Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-08-18

Ursu.p Crtri-sF FOR WoMES.-Au that
vyss hos; IN the Oh times We have now. It's the
SANE ola world : come into the Packer lnstl-
tute and fnI Lady Jane Grey studying the Gas
,ies I 20 into households and see Iitania en-
br.ciug the cars Of her beloved Bottom The
.teru critic lanouuces the extravaganza oil the
women Of the present day. But here i queen
Elizabeth. with 5000 dresses, denouncing extraV-
srsnce We hsve fears for the preservation OF
our form OF government, and lament the cor-up-
ton Of our legislatures. And Jet, IN those days,
long ago, Robert Walp0le was heard TO say inst
every man In the Britith parliament had ms
price But here, last fall, I heard Nj. Munde'ia
say thst Mr.. Gladstone, the real king OF Lngl4uu'
hsi not even power enough 10 appoint post
Office clerk do hope that the TINE may come
when. with a reformed civil service, our senator's
and representatives, can say thst they nave
no time 10 spFoint a treasury clerk, We
sbudler At the horrors Of Paris, and think Of
modern civilization. And yet here We have
the two foremost cons;ituiionSliy ruled nations
of the earth peacefully settling differences
that II seemed would never he settled without
war and endless hatred. OF these omens Of a
new and better time, the constant snd higher
estimate Of women in modern society Is the most
marked Indication. Why. when | see these nuns
behind me. | reflect that II they had been IRE
clan msidens ia the times Of Pericles, their pres
ence here would have been esteemed as prepirs-
ton for life Of degradation. That the highest
intellectual development was the exclusive pre-
rogative Of men has been until lately the OPINION
of the world But now We have higher cul-
ture for woman marked out. There is no lnhu-
msnity 80 revolving as that which says to anoth-
er, - You shall learn what please, do Whist l
command, and your moral and physical nature
shall be subject TO my pleasure The reasons
sgainst selecting a cultivated wife are many.
Dean Swift says that the natural levity Of the
sex will, if woman is educated, upset her reason,
that she will be very apt to desplse her husband
and the more she knows the worse she WILL .he-
come Ia Dean Swift's time such was the tenier-
ness Of women that they consented TO renain
ignorant, so as not 10 shame their husbands.
have no doubt thst the in1ecency Of that period
OF writing was induced by the fact that men only
wrote books, intending them to be read only by
men. The prejudices against women have teen
verv slowv relaxed, We are tod that women
can make light bread without knowing Greek
Is is then true that the most ignorant women
make the best wives Is it possible for such q
woman to l. IS fully mother to her children IS
one that is intelligent enough TO answer their
eager questions on every topic The most nota-
le woman ever knew fitted her sons for college.
Now, ladies, your presence here tonight shows
that you don't believe your greatest empire is
simply 20 please men. Is mol your Womanhood
as precious to you as my manhood Is to me
The only lsw by which women aud men can be
truly governed is the liberty OF perfect de7eiop-
ment You cannot know the sphere Of any be-
ing until he has the liberty Of choosing a sphere
Give women every opportunity Of education thAt
men enjoy. And if there be : woman with an
overwhelming love Of learning, then thst We
mans true sphere is not the uurfery. but the
shrine Of science When Mis- Nssssr can edu-
cate herself in medicine, she has the ZANE right
as any long-hsired, llow-checked hoy IN spec
tscles who Kisses 81 her w0msnh00d The
golden age lies before US, and not behind. We
hear the words Of promise to the chosen pc pie,
and every nation hears the command, " thil-
dren Of Israel, 20 forward and tine bat .e
STANDARD is the advancement Of women. We
have left the Idle toy. ForWsri forward, We
70. to fad the true woman il the free American
home Geo. u. Curtis.