been made in the advocacy of woman's
suffrage within year or little more, most
gratifying to the friends of the measure.
Let this discussion go on. The more
thoroughly it is examined and siited, and
the chat blown away, the better for men
and women and for the State. \ cause
founded on justice and right, as we believe
this to be, will bear the most severe scru-
tiny. and the most thorough discussion.
Its steady progress among the candid, the
thoughtful, the cultivated, and the noble
minded in Europe and in this country, its
harmony with the advancing spirit of the
age, its cOnsonance with the design Cf our
republican institutions, and its perfect ac-
cord with the religion Of the Great Teacher,
which has done so much to elevate woman,
to enlarge tho sphere Of hcr activities and
to give her freedom, assure us of its final
triumph.