The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-11-22
THE WOMAN'S CONVENTION.


amuses hInlself and his readers with the
suboined playful ridicue Of the Woman's
Convention, ia'ay held at Worcester-a
more appropriate mode of treating such
vagaries Than grave argument:
The WoMAN's CoNvENTIoN.-We have
waited in suspense for the breaking up OF
the Woman's Convention, al Worcester,
which commenced and closed its sessions
last week. Our fears for the result OF this
movement may have made US suspicious OF
appearances. The ladies on the street
have carried an arch and sancy look, which
indicated the possession Of concealed wea-
pons, or the existence OF some plot by which
the wrongs of womanhood were TO be re.
dressed EvsY .e,iicoat has looked like
barrieahe. bciiacts nave been transformed
to helmets, parasols have been susp'clously
pointed al The end, and the soles on the
shoes Of the dear creatures have appeared
TO possess an uncomfortable thickness. All
these Indications have had a tendency 10
alarm US, and lead us to imagine that
violent social revolution was imminent:
The danger is now apparently past, and
herewith we issue from the bushes, and
reconnoilre the field from which our fears
had driven US.
The ground taken BY the Convention
was. we suppose, stated in Inc resolutions
though there was any quantity OF speaking,
wildly outside OF them. Female ultrasm
is much like that which re- oices under
another gender. An idea, very good In
itself, is seized upon, a ring is formed
around it, Just as school girls form ring
when they play "pizen," and thea they
whir around and around il, until their
brains get Dizzy, and then. in their crazy
head swimming thev think the whole world
IS ",opsy.turvy." The rights enumerated
in the resolutions we're lst. A right to an
equal education with man, in our high
schools, universities, and theological seml-
nsries. Cd. An equal copar'nershp in the
!aburs and gains OF men, with free access
to the purse. strings, without The husbands
permission. 81. A co-equal share with
man in the formation and administration OF
the laws. Other resolutions went further
into metaphysics than the brain of an in
lerior sex can follow. and we omit 'hel'
mention.
No man doubts the right Of woman 10
the full development of her moral. intel
leciuaI, and social nature. No being more
than man has reason TO regret that tins
right is held in light esteem by womanklnd
generally, or more lamen's the sparing
manner in which it is exercised. This is a
| .iuht which man grants, and tor the I'M
provpment of which he is wiling TO osacriilce
! his time and his money. Man is willing
that woman should have the socia! position
for which fer nature fits her; nay, he has
I already awarded it to her. Woman Is The
recipienl o! his tenderest devotion, the pro
| duc's of his toll, and the holiest sympa'hle'
of his nature. She is the secret spring o
his best energies; the one active and all
peryadlng influence of his whole l'fe...
.N'nmen of the nineteenth century" ant
| of the Worcester Convention. however
wish to be preachers, politicians. mer'
chants, aal administrators OF law. Ina
they are not all these they declare is fou
wrong. Ii were useless to reason against
ranaicism like this, and fruilless ALSO
Views like these can never prevail among
the sex. The soil is already too well cult.
vared for such unnatural grow'hs.
We are told that some OF the speeches
made a, the Convention were very talent
ed. and doubtless they were so. Mrs. DAVIS
presided with great dignity. Miss Brown
a beautiful young lady Of Oberlln. in
huen, speech, is understood TO have foored
ST. Paul on a Bible argument. Mrs
Tyndale, of Pennsylvania, was proved tt
have been successful merchant, ant
Soiourner Truth. fugitive slave. made
smart speech, in which man. the ,yrant
caught it some. She closed with praye
that "God would make hera double wo
man, that she nigh, hold out to the end
Mrs. Rose, Of New York. thought that !
one sex must have the advantage over th'
other, il must be the female, &c. &c. W.
are aware that few of our fair readers en-
ter,ain opinions coinciding with these, AM
have no doubt that they will agree WIN Il
in saving that all these women would nav
done much more for the proper advance
ment of their sex by staying at home
tending their babies, lnslrucllng Their chil
dren. and assisting their husbands; or u
fitting themselves to assume those h's
duties for which no woman yet ever toun'
herself too we'll qualified.