New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-06-07
Doctrine of Association,
Communicable
Portion Of Woman.


man cannot be deprived OF her social influence
1t Is decidedly either sa!utary or pernicIous. The
more woman Is depressed, the more she is held IN
subsection. IN ignorance, III lgnominy: the more
society becomes dull, stern and prosaic. Moved
alone BY se!fishncss. il pctriies even at It's core,
retaining only the appearance OF life, after the
heart has ceased TO beat and the blood 10 flow.
Love is the most powerful Of all attractions
none can escape It's influence: it captivatcs and
charms. gives a new hte, ami makes OF earth a
heaven. itcnsu,cs TO woman her empire IN man;
for Ii is By love that she can stimulate HIM to no.
Die and generous actions, cuknde IN HIM all that
is good and beautiful, and inspire HIM with faith
--t.r love and faith are intimately blended.
And &c; what docs love. the gift divine, be
come in the society where all the passions Turn
cd from Their natu!a! courses are subvercd. dark
and cruel Love, the stRuant 10 noble actions,
| engcnGcrs nought but discords. alsChood and
trcachcrv-7it conducts to vice. lmpelS to crime.
! Love, the source Of Joy. ccstacy, and OF cnchant-
ing affections, is but too often :. torment tor
lurc. bitter deception. 1t Is transformed INTO
hatred and revenge, causing ntdelty, lncrcdulity.
or blasphemyi Love, the throne and pedestal OF
woman, cause her but grief and humiliation; IN
stead Of ennob!ing, it degradcs hcr-lnstcad OF
elevalnr ii dcbaSes hcr-nstcad Of happiness, 1t
s become Of Love in this age OF wee and corrup-
ton What has bccoEc of the beautiful illusions
Of youth, the hope Of happiness heaven opened IN
d uok smile What Is become OF the beautiful!
youth Of life Cold, stern, and calculating, gree
dy. selfish. and Coniemptous, mans wisdom Is
gold-iti is gold he signs for, gold he amasscs.
How can Love dawn III souls pctrGcd. III whom
faith has ceased before hey begun to believe, who
have denied Love and It's spiritual flame before
they have felt 1t Yet, not having been able
wholly To Withdraw from lis influence, Love itself
they have mgteri.llzed; they have perverted wo
man 5 angelic nature. they have formed ii INTO
being submitted 10 their capnccs 10 their will.
/, sort OF domestic animal fashioned to their pleas
uIcS and caprccs. And man rules in the social
desert, where all the generous sentiments remain
barren, where all the true affections are subvertcd.
And what becomes of woman III this drcary
waslc-shc whose mission is TO WHY by noble
sentiments, BY glowing faith Woman completes
Tie inGultcs OF the aye, for she corrupts even Us
She is corrupted. Woman suffers in proportion 10
al preserved III her OF the pure, the generous, and
the good. Woman, deprived Of her real empire,
Of her divine MISSION cuclOscs III her soul all the
sorrows, all the evils OF humanity. In the middle
ages, the victim of mongstIc institutions, OF the
| arbitrary will OF parents, woman was oppressed,
tyrannZcd over. mmurct IN converts, reluctant
~ forced to the altar or by the cruel jealousy o.
a husband banisicd or otherwise punished Bat
Love had not lost It's empire: she loved and was
,eiovcd rcli ZION united i,suf with Love IN her
heart; woman was cnthroncd by Love, 1t was
the epoch of illusions, OF credulIiy: the whole OF
society," men and women. Old men and children,
were moved by a word, were guided by a sign,
whether of Peter the Hermit or of Joan of Arc.
Society suffered, woman suffered but what were
these sufcrings repaid by Love and Faith, com
pared to the void the cnnul, the dcath-likc cold
ness which is now in all souls, rendering them
waste and dcsolatc making suicide the scourge
and maladv of the age If ever the faculty OF
believing and loving, the power OF dcvotcdncSs,
could perish IN woman, society would become like
galvanized corpse whose forced and conyuIslvc
movements give only scmbance Of life. But,
notwithstanding this GOODNESS OF heart and faith,
woman rem ANS loving and devoted, even without
an object without finding one to whom to give
her love- to offer her dcvotedncss. 1t Is long be-
fore her illusions pass; She preserves them, even
while watching them fade and feels only by de-
grecs the soul langulsil, and hope die.
The system o! education, which fashions wo
man, is quite different from that which fashions
men With these, Il is al matter OF fact. sccptl-
cism. dormulisn; with woman 1t IS innocence
modesv. righteousness, golden drcamS-Lovc
around her dcccivng, tlattcrlng. bcwI!derng.
From her childhood, I'll speak to her OF Love
conversations, books, theatres, society, beneath
tic dcccving mask of gallnntry, her own illusions
unknown emotions, involuntary sighs and tears.
| Who, then, understand them Youthful
m.idcns. ardent and sincere. We know not that
your whole sex is b!ighlcd and tramplcd on ]; thai,
IDEAL Love as YOU feel it, YOU dream OF 1t, Is
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