The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-02-22

,aas. sri .ftbe present. Sc shich q.
airos he mao q prasiae far tbe sap- :
art II TIE family. sa just lau and
have ys, to isara sAsi Aay advocates 5
tie reform object 10 this then i
iaff that nan should bayo more pay
bap woman f7r the same work Avo. /
mau has rglt 10 her earnings after .
she s eighteen man, after he Is
tweuiy-one Let ns suppose each Of
ttem 10 woYk Tor ere years nud then
marry they NAV do exactly the same .
work With equal abiliiy and success -
TIE man musi have saved enough from
his earnings 20 support swiic and fam
ilv. on be cannot. - an honorable man.
marry The woman may marry with.
ont cent If she choose, aud stu be az
honorable womau. That thousands Of
women never marry, but work for wa
ges al their lives that many have
others besides themselves 10 support,
is nothing 10 tie point, If the supposi-
t.ans w.th which we started be correct.
II is very hard. is true, for clever
woman 10 see stupid man getting
double tue pay she gets Tor work which
she could do tNice rs well and 1t IS
especially bard Il sle have any depend
cut on her Tor support but If sue be
an intelligent. uuselfsh woman, she
will accept tue hardship Tor the sake OF
/ the greater good to the greater mum
Der. So that IfeqnaI wages ~ith man
a-e to lie The first blessing OF this new
reform We SAY without hesitation
women though We are, and women
working for wages too, some OF us
that We do not want II.
Hit be urged that marriage is not Al
foundation Of our society,-that a ma
ton Of old maids and old bachelors II
a desideratum, then that opens th'
Vuv to another field Of discussion
which We do not care to enter.
Tie connection Of woman snfrag
with education. We utterly fail to see
That girl is educated with "ba'
French, worse Latin, and meaner mu
sic" ia not because she or her mothe
could not vote to have it otherwise.
Another good to cone Of woman
voting is, that she will refine and pur
~ politics Shall the woman VIII
ssauds before the hooting, whisthn
and cheering Of boisterous crowd, an
filings at the feet Of Christian gentle
man the charges Of u coward and lin
teach us refinement Let 30 woma
think she can s,nud too near the dirt
pool Of politics, and escape the coptt
gion Of It's foul yapors let her u
think to purify its unwholesome deptl
by putting in her suck, though she st
y never so vigorously or wisely. Let h'
keep her place up in the pure, clei
> mountain air, at the sources OF tho
/ streams that go down TO form Il
II troubled sea with all its dirty pools
II When her duty IS done there, and n
=, tili then, shall we see politics puriti'
81 by her influence.
Mrs. Llyefmore tells us in one spec
nj that the woman suffrage movement /
gan when Christ was born a babe
o. Bethlehem, In another speech 5
IL tells us Of her services during the "!
be land We not for moment questl
III tehir efficiency or their value esp,
le, tally Of her services to Vermont SO
'e' iefs, and then ASKS, az compensation
g. her services, that Vermont should r
olutionize society and grant woman
sc right Of suffrage Modest-perhup'
70 Int hardly like the spiri; of Him "
10 came mot TO lie ministered unto,
to 10 minister"
ir- But it would be dreary task to
sn- low their arguments further. We kn
to that many excellent things were ST
nd and said we'll We cordially adm
Of the energy, ability aud earuestnes
of these woman, aud admire them n
ing the less that Ne earnestly wish Il
NO devoted to better cause But
ey- truth is, there are come minds OF
least ordinary ability, TO which
is right and duty Of woman to vote
OK not an axiom There are some VOL
rdi- who duow that the whole burden
It proof rests with those who oppose
g Is Isting institutions, and they are
and conyirced Ivy such specimens Of }
Al rs they heard last week, or as
yaiu have seen in the reports Of similar
rem, ventlons held elsewhere. There IS
t OF much reckless arguing from ludluc
Do special cases, 10 universal III es ;
clu- confused u Jumbling OF wrongs red
ible by legislation, with wrongs -"
wo- are so deeply rooted in the fibre Of
ne beng that no legislating either Of
the or womau, can ever reach them.
rem, bold that there are some frst pr
q to pies Of morals aud social orde
All well as 81 mathematics aud wher
and hear such a speech as the follow
mes. The unmarried have some advanl
wblch the married have not, for al