Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

ohSony cioseu dsuuoSr Unen there va
IS sound of battle in the land, and :
! great destruction ;" then Babylon We
], taken, and Bel COMPOUNDED, and Me-
. dach broken in pieces, and all tbe;
idols COMPOUNDED" Thanks be to g.
that we have been saved even as by f,s,
that under our national banner, instssi
of millions of slaves crouching in fear, i
are personally free; that our Union i p
longer cemented with innocent blood
that the old covenant with death /,
given place to a renovated CONSTITUTE
and that henceforth we are to advana
steadily in the path of liberty and equ..
ity, conforming our national practice nc.
closely to the principles of our Decla,'
ton of Independence.
Since the creation of the world, the,
has been no diminution of, no addition
J the rights of human nature. They a.,
new precisely what they were from Il
begining-primary, inherent, inalienabs
equal. How reads the earliest announs.
ment of this sublime postulate? IS
God created man in his own image !,
J, the image of God created he him; mai
u and female created he them. And ca
blessed them, and God said unto then
Be fruitful, and multiply, and repleni4
1 the earth, and subdue it and have g.
minion over the fish of the sea, and ors-
the fowl of the air, and over every liyiu,
thing that moveth upon the face Of IT,
earth" Yet it has required six thousana
years to get even the rights OF man, tecl.
nically as man, recognized in any part Of
the world; nor has this yet been fully
attained-not even in our own land. B.
the adoption of the Fifteenth Constitu
tional Amendment, this issue is soo1
doubtless, to be disposed of among u
once for all; so that every man, simply
by virtue of being of the masculine gen.
der, shall be clothed with all civil and 20.
litical rights.
Another question, equally far-reaehing
and important, is now challenging uniVer,
sal consideration, and for the solution Of
which your convention is held.
| If the only Legitimate government
that which is of the people, by the ps.
pie, and if it be true that the consent q
the governed confers upon government
their Just powers, then the next great Is.
sue is as to the rights of women-that il,
the rights of one-half of the whole PEG.
ple-rights not only hitherto undefned
but in our own as in all other countries
recklessly trodden under foot. enter
into no calculation as to the exact time Il
will require to settle this issue; but that
it will be triumphantly settled, at no dis
tant day, in, favor of political equality fgT
women as for men, / entertain not S
doubt. For the spirit of the age is in.
creasing increasingly radical and refor.
native. All the signs of the times are
suspicious in this direction. The women
not only of the United States, but Of
Christendom itself, are beginning to move
under a common inspirational feeling,
with reference to their better development
and noble destiny. On both sides of the
Atlantic their course, to the fullest politi-
cal extent, is espoused by some of tie
ablest men in public life. AT this very
moment of writing, may morning paper
announces that large meeting was -e-
Gently held in Edinburgh, Scotland, 70
promote this movement for the enfran.
chisement of women, at which Nj. Dun
can Laren, III. P, presided and PRO-
Calderwood, Mr.. Jacob Bright, IL. I
Prof Mason, DIR. Lyon Playfair,
P, Rev. DIR. Wallace, Sir David Wed
derburn, NJ. p, and other leading men
took part in the proceedings. In Eng
land, France, Germany, Hungary. Italy,
and Russia. the women ar carousing TO g
sense of their depressed and unnatural
condition, and taking the necessary militia
tory measures for a redress of their grlsS-
ances. In this country the movemeE
has already attained colossal proportions
The medical, legal and clerical professions
are largely taking stock in it. The Chiai
Justice of the United States gives it Ii
approval. Distinguished Senators al
representatives, in Congress are marching
under its banner. The popular vote Of
Kansas showed a powerful minority
which at the next trial will in all proba-
bility prove a majority, in favor of max
ing womanhood to equal with manhood
in the matter of suffrage. This has &C.
tually been secured in the territory OF
Wyoming, where a local government
with legislative powers, is based upon the
equal rights of all classes. A resolution
is before the Legislature of Ohio, looking
to an amendment of the constitution t.
the same extent.
Vermont il soon to decide at the polls
whether she will so amend her Constitu-
ton ss to give the ballot to the hand that
can hold and the brain that can WELD it,
without regard to sex. Should she fail,
Jas it is to be hoped she will not,) at the
first trial to make that atonement which
every State is bound to render, il WI be
no proof that she puts herself intelligently
and inexorably in opposition. Her sober,
second thought" viii quickly come to the
rescue for it is hers to lead rather than
to follow, in the struggle for impartial
liberty and equal rights. cherish a very
high appreciation of the intelligence and
moral worth of her people; and L shall
never forget that it was first on her soil
that 1 began my public advocacy of the
cause of the enslaved millions at the
South, who are now rejoicing in their IN.
conditional emancipation.
As all the objections that were urged
against their liberation are now seen to
have been frivolous, hollow, absurd,
wicked; so those who urged in opposition
to the enfranchisement of woman will, II
the end, be regarded as equally ridicu-
Ious, empty and worthless. In the peace
and order of society, in the maintenance
of freedom, in the administration Of
justice, in the protection of life sand
property, in the welfare and prosperity OF
the nation, woman have as much at stake
as men. Why, then, should they not
have an evual vote and voice?
Your co-worker,
WIN. IIYoD GARRISON.
a SCHOOL CAsE.-Windsor has had az
excitement the past week relative to
school government. A boy II years old
was turned out of the Mountain School
by the committee, for taking the rule,
away from the school mistress when sts
undertook to punish him for disobeyin.
her order. Notwithstanding his expul
sion, the boy, set on by some in Il.
school district. persisted in coming inF
school, when the committee called on Il.
superintendent of schools to prevent BIZ
intruding himself without being restorsl
as scholar. The boy defed any author
ty to turn him out, and on being tske-
hold of to remove him from the schoo.
room, he struck the superintendent VIC
lent blow in the face. The grand iurr
made a complaint against the boy and b
employed lawyer, took jury trial, 81