The Cairo bulletin., 1874-05-31
lI.-WOMAN.
GOING FoRw ARD.

This con,iIcration Of the subject OF the
home and social temperance society brings me
TO the other subject Of my lecture tonight:
Woman. She !, the president of society,
with qualified pOwcrs---the principal OF the
school Of home, with almost absolute pow
en-. Upon her rc't' great responsibilities
incr6 asing every day.
Marx YOU. she i. walking with sure if
not rapid .tcp up to her proper place of
equality with man. You tell me this will
never do-lha. such opinion, will uu,ettle
the foundations OF society and introduce
chaos into the homes the land. Let u- not
quarrel about the matter. Cing 10 your
opinion. Time viii instrur, YOU. The light
Of progrcs, does not burs! ygon society with
sudden splendor. II come, as II, light OF
| day comes: II first makes dim the stars OF
prejudice, tiugcs the public conscience with
the'mellow radiance OF the dawn, ard crow,
Into the splondor of Tie full day 80 grad
ually that surprise utter, no exclamation at
| the change. Truth re1chc, her fun action
| by degrees and not at once, she first operate,
| upon the reason, the inilusncn being purely
intellectually auh individual; she then cx-
tends her sphere, cxertins moral control,
particularly. through public opinion; at last
she gathers 10 herself ply ,ie,l and political
power. TO bring nations 10 surrender them
selves 10 new ideas is not the work Of q
day"
This proposition has been established be-
yond controversy by events, The history
of woman proves it to Doc true. She is adj
vancing from condition OF absolute slavery
to one of freedom-is advancing ia the face
Of bigoied protestmts. il-T ate movement
against liquor shows that .ic is beginning to
feel her moral and pOlic4l power. For
merry she Wa. only n sociJ' gcN-gaw, light
as the gossamer that wsi'on, In the idle
summer air; and Is not ys, the power She
should be--thc social anI moral autocrat OF
the world; but she is going forward TO po.
htical power slowly.
ASCIES1LY
the wife lived 10y the mercy OF the husband
lie could say her without question. Publ,
opinion, unhecdmg the pro,c,tluts against
reform. finally pronounced apiinst thi,
I power in tho husband. Ofold in England
0 her loycrcign; and IN that country. and al
!. the states In thi, republic, except, believe
!. Illinois, She i 10 IN, day the hond-seryan
of her husband.
i, John stuart Nil truly says;
She can acquir, no property but for him
the instant II ieCOmes hers even by In
= hcritanee, II becomes ipSo flcfo hi'.
l. The two are called one person in law. fo
A.N... al,aaN
hers Is hi,, but tie parallel inference l. ney
- er drawn that whatever i, his is hers
q the maxim Is not applied against the Inan
n except 10 lh'kt him responsible 10 thr'
,. parties fer her cts, as master Is for th
acts OF his SLAVES or cattle. Will
~ She Is held IN tht worst description of slay
20 err as 10 her Mn person, what is he
nj position in rrsad TO the children In WHOM
she and her Inaser have Joint interest
as Thcy are by Ion s children, lilo alone LA
We any legal right oNr them
W ILLINOIS WHAT HAVE WE DONE!
&C This IL the coalition OF women IN nearl
all the world bu in Illinois we have take
N u long step awalfrom the injustice Of III
past and present we have made the vii
IN the equal of th,husbsnd before the law
20 Tho Husband ami .Wifc bill, enacted Ia,
winter by the gcpral assembly, gives TO tn
80 wife the rishl iopOssoss her own propcrt,
40 The property ne takes into the marriag
~ relation Is hers within us it was without il
:" the husband canin no way control it. Sl
oe may, after marriage, do business for he
ho self, and tho priits OF the business are h,
ie' own the husband cannot touch them; Il
eh losses are alo her own,-thcy ca
ey not be recovered from the hu
u.s. baud. She may labor with her hands
In brains, and the husba,d cannot, witho
her consent, obau the proceeds She ms
buy what She peases upon credit, but I,
ION bills She makesarc her 0wn-they cannot
ing collected from her husband, The wife M
in sue the husband aud hcmay sue her, :