Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-02-18
woman on The Platform.

place 1t expresses the deliberate opinion tn"'
the speakers in the Convention, on the whole, IN
jured their cause in the minds of all thoughtful
and intelligent persons. The most interesting
portion is the very effective reply TO Mrs LIVER
mores denunciatious, which we copy below.
This, like the very able article. already copied
by US, which aroused the lady's anger, is under
stood to be from the pen of Rev DR.. Lord
The GROWING feature of the Convention was
/ the speech Of Mrs. Lvermore, to whom was ' as
signed the duty Of answering the article that ap-
neared in the Journal Of last week. She ap-
proached her task without the least reluctance
and engaged in it with the utmost enthusiasm -
+ The article was general discussion Of the sub
iect. wholly within the bounds Of propriety.
There was not woEd in It to awaken the wrath
F of the convention or that was designed 10 apply
/ to a single member Of It; But portion Of 10, az
least. fitted some members and they made haste
10 put it on. We asked last week, why this
movement, If it is purely good one, Is found
often in such low company ~ We SAID, " II we
are not mistaken, many Of is leading advocates
have thrown sc1ru and contempt upon the
Christian idea Of marriage, on the slcretness
of that institution and upon the authority ot the
Living Word, which has been the basis Of our
freedom, security and progress as a nation.
Nrs Iivermore. who was the appointed organ Of
this convention, pronounced e. this whole charge
utterly and absolutely false and challenged the
,.ri,ar tn rroye the truth Of IT," She auug her
gauutlet az the feet Of the editor Of this paper
with the charge Of &c liar and coward We
propose 20 take up her gauntlet, ami 60 prove
r., nth Of the statement. We 60 not care 40
oil f,- the shirt which was displayed on the
+ .,.,sioD Female ulqie.ty AMI dignity have been
dsa-,ei baautiful oualities And when these are
mt aside FIR the garb Of tsrmagalt, we aage 10
in Il, eernrlain. We can only question the
GOOD TASTE Of such an assault. and express cur
Conviction from the specimen given u.s.. that the
manners If coDcre.5 will stand sm4l. chance 81
;-,,,r,,s,,,sr,t ,sbep srirb women are our repre-
ssat.riye- and tbst politics Will not be anpreci-
III, r,ritisI when the charges Of ..c5sarI ami
~ an =, ,l,Ily from f.m..c Irs However.
- 49,, r., b4r f.stc We will be content
a-.bs,t.t.r.,,+ir.. tb. statement. tblr many of
IN. sJyocor.- Of tbfs movement have thrown
I'm ,,,,, MARRIAGE. ami ifron the Divine Nori
Wbe1 those women were about o. starr out ou
,t.. ,,..s.;..-, s,l ,-...r uJ.t.,I 0r-te.r,.Isu
F ,,l force III. .,le.rl,n ut.n the STATE. ID 10
l,I,.t,.r ybo AT .u,.or me platform with Mrs.
iirerr,.rs wrote An .-tis.-of counsel. publish
81 the I-omqr'. Journal of t.- -rh of Jluu-
arv In the course o. % De- says, Dc some 10 tat
Advocates Of ronsu's eautity boil ilr-II.la-
nan theories on the questions of divorce and
marriage. They insist upon dragging DO their
,e,uii,r views $40 one can estimate tue jal.-
ACE the cause OF womm'- ,ufr4ucu.semeu- h.-
already sustained hv the failure Of IFS advocates
10 limit tbemselyss % the main Question: Here
we have one of the members 81 rhe convention
which assigned Go Mr. Liyctmare the duty .f
nronounciS- our statement utterly .-i .-a-a. De
~ false" advising beforehand tae members at
the Association 90 cloak their views 0u the SUBJ
i-cts Of marriage, di.or.e and theology. NeueeI
not have gone far for 0lr witness.
Sri.l further, one q ,le female speaker u this
meeting proca'mei tre tlioF.aE sentiment -
Unmarried women have some privileges that
the married DO uat h7ve lr unmarried woman
can csll her child he- .F1, ta. l married woman
cannor' Weare 80 - ..-- @. understood the
meaning of language, or tlg ultury .- words, q