The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1839-12-21

| The SEXEs.-I'he following is an ami
able and sensible hint to the Miss Marti-
ncaus, Fanny Wrights, Mary Woolstone-
crafts, and all other gentlemenlike ladies
These observations are from the head and
heart of an accomplished lady, who knows
the station of her sex, and practiscs its
du:ies.-BuA. Amer.
"1Ie wanted to persuade me that wo-
men were equal to men as to intellect, and
brought hundred reasons and sundry ex-
amples to prove it. | do not know whe-
thcr he was serious or not. / never give
them credit for being so when they say
this, but imagine it is merely to flatter, al
though they defend their opinions, and ap-
pear in earnest. Compliments and flat
terry are such common coin, and 50 well
received in general, that they are dealt
without any consideration for the pain they
inhict upon sensitive minds, or those whose
vanity is not sufficient to give them cur
rency. A sense of deficiency, a consci-
BUSINESS of not deserving it, often converts
what is meant as compliment into the
bittcrest reproach. Many time have
writhed under one, and tried to slmper
and look pleased, merely not to disappoint
the good natured intention of the comp!i-
menter, while my heart has been secretly
smiting me.
But to return to my friend and his
opinions. However ingenio,ls!y they were
| put forward, should have been very sor-
Try had he shaken mine on the sub ect in
question. His theory would have utterly
destroyed all of the beautiful relationship
between the sexcs-that dependence on the
one side and protection on the other which
seems to be the natural order of Provi-
dcncc. This is subvcrted by the attempt
to cqua!isc their powers, either mental or
physical; for one may as well think of do
ing so with respect to the latter as the for
mcr-both would be equally absurd. The
pen of a De Stacl, the pencil Of an An
gelica Caulfinan, have been gwen to the
world, It's true; but, like all other cxccp-
tons, they only prove the rule from which
they differ. 1t was no human voice that
said, The head of the woman is the man.
"And it is well for her this should be 50.
4 woman's heart and her heal are gencr-
ally her guides. Yielding to her impulses,
rs she 50 often doc5-apt to be led away
by her feelings and a!fecions-i:Aucnccd
by lively imagination and acnte sIsccp-
tbiiitcs, what wo,:!d become of her,
could s!,, not stay her weakness upon tic
sound and sterling qualities OF the stronger
sex? Women never aim 50 suicidal blow
against their own interest as when they
try u do away with, or revolt against this
doctrine Of their inieriolity. They throw
away their props. reject the guidance and
guardianship with which the goodness Of
God has provided them, and absolve the
lords of the creation from that protection
which they arc so willing to ail1rd.
"Thus the bond is broken; one party at
least is sore loser, and perhaps both
Woman is left helpless and insulated, and
man is denied the generous qualification it
must always yield the strong to support
and sustain the weak"
TIE LATEST PRoJEcT.---The dISccy-
cries of perpetual motion have had their
day. Time was when all the world was
agog for the big reward offered by the
British government; schemes were abun-
dant, and each new one excited a great
share of public interest. Now days, a.
though some. bewilderod protector comes
forth, once in while, with discovery OF
the long sought desideratum, it is only to
meet the snecrs of the newspapers, and
the utter Indifference of all newspaper rea-
dcrs---or, which is the same thing, of eve
ry body. Mechanical ingenuity is driven
to new expcdients; and here is an account
of the latest that has fallen within our no.
tice. We cut it, the other day, from a
paper issued somewhere in the intcrior---
if we remember right, the Cleveland Her
aid.
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