The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-10-23
wOman's Rights.

10 TIE EDITOR OF HERALD.
In your paper Of the lSth | observed a long arti.
Gle on the rights Of woman, or in other words, Wo-
mems Convention, held at Worcester, Mass For
my part am sorry to say that our sex have openly
come ier"aid and demanded their rights as men
citizens Yes, say am sorry-nay, | am grieved
about it, to think that they should lay themselves
open to the sandering ton que of the populace and
the poiluting voice OF evil Firstly, they say they
have, the right TO vote and also, .he right 20 per-
form the various other duties that deyolye on the
lords OF creation. They, aud they ouly are the
ones that are capable Of performing them. | 90
not WISH to lIfer that women are no: capable; that
l., that they rave no tilens $. Not so-ihey have:
blu: what is to become of thei- home duties their
oh ldren, an "tbeir thousand Other things" which
man knows othing o!
Why, indeed, things would be in st-aare con-
fusion If women w,re 20 have mems rights, WHAT
they are contending fo., ,all mems rights. in
tesd Of womens rights. Woman is a helpmeet
70 her husbanf-.he IS to share, no: bis labors and
pursuits for in these she would be bat an inferior
assistant, Of less value than one Of his own sex
but his affections, his destinies, his Joys and his
sorrows Her feelings and pursuits contrast widely
relation its brightest charm. One Of the most
delightful emotions that ever thrills the heart of
man. when he is toling in the harvest field or
crowding along the blis'ering pavement, sakened
al the thought OF the cool, neat home wh ca is pre-
pared to make his hours Of repose co n :orta Die
the curtains drawn TO exclude the suu, the little
vase Of flowers selected by loving hands, andl
sparkling with bright .atsr,gens, in some shady
neatly arranged furniture, and the sovory meal
prepared or superintended by the hand OF love
or in winter, the bright Ere and the social room
which wait bis coming, when the storm beats, or
the piercing blast makes his frame SILVER. The.
thoubgt OF these pleasures rising before his nina,
will hush the voice Of ambition, ROB his coveted
gold OF half its glitter. and make the applause for
winch he has fingered away from them, iail harshly
On his ear.
Iktse are the true duties Of the wife out roorly,
indeed, would they be performed II she were con.
tiDually at mans side, sharing his rough prreuits
and intense passions IL she only retired Aom
them with him, and carried to their home a person
soiIea and wearied IN the very steps himself had
trodden, and a mind stated with the same emotions
and passions, that had dwelt in his bosom during
the day, what charm could the society of each have
for the other Under such an order of things
there would be no home, as ia many PARTS OF Gu.
rope, this sacred wor1 signifies merely a place to
which the husband, wife, and children resort twice
or thfice cay 70 eat what they may chance to
hnd, and sleep away a few hours oil sae night
lie names OF wife aud home are inscparable, and,
equally sacred. Home is not home in jts riches.
sente, without the former and woman IL not wife
me DC not the pre,itiDg deity Of the litter.
true woman has 40 expressing love OF wealth
or lame. she cares little TO everawe he world or
leave her name on the records Of the future. Her
sehemes oil ambition. II she have any, are small,
ana home IS the centre around which they revolve
q what were age without woman-vonpap in her
true sphere-the home Not woman abroad. en-.
gagged IN labor or busine,s--not woman abroad en-
Crossed In public afsir canvissing elections hold
lng courts, making laws, or buying and selling
goeds on change, sr elsewhere but woman shut
2 way from the clsmo-s Ct the world at the social
preside OF home. presiding over the we'll ordered
hou' ehoid, eherishiDg with pous care the chilled
end aged frame Of Jecrepituae! These are holy
privileges, and this very necessity is one Of the most
sanea schools OF virtue, well designed to prepare
the daughter for her duties N a woman.