New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-20

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of exclusive qualification BY the old lnsumbents and
their legitimate disciples This rising Iea push
forward to the full truth which there is IN It. To the
popular cry, AdDf the people 10 the temple of their
own religion to the bench Of their own Courts, TO
the halls of their Legislature. to the doctorate
Of the learned professions and the throne of their
own sovereignty, We add, Admit the WHOLE PeOPie, #
ye would be true To your own idea and worthy OF
your own liberty
Ii is simply matter of fact and. therefore, of OBJ
seryatioR and hot Of argument, that woman Will
reach the justice Of by such intellect as God
has given her, helped by her fine ntuItloRs and nice
moral instincts, where the cramp logic OF mere
lawyer shall utterly fail to find either reason or
precedent. In great confidence we venture the as
serIoD, now that the science OF law Is destined to
find It's necessary regeneration at last IN that speclai
aptnesS for moral truth which Is the characteristic
of the female mind. Boldly but warly we put these
points IN the conviction. which rests, woman Ike,
upon It's own intrinsic ceaTness and trusts itself to
us selfeEdent proofs that the several misc hefS of
the learned professions so freely crl;cise arise
out OF the exclusion OF that refining and correcting
element which Woman's mind alone can supply IN
all the actual interests and uses which these profess
slons are intended TO subseTTe.
There Is another pretense upon which the existing
restraints are fastened like handouts, upon woman
hood, to wit the lndecacy, indecoTum, or Impro-
prley OF such greater range and freedom rs we claim
for her o THIS II Is quite sufficient 10 reply, that the
greater decacy, purity, and sensInveness of the
aye the vey things of all others that can best take
care Of themselves in such exposure which be II OBJ
served Is 10 be IN all cases free and voluntary and so
A matter OF taste and choice. And Is II too much
too severe to say, that women must be better fitted
to settle all questions which concern their own deli
cacy than the admitted obtuseneSs and cOarSeneSs of
men in these respects supposes them TO be- Ifthey
really are Just what this notion ascrbes TO them,
they are the best guardians of their peculiarly by the
natural rule that makes Michael Angelo the standard
in Statuary. Newton IN Astronomy, Handel IN Music,
and. IN general the Swine night OF fitness by which
the highest endowed in any gift grace gives the
law which governs IN Its proper province. The OH
clous interference In such matters proves the want OF
the qualifying modesty and is simply impairment
where II is not also arrogant and meany tyrannical
and our answer TO all such assumption ls-Open the
possibilities of active life to Woman freely, and by
her own instincts and illnesses she VIII find her place,
as certainly as the planets and their satellites find
Their orbits and movement by their own proper at
fractions and repusions. Only do not leglslae pre-
sumptuously and despotically IN matters wherein
sovereign Nature has already ordained the law, and
can guard II well by adequate rewards and penalties
without the help of customs and conventions.
But let II suffice for this whOle argument that we
do not clam for woman parable Lisn equality, or SUI
peronty OF con tltuiOn capacity or oce, as against
men. but merely CLAIM the freedom OF her proper
llfe whatever that may prove TO be upon far trial
claim the privilege and the opportunity for un-
folding all her powers, IN the erudltlonS and with tue
helps most favorable for the possibilities OF growth,
ana the full play OF all those hopes, incentives, ana
prospects. whose monopoly has developed man unto
her Ipaster and ensaved and degraded her III the
proportion that they have been withheld from her.
Esteeming this position as clear and secure, as 1t
IS reasonable and USt pass now to notice IN very
general statement, and III brief terms, the policy
OF education 1t exists at present IN reference 10
the two sexes respectively.
