St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-08-29
Ownership IN Women.
WHAT DIR. HOLLAND THINKS ABOUT
THE SMITH CASE.


the cOmpletcSt surrender that Il woman
can make, was III some sense hiS-that
her giving herself TO another involved
his dishonor-and that his property in
her was to be defended to the eXtremi-
ty of death. A prominent newspaper,
while recording the facts of the case.
takes the occasion to say that this idea
of woman is the same barbarism out of
which grow the evils and wrongs that
| the "WUman movement Is intended 10
remove. If We were to respond that
ownership III woman. only bhndlY ap-
| pretended rs it was 10y our brutal gal
| lows-hrd. is the one thing that saves
lis from the widest doctriuc and prac-
| ticcs of the frec-lovcI>. and L. one nt
! the strongest conservative forces of So
cicty. il is quite likely that we should
/ bt misunderstood but we shall run the
risk. and make the assertion.
There is an instinct i'll the heart of
every Woman which tells her that she
is his to whom She gives herself. and
| his alone. an instinct which bids her
cling to him while She lives nr he lives
Which Identities her life with his
which makes of him and her. twain.
one flesh. When this gift is once made
To Il true man. he recognizes its SIguItl-
canoe. He Is to provide i"I her that
which She cannot provide for herself:
hc is tu protect her Ia the extent of his
power: She i To share his home. and
to hc Iii, closest companion. His OWL
rIship in her covers his most saCicd
possession and dcvolvc> upon him the
"ravCst duties. Ii il We're uthcrv l>c.
why is it that Il woman who gives her
self away uuworthilN feels. when She
finds herself deceived. that she j. lost -!
that she has parted with herself Il"
one who does not recognize the nature
of the gift. and that She who ought to
hr uW ned. and. 10y being owned. honor
ed. is di>uwued and di~houorcd There
l. no true. pure woman living Who.
when She gives herself away. does not
rejoice IN the ownership which makes
her luIever the property OF one man.
She Is not his slave. to he ta>hcd ami
abused. because she = the gift "t love
and not the purchase oi none! hut
she is his. in Il SENSE in which size cam
not hc another mans without dlShOnor
to him and damnatiun Ia herself
Om gIllnws-hird WIS. in his brutal
way. night. If he had been living III
savage society. without laws. and with
the necessity of guarding his own treas
urcs. his act would have been looked
upon as one of htrnI>m 10y all the bean
ties aud braves ot hi- tribe. The weak
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identity "l interest az" I'''''iT '''',''.-
men ana women. Nc" "It "''"'''" T.
! with >nccr7 ahd "iIhl'' aS "'l'| "I'i"'N
cd To the lhicicNis "l M"nrii' "s using
the power IN their hands ia r"N'I
u>Irpvd-to munt'ih thcH own pre-
dominance ai the expense 81 woman
rights and woman : WtlI-h"liG. A"r
riagP. under tins KIND "i teaching ne
comes Il compact ol '"ilN'hlcii''' III
which men and women may eater. ta'l
5 party taking along the personal lhdf
T. pcndcnce enjoyed III SimEi" Nta'c
with separate business interests ail'
separate pursuits. In other words
marriages regarded simply as the i"gii
i compauiun>hip of two beings of "ppo>
# itc sexes. who have their own indie
u pendcnt pursuits. with which the bone
is NOT permitted TO interfere. 1t con
= tcmplates no Identification of life an'
y destiny. The man holds no OWNERSHIP
e. in vumap which rivcs him right to
= family of children. and a life devote,
to the sacred duties of motherhood
The man who expects such Sacritic
It ,t the hands of his wife is regarded a
k - tyront or a brute. Women are t
vote. and trade. and practice law. an,
preoch. and 90 to Congress. and do cv
= nrvtbiro that n man does. irrcspcctiv
Y nfthc nr,rriarc bonds. Women are t
II hc inst os free to do ANYTHING outSid
a of their homes as men are They ar
! to choose their careers and pursue thcl
with lust aS little reference tn tn" inter
= nal administration of their families Il
e tLeir husbands exercise This is til
l. aim and logical end of all the moder
+ doctrines concerning woman's right
Tho Identification of woman with mar