Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-06-08

| nor construed ienderly. as though made "ts
| please the LADIES' since, If we set about ii
we can prove that this concession, although
made in The spirit Of gaiIaniry, might vel
have been dictated by a sense of justice.
Inquire Of the physiologist whether We
man hath the same cerebral organization as
a man; he will answer that her brain anc
nervous system are the same in structure
and execute the same functions.
Inquire of the phrenologi$t, and You will
be Informed that as in man. so IN woman
by means of the brain. all mental powers
are manifested; that these powers have
their respective seats in distinct parts of the
brain, and that not one Of them which is
found ia man is wanting in woman; tina;
these powers, whether Of sentiment, INTEL
lect or passion, act very indefinitely in the
different individuals Of the human race,
whether male or female--but they are com
mon to man an woman, who have there
lore one common nature.
Consult the writers upon natural law as
TO The derivation of human rights. and the
most approved of these will state that they
emanate from the natural wants and enc
tons of mankind.
What, then, let me inquire, necessarily
follows from these premises? Nothing less
than this. That he rights Of man and the
rights of woman e precisely one and the
same; the "lord O, creation" is just as well
oil as the lady of creation, and moi one
whit better.
You have now the concession Of gallant
ry, the testimony Of the Psychologist, the
demonstration Of tho phrenologjst, and the
authority Of writers upon the natural law,
all establishing the rights Of womaa upon
the same foundation as tire rights of man.
You present these 10 the British or Ameri-
can magistrate and demand that the same
legal protection shall be afforded TO ono as
the other--nay, that the very laws shall
not be made for man or woman--but for
mankind; tia! all rights and human rights
and pertain 10 human beings, without dis
tncllon of sex and he will be filled with
surprise, if not with horror. What then is
the difficulty! Nothing less than this.
That the laws of England and America,
touching the rights Of woman, are at vari-
ance with the laws Of the Creator; and The
question IS, which shall stand
1t would be going too far TO cay that the
laws of these countries do not recognize
tha rights of woman st sll; for they do ac-
knowledge and protect the rights Of sim
gle woman or 'spinster," as the laws po-
lliely term her. But marriage forms an as
legal era with this same 'spin~
sier; she becomes most emphatically a
new creature after this cvcn!--a haing of
the laws own crea.ioR--a monster, (par~
don the word whom nature disowns-a fic-
,itous being, breathing legal not moral
She is cour.ed and welded
as can angel" and yet is denied the digni-
~ Of rational moral being ever after. [
am aware that this is bold language, and
propose 10 demonstrate its truth and iua>
lIce.
We have before seen tina, marriage is
natural institution, proceeding necessarily
from the organization and condition Of tile
sexes, and that the law Of their natures de-
mand an union for life. This unon is ne
cessary for their happiness, and as j! is die
tated by the desires and sentiments Of their
common nature, to live in the married state
is a sacred right. | have before shown
that man was ordained by his mental con
sljtulion to live in human sociesy--and this
being so, he must enter The social state with
out surrcndering any Of his rights, since he
designs Of nature all harmonse with each
other. The foundation was thus laid for
asserting that woman by entering the mar
ried state, doth not properly surrender any
right whatever
My argument is this, that wonan's men
'al forces and wants are designed TO have
free and harmonious exercise and gra.ilica.
while single, her rights to this
extent are conceded 10 her-that marriage
results from her mental constitution, AMI is
necessary to her happiness, SO shal she has
a right to live in The married state; having
such right she can demand its enjoyment.
(Judge Ho~l5ut on Hunaa2 Rights.