The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-01-14

Oh these poor creatures, mere apol-
ogies Of humanity, "tcil not, Meth.
er do they spin"--yet--yet all their
most capricious waits are supplied
--all their sickly fancies gratified
and all their heartless desires
anticipated, with minds well stored
with the unreal visions Of life as
sketched by some modern novels.
Can there be any wonder that mar
rlages in these classes should be
productive OF unhappiness, or ra-
Their could anything but voluntary
blindness c'ose our eyes to the fact
that contracts for life in these cir
cles of society, must obviously be
promotive Of divorces. From sucn
sources do we witness the b auti
full9I supply of divorce cases.
Because the mantol relation with
such is based on mutual fraud and
deception ION the adventurous
charms OF wild fancy and the
fearful result follows.
Woman suffrage, accom- anied
with the education Of the sex ra.
tionally, with the just assignment
OF duties, Religious. moral, phyei-
cal and political, with her capabil
tiles fully called into exercise,
would be one of the most certain
means or diminishing the sever
ance Of the union in question. It
may be Objected that I have drawn.
an extreme phase of young wo-
men. The sketch is true to life
and not exceptional in the higher
grades Of society-and it may be
added that the penalties these sem
blances Of human beings pay in
exchange for the servile courtesies
shown them, are indeed fearful
The more than reprehensible edu
cation doled out to them is follow
cd by a sacrifice Of health, and Of
every worthy motive thai should
actuate them
10 a less extent, it is true, we
see the !ollies and the vices of the
more favored Of fortune--followed
and initiated by those in all grada
tons Of Gfe--and TO redress this
State of things, ] understand that
the efforts OF those favoring wo-
man suffrage are principally di-ec-
ted, as, when she shall be possess
ed OF the ballot, she can demand
redress of wrongs and enforce her
depan for what now she is an I'M
successful suppliant- No one that
l am aware Of advocates the neg
lect on the part of females of oil
proper accomplishments all due
attention to the cultivation Of the
graces of person and Of dress. ]
only insist that the observance oil
the ''weig! tier matters of the law
1.-The cultivation OF the more per
manent and lasting beauties of the
mind--should have the first and
chief consideration Of rational
being. To this end we must sup
ply the adequate motives
Let US SO far compel despotit
custom to relax it's hold as to sa,
to Womankind. "your capabilitie.
shall have full and unrestricted
scope, and shall be rewai ded BY
equal compensation with man
for equal, mental, or physical labor
We find woman already under tin
most adverse circum stances, witt
not only no encouragement from
man, but against his ridicule, tran
scendingl?] her sphere, and, &C
cording to our W ashingte n ladies
doubtless SHINING against the teach
ing Of the Bible[?] by embarlin
in useful and profitable avocations
| 1t has been but comparativel
few years since school teachin
was "unsexing to woman T? an
doubtless beyond her "sphere,
and perhaps 'sagin the Bible" bu
the world does move, nevertheless:
and will NEST likely continue
do SO. Instead Of formally az
swering the articles of fai b give
in my last essay, l will supply
different version Of the sa ne, wit
slight changes, leaving your read
ers, Mr.. Editor, to judge of til
comparative merits Of the two p
titions:
1--WE the undersigned, most r
, spectfully petition your honorab
bodies to grant suffrage to woms
as a means of enabling her TO al
in redressing her wrongs, in assis
ing to benefit both sexes, and
i infusing into the body polite
more humanizing influence "
claim this as right, Gin all prop
, Difference to your superiority wi:
DOM forcibly and unjustly will
2 held from US, and we shall contir
? ne to importune yo1,
: First, because, utterly discard
) ing the narrow, bigoted and une
r lightened Interpretation of Il
i Holy Scriptures that would a
9 cribe sex to duties, religion
Y moral, political or secular,
I firmly believe that the gosp
8 whose mission it is TO bring "li
and immortality to light to ;
2 human beings, does not inculca
: for us different, a higher, Or
lower sphere of obligations, b
e that we should assume. equal
e with man, our full share Of duti
: in all the relations Of life, unr
e strained by conventional, artific
,e and irrational discriminate
n against uc.
ir Second, because we are fuI
It persuaded that by suffrage t
j. duties, cares, and responsib;!iti
Ie now devolving on us. could be b
!? ter met and performed through
Il l.