Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-12-01

Being Of all subjects in the world the
most profoundly ignorant of the rights,
wrongs. duties, capacities &c. Of woman,
we have discreelly iorbornc the expression
of any opinion in regard to the movements
that have Of late been made with the view
of "cnlarsing the area of female nrerog-
n'ivc and haste mig the development Of
her "maniftst destiny" We shall not
now depart from our position Of neutrality.
but we desire our readers to see how mcr
rily sprislily woman regards the whole
mut,cr, and how lightly shc cstimti,s all
prctcnsion Of rnascu line superiority. We
quote from the Yazoo Wig cditedby Mrs
Prcwcft:
ave intended, (says her ladyship, speak
ing of the Worcester Nouinn's Rights
ConvenIion.) to publish the mighty Reso-
ln'ions of this great Amphiciyonic Council,
but our contemporaries are so severe, we
are afraid they would think we endorse
them; whereas we have always insisted
that women have plenty Of rights and pri.
vilcges too and not only do as they please
themselves but make the lords do so too
From the time Eve gave Adam the apple
and made such pretty mess Of it for Us
all, TO the present day, it is the same old
tune--"Thc woman hcguilcd me and did
eat" Sampson could put thousand Phil
is,ines to The smord with n jar bone, but
told the secret Of his strength toa woman
and was lost Jacob wrcs,led with angels
and prevailed, but lifted up his voice and
wcpt like BOBBY, when the fair Rcbecca
came with her pitcher on her head to draw
water from the wayside well; and then
served her penurious old daddy fourteen
ycars-which the enamored Patriarch po-
elicnlly said seemed but day-to gain
her hand
From Homer down, the story OF Cymon
and Iphigenia, which Dryden told in re-
sounding verse, the theme Of poets and 70.
mancers has been the samc--thc power Of
woman over man.
'Did great Hercules lay down hi. strength.
Spinning with Omphale, and all for lover"
Think Of Achilles the Terrible. he whose
shout alone made the horses of Troy trcn,.
bic in their shoes, forcsceing the sorrows
which that shout implied. Well. the Swift
footed himself. who slew the Horseiamer.
was conquered hy the gen,cness of the
FAIR Briseisi And when she was taken
from him, he s,alkcd ircful and moody by
the shores of the many sounding sea, and
mingled his salt tears with the ocean wave.
The history OF the world shows that in
oil ages, the power of woman has impress
ed itself upon the desiinies Of man. We
viii not speak Of the days Of Chivalry and
the Troubadours, when every knight had
n ladyelove, whose bebest he was vowed |
10 obey and whose charms be was ready
any moment to break lance for, all over
Europe, if brought in question. but we
speak Of political history-of the chroni
cles, the rise. progress and fall of dynas.
ties. From Charlemagne down to the Re- |
voluiIon Of 1859, France was governed |
almost entirely by woman. We of course
do not mean osiensitly, for the Sale law |
prohibited tliat--but from behind the |
throne, the power came from a woman and |
acted on the Sovereign first, ard then up
on the people. Louis Fourfecnrh's reign, |
the most glorious in French annals, was |
cmphatIcally a reign Of woman--fo he
never declared war or made peace with |
out female adviser. And as women. |
generally speaking. are conceded to see
farther into milestone than the more stu
pid animal called man, Louis Q uatorzc was
considered by contemporary sovereiens, |
very great King ard warrior The French
Revolution every body knoys was bung-
ling business till Josephine Beauharnais
and Madame TalIicn got hold ofthe reign.