Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-28
VouAN'S RIGHTS.


,,,,trv whose greatest boast is
III .arolitv of its subjects it, must APP
tno Ian s,rance to the outside world to hear
peal constant clamor as is all the time
s'.n 49,, from certain classes in refer
EO-D7 ~ class expressions, and the sys-
eny, o, t denial to more than half the in
i'' i.,onts Of the country of those privi-
, a'g, Of pursuing happiness and acquir-
and holding property, that are made
u7 ,,,iront in our Constitution and
50 81 Pl ,ti of Independence. When the
p ,sn,orn half of our nation, was a grand
7,ro mart. where human chattels were
s ,'a,, houcbt and sold, We were per-
r ra, Justly pointed at with scorn for our
D'L.osis,encies in teaching the doctrines
l ~ frredom. and practicing the barbara
.". If the slaye-code; but with the war
tLo rebellion these anomalies were
..ant away, and the nation emerged
,.,n, IFS baptism Of fire, purified and
1.s,sed and to-day stands shining ex-
,nn,a Of pure republican government,
.5 when the noise and clamOr of dis
.ot.rted spirits, who declaim over the
amos Of woman, are submitted to the
,,..n If actual experience, the foundation
fns from them, and the unfortunate
I... lhcy mourn over step forth as free
Cram MI shackles, except those they inn
a,.a mon themselves, as any in our free
country.
The question of voting, and partici-
..t;oo in. the scramble of politics, we do
.at5rsirc to discuss. Political rights
a,. wholly founded upon expediency
and policy. and we see no reason for eX-
,.o1.np them to women, ORION the other
hand IN excluding them from them. We
Io,o,t earnestly insist that all persons
IN thf. world. have a natural and analien-
aide rt-ht to compete for the honors and
-oy.,-I- of their own industry. The
aren't field of human labor should be, and
+. uryrticalv, open to all who have the
lr.ire and ability totake a position there
IN and hold #. The battle Of life is one
that requires courage and persistence,
and the combatants who quail from its
struggles and its labors, must inevitably
fail winning place and position. The
nation makes no laws, and should make
rmr. that would create distinction of
sex or race, in the commerce orindustries
of the reople. Nature has endowed the
sexes with different attributes and capa-
cities for business and service, and they
cannot be changed, and it is happy or,
lerOf things that the authors of the
camor over the wrongs of woman, can
not 20 back of the fats of omnipotence
There are nearly equal facilities TO
women to procure education and train
ing with men, and as soon as they desir
fully equal privileges, they will hav
them in every institution of education
whether secular or professional. TIL
trades are all open to any woman VIII
desires to enter them and prepare fo
their exercise, but no person, withou
regard to sex, can exercise any profe'
sion or trade, requiring skill or training
without having made preparation an
study. and anxious solicitude that the
work shall be done well and all tn
noise over the exclusion from fields {
labor and advantages, from earning
livelihood and competency, are all wit
out any foundation. No person ever il
Quires whether a man or woman mac
an article they are DESTROYS of purcha
ing. 1t is the merit of the article tn
sells it, and not the sex or condition I
the manufacturer When Mrs. Duryt
settled her farm in Bristol, Illinois, al
commenced raising her grains and +
cattle, she never had any occasion
mourn that her fields were not as heavi
laden, at the harvest, as her masculil
ncighbors; neither did she grumble ov
lower prices Her labor upon her far
brought the same return as that of
man.
We haveas shining example of woman
rights in the firm of Leila Curtis & OK
engravers, San Francisco. Years az
when Susan B. Anthony was yOungt
and the voice of Lucy Stone had not d
nounCed the tyranny of man so ma
times as now, Miss Leila and Miss M
Curtis undertook to work out the pic
lem of woman's rights. They went
New York to acquire the art of wo
engraving, served the regular apprenti'
ship for becoming experts in that bu
ness. They then returned to San Fra
cisco, and under the firm name of LIE
Curtis & Co., opened an engraving
Enlistment. They devoted themsel7
to their business with industry, fidel
and skill, and as their work increa;
they associated other women with the
and to-day their establishment staI
first in It's line on the Pacific coast. I'll
compete with others conducted by n
and carry off their laurels. Both me
bers of the original firm have taken
themselves husbands, but they did
let that circumstance interfere with Il
business any more than man does wi
he marries a wife.
And right here is the whole sec
Young men spend from three to Sc
years in mastering the business of a j
time. Young women dream of
band and an establishment, and if t
undertake any work it is with slight
any, training, and the work of t
hands is so imperfect that it has no \
ket value. The industries of the w
are governed by immutable laws and