New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-12
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| 70 N. Edifor Of me Tribunc
SIR: have been patiently watching the signs
o, the times in regard TO the veKed question OF
sor,lc1 womcns ght4 and consequently greeted One
a, the MaoritJ with eager welcome, In her noble
strike for thu light That trumpet gave no uncertain
,ound. and see With Joy that 10 has called many 10
the rescue.
have no sympathy with those chiefly men beievel
who write long periods about the decacy and fragility
Of womau ana assert that she must be as tho ivy cling
ing 10 the oak" and VINO tie down The New Testament
women" TO the lot Of n patient Griseda" The time
for such talk passed. Woman more than man is too
delicate for her own Hcavenappointed work nor can
,he be an ivy Heaven has withheld the oak for her to
Irvine about; patience more her duty than u ls
mars Granted Il looks like feminine virtue aud
women probably have much need OF n as men yer "
was "a NV brethren" that the Apostle James spoke
when he sad aye have need OF patience" ..,.
elevated compared not only with what II in the times
that were but with hat 1t Is now IA the countries OF te
old world Yet there u much To be done Tor women even
here She needs st greater elevation; elevation "heh
can alone from better, more thorough cultivation
OF her Intellectual ard moral powers Snc hteIs 10 u
made ,cf.upportug, wherever abe as made sedepehd'
Enf the ballot will not do tlis What good can 1t do
hsve et 10 see c Ts a'Tbe S FT 70 i1
Revolution tell what harm u can go 10 ,tus ,",i's' IN"
heart tho whole of woman. la mlHgle In she eree pot
c stgiffs ~ tho land ct own late civil Tarspedk,
ana toll Ms % thr bitterness the miilshy, the uH"
aphBose Of many women Of cue south who mingled III It's
| strife. --.,.-- -.
"N, are inado for timer uSes, and when seeking ~
take hold ~ CHER and more s"rd things We DESCENT
nom our position III The social scale. not rise. fr9-phS
al what unsuitable Tor 90 handle, We not Only lose
our beauty aud fitness. but our sense Of Them nave
1rpcI above from DR.. Bushnell Permit me 10 notice y
remark Of your correspondent ~ Nassat college
spraklng of in. B's Wourus Suffrage. that the book
l. ~ De al as door nail" pass over the elegance OF
the Nprcs,iog aud rrnarh that it may 10 ted 10 thoe
VINO have wuliy buried II, as "te gospel Is d TO tbC m
which OSi;" but IL not dead nor yang IN the Inn
enye il IA exerlng our lana with thousands OF lhc
Majority" thank Dr. Bushnell for ms timely and uob
work Ills arguments are not baselessI hypothesis ana
assumptions :" they truthstruths that come home
10 every wonans CONSEQUENCES, be she OF the Majority
OF the Minority If she be only candid with herself II Is
tho work uf who truly loves and respects our SEX
and who thoroughly understands them nature, tempera'
| M Lt md character. go
In conclusion. would only ask. while the women arc
wanI the trr1iit.ists "r. -,YLl'"s nhlt Is 20 ot
,iv 80 save Us lIOm IN" pt which they are digging ior
usi surely they should bc suffered 10 carry this
measure thc heads OF tic maiOrity. because they
shrink from pubic contest. CanhOtth brave WOMAN
whose clear call has wakened response ID many true
hearts .sest Tie mode NJ defense!
"ONE MORE OF THE MAJORITY"
WfS'c1>Yf,r e., Y. j., March &, 1870.