New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-19
WOMAN AND HER NEEDS.
~ , OAKEs SMITH
NJ. x ;


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In nv former numbers ! have insisted,
perhaps at 700 much length, upon the recognition OF
the entire individuality Of Woman, her claims as "A
creation distinct and not a. a hali-a Suprema-
cyan appcndagc-am mere luxury for the DEDICATION
Of man According TO the Mosaic myth, Man was
created and placed garden provided for ms exist
snce with all the beatitudes of sense amply cared
for Woman was the birth Of Paradise created
amid MS harm0meS, a last glowing and bOuntlul
demonstration of Gods good VIII 10 ms creature
Adapted the one to the other, they were yet distinct
N being, and each types Of a great revelation.
Woman being the last is undoubtedly ho one through
which the ultimate good TO the world is to be
achieved IN tins way the worship OF the Virgin IN
the Catholic Church IS an instructive acknowledge
mcnt OF the symbol Man was for period alone
m Paradise till he slept-wCghed by the latent
energies OF great nature struggling for real
izatOn. So m the world Hitherto ms career
has been that Of brute iOrcc-he has mastered the
world and named all things according TO ms Will
now he tires of the turmoil The dust ana heat Ol the
contest he Is stated with blood and war and oppres-
sion, and longs for the divine companonsmp OF
puTeT and gentlor elements and me mlStration oi
woman comes m To gladden. the world, needing her
rentlencsS her Sngleness of perception her holiness
OF love, and her protective tenderness As she has
been the formative element ia the material world, so
she 10 produce the new heavens and the new earth
Of the moral world hers to be the great birth of a
purer humanity, that OF peace and love ana gOOd
will the embodied new testimony OF love, When the
law shall not lie in the prohibition, but IN the enact
mcnt when It shall no more be SAID, " Do not, but
do thou even the whole law OF love There are nt-
lures even now, who belong TO the new testimony
only who feel that the external prohibition rs an m
suit 10 the greater laws Inscribed IN their own Souls,
whose lives are peaceful harmonious, ana very JOY
full for the Lord Is m his Holy Temple even INA" OF
heart, and nothing can make them AFRAID
Shall We say that IN the long past ages Nan mas
wiliully oppressed and degraded his companion
Far from H. Age after age he has done little but cast
aside uSagcs that have survived Their needs grasp
lng at one time a good, nc eniorcoS 10y a law M
that In time becomes a bondage, and ne al length
6nds himself Sampson bound by ms own locks OF
"A CULVER struggling ON the eaIth 10y the comolneu
pegs of the Ll putS-in gaining al one POM ne mas
lost at anothoI-tll the whole structure OF society
with It's mulltudinouS laws, presents Man a. Il
Strug Cling LAGOON, writing under the lolu up
on fold Of restrictive law, which towers above
the true man and leaves him helpless or goaiod 10
desperation the very prohibition haddeh> nun To
the desire of Infringement, the Law mas ptcVihe
Master Man the Slave reversing the assurance OF
the Great Teacher, that " the Sabbath WAS made Tor
man, not man for the sabbath
In all this Woman, always IN the back ground mas
been Swaycd back and forth, often protected oy the
strong ann of her companion from plo"> "Hl'H
he met upon ms unarmed breast, sometimes MS
slave his WantOn. ms IDOL, never ms Tree,
ioyouS. gOdhke companion. lncIe l. 700 muVh
ialh of woman ana htt Mtt>tti l t'lt'llAV'!
distinguished literary Woman who n speaking ol h,l
own movements would say IN bitter Jest ioph
know what / shall DO that depends upon the mtA
that owns me" Our question Is not now as 10
individual injustice amt oppression mighty a.
these isolated cases become m the aggregate, hul Oh
the progress IN the itself where see mat Man
after 50 many centuries oil eoUs l''hine"'' mas
achieved comparatively httt ana OF course
Woman, recognized as She has hitherto been only
IN sea must necessarily more tan share M inc dl>1-
bhtc> of her companion He has been tIcadme the
AZ.
bOod-hC has not Vet escaped the agony of u>tu-
ihralment he has had no time 20 study her rare an1
delicate organization a "a Whole-his broad massive.
