Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-17

ed ar0nS change tout ceLa and that without pro
~ fanely flying in the face OF Providence /
n mt change as much the '' divine order - a
Il stability.
t. do not dispute the next proposition, tha
mt the earliest human governments were iOrme'
ce and administered by men. You had it proba
so bly, all your own way in those antediluviar
:. caucauses and constitutional conventions
i, | doubt rot that the woman staid quietly a
le home, attending to their simple culinary du
< ties, while the men made the laws but it j:
3e not altogether clear to my mind that thIDgs
ID would not have gone smoother with the
y young world if occasionally the men bad
e cooked, and the women had Iegislated. And
II | don't think that matters were made any
!, worse in primitive times by the occasional
Y elevation and supremacy of cl, yer, str ng-
d minded woman. One of that sort sat on the
a supreme bench In Israel, without dIsgraclng
1t by unconstitutional decisions.
e The next proposition | accept with some
e qualifications. The household is the peculiar
= a. kingdom OF woman" and | think that. as
= far possible all young girls should be
taught to rule and serve in that kingdom.
c Yet there are women oi great executive abll-
] Ity who have no households to direct and
there are other women of rare intellectual
= gifts who absolute'y cannot be housekeepers.
Nature seems To have denied them the neces-
saIy faculty. They could more order 4
household than | could edit the Tribune, or
than you, MIR. Greeley, could teach dane
iDg-school. What shall do with such
You seem TO answer the question " hen
you 80 generously say, " affirm the right
OF woman 10 do whatever she can do well.
even though her ability be exceptiOnable.
and not cOHuou 10 her sex y but you only
sI Getty single c.sc Of q woman as deserv-
Ing ot honor .or adopting 4 called un-
feminine aylcatian IL is that of a wife or
daughter who saPVorts crippled husband
ur iatLcT by till NJ tarm or garden work
ing g. ty herself or wilh the and of only
female hired men
Now, suppose the devoted wife OF daugh-
ter lacks tie taste or physical strength for
such work, a,d successfully engages in the
practice Of law or medicine, you surely would
not reiuee her your respect.
As TOR the night of suffrage, in the first
place, ! would Iut Hy-eu record an
advocate ior Constitutional amendment re- .
quiTIng an educational qualification. ! /
would have 10 man or woman vote who
should not be found able to write his or her
ow name and To read the -Neir l0fk Tn
baHe. cannot share your aIPTehensions OF
tile GODS, quenccs ol extending the right thus
guarded 10 Ii you give dear woman
'' more ruIe, 1 hope IL will not be to - 70
hang o." / must that I. e ballot IN her bar d.
Nil not he, even ia your ~, ,i tree tIcke
take 10 stock gambling and legislation, to
club house lie. the stump. and tbc jury box
at once We shall not all 70 10 Congress
AMI pcrditiUn together BrIieyemc. enough
Ut u viii imam at lumr (aud lt will sull I
be called h0Hie. and not Che> HoD T. keep the
ketLle boiling ana the cIauIe rocking. The ,
good LusbaLd and father viii find tLat the !
soul OF true b me viii survive the may }
uanImous granting OF The rights We ciaim q
Iff ..rtt md.
uers viii he as vel cooked ar now domestic Z
service VIII he no more uLcertain-hetrth i
fires viii burn as htiy-ctsy- -chair, dress
Iug-gowu, and slippers viii hc conserved .,
Il mamma goes quietly out On election day -
10 vote Tor may or or governor; II Mrs Alice "
drops into the hospital clinic, and Miss e
Emma runs round 10 tie law-school. 10 take II
notes Of a lecture n the laws of divorce, "
have the cheerful fAitn 20 believe that there O
may stI!l come, now and tuen, to patcrfGmfi5ds a
the old familiar miIlIner's bhl, or the French =
- little account, 10 console HIM =
with the assurance that d" lovely WOMAN
,tII s;oJIs 10 folly CO
/. Mr. smith resal,s himself AZ breakfast q
time with the spicy torId, " nile Mrs Smith b.
Enjoys her IJi5uue. don't see Why their po- Is
It.cal dIfer,n noes should involve them in se- =
nous .. oDpleusantness. auy more than the
act thut MIR smith Is C.o,e-Commuuion .,
Baptist, while Madam belongs 10 the Broad "
,asrch' DR.. Belovs-unless, indeed, politics VI
ire a more vital element IN American social Il
iie than religion II
sincerely hope. my Gear -ir. You will he b
lhle To raise your PROPOSED d Amaz1pan army d'
II '' one hundi ed Ia u-and scientific. skill al
ul, q oroug y qualified cooks = Cookery 10
: an excellent calling, and ,urely needs re IA
'ruIts still cannnt see IN It a very tempt h;
NJ opening iur the exceptional woman OF :,
aleut and ambition. You don't offer bounty u'
.nuugh IN the way OF wages. Then the 10
.reat cooks of the world are and always aN
rave been man. We bumbly yield the point pi
,i your supremacy in this ence, IN the
highest walks ot dramatic literature You i
ave Shakespeare and YOU have Soyer Du- a..
mas is as Eleat IN the cuiSIHeas IN the study.
donbt t Mr.. Greeley can turn from dasn- o'
ug of leader To cuncOct NJ chOwder, and Ie
hat the two PRODUCES OF hIs genius will be y
like mastery. | doubt not that he could =
eryc up pudding agd an anti protecuonist Gu
With sauces equally BOT and spicy, and DO a If,
luck as brown az Democrat. h,
Now, my dear Mr. Greeley, could there be ~
uch an amazing American product ~ Il fe- II
male Soyer, would you rather that one OF oN
hosc beloved daughte:s OF whom you speak W
bOuld he that queen gf cooks, than 20 see W;
cr q >ec0nd PuTta, au 81, lucnt advocate, OF
Die 10 -taud btioTc Iuigc and jury, with
eiond some poor seller IN peril of her lle,- -
II TO ienounce the dcapuilcr Of woman's in ", ",
oceHce and peace. the desesrater Of happy u
Ume, wlth sUmew hat of the power and more hi
han the Iathus O. Curran Ah would h
ou not, II such n thing We're possible, sooner br
ave her wUrtl,ny succeed her father az q ~
reat journalist. a fearless champion of =,
cial and political reform, a quickener OF -
ubic. healthful thought, an iucIter 20 brave up
wing for thousands ol her young country ha
len and cOuurywOmen, u an u know that hi
he could cook a potato like st. Bridget her VIZ
elt, than to have her give her name TO a hi.
pup OF unimagncd deliclOusness and nutrI- Ao
Uueness? a.
but 1t is nOt " hat would rather have
ur daughters do, but what theV would sal
ither dO-what they feel they can do best; ia'
hat their instincts demand for The exercise hlS
their nOblest powers and strongest proclivi- es,
es-that is the question. If qui,t. do er
lestic lite ls sufficient for your daughter or nv
lIne, well and good, and rery good. | am 80
he last to deny honor to the labOrs and du- q
les IN which | was trained but if the
tropg bent of their desires and energies is fe'
another direction, can We, dare We, stand pl
their way? We may prefer 10 have them br
ves and ImOgenes In essential womanhoOd, no
ut practically they must be the women Of of
leir own, and not OF Milton or of Shaks- 80
care age.
an
We must iook the fact in the face that da
ANY women, like men, are ambitions that =
ley have often as intense and sleepIess de- =;
res for excellence and distinction men. IL
, as you all tell US, we are surpassed in toI
very department Of literature, art, and do
;ience, II even IN cookery We outdone, ta
hile we hear the queens of society declare de
Ia ,lrsare