There are in the United States about one hundred
and twenty Literary Colleges, fortytwo Theology
cal Semnaries forty-seven Law Schools, and forty
Medical Colleges. OF these, two hundred and nifty
public institutions of learning IN It's higher grades
and most valuable directions, not half dozen admit
Women to their privileges They are endowed by
both public and private munlfcence, forGovemment
has taken education into the care OF the state, ana
made its support compulsory as any other duty OF
citizenship upon the community. Scarcely man OF
distinction IN the nation but has received the States
bonus for accepting his education ne has been ecu
Gated at the expense Of the Public Treasury ana al,
ierw ard rewarded with honors and offices, pubic ana
private, for the Improvement he has made OF II. ne
graduates of Harvard receive each the sum of one
thousand dollars over and above the amount he pays
for the expenses OF his tuition This IS the gratulty
to graduates In the literary department only but 10
the student of law there is appropriated beside te
sum of $50 to each medical student 81, ana the
divinity student takes about $1,000
This Is a sample a liberal one, perhaps, but IL pre-
sents the case and exhibits the rule Ana lei u DC
understood that exception Is taken to ms bench
cent appropriation of the funds provided. Wouldlt
ten times more, and proportionateiy more EN-
cient for all the purposes which liberal education
should answer in the world.
But how stands the other side of the account
Oberlin, in OHIO, and the Central College of New
York are the only literary institutions of the higher
Medical colleges numerous and so easily
established, that we find three or four IN Oho one or
two IN New-York, and one IN Vermont, which raise
no question OF sex with their pupils. But this gain
Is so recent that It has as yet afforded but small
fruits and not much even IN the way OF assurance
for the future Among the older medical institutions
Geneva College opened her doors To one female stu.
dent but closed them behind her so soon as she had
honOrably won their diploma and opened the dan
gerous example 10 her sex separate school win
professors and meager appropriation for medical
education has been opened, within the last TWO years,
a. Philadelphia and has now IN attendance a class
OF about TWENTY-FIVE women. Let 1t be- however,
understood that do not ask Tor these institutions
We claim for sons the purifying influence OF
women through all Their educational career as we
claim equal developments Tor our daughters. Ana
here let me refer 70 the testimony OF both students ana
professors where women have been educated. From
Cleveland comes the glad note that Nancy Elizabeth
Clark Will graduate at the close oil the next term,
and that the influence of that pure. noble wo-
man. capable Of retaining all her womany gTaces
and health of soul, has done more TO restrain and
elevate the students OF last year than all the moral
lectures and rules Of the college combined
Below this higher style Of schools, and above the
common elementary and grammar schools, there are
the following establishments for women and girls,
and none other IN the Union Normal school Tor
Young ladies IN Massachusetts, two Normal schools
for both sexes the same state one Tor BON sexes
at Albany and one for young ladies at Philadelphia.
If there be another IN the nation has escaped our
search These are more or less supported Oy puOilc
contribution some OF them Whoily Al the expense
Of the State or city IN which they are located. And
We must add to the account school OF design for
women, something more than two years old, IN Phlla-
delDhia established at first and sustained alone by
Mrs sarah Peter of that aty, and now Tor some
months under the able care OF the Franklin Institute
I'm this institution, drawing, designing, wood-engray-
ing and ihoeraphng, are already taught with great
success The pupils number about sixty and are OF
a class Of women Just such a are best fitted to make
the experiment with-intellgent, respectable, and
earnest in their purpose and successful beyond all
expectatlon IN their first attempts. The example OF
ms excellent institution has been followed recently,
M Boston and bids fair to attain equally high results
The proylson for the support Of these TWO schools IS
As vet casual and temporary, but We cannot DOUBT
that they Will secure themselves IN the pubic regard
and become as permanent and strong "a they are
benescent What a contrast IN the two SIDES OF thls
sublime picture On the one side, millions oil money,
one entire profession of talented men. and national
md individual enthusiasm, all devoted TO the devel-
omen; Of the masculine mind IN all directions
SIbIeh can give II strength and brightness, and WIN
Tor n honor and wealth On the other side, the late
reluctant grace Of Pttance, here and there youch-