Semi-weekly Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1851-1852, 1851-04-29
E.rn,n n. Newunrl llercliry.

From The Newport Mercury
One of the str4ngest inltuations Of the day
is that which leads certain females to advocate
what they are pleased to call "Woman's rights y
rs though man, from very harshnc$s, put stumb-
ling blocks in their way to pcrterment, and
would in no wise permit them to rise above the
degra'iing position Of r'cas. Nothing we
conceive, can be more hUnatiHg TO every
high minded woman, than to see a large mum,
ber of her sex petiiiouing tine Legislature las
was rcccntlv the case in .fcw- fnrs) Tor the
ghi to vote. These weak, disailtctei crea-
tnrrs l!ii,k the slnon allotted to them si ,ni-
iicant and altogether too degrading: forgetting,
! or rathc" not fully app:ecatng. tine extent Of
their power iien conforming to the position ac
| kuoWlcdgcd to be the one for which they alone
are fitted
| When woman steps from her natural sphere,
all her Ioyrlcst attributes lorsake her; her nat
nral dcicacy gives way to assumed strength,
! followed by uuseenliugly boldness; aud regard
less Of the laws of nature and the duties incom.
bent on her, sacrifices her better feelings to
| participate in the bold and determined design
of man.. She feels that in intellectual capari
| ty sfe is his equal, and therefore should possess
with him equal power; that the rei,s of Gov.
ernment should not be held bv hi.1 Exclusively,
nor should she be deprived the privilege Of enter.
| ing into all his mental contests, and rather than
remain subordinate, she raises Il cry of "man's
tyranny" and foods the market with works on
"woInan's rights and dules," the "socal posi-
ton Of womah," and the like, in which the So
cal subnrdinaton of her sex is condemned
aud princ pies advanced, which, if received,
! would abrog. to the laws of nature.
! In Europe writers Of this class are common
especially in Germany and France. ani we too
are not without onr "temmis despru" who
prove themselves eqnal to man, lose no opror
tuuit% Of appearing in public, to the dscr"dit of
themselves aud the rilicule OF their cause.
Every true and hishminded woman knows
that the station assgned her is one that should
be her pride and ornament. She vino would
desert her trust to participate in scenes for
which man alone is fitted, would be f:iithlrss to
all, and in 10 way qualified to make those
around her happy, or to participate in the JOYS
ola we'll regulated household. Such al one
should know that while man has 10 buffet the
storms OF the world, and is daily racked with
cares that ought never to penetrate her tender
breast, to her belongs all the minor duties OF life
and that it can be no unimportant vocation to
the happiness nf loved ones, nor unenviable po-
stion to become the centre of happy and um
! ted family. 4 woman so directed will never he
led away bv all the tracts and lectures peuned
for her especial benefit; but rather will she gent
! Iy labor
''Wnh good
Slill overcoming evil, and b. small .-....
Accomplish grra, thin ~, by thing. deemed weak
Sn5vrrlins worldly strong, and woidly w'u
! By simply mrek.'
The NEw M,IL CoSrw ,cTs.--'rhe con-
tracts for carrying the mails in this section of
! country have lust been closed. Oar Snuthern
mail from Camden is tn come by Darlington
Court House, daily, in two horse hacks, at he
rate OF four aud half miles per hour. BY this
chang" OF route an speed, our mails South will
be DELAYED about five hours. We are also to
nave Il daily mail from Warsaw, on the VIII
mingion and Raleigh railroad, in addition to
our present daily mail from Raleigh. T..
We clip the above tram the Cheraw G".ef'c
and iail it lis the hnrhnyer of tiII irtlcr times
for old Darlington. We are at length to have
daily mail through our village, and we trust
a.,d confidently believe thai tits new evidence
OF our onward progress will sonn be succeeded
by the sno'ting OF the iron horse alJ the rnn-
bling of the rail road clrs.--i)Iliay'oH Fiur
\ MELANCHOLY esterday
evening the train Of ears from Clpyrland brought
several convcts from the city to the prnitrn;ary.
Among the rest were three or four mere boys.
who have been sentenced for years, in the very
morning OF their days, to the walls of a prison.
for hennus crimes against society. Que boy
was a little over ten years of age, two others
were only little older: aud rs they rattle their
n,anacles, aud hobble,l from the ears t. the ON
uibus, they laughed about their awkward fix,
and looked hardened and Indifferent to the ter
| rible misunderstanding them. The sight was
sickcning. And yet, how many parents are
permitting their young children to run at large,
at all hours of the night, without any restraint,
thus imbbiing habits that, sooner or later will
bring them to the same end -Coiumbus J1ur
4 FEW DEFINITIONS.
Marriage. A estate lottery" not put down.
Wr.-Congregatonal worship of the devil.
Murder to music
Charmter.-'rhc only personal property
which everybody looks after for you.
SIctp.-A cloak thrown around us mt the