Stlrrlng hardwood could not, Ike Hercules al tnt
dStan feel the attenuatc threads That comprised her
beng he has been too busy an War. ana tOli AMI
legislation, in bloodshed. and persecution and sea
Suallty to loon into the soul oi tlug> an9 Out ioi
the Poets OF our SIND. Who nave kept human tender
ness and aspiration alive, Vc should have been lost
IN darkness and brutality
II y weak and foolish TO suppose that man ihu>
wllnlv desired 10 cnsl,Nc MS. Il done a. all, p was
done IA blindness and lu Ignorance The instructive
arrogance ol >tN MAY have led hun 10 tyranny, as 10
undoubtedly has. and where, ln CmergcncleS. etttr
party must weld m Efc the physically strongest WILL
Cf course prevail. 10 either must be- nm The back
ground, the one least able 20 Withstand brute force
must be the one blt tlS has grown out OF the lm-
perfection OF the race, no. from deliberate intent
Beauty and Genus are easily cm1nclpiicN ,i1
hence We md mn all ages beautiful and gifted women
casting halo over The dark features OF an age AMI
misleading Us INTO taC ocuci ihNi ohets We're equally
free-and these. aRucut ln homage. intoxicated With
adulalion, have Uucon>ciou>V helped 10 deSden the
CRY OF the many-thc hitter cry o. the ignorant ans
the oppressed. whose glory Was turned 20 shame and
Whose hight had become d.thue>>. ltl>crutl >Clu>l-
10 fold hands pa Idle contempt for tie needs
OF others because The Good .afher has cast our lines
IN pleasant places
IconlcSS there - something Illuminating no t'.> cry
of Woman'S Rights ! arm ashamed that Man should
have ever made 10 nCC1tU., and feel sal pity over
his blindness ana mCaaUC>S IL seems charging home
unmanllneSS pCttnc>s and ignorance and @cAnoW BE-
edging. on Our part, 20 i,noe"lv and AL the cdlouS
wees that .rOM on. oi q feeble ana oppressed CICa
ton To confess % the injury mars thC beauty ana
the dignity OF the lie and Z would rather our sex
would enact some maguanimouS tragedy even IMAM
utter this maWklSh CRY ol Ogptcs>lNl Inc proud
stomach" of the mdnal>R Bt>S, had something io
well as talk. 70 were hctterto be silent GCl iofoi1
should encourage race 81 y.NCDS u Is because
desire 10 see Woman nooN beyond these .oor. me ODD
tendencies, that lurse her O. the ll demand oi her
beng II Is because She Is compressed thst she IS
mAwklsh, and trCachCrOu>. ana pctuant. ana dgcI
do Solemnly believe the race Is physically dWar.el
by the disabilities OF Woman-ghat beauty and ma e
nanimlty, and Gods worship aye AL numbered hv thi>
and distortion, arr not her inheritance but eroM ur-
on the race from The evils inflicted upon her. LOOK
al the pale faces the feeble step. the uncertain ans
dlSafectCd faces OF han me m1lrtt women tina.
Won see and contrast them with the arm. upward.
ioyous look OF the fcW-wAothcT marrcd or single
whose whole being mas been rCcoshLed, AM thea
S.y which rCaliSC> best the ntcut> o. tlt Creator
IL seems 10 me the very >piri oi many oi our Jaws
Is Illuminating and helps 90 lower 2uollc OPINION
they are a living witness 10 the ignorance ana one
sided views OF men. and while wt see hiul VA,
STYLES himself the head OF creation mus ocnigNtd
We cannot expect entire justice nom mn-out VT
can. By a noble exertion OF our own true Ugmte>
make him ashamed Ia enforce laws Which carry wlii
them a TCDroach 10 himself II seems 10 me t'a' .
man Who goes into Il court of law 90 clam t.Nofct
for instance, upon the ordinary .rountS c.nirs>cs O.