The sun., 1871-11-25

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Tic iiou rcnn'r {. Ciaan Defending the
Hon. victoria 4. NtOndhuli.

The fiou. Tcnnlr {. Ciaa,u Defending the
Hon, Victoria 4, Nt0udhuli,
~ Tho . ftor o5 he San.
SiG; IN IHs Sun Of yestcrd some one call.
in herself, II 1t rea be- a woman (Which must be
don gte' IN auu.riglter, tas n article protesting
o. INST "vcmau'- ughs," ON the very logic1
ttound shat my sister. Mrs. Woouhull, has said
something uat She CHS writer lon't approve o.
his art.r resur is V ctora - not only fanatic.
! Ut gs woman devoid Of all iemiLe delicacy."
Nov this is matter Of opinion, iu which dsar-
prove entirely of TIE opinion expressed Nv Anti
RsLtcr but nm not for that reason, so ilogicol
as to wish to suppress TnB sun newspaper, or tho
freedom Of the press generally. What Victoria
woo.hall SAYS at Stcnway Hal, or believe person.
sonally, has iust as much and no more TO do with
woman's rigtts, or The right to suffrage, as the
opinion which this writer publishes in 1uS Sun
about what she says and thinks has to do with tue
freedom OF the press.
n tbs writer be really woman, such ignorance
on the part Of sex misnt be more appropriately
urged against our claim to vole bu. then we are
consoled by seeing every day equally Illogical and
nonseusicul arguments used BY mer. II is not tlat
women know 70 much, but ut meu know 50 little,
that we are encouraged to persist in demand to
be admitted to the suffrage. even in the fce OF sue
discouragng signs OF incompetency to reason on
Auti'R gutter exnous.
w sister arfaigns tie whole OF our eristin- 80
cetv as false and hyrocri icdl, shd demands social
revolution IN the Interests OF What sIe believes 10
ue trutn aud purity Sne may, as Nh 1ilton ad.
mted le 'aratic but to speaN OF any o. Ter ncces
sary uttctances m behalf OF the nelleCual cOnyic
uoas sac mas arrived at as lelicte, Is false aud
ridiculous as 1t would be 10 call the operators Of
tn. dissectin. room n1sty apart from any question
Of tier uses IN behalf Of scientific truth
In Tie Itt5Khs a.sO OF yesterday there Ia an ar.
ucie On " the opening OF the New YORK Infant
As um." which II calls - Christian institution" i"
and praises to the utmost. In its statement OF the
nature OF this Christian institution II says that u
his a" departmen'-a Bing-in usylum-reserved for
women OF respectable Virth Woo wish to conceal
thersn, in order taat they may return TO the world
words, society fret damns the woman ANA charges
ms crime ON her, the beautiful and natural facts Of
maternity and tnen organizes me 1situtiOu for the
express purpose unl cOnniyes with her to evade n
law. aud impose u lie on the same society which
las condemned her ana this organized filsciood
ana hypocrisy Is praised b. The Tfi6uHe, whci pre.
nds to be hofrfed at Tree love, as noble Ctris
uAu charity
DO not deny that the purpose Of this Institution Is
benevolent. Nay more, I hearts of It's patrons
Tar better than their theories beliefs; but dou't
think my sister Is very inde cate in saying that
social system which compels the existence OF such
lastly in the name OF religion needs radical re-
formation The double dealing compound lie EN-.
bodied In these few lines Of commenddtion OF the
As lum suggest thar its name light be happily
changed from Lying-iH to q Ltstng "a In.
sutution. This moie Institution, IN the service OF
THIS same mock virtue, also insists ON uiyorciig
mother from child and child from mother forever.
The very brutes rebuke them. lioness will ngut
for hes wbelps. Beasts OF every degree resist tie
outrage or separation from theif Young; and human
mothers are tortured by "Christln institutions ="
whose modes OF charity are ngenions eoniriy y4nces
OF cruelty TENNGE c. CLAFLIN.
~ BROAD STREET. NEW YoRK