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    224 THE WOMEN INTERCEDING FOB POLAND.

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    tend governments , and it is to that end that all the international sympathies _mtist

    . so well Do not seconded , however by , w t he te deceits a single and momen cun t n ; for soon hostilitie the Muscovite s of his brothe Emperor rs in ,

    hands Vienna of and Mouraweiff in Berlin , will the last ve of felled the heroes the ground and the , under last the of blood the heroines -stained whom we " are I have bound honour in , duty to to be rescue with . the most profound resect

    , p , " Your '' Ladies most devoted , servant ,

    " DUTEONE , " Secretary for to the the Abolition former Fren of Slavery ch Associa . " tion

    the A attempt French to lad stir y , Madame up the sympathies de Gael , has of her also sex taken by addressing a share in

    to her compatriot the subjoined letter , in which , she expresses her hope that the womennot only of Great Britainbut of all

    the civilized world , may take , part in this movement , . " Worthy Fellow-countryman-,

    " Allow me to return thanks for your warm address to the Women of not Eng remain land on deaf behalf to tha of t our appeal most unhappy petitions Polish covered sisters with . millions Englishwomen of signat can ures

    world and lai that d at ' if e foot itwas of Queen banished ; Victoria from ' s the throne rest will of the prove earth to it the would civilised find py

    a mpath _reftige " In France eti in women , equall t ' y hearts b as t in ? Gr edu eat ation Britain w differe ould nt your fro voice tha _, t have of met nei with h-

    bours sy on the c assen other s side ; u of the our Channel c renders , so us generally m very timorou pur s g in of all their that appertains firesides to political life , or to , the action of women out of the sphere

    own . felt " , Most in order certainl that y it is rays there may w be here cast ou ere r influenc long upon e shoul society d firs at t m large ake . it For self

    it is at their family fireside that the mother pours into her child ' s ear teachusefu ings l w to hich his fellow day -creatures will make a trul him reli a g ious ood man citizen . , in other words , a man

    of " politi But c to al bring lifesocial up men duties and , civic citizens y courage , a g woman and must fraternal have devoti just conceptions on between

    All _Nations the , duties and in of , France society , these all the , conceptions minute attentions are not sufficientl of the heart y instilled , al and l th into e dail us y .

    the c sacrifices onscie dail ntio acts of usl se y of affirm , we privat unders we are t life and inferior full But y to when as them well great as in Eng public nothing lishwomen undertakings ; which , bears are I upon can in

    the ourselves question y what , when we our an are initiative : enthusiasts e . energy even is wanted exalted , . we And dare still not boldl we y should show

    fear speedil of y ridicule become , an their excessive rivals _feai in * , devotion which , , to , if confess we were the not truth broug , the ht maj up ority in the of

    men are careful to encourage for the sake of their own preponderance . the * _' recital Doubt of not the , Sir shameful , but that treatment our whole inflicted being shudders the chaste with women indignation by the at

    Seides of are the offered pitiless to God despot to intercede ; our tears for a are termination upon shed for the of the victims massacre , and and our prayers

    for the truimph of the Poles . But we feel ourselves hampered by the cruel ,

    224 The Women Interceding Fob Poland.

    224 THE WOMEN INTERCEDING FOB POLAND .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1864, page 224, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061864/page/8/