St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-03-22

these statues used to Stand Ill int
streets of the ancient cities; that this
was tolerated because the women did
not go into the streets. He did not tell
lis that this same gallery contalnes
paintings similar i'll character, because
that not only would not have helped his
argument, but would have annihilated
it; for he could hardly have asserted
that these paintings hung ill the streets
where the women were never allowed
to go. The truth is, as have been in
formed by one who has had the OppOr-
tunity to know, that this collection was
pei, and that they stood, not in the
streets, but i'll the very houses of those
degenerate cities.
But how about the women of Greece
and Italy not frequenting the streets :?
Mrs. Child tells lis that i'll Greece,
''Damsels appeared abroad unveiled,
but married women covered their faces,
as Charilus said, because Girls were
to obtain husbands, and wives aim only
at keeping those they already have 9"
Macaulay tells us that in ancient Greece.
men. women and children thronged the
streets to listen to the rccitations of the
rIIapsodists, and attended the plays.
They also joined i'll public professions
us they did i'll Rome sometimes. The
Roman women also attended the plays.
If amy of this statuary, of which Mr.
Phillips speaks, was ever displayed in
the streets of Rome, is it not likely t."
have been in those degenerate days.
when, and quote Mrs. Child again
.Maidcns danced on the stage entirely
without clothing and enjoyed the luz
ury of the public baths promiscuouSlN
with the men, totally Designating the
modest regulations of former times. -
If all this he true W hat becomes of MI.
Phillips argument! With reference t"
the original proposition, that women
with the ballot would purify politics,
the verdict must he mot proven. II
history furnished any more substantial
basis for argument, surely Mr.. Phillips
would know it. True it is. that it may
hc true, even though history does not
prove it.
But does not history prove tn" re
verse to he true: that the moment Wo-
man becomes IL partisan she ceases T."
Ice Il conservative element in society !!
1t is not in Virtue of her distinctive or
gamiSm that woman Is now Il restraining
force. In Il mcighhnrho"d quallcl. which
are the most Violent and most Nirulrnt.
men or women Which will resort t."
the most questionable means /" carr! Il
point only put the question. The
very characteristics which make her
better than man. under favorable con
ditiuiI. make her Worse under unfaVora-
hlr conditions. Recall the atrocities of
the women of Paris during the French
Revolutions Who does not know the
Interest and most implacahlr foes the
lion i'll this country were women They
rc>nrtcd to means for revenge. and rN
termination such as men are rarely
guilty of. Not untrcqucntly are women
found iii the very van of reform. politi
cal. religious and anti-religious they
frequently outstrip the men. 1t was Il
uh,, ,..,1l.I LA1t.,i,., ...1.l
bigot," because he was only Il Dcist.
Nor is history altogether silent as to
the effects of political strife upon wo-
men. Some more than fifty Years since
the phraseology of the constitution of
New Jersey was such, that it was held
that il guaranteed the right of suffrage
To women. The question arose as t"
the change of shire of Essex County.
The contest was between Newark and
Elizahethtown. Party spirit ran high.
History records that women of all ages
and color SWorc To an estate of fifty
pounds. which was 10y law necessary
qualification. and voted mot only once.
but as often, as 10y change of dress. or
completely of inspectors, they might bc
able to repeat the process" We are
told that the Legislature at their next
session. thoroughly di>gu>ted 10y the
palpahlc frauds of the canvas. set aside
the Vote 10y their own act. and located
the county seat Themselves"
Were it not that have already de
manded To" much of your space. would
like to examine the argument which Mr..
Phillips gave us upon the labor reform
question. L.
Town Officers Elected March 1871.
BURKE. Moderator. David Tull. .
Clerk. \. Burlington. Mr.. burlington has
been elected Clerk fifty Years. and all
i'll succession with the exception of one
year. Selertmcn, Lorenzo Warren. ID /
w Cushing. \ Z Walter. Treasurer. j |
: j BcmiS. Constable and collector, /
| ID Bemis. ONcrSecr. II VI Hall List |
crS, Jesse Marshall. G. W Woodruff. &
+ \ Humphrey. Town grand Juror.
Abel Brown. Auditors. G \ Harris.
Jacob McNcal, Jesse Marshall. Trustee,
Abel Brown. Agent, G. + \ Humphrey.
Supt. Frank f. Healcy.
lRASBrEGH.- Moderator. VIM. l. Bar |
rows. Clerk. VIM ID Tyler. Selectmcn. |
VIM ID Post, w ID Leach, Henry Somcrs. |
Treasurer, { w Wheeler. Overseers.
LIST Constable and collector.