Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-12-10
HVOMAN,S a1IsaEsrS WHAT THEY
LEA ADTO

La various parts of the coun ry there
are Women's Rights Associations, and
these convocations are usually engi-
neered and presided over by men, who
are half fools and half fanatics. Now
and then, an explosion takes place
which brings home to parents practi-
cal exen plifcation of the doctrines in
sisted upon width SO much eloquence
and pertlnacity. An ex-Congressman
named RANDOLPH STRICKLAND, of
Michigan, waa a prominent character
of the kind we have alluded to. He
not Ouly took conspicuous positions at
Woman's Rights meetings, but allowed
lis daughter to prepare and deliver
addresses on the hobby Of his soul.
The upshot of the matter is that young
lady has applied her fathers doctriens
TO her own course of life, and bids fair
10 dfag his gray hairs down IN sorrow
to the grave. We read in the Wes-
tern press, says the Augusta Constitu
tionalist, that within the past few days
y
Michigan. where her family live, have
received printed copies Of what was
termed coutract--civii and cOrjugal
entered into recently between Miss
STRICKLAND and LEO MILLER, well
know Buffalo Spirtualist. This con-
tract is a curiosity in its way and be-
giDgs as follnws:
The undersigned, this ID day of
November, \. d. 1875, enter into a
buaines partnership under the name
OF Miller and Strickland, on the follow
ing conditions, to-wit: That all earn
iags aud profits arising from our indi-
vidual and joint labors, whether IN
department Of literature, art, mechan-
| Ism, agriculture or trade, shu be
shared and held equally.
This is innocent erongh on the sur
I face, but, after declaring love to be
tie oriv biding law, it proceeds to
STA tiat "shuu Id this uuICn be
blessed 10y any offspring, we jointly
md several'y pledge ourselves. our
a1d support them during the depen-
/ dent years Of infancy and youth,
~uppiying their physical wants and
! Teafing III the principles of vjrtnre and
knowledge, to the best of our ability
! ard Judgement In conclusion, the
/ precious document declares that the
S ngrrs ''repudiate the laws and Gus
r'gns which Cten assume to make, and
the control Of an affection between the
xes, which W. believe is, and OF
4 vine right ougut to be free.
The pnblication of this extraordinary
pronu,.cianlcnto fell ike bolt of ice
npon the hearts of Miss Strickland
parents. and they Immediately begar
- weep for the public. and wipe thei1
Eyes Oh the press, thus:
We ask the sympathy of our friends
in onr sorrow for the course pursued
bv our poor, deiuded, m sgui1ed at.
insa, e daughter. and we extend on
thanks to the kind friends that hav
Hbored with us during the last Y a
% save her We bow cur heads il
grief.
GS!gnedl RANDOLPH STRICKLAND.
MARY Il. STRICKLAND
We think the sympathy of the com
munity should b rendered to ''pool
deluded, nis guided and insane" pal
ents who hriig up their children /
d"fi nce OF tn restraints wisely in
posed by society, and arrogate
. TEN selves a line of conduct whic
, demolished the barriers establishe
by the Christian churches. Curse
/, like chickens, come home to roos
, There is but one end of the ''isms" ,
the day, and that is free-love. If f
theirs and mothers desire their sons
be honorable and daughters chast
+ they should not only instruct the
n properl-, but by rrecept and exampl
q teach Them that the path of duty is Il
: path of safety. Any other course
! certain to end in disaster The wa
a of the transgressor may be apparent
prosperous, for the moment, but he
y she is inevitable tripped up in the en-
y Sinners against society imagaiue th
n their craft conceals ths N; but, on ii
contrary, a thou and prying eyes
hold their secret m ach;nations, and
sudden bnd unexps cteil explosions on,
IS their gauie with iSnominy, and ofte
, with "A Il s2tacefuI Il ath, the dreadf
=, memory of which pursues their q
u spring to the third and fourth gereF