The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-04-28
Qel 8rRllaotw,
GFrom Mrs. Jamieson's "Rambles in
Canada.'1
Comparative Condition of Women in Civ.
iliged and savage Life.

Comparative Condition of w omen in Civ.
iIiged and savage Life.
In conve,sing with the Blshopo of NJ Michi-
gan and the missionaries on the spiritual
and moral condition Of his diocese, aud
these newl, .seltled regions in general, i
learned many things which interested me
very much; and there was one thing dis
cursed which especially surprised me. i,
was SAID that two>thirds of the misery
which came under the notice Of popular
clergy man, and TO which he was called 20
minister, arose from The lntsnclty- -oi the
cunjugal relations; there was no question
here Of open immoraIly and discori, but
simply ut iutelICity aud uufiluess. The
same tning has oeen Drought before men
in every country, every society III whct
have been soluurner and observer; bu,
before me here IN America, where The
state OF morals, as reg ards the two sexes,
Is comparatively pnre--where the mar.
Fiages are early where Conditions ale
equal where the means OF subsistence
are aOundsnt--where the women are
much pe,,ed anu considered by ,he men
--too much so.
For result, then so universal, there
must be a cause or causes as s#unlversai, not
depending onauy parttcuia customs, man.
Ders, religion, Or poillic4! institutions.
Aud what are these causes! Many thAngs
d. pnzzte me ~ tbs strange world of ours
-mauy hngs'in W zach the new world snd
the Old world are equally ,uco.npreheusl
BILE. | Cannot understand why an eyl
every where Acknowledged anl tell is no,
remedied somewhere ,or dlscussel BY some
Que, with view 10 a remedy; but, not
only 10 tonch upon At; 1t is the UNIVERSAL
bruise, the purifying sure, Oh winch you
must not lay finger, or your patient that
10, socleD cries cut resists, and, like a
sick baby, scratches and kicks his physl
c,an.
Strange, aud passing stranges that the
sion OF love, in short, should not be taken
iuto deeper consideration by our teachers
and our leg isIators. People educate and
legislate as il there was no such thing in
the world; but ask the priest, ask The Phy
sician--lst them reveal the amuunt oi
moral and physical results IRON this one
cause. Must love be always discussed in
blank verse, as ifit twere thing to be
played in tragedies, or sung in songs--a
subject for pretty poems aud wicked nov
els, and had nothing to do with the prosalc
current OF our every >day exisreuce. our
moral welfare, aud eternal salvation!
Must iuve be evertrealed with profane-
ness, as a mere iliusiou! or with cuarse-
ness, as a meie impulse? or with lear, as
a mere disease! vr with shame, as a mere
weakness! or with Ieviiy, as a mere acci-
dent! whereas, ii is great mystery, aud
great necessity, lying at the toundatiou
OF human existence. mo rality, aud haPpi
ness-my ysterious, universal, inevitable at
death. Why, thea. should love be treated
less seriously than death! 1t is as serious
thing. Love and death-the Alpha ano
Omega OF human life, the author anu inish
er OF existence The two points ON while
God universe turns, which lie our lathe.
aud Creator, has placed De, ond our sro,-
tra,iou-bey Vud Tue reach Of that elecuon