The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-03-25

tnuance Of meditation which makes men of genius.
recent publication which has created sensation
in the scientific world goes even 50 faras to main.
tain that human being in the course OF tiansfors
nation passes through an embryo state where it
has all the characteristics Of the female, and that
it does not become male but by continuance of
progressive development, 80
Must we bend before such observations and such
examples May il not be at Least before having
made an appeal 70 reason, that supreme tribunal
to which it belongs, by a,divneiustitution, to mod
ny or to class all inferior jodgementsl In the pro
gression Of moral orders we win view things in
| diferent light We can comprehend the inferiority
OF women in the past, without inferring any thing
OF in the future In fact the origin Of societies.
when all the struggles, be they Of man againsrna-'
ture be they Of man against his fellow, almost
exclusively physical, there masculine strength had
legitimate priority. 1t is very natural that they
should have consecrated II in their institutions and
that upon no occasion admitting women to share in
their intellectual aequrements thus interdstipg
them all means Of development they we're kept,
not only in domestic seryitnde, but yet in mental
suhordipation very evident, There is cause, then,
for astonishment that woman has been able nsensi.
which permits her to examine, to understand, her
duties and to claim her rights For, it is in despite
Of circumstances the adverse that her position
has been always charging, and that she is in our
day no longer the same, but the companion of man;
subordinate companion still it is true rather for
his pleasure than his labors, but at least recognized
in principle free being, called in certain .mea-
sure to contribute to social progress. This is far
f. -. l.. Al.
not lead to it! Modern IDEAS all tend moreover to
consider the human in its unity according to
| this conception, the equality OF the is
longer contestable. Indispensable the perpetuity
OF the race TO the formation aud development of the
individual, her cooperation in the family and in
society no longer permits any ineerttude- The
same morals, similar education, would teach her
the same virtues. Neither force, justice, temper
ance, nor devotedness have any sex. ,Tothe mother
who suckles and watches by the pilSw Of herchild
is necessary as much courage and vigilence as to-
| the guard who keeps watch over the safety of
| city, Nor must he in the hemanagement OF domestic
affairs, use the qualities Of equity, Of foresight and
decision, that required in the government OF
public affairs and as st is certain that the higher
intelligence rises, the space it requires for the
exercise Of virtue no longer ask whether it
be proper to allow to female genius all the fights
of which it is susceptible. Now, there is in two
words, the whole question. An equal possibility Of
intellectual development is indicative Of fundamen-
tai equality, which is all thatis necessary to claim
because this in itself implies all others; the only
| ohe which is unjust to-day, it has been always
not to accord. All direct action all particpationin
public Affairs being manners, intsrdeled 20
women, talent is for them but vain expectation ;
celebrity colstrains them TO -esouading isolation.
| Piety ID woman, is often but co4uetry wieh God
| 1t occupies amuses and engages not. Because
woman does not engage in duels she is not styled
woman of honor. But.honer, them is it only. to be
found at the end of the sword should have
thought that it was some sort the flower of vii.
tue; and in this reckoning, | am convinced tha.
women, on this point. do not yield to thsir hus-
bands, lovers OF brothers.
Leve-and mean in its mostnoble sense--slies
often from too little pride on the part Of the woman
aud loo iitle selesey on the part Of tho rnsa 9ne
exceeds the measure or point OF uoadesrsndenee,
and n wearisd o. dsgasted; the other exceeds, in
exactng TOO much, and reyolis a lnore, ltisl can.
scousness OF -hsr value in che ,gopla nga Fss
rough sentiment Of superiority on tae part Of The
man-woud maintain harmony, and prolong the
duration of sentiment which is not so essentially
tickle and ephemeral as is affected with us to
believe. ........
like well to see asgreat soul devoted to love /;
| but it should be queenly, not saWshly,, Women
lower devotion even to the abandonment Of self and
when they complain of being forsaken, they forget
that they have in. a manner given the example 1t
is singular that the most perfect model the most
pure type of feminine love, in all its energy its dis
interestedness, its grandeur and conslancy should
be given. to history and poetry in the person OF
| Heloiss, in country where the temperament aud
| mind Of the women seems to force them nyinciby
to acoquetry, subtle, light egotstical, and calcu-
ted, which is the antipode of the passion. The
| men of our day have Wuls so small, that if they
should happen to inspire one Of those heroic loves
Of which the female heart has not yet lost the Sc
cret and which entices them, IN some measure, to
greatness, they become, under it embarrassed.
vexed. They undertake to lessen, disparage, and
to reduce it to their own standard,
4 When femme gal0nte repulses the advances ol
man; he sees nothing in it but caprice outrage.
Gus to him-he is irritated, and revenges himself
When, on the contrary virtuous woman, should
tbe to remain ehaste should it be to remain faith.
full TO an anterior sentiment refuses to yield to the
solicitations of lover The selfloye of the repulsed
NoSS HUl ne HOnOIS Inc cause Oh
of which he complains-his heart alone is wounded,
and the heart pa dons. 1t is not rare to these
rejected lovers become the most devoted friend of
the insensible beauty. The greater part of women
pass, without transition, from hypocrisy to cyni-
cism. How very few stop at sincerity!
Human nature is SO inclined to exceed, in all
things, justice and measure, that scarcely has it
conquered sentiment principle Of truth, than it
hasens to push it to extremity errorand absurdity
1t is thus that modesty, that charm of chastity,
which gives to the love of the muderns the deiaaoy
unknown to the ancients, is rapidly adulterated in
being exaggerated in female minds, where it
has become feeling almost degrading-the Feeling
| Of shame in love. | have had the misfortune 10
hear some women assert that the passion was
never SO strong nor so ardent than when il had for
it's object some contemplate creature. This con-
trast Of two feelings the most opposite, love and
contempt, expresses, say they, terrible fascina-
ton, and throws the soul into transports which a
man worthy of esteem is incapable Of inspiring.
Who would believe it! So dispiriing paradox
has only to be left to spread and these alterations
Of a diseased mind worthy Of pity if they humbed
themselves in silence, have been proclaimed with
: loud voice-esablished even, in theory. II has
been attempted to corrupt the Imagination el one
SEX where it is the FIRST duty 10 geard dslcacy a
luanneEs 10 fsaiazng ii It is pers9it,ed 10 speak