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a thss bne. that WIS. are termed The
wrongs O, wamen shoald arrest the
aitsreoa e hongh1al. iaiiee-loyng
moa. d tai t4ey SHOULD consider that
the safs.i ftEsedy would 10 q give
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laaudiy reverence their motives yei
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aiaine toe matter sell before they force
ihx dangefoas. We bad almost said IA
tai plaggatiFe. apoa elass who Do
nos ask IL on igg ,be present at least
desire il
This Is uaasuiabiy true. notwth-
standing toe score or SO Of women Who
are nos demanding tie ballot They
(. 40 10, represent tie feeling Of the ma
jofitg 81 women upon this saUioet, few
IN whom Noaid accept the p.erogatye,
ESQ the choice vas submitted TO them,
certainly ugt II il subjected them TO the
duties and responsibilities which the
privilege las Always boea supposed to
involve
Bat 40 cue can fail to see that wo-
imam iab3Fs under certain disabilities as
compared with man especially when
Icompeiled 10 earn f0f herself liyeli-
hood This may be attributed in part
to something Of injustice n our laws,
and in part to the specifically Of her
attainmsnts, for hitherto the education
u women has been the marest pre-
tense But there are signs OF q mark
cd change in this respect, aud we firm
Is believe that new era in her history
il about TO dawn. She is beginning "a
see that TO compete with man in the
race Of life she must apply herself "a
her vocation with the same determine,
ton and persistencyi that, in Science
} Art, Literature, she must submit to the
same training be judged by the sam,
rules, and aim at the same proficiency
, Thus, with every department Of knowl
edge and labor open and reckoning Il
her, it would surely ssem she nigh
J end sufficient scope for her loitiest as
pirations.
But 10 enable her TO attain her right
ful independence and equality with mai
before the law without taking this ex
tremo step, without exposing her to thu
dangers and temptations Of politica
I strife, should be the endeayor of thi
age. We all know tho demoralizin,
influence of politics. We have seen to-
many fair freighted barks go down il
this whirlpool to question its tendency
And can we believe that woman Alon'
can steer clear Of its perilous yortex'-
I Alec 40 10 not; tho ~ison's aons vii
fall as sweet upon her ear as well. Maj
alone is not ambitious. The right o
suffrage once conferred can never b
recalled and il once invested with the
ballot, she will next hold office, and ono,
i taking the intoxicating draught, VIII,
shall say that she will prove less ambi
tious or less INSCRIPTIONS than they
: Women oi Vermont 1t is well un
derstood that our own fair State is t
! be the next theater Of action. Womel
Suffrage Conventions are already call
cd, and the highest SPECIFICATIONS ar
entertained as to tho result Vernon
is expected to take the lead in this so
called battle FOR freedom, But my sis
tens, this once, let us pause; let us Sc
| whether this is ical freedom that the,
, promise us Is il not rather overleap
d ing tho bounds which nature hersel
has placed, aud ior which QUO Of th
penalties VIII be that NO lose foreye
many Of the dearest, Ire sweetest pre-
negatives Of Woman
b A WOMAS or VERMONT.
Montpelier March no. 1870.
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