Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1845-08-15

drawn a conscientious woman from the sweet endcar-
ments of domestic life, and given her the nerve to excialm
against usages and institutions which common cSuseut
has allowed to exist for ages past, in order to Crafty te
cupidity of a portion of the human race. 1t Is natural lot
woman to cling to some object. Her susceptible nature
instinctively seeks something around which 1t can twine,
and trust with ingenious and unabating confidence IoI
support, for guidance and protection. And if she finds II
not, if she finds man to be an obdurate and selfish being,
averse to the investigation o. truth, and unwilling tha' she
should penetrate beyond the shallow depths OF his own
bleared omprehension-he confidence is shaken, she
finds that he has no support to give; for how can he ltn,,
part that 10 her. which he does not possess himself! Ana
when ] see a woman publicly, and earnestly exclaimlng
against social and political evils. a solemn sadness creeps
into my bosom; for ] know that there must be wrongs 10
the world, deep and bitter wrongs, which can thus SUD
due the natural ~diifidence Of her nature and call torth her
righteous indignation. Do some say, if there are
wrongs in the world it is the mems business to right
themP 80 1t Is; and that is just what ] am gong 70
speak about. If man would prove his own humanity, by
pleading the cause of the oppressed, there would be no
necessity for woman to diVerge from her own Legitimate
sphere But, if man proves recreant to his duty, II he
has not the moral courage to assume the livery Of truth
and right, and to battle manfully for the same--ought he
not to thank woman for doing tfor him instead of deridlng
her efforts in his behalf, and sneering at the zeal which
she displays in the performance Of his own neglected du-
ties! Woman acts promptly and theoretically from the
impulse of her own warm feelings. and her quick, yea,
almost intuitive perceptions of right and wronc, while
man delfberates, weighs the policy OF his opiGions and
movements with mathematical precision, and finally in
clines the scale to the side of his largest self interest
philanthropy ghdes from his presence; for she finds a more
genial resting place amid the out. gushing sympathies o
woman. l do not include all men in the above remarks;
tor there are many noble exceptions, many redeeming spr'
lts whose efforts in the cause of humanity will never be
fully appreciated until the wheel is broken at the cis-
term and they go hence to return no more If my re-
marks are too severe. ! will merely say that they were
called forth by the invidiols observations of those narrow
minded beings who would divest woman OF her intellectu-
atty, and consequently Of her responsibility, and make
her a mere %plaything, or domestic drudge.
HARRIET N. TORREY.
Our friends communication is very acceptable; and al
though we sympathize with her in many of her views, yet
IN some things we differ widely We do not believe it is
mans exclusive BUSINESS to redress the wrongs in the
world. If he were not recreant to the obligations which
God has laid upon him, but %joyfully did all he could, wo-
mans Legitimate sphere of action, would be no less
extensive than it now is, her field of labor nowise con-
tracted. Her duty depends not upon the performance or
non performance Of what man conccives to be his obliga-
tons, but she should so labor that it may be said of her,
"She hath done what she could Woman should act as
the ancient poet spoke:- '
nent M Utica confines our powers.
But the whole boundless Universe is ours"