Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-04-26
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This singular woman, Of whose curious career and
movements in this city have been the only ehrs-
nclers, has Just brought her abors here 20 close.
Mrs. Cove imasnes she has been prosecuted; this Is
not the case Her arrival here commenced
tirely new era in the female world 81 fashion; her
discourses were new and startling, and curiosity
drew crowds to hear her; they paid her well, and
made her presents and this looks like anything bat
But very little has been said about her IN
any paper but own the editors Of the w all street
papers were too ignorant and too INDECENT to handle
the subject. We seized il by the horns, dissected u
and dishsd il up for readers IN form as little
Objectionable as il possible TO present II before
the public. We could not avoid doing this; there
discretion left for US to exercise; Mrs Goves
lectures were part and parcel Of the history Of the
times; as such, were bound to give them; and
hereafter they will be looked back upon with curious
sensations, and commented on with many wonderful
remarks The most delicate, pious, modest, amable,
wealthy and fashionable females of the day sat and
listened to .hsm auded her Cor them and loaded her
with substantial tokens; and therefore they could
not object to perusing them in print However, she
has finished her efforts in this city, and with the fol-
lowing farewell address finish our notices Of her
career for the present.
My DEAR You've GIRLs-This days discourse
closes my arduous labors amongst you in this city.
l take my leave of you with the deepest regret, al
though have been much prosecuted in this city,
and accused Of pursuing a career that not only
disgraceful in ITSELF but that had tendency TO de-
moraze and corrupt the purity Of your minds and to
sap the foundation Of all that vrtuous pleasing
and lovely in Do you suppose it likely that
would for selfish motives, exchange a course Of
conduct that brought the love and esteem Of all,
for that brings me censure and abuse; do you
think that the paltry pittance receive from time to
time that lecture will compensate me for the hours
of WEAKNESS, toll and painful research have TO go
through, in order to prepare these lectures? No.
But il can be the humble means in the hands of a
higher power, of alousing woman from her lehargy,
to sense of her situation and self respect, shall
then think have not lived and labored in vain
NV beloved girls, feel that the course pursue
must lead me to the grave In addition to the
toll and anxiety of sitting up late at night to pursue
my studies and standing long to lecture every day.
the excessive irritation OF mind account of the
censure SANDER, and abuse which incur from this
course, is enough to destroy the strongest mind and
especially that Of female. And were it not that
feel the support OF higher power, weighed against
whom the opinions of mankind Of little moment
should long since have sunk under the oppressive
load.
NV inmost soul recols with horror at the bare idea
of what have brought and spread before you; but
am supported by my Of right, and feel the salts
faction of having done my duty, however revolving
to my nature il may have been Woman has lcng
been in the dark; but thank God, she begins to see
the darkness begins to be visible. lady remarked
to me the other day. after my discourse on the mar
ried state, how delightful was the influence of light
to those who have long been cropping in darkness, if
they who can, will follow the light but amongst the
ladies of this city, the fashionable and the pious
ladies' too, am sorry to say, there are many, too,
many, who, in relation to their duties and enjoy
ments in the married state, and the wholesome re
strictions to be maintained and firm resolutions TO be
enforced, love darkness rather than light, because
their deeds evil in their results though fraught
with temporary and delicious enjoyment.
Again, regret to say, that many there amongst
the pious and fashionable ladies of New York who
sions, and by this means abuse the powers and de-
stroy the delightful faculties which the Almighty
has endowed them with, than by selfdenial, pre-
serve their health, brighten the faculties Of their
mind and prolong their existence. Do not, my sweet
young friends live altogether for the qualification Of
SELF and thus be epicureans and sensualists but live
little for the benefit Of your oisPring those Of you
instead Of coming into the world in diseased and Of
ten deformed state, would have every beautiful part
properly developed and the female form particularly
be found as sweetly perfect as when Eve first came
from the hands Of the great Creator, and placed
in her bloom brightness and beauty, by the side Of
her sleeping husband in the garden Of Eden.
Ladies, do not feel that can enter upon any Sci
entfc subjects today, and do them justice, for nay
heart is full. leave you in a day or two for New
ark, my tour through the States. / feel that
shall see you in this world Many places
are and have been waiting for me, but l could not
bear leave this important and intelligent city with
out endeavoring TO SOW my seed in good ground
shall merely point out the Importance Of the nerves,
and the sympathetic nerves; the former plea
sureable excitement, and affected by the pas
sions; the latter, when abused, cause the ssverest
kinds Of disease and liable to be disordercd by
the use Of narcotics; and when abused by matrimo-
NAL excuses, produce diseases often attributed to
other circumstances
Woman should exercise judcious firmness when
married. She should not say "l WILL" I"
won't" "I WILL" often does more mischief than
any thing else. wife must persuade by gentleness
and kindness, and not bring her will to bear in oppo-
sition to her husband Man is the head Of the ami-
w. and where there are two heads to subject, il
must be a monster And man must be lost 10 all
sensibity OF feeling, and almost TO human nature,
who will not be persuaded by the gentle entreaties
Of aaectionate wife, especially when by yielding
To her request and restraining his passions, he bene
fits himself and his future offspring. But to return;
excuses cause disease in the lungs and lead to
sumption -'''ssss sss@ 10 even worse in its con-
sequences than ssssss excuses You will scarcely
believe IL, bat young lady made confession TO me
circumstance; she was professor Of religion too,
and she became dyspeptic; her lungs were irritated
and her friends feared she going into decline
BY my advice she ceased the practice, and she is
already recovered, married last Sunday, and is
a happy and well woman.
Parents should not from any false delicacy keep
from their children the knowledge Of what close
~ concerns them. II 10 impossible TO conceive to
what an alarming extent this dreadful practice 10
carried in children; and IL is this which causes
precocioss development Of the passions in very
yosng girls. II reminds one Of the poem Of Lord
byron's, called Parisina" A father has an cgiti-
mate son; he afterwards marries a very beautiful
wife, who proves false TO her lord, and is detected in