New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-10-25

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the haiVt e,red most in the world affairs. They
ie not what they do is the apology that cru
ieod yyornanhood must conCede IN justice ana
,;,v to the wrong doors. In the order VI 'hih9o Z
fhe material world was first subdued fof tihs
coarse conflict the larger bones and stronger siii
ews of manhood were especiaiiy auulscu, @na
IN a law of muscles and OF all matter that n'SiN
shall overcome right. 1t is the la" OF the VeSe-s
4able world and it is the law OF the amman world
as well as the law of universal lnstIlc's aho t,ie
physical organization of man too; ouS II IS i12t INC
law of spirit and affection. lhey are OF that ma
9ure which charge themselves WIN 1e CIV
Cor all evils, and burden themselves with all the
EuaeTines which they would remove.
This wisdom is pure, and peaceable and gentle,
and full of mercy and OF good fruits
Reside the feebler frame, which. under the
DYNASTY of muscles, degrades, there remains, even
after Justice has got the upper hand OF iorce III
she worlds judgments, mysterious ana unae-
Aned difference Of sex that seriously emoarrasses
the question of equality or il that is granted III
terms of equal fitness, tor ayocatons ana posltiohS
which heretofore have been the monopoly oil men
Old ideas aud habits OF mind survive the lacts
which produced them, as the shadows OF hi5he
stretch far into the morning. sheltered in hooks
and valleys from the rising light and IL IS tne
work of whole creation day to separate the iiSnt
from the darkness.
The rule of differences between the sexes must
of necessity be the things which each estimates
derful that some of womans artificial Incapacltes
and slaveries may seem to be necessary 10 some
of her excelencies Just as the chvalry that M axes
man butcher of his kind still CLOSES IKE Siory
in the ewes of admiring womanhood, ana al tiio
more because it seems much above ana uhiIhc
her own powers and achievements. Nature does
mt teach that men are equal, but only that they
are unlike an unlkeness so naturally related ana
dependent that their respective differences IN
their balance establish, instead OF destroy, ther
Men are not in fact, and to all intents equal
among themselves, but their theoretical equality
for all the purposes OF justice is more easl seen
and allowed than what we are here to claim Tor
women Higher views, nicer distinctions, ana
deeper philosophy are required to see anu leei the
truth of woman's rights; and beside, the maXIns
upon which men distribute justice to each otner
have been battle cries for ayes. while the doctrine
of woman's true relations in lite is a new science
the revelation of an advanced age perhaps, IN
deed the very last grand movement OF humanity
towards it's highest dcstiny-too new to be yet
fully understood, too grand TO grow out OF the
broad and coarse generalites which the infancy
and barbarism Of society could comprehend
The rule of force and fraud must be well nigh
overturned and learning and religion, and the hne
arts must have cultivated the earth INTO the tone OF
wisdom and justice temperedby the most bench
cent affections before woman can be fully lnStaicd
In her highest Offices. Wcmpst be gentle WIN the
ignorance and patient under the injustice winch
these causes induce. Long suffering IS quahty
Of the highest wisdom, and charity Deareth tui
things for ii hopeth all things 1t Will be seen that
am assuming the point that the redemption OF
the inferior If it comes at all must come from tie
superior. The elevation OF favored caste can
have no other providential purpose than that when
it is elevated near enough to goodness ana truth,
X shah draw up its dependencies with 1t.
But however this may be IN the affairs OF men
ms they are involved with each other 1t IS clearly
so in the matter of Woman's elevation. INC ~
rant SEX If such we choose to term IL, nous s"cI
natural and necessary relations to the victims oil
injustice that neither rebellion nor revolution.
neither defiance nor resistance, nor any mode OF
assault or defense incident to party antaSohlsm
are either possible, expedient or proper. our
claim must rest in its justice, aud conquer oy lts
converting truth We take the ground that what
ever has been achieved for the race belongs to 1t,
and must not be usurped by any class or caste
The rights and liberties OF one human beng can
not be made the property OF another, though they
were redeemed for him or her by the HE OF am
other for rights cannot be forfeited by way of sal
wage and they are IN their nature unpurchasablt
and nallenahle.
We clam for Woman full and generous in
vestiture OF all the blessings which the other SCI
has solely or by her aid achieved for themselves
We appeal from their injustice aud selfshness tC
their principles aud affections.
For come centuries now, the best of them
have been asserting with their lives the liberties
and rights of the race; and is not for the few en-
bowed with the highest intellect, the largest
frame, or even the soundest morals, that the claim
has been maintained, but broadly and brayely and
noby it has been held that wherever faculty IS
given, its highest activities are chartered by the
creator and all objects alike whether they MINIS
ter to the necessities of our animal life or to the
superior powers oil the human soul, and so be-
come wants more lmperatiVes because nober than
the bread that perishes in the usage, are OF COM
mon right equally open to ALL, and that all artI-
fetal restraints, for whatever reason imposed, are
IL, tlaIrp lIyo ,lI
thorcruelty.
1t is ptiable ignorance and arrogance for either
or woman to prescribe and limit the
sphere OF woman, 1t remains for the greatest wo-
whom appropriate culture and happlest IN
nucnces shall yet develop, to say and to show
what are woman s capacities and relations IN the
world.
Twill not accept the sconcession of an equality
which means identity or resemblance OF faculty
and function, do no not base her claims upon
any such parallelism of construction attainment.
| ask only freedom for the natural unfolding Of her
powers, the conditions most favorable for her pos
sibilites OF growth ands the full play of all their
Incentives, which have made man her master, and
then with all her natural impulses and the whole
heaven ofhope to invite iask that She shall fill
the place that she attflassa, without settling
any unmeaning questions OF sex and sphere, that
people gossip about Tor want OF principles OF truth
or the faculty to reason upon them.
But it is not with the spheres o our reform and
the discussion tthem that am now concerned 1t
is of its position in the worlds opinion and the
causes that thinking; and | seek to derive
hints and suggestions as to the method and manner
oil successful advocacy from the inquiry but espe-
cially am solicitous tina; the good cause may suf
fer no detriment from the theoretical principles its
friends may assume, or the spirit with which
they shall maintain them. 1t is fair to presume
that such causes as have obscurcd the questions
in the general Judgment OF the governing sex
must also more or less darken the counsels of
these most anxious for truth and right. If our
demand were simply for chartered rights, civil
and political, such as get acknowledgment IN
paper constitutions there would be no ground OF
doubt. We would plead our common humanity
and claim It's equal Justice. We have no trouble