The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-03-05
THE LADIES

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Mr.. John Adams offered the following
sentiment:
The Ladiss-The only sndurable aristo-
cracy, they elect without votes, govern with.
ont laws, and are never in the wrong.
{ To which, upon the vehement call Of the
whole assembly, Mr.. George Z. Pugh, Of
Cincinnati, responded in the following terms,
at once brilliant and appropriate: L
M. Presidenf: think i quite unkind 70
call upon poor bachelor like me 70 signal
ise the absolute power under which ne daily
suffers. ailn 81 na.
AsI am now, by the voice Of this meet
ing, TO represen, the ladies, propose to give
in their adhesion 10 the democratic party, as
know they desire il 10 be done, instead OF
responding TO the compliment Of the gentle
man. For reasons which shall now pro-
ceed shortly 10 assign, the true position Of
the stx is in the very van oisour ranks under
the standard Of liberty and equality.
II you were asked, sir, 10 specify the great
distinction between civilized and barbarous
society, YOU could not hesitate TO answer
that Il is the different estimation Of tho
female sex, and its superior authority, in the
one over the other. With the savage, wo-
man is merely the lsborer and the slave
the means Of qualification and the subject Of
abuse; whilst in civilised society, she is THE
WIFE OF MAN--the partner Of his triumph, the
soother Of his woe, the object OF his highest
reverence and love.
Starting with this fact, Mr.. President, let
me observe that the improvement in the copsI
dition Of woman, and her progressive sxalta.
ton in society, must be rapidly accelerated
BY the growth Of democratic principles. We
may indeed be told, cir, Mat the age Of CHI
yalry is gone, as Edmund Burke asserted,
and that the age Of sophisters, economists,
aud calculstors has succeeded--in which
the world has lost just appreciation 81
female character with the ether gracss OIL
kniehthood. But, Mr.. President We cannot
be fsirIy undsrsteed, by the improvement OF
women's social condition, to mean less than
the Improvement Of the social condition OF
all the sex--not the sxaltation OF few rich
and highhorn danes, whilst the vast multi
tude Of the lowly and the poor will be forever
degraded and oppressed. The great delln-
GATOR Of chivalric times, and their most de-
rsted admirer. has painted for US in his his
tory Of the virtuous and lovely Rsbecca, a
piciure Of the insults, the misfortunes, and
tho prosecutions which befel woman whose
lsthsr, or brother, or lover, could not assert
her cause by lordly and stalwait arms. But,
cir, whatever may be claimed for the feudal
sys,em--snd it was, if you will permit the
phrase, an equality Of nobles--the age Of
monarchy, which followed it, again reduced
the estimation Of woman TO that Of slave.
True, she was the ornament Of colirts--iho
ornament because Of herpersenal beauty and
her elegant manners--but her eternal soul,
her high desires, her vast world of sympathy
aud love. were though unworthy Of cultiva-
tivn. She was, therefore, a splendid bauble,
and Of course, splendid slave. With the
Foundation Of democratic society, however,
in the United States, has dawned nobler
era tor woman az sell az for man; and |
speak the unanimous opiaion Of travellers
when say that in no other country does she
command 30 much Difference and regard.
And, sir, day by day, rank (if | may SO term
descent and its assumee attributes) as well
as the mean quality Of wealth, entitle both
woman and man 10 less admiration and
fame; whilst the pure seul, the high and fear
less heart, assert their dominisn in sll the re-
lltions Of lifs. i5an si4s1,
And, sir, when the democratic principle
shall prevail, the remnant Of false distinc-
items, invented by the wicked industry Of
the few in times past, will be forever oblI-
terated, and the two beings immortal, man
and woman, tread The common earth wl,h no
superior but God. a
You may tell me Of wealth and its spendor,
Of the strict etiquette and the gorgeous
array, whereby some suppose that woman
attains the full majesty Of her nature, but il
is all hollow and false---',s pcmp which
hides affection misdirscted and hearts turaed
TO ashes--'.is the hectic flush which heralds
blight and decay.
AZ beam DER the face Of the waters may glow,
While the tido rms in darkness and stiffness
below, ssii
So the cheek may be ,iaged with warm sunny
smile, a tas .:ti, 3
And the cold henrt 10 ruin rush darkly the while.
IS The true theatre offcmale glory and ex-
seIleEceis the age Of equality as it is the
true fhentre Of glory and excellence toman.
The age Of wealth, with its privilege to bank
err and its protection 10 capitalists, is Ed
raund Burke's age Of sophisters, economists,
and calculalors, the star Of which casts such
lurid light upon society and clothes the hi
doous shape Of error in all the hues and
grace Of tfa.h. But sir, that age which pro-
Inised 30 long duration, will last only the
r. :. x;nole niuht--fhat star will shoot