Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-04-15
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To the women Of Vermont would earnestly
appeal would ask II You can sit with folded
hands AMI allow burden you do not desire TO
be -hru-r upon you Can You bearto have new
iuti,s " srieyous TO be borne not ouly bee
cause Of necessarily increased labor, bat be-
cause they are, or should be- repuguant 20 every
true woman. We hope the men Of Vermont VIII
never give us the ballot until we ask FOR il, and
we 10 not believe they will still we have our
fears.
The coming election, to be held May 10Th, to
appoiu, delegates TO meet at Montpelier June
sth, and consider SIX questions proposed by the
Council Of Ceusors. calls for action from the We
men Of Vermont.
The amendment most agita,ed is the fifth viz.
Woman Suffrage and it is the one Of most i'm
por'auce, for the other five viii make 10 great
difference ir existing customs Of society. Dele
gates will be chosen in reference TO the last two
amendments especially, and it is to be hoped
thst they will represent the true state Of feeling
in the towns from which they are sent But the
advocates of universal suffrage, fearing that the
citizens of Vermont are not sufficiently informed
upon the question, snd that they have not heard
the sayings Of Henry Ward Beecher, William
Lloyd Garrison and George ". Curtis, sufficient
" appropriated, and repeated parrot-like, by
some Misses who are brooding over their disap
poutment Of - bondage" and others who wish
their lot had been Ike one, have made arrange
ments TO have these gifted speakers themselves
present Al the meeting Of the delegates, TO ad
dress them upon their duty 10 God aud woman.
Nov DO not like the idea Of free Vermont
being taken by storm 10 that way. If the citi-
zeus of Vermont are not convinced of the " Holt
ness Of this cause" by all thathas been said and
written, IL does not seem that they will ever be &;
and they acrer iriI, If allowed TO think and
Judge With cool heads We hope the men sent
ss de.s- ties sill DE- men Of stability enough to
make up their minds ere they start, as to which
side they are on AMI stick to it - still, consi-
derng that ;hey are human, and susceptible, We
fear that when harangued upon their cruelty in 1
thus - booming women to bondage some I
may oversiep the bounds Of Judgment and in spite /
Of our protests, place burden upon our should .
ers more easily put on, than taken off.
What then shall be done? The men know our .
luluu-s OF ulEAl 10 hilh lNN NAtlt aAt Niie'N VIM
still try to persuade Us, and them, that do not
know our own opinions.
The question is now, shall we not DO some |
thing and DO it in such manner that all shall /
understand that we have no desire to lay down |
our sceptre for the privilege Of holding OHe-haJ /
of maa's' An article in your paper Of March I
2jth. signed 0. G. W, meets my mind, and l .
heartily endorse the sentiments expressed.
| would second the proposition, that some one
pass around in each town paper signiiying the
disapproval Of the proposed amendment, obtain
ing the names Of those who would still be women
and not assume as many characteristics Of the
men as possible.
would be willing to assist in giving free ex-
preston, in this manner, to the opinion of
woman.
In order to do this an association must be
formed, embracing the whole Of Vermont, bsv-
ing delegates in each county, that shall have
power to appoint one or more in each town, who
will be willing to circulate snch paper.
To he effectual this seton must be immediate,