New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-21

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externally inflicted cruelty iu ,beig own bsn4s
uat they have condemned their suffering sisters -
the Intangible and ulassod togturcs gghia ca, fsI
ehiJ upon the splc11 a1a hieh are ten,..d no.,
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No" 1t would seeeu4 6 broader and b,..,- 49,.
IS a"aSenlhg within as, nearer and uure g,bols.
some humanity illiTeoted il may be az yet
groplng alter hiddea, unreyea}ed good yak,S,
search has opened aHt tae good viii be yrasnel
he World needs tie action Of Woman thr,aeI.
cut III It's destiuies. The indefinite influences
SPhnSing iron the private circle is not enough
th!S Is shaded away mio he graceful lights OF fem
nine suoserylency, and household endearment.
blessing the individual husband, or ennoblins IN,
one group At the family altar. but the world goes
on with It's manifold wrongs, and woslen have
nothing but tears TO beStow-the oatrages thar
may Wits either her own heart or that of others
areperpetrated before her ewes. and she can onlv
wrins helpless hands, or plead with idle remo1
sUahce NhHe her lord ana master tells her, these
things are quite beyond her comprehension: sbe
cannot see how unavoidable Ii is but il IN not ~,
less unavoidable, and she must shut her ewes and
ears, and mind her spinning" Or, it blessed
with large share OF manly arrogance, he will
tell heras did the Captain of a militia company az
n country town, who, IN practcing in the court Of
his house those martial evolutons that were 10
electrify the village upon parade, accidentally
wife rushed out TO succor her llege lord, when she
was met with go in, woman what do YOU
know about war z
Sure enough, what does she But this direct
ness of sympathy-thls prompttude to relieve
makes her fruitful in resource in small matters and
why should it not in large ltan evil comes under
her own inspection she at once casts about for re-
dress, and good comes OF IT. There Is no reason
why she should not enlarge her sphere in this
o,1 ot bsNrh Afi he ms
endeari1g by the process.
The majority OF women IL society are suffering
in the absence OF wholesome, earnest, my goratmg
subjects OF thought expanding themselves upon
trihes, aud trettng themselves and others Tor lack
OF employment. The routine OF housekeeping,
the study the arts, or the management ct coil
dren, is no more enough to fill their whole lives
than these things to the merchant, the artist, the
professional man, who over and above his bust.
ness what ever 1t may be, finds time 10 give tho
most earnest part OF his nature an airing. As
occasion comes, he is man for the baotbox,
the navy, or the public parade; | have not, and
DO not say yet, that women should go to these;
| have not reached that part OF the subject |
only pray that she may be recognized as an Intel
ligeuce and not be compelled to dwarf herself
lest she should be thought untemtnine
wish to show that while she has been created
as one part of human intelligence, she has not
only right to be heard and felt in human AFFAIRS
not by tolerance merely, but rs welcome and
needed element OF human thought; and that When
she is thus recognized, the world will be thebet'
ter for it, and 20 onward with new power in the
progress of disenthrament.
There is woman view, which women must
learn to take-as yet they have made no demon.
stration that looks like defined, appropriate per.
cepton. The Keynote has been struck by tho
other SEX aud women have responded; this re.
Spouse has been strong and significant, but it will
evolve nothing because it indicates no urgent
need 1t has done good in one rcspect-thas
raised the cry ofcontcmpt the seedlings OF ridicue
and this antagonism is needed to make US look
deeper into the soul of things. We shall lean
to search and see whether we are capable Of
bringing anything to the stock Of human thought
worthy ofacceptance. Ii we can, bring t-if not,
hold our peace.
Brooklyn l..