Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-05-15
THE OHIO CONVENTION OF FEMALES


THE "SIGNs OF THE TIMEs."-It ma,
be interesting to our readers generally, bu
especially will it be to the ladies, to learn tina
quite large and respectable Convention o
females Composed Of four or five hundred
Of the sex was recently held at Salem, Co.
lumbiana Co, Ohio. s'Women's Rights
was the subject discussed. This is becom-
ing very prominent question Throughout
the country, and begins to assume seri-
business that is not 10 be sighted. Regard
ing the merits of the question, we have no.
ah'ng TO say, for it proposes radical change
In society, and we leave it for wiser heads
than ours to discuss. But we say to the la
dies, however. that ifany Of them think their
+fightsn have been withheld by the ''s,erner
SEX" they have the privilege Of appealing
to public opinion for redress through our
columns. OF course we will not be under
stood TO say that we will publish wha, are
usually termed "Curtain Lectures" though
they should not be neglected by wives who
would have their husbands ':walk by line,"
by no means,-for doubtless such lee
lures have a very convincing and salutary
effect, especially when delivered with the
curtain drawn) la Caude. A fair discus
sion the question should have; otherwise,
i, may not be that men will yield what gall
lantry might with justice claim for women
equal privileges.
AIR. Willis introduces the proceedings Of
this meeting into the Home Journal with
the following remarks:
1.-THE presen. is the FIRST century, and this
the first country, Of the world, in which the
female sea, is collectively, and all qualities
taken into account) superior to The male
Without comparing individuals, or touching
the question of comparative capabilty--
without asking whether there could be
female intellect like Webster or Clay, or
female planner of a campaign like Taylor
or Scott--we merely call attention to the
aggregate qualities Of the two sexes. We
say, look a, the average of,he men, and The
average Of the woman Of America -
DISQUALIFICATION such slavery to bust
ness as excludes exercise and checks the
rebound Of the naaural spirits, from the hur-
ried and uasy stemaiic manner of eating, and
from inatteniion TO personal regularity and
cleanliness -men have degenera,ed in A.
merica, and there is not one in twenty who
is above the average stature Of woman, or
is stronger in body.
"Inte77eciually-,he national admiration,
for nothing in young man but the art Of
making money, the diseased and monoma-
MAC cupidiiy Of men of middle age, and the
broken down constitutions and unfurnished
minds of the few men who live to be old,
are connecting causes which have thrown
intellectual culture mostly on the other sex
II is the women who read. II is the women
who are the tribunal Of any question aside
from politics or business. 1t is the women
who give or withhold literary reputation.
# is the woman who regulate the style of
diving, dispense inequalities, exclusively
manage society, control clergymen and
churches, regulate the schemes of benevo-
lence, patronize and influence the Arts, and
pronounce upon Operas and foreign novel
ties; and it is the women, 1--WE think we
may venture to add,) who exercise the ulli-
male control over the Press-they being the
real constituency of every journal that gets
to the fresde, or that is conducted with
any pretensIon TO principle, or is not ex-
clusively commercial.
s:.Morazy-,he women Of America are
superior TO the men. TO degree Che mere
fact scarce need be asserled) which was
never known before in the history of ma
lions. This, it is true, is partly accidental
our men having 10 time except for vice
readymade, and not being generally of d
quality that could offer temptation at all
dangerous TO the virtue of the re6ned-bul
the fac, is no less tower of strength TO the
other sex and the prodigious elevation
which is given by virtue TO all the other
portions of the character, is no less note
worthy as reason for the undeniabe supre-
macy of female character in this country.
This was al the bottom, of the answer given
by an American statesman TO De Tocque-
Vile. The French philosopher, after la
men,ing the corruption of our elections, the
bribery Of our Legislatures, the paying of
inscriptions parlizanship with our offices
and diplomatic honors, and the baseness of
our political press, asked :-"And now,
wha, Go you really rely upon, to save A.
merica from these growing elements of de-
struclion ~ ''ON THE FIREsIDEm answer
ed the American statesman.
Gin religion, finally, in taste, in general
elevation Of sentiment and in consistency Of
standards Of opinion women of Ameri-
ca are superior TO the men, as probably no
one will deny.
awe have thus given the reasons why we
look more gravely than some Of our edito-
rial brethren, on the different ''conven,ions''
that have been held for the assertion OF