Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-11-07
WOMaN'S RIGHTS.

We have the profoundest respect for uae..
We regard her when moving in her M.
sphere, as the lovelicst creation of the d..
The delicacy of her physical organization.-1.
gentlehess of her charactcr,-the swce,
home hallowing affections of her heart,-,be,.
riiy OF her life, and the redeeming nature Of /.
true mission on earth, have ever appealed viii
persuasive energy 10 the best sympatlies If ~.
own bosom, rresstibly potent. Indeed a
have inspired a consideration for her sex so ,..'
erous and chivalric, as to approach very nea1l,,
the romantic. These feelings, however h..
been inseparably associated with the femi,;a.
grace, the modest ease. the bland dignity al
the retiring domesticity which have SO em;ooa,
ly distinguished the true Virginia lady. IL.
therefore painful to us to witness any disnlav -.
the part Of any portion of those who wearna
robes, and have the outward comeliness If 6
males, inconsistent with the qualities we h,,.
just enumerated.
Thus much, then, will suffice TO indicate H.,
it is with feelings of mournful regret, rather ,h,n
OF mocklng deilsion that we witness the horl
and prominent agency, which some of the soy :,
the Northern States are taking in the social -
forms proposed by the enthusiasts and fanatics n
that section OF the Union. A most lamentabIc
display OF this sort, has recently been made a,
Woman's Rights Convention held in the tov.,
OF Worcester, in the State of Massachnsen.
This Convention was composed of person, If
both sexes and of all colors whose opinions woro
far from being harmonious, but whose united AIN,
was, SO 10 reconstruct American society as,.
place woman in respect to position, property and
pursuit, IN every particular, upon the same foot.
ing with the tougher sex. This purpose Is ii.
rcctly anagonistic with the true interests Of H.,
gentler portion Of our race. II will at once nj,
them OF that elevated rcgard--lhat magnanimou,
loyalty which has ever been paid them by man
II will divest them of those peculiar Characters.
ties which under every possible form Of human
society, have so effectively appealed TO the for.
bcanncc, The courage, the generosity, nav, 10
every ennobling principle OF the lords of creation
1t will cast them from that elevated throne Ia
which they have been raised by the JOINT opera.
ton oil mans mag ination and love, and DEGRADE
them 10 an equality IN the passions the struggles,
and the eXcltements of society, which will de-
P'i'e l''o' Vi an us rehel-h'e, oil all lis poetry
and affection OF all its enthusiasm.
We are graiicd 10 believe that this frantic
spnt has as yet, possessed no Virginia female.
we are proud to know that our women still che.
rsh and cultivate those cardinal virtues which SO
elevate and adorn them And our assurance /;
lnileXible, that so long as the sex remain tue to
thcmselves-so long as they keep The sphere to
which nature and universal opinion have alike
assigned them-so long as they walk the oldcn
paths, and take delight in proper feminine occu.
pallons, man will pay them passionate idoa'ry,
which, while it exalts their own character and
position, will greatly tend 10 reform onno5le and
redeem his own nature