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is of " no party , " and must , of course , be devoid of sympathy , the pivot of all happy human association , are bastard semblances of the real qualities , and spring from general indifference and individual selfishness . Unfortunately for this country , and in fact for all countries ,
women are mostly conservatives , and lie like manure at the root of many a political plant which breathes pestilence upon nations , keeping institutions in a vitality which they would not otherwise retain . God grant that every woman was a rational revolutionist , which are only other words for radical
reformersthen would be asserted the right and power which they hold in common with their copartners in life—the ri g ht and power of thinking , feeling , speaking , and acting in behalf of national and universal interests—mighty trunks , but intimatel y and indissolubly connected with the small capillaries of individual power and exertion . Talk of che bed of Procrustes—what was that to the influence of female education , which it appears can render woman of " no party , " and induce the idea that it is right and amiable that " she should be of none ?"
Where and what are the feelings of that woman who can see those to whom she is united by ties little less than divine , borne down and debased by political oppression , and yet be of " no party ? " Behold her children shrinking before the withering insolence of usurped greatness ; denied their fair share of human rights and human enjoyments , and yet be of " no party V * Must she not feel that the crushing conservative ought to be hunted
from the land , as of old the wolves were from our woods—and institutions which enslave the people annihilated , as have been the forests in which formerly kings and courtiers denied corn to grow , that tyranny and cruelty might prevail ? Shall she feel this , ( and she must feel it or feel not at all ) shall she feel this and not speak and act from the dictates of such feeling ? Shall she feel this and not sympathize with the struggles and
sufferings of the one she has elected and selected from the crowd to be her heart ' s companion—sustaining him if he faint , and stimulating him if he fall oft * from the efforts necessary to save , not alone her children , but the children of millions , and marshal future generations to do likewise , till an equitable recognition of human rights be universal ?
As for Ireland—when I contemplate her injuries and her capabilities , I feel the poverty of language , and remain mute , upon the principle which induced the painter to cover the countenance , tne anguish of which was beyond the power of human pencil to portray . May the reproach to woman , ( if deserved ) , of being of" no party " be speedil y removed , and may it be among the blessings awakening on me world that she become ip heart and soul of the right party . M . L . G .
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80 On Women qfno Party *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1836, page 80, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2654/page/16/
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