Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-04-28

teachings at war with Gods law. we
wish society TO view fully and ,houg gh'iull ;
the great truth, that all necessary an."lio
: ration may be best effected without
: deforming the architectural proportions oI
? Gods work.
We feel deeply for those of the finer
sex who are. by The various haps Of life.
thrown out OF the circle Of fathers,
husbands, or brothers, care We would
favor in every way the opening Of new
sources Of independence 10 these tender
claimants upon our sympa,hies-our JUS.
lice. We would shield woman from
cruelty, by law; and chiefly where law
can no, reach, by purified public senli-
ment.
But is il necessary for this, that woman
should start mady from the graceful orbi,
Of du,v-duty. we are afraid the word is
like to become obsolete in some circles
and in her ambitious endeavor 10 drag
down man from the responsible position
nature and necessity assigned to him, trail
her sex in the dust! Must we have
women brazening the stare Of the mob, in
Boomer costumes - meeting in public
rooms 10 declare their contempt Of Chris.
iian obligations, and their fitness for
masculine avocations openly denouncing
the law Of God, written not more strongly
IN the Revealed Will, than in Sex, with
all its inevitable necessity and invih Die
destiny, its heavy responsibilities and vital
duties and will all this wrong doing put
woman in the right d! Are the true avoca-
iions of woman so frivolous and so easily
fulfilled, that our faithful wives, e!evating
and cheering the husband in mental and
moral trials; our active. conscientious,
sympathizing mothers, training up the
daughter 10 her future position, and making
home TO the son the che!est place of all
Joy on earth our benevolent mslresses Of
'he household, caring kindly not only for
all under their caves, but ministering daily
OF their superfuity Of time, or means. or
comfort, to al least one o. the thousand
wre,ched families in our borders; that
with the infnitude Of high ond holy paths
stretching out before them, our women, our
superior intellectual women, really have
hours Of weary inactivity on their hands
And If the men Of the present generation
are so unmir ul OF hat is due to her as
a sex, that woman must leave cradle side
and the nursery primer, and all the sacred
household affairs, to SO forth into gladla-
,orial arena, 10 wrestle in defiant combat
with her ordained guardian and guide. to
subdue him 10 her will, TO an acknowledg- /
ment Of her rights, based not upon gospel
authority, for that is to be thrown away,
but upon her weak, human declaration
we ask if the next generation OF men
growing up under this wilfu abandonment,
are likely 10 be any more just, any more
deferental 10 the sex, which leaves them
in infancy and boy hood 10 the neglect OF
ignoran, nurses, or 10 graduate through
street companionship to vicious manhood
There is a time when man, as a race.
is in the guardianship of woman, wholly,
lmperaliveiy. let her hold invaluable
those diamond hours. Let her Sc, them
in The fine gold Of Iure rrecept and elevated
example, and their brightness shall be
a coronet of glory to her, which would in
vain be sough, elsewhere.
Into the tender heart of the boy let the
mother breathe the sentiments OF high
honor, and brave unseifshness of justice,
of truth and kindness. As by the exqul-
site mystery Of vegetable nature, long alter
the blossom has faded and fallen, its imprint
is magically found indeliblc to the very
core of the apple SO when the dread
change from youth 20 old age or death
shall have wilhered the bloom on the
mothers cheek, the heart Of her son shall
still bear her image invIolate.
Such mother will not need TO send
her daughter forth to do battle for her
rights against the other sex !: nor will she
lear 10 sec her son take charge OF the
happiness OF another woman, nor feel il
necessary TO instruct her daughter-in-law
in the religion of disobedience to her
natural head.
Nature. it is true, binds woman "!as'
in fate" However she may struggle TO
be man, she will still be woman. There
fore, to a certain extent, the subverting
doctrines pu, forth as energelically. neu-
tralize themselves but much mischief
may still be done by false teaching, and
particularly by encouragement from high
authority. We do not lightly ask DR..
Dewey TO re,ract; but we trust he will
not underra,e his responsibility TO the COM
muni,y as a moral teacher, and that he
will at least review his positions on this
all.important subject.-Dem. Reuiew Jor