The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-13

might il not be well il two more we're sen to
90 IS that there might DO some chance az
forded 20 the captains Of cur steamers snd mer
chant vessels receiving counsel CT assistance from
the representative Of the nation. The suggestion
is good ore, and We commend i. to the State De-
partment st Washington.
Female PhIIanthropists- Woman's Mission.
While Mrs. Cakes Smith is electIifyipg the honest
people OF Gotham with her revelations on the
destiny Of woman, il would not seem as though our
transatlantic brethren bad given her co aborcrs in
the task Of female emancipation suc;en. encourage
men. TO induce them 10 perscvere. Mrs. Caroline |
Dexter was a total wreck; the Bloomer ball was |
killed by the bellies Of Regent street; and this first
" outward and visible sign Of freedom from tho |
male yoke has become a. last mere stage pro-
perty. So mote it be. Bold as the Gndar Japeti
GEMS has undoubtedly proved itself in these latter
days-darpg everything, fearing nothiDg-ready to
entertain project for the humiliation Of space, for
the substitution Of selfOr'gnatrg power for human
labor or even for the actual calling Of prits from
the Vastly deep-quick to pronounce Judgment Of
ignorance and folly on their ancestors, and to de-
clare themselves the +" men that should comet
does not appear that in England at oil events the
people are sufficiently enlightened appreciate the
new school Of feminine philosopher Il America a
more copgenal sol Alas! we fear that, in spite Of
the large audiences that crowd Hope Chapel, the
prospects Of tho womans rights party must bs very
Encouraging, and Mrs. Smiths efforts requited
with melancholy ingratitude. In respect to this
matter the world has not advanced single step
during the last twenty two centuries. The Au,cr-
can public greets Mrs. Cakes Smiths proposal to
make women captains Of steamboats, with the
same broad laugh that rang through the
theatre of Athens when the womans rights advO-
Gates of that day were satarzed in the vigorous but
licentious Of Aristophanes; and If Mrs. Rose
and Mrs Luereta Mott are more modest in their
reforms than Praxagora, the difference may be fairly
ascribed to the times in which they live OF the
two, the aim of the Athenisn s'womens assembly
was the more practical; and though, when we read
the speeches of the members TO- day, we are inclined
to suspect the poet of exaggeration, cannot, in
candor, lay to their charge any more Utopian
schemes than those which are daily propounded in
our midst, Praxagora, like any of the fair orators
Of Syracuse you may choose to mention, henpecked
her husband poor Bepyrus reduced to very ex-
enplary conation Of servitude Hence, perhaps, the
bold determination Of the Athenian ladies to change
places with the men, instead Of merely claiming an
equality of rights. "The republic" says tho
chorus 'is henceforth confded to the hands of the
women;' to the males belong the ssrviie eceupa-
tons Of domestic drudeery, and the pleasures of
social enjoyment. Here again, to our mind, the
ladies Of Athens evincsd superior wisdom to their
modern SUCCESSORS Mrs Cakes Smiths plea in favor
of female citizenship is not worth abutton 90 long
as men continue to exercise the privilege If Mr..
Jones is whig, he will take pretty good that
Mrs Jones does not give her vote to the democratic
side; and however ardent o free trader Mrs Smith
may be, her lord and and master, who is . protee-
ZIONIST, will contrive to keep her at home on the
polling day. 1t melancholy example of tyran-
ny based on brute force, perhaps, but such is the
fact If the woman's rights ladies would reflect
ever this, and take hint from Praxagora, they
would change their tactics, and commence o
bold campaign against the rights of men.
Let them rest assured that long our selfish sex
continue to enjoy political rights they will not
consent to share them. The ladies must first beat
out of the fsld before they can entertain any
reasonable hope Of installing themselves. We
should like to see this platform adopted by the
1t would result, of course, (such is the per-
versity Of human nature,) in appeal to physical
force. Who knows but the modern Amazons might
prove formidable foes? A regiment of Boomers,
well equipped, and differed by the Syracuse speak
ers, might be very effective. Fancy firing ut the
dear creatures their bright eyes drew nearer,
and their little feet. pceping out under the folds of
petitions, advanced with steady tread. We should
strike our flag 1T once
Meanwhile, Mrs Cakes Smith and her friends
will soon discover the folly of their presen. half
measures and timid demands. The woman's rights
cry will die out in q year or two We sympa-
thize with the disappointment of the female re
formers, but such is manifestly their fate.
Ii there be any among them whose enlarged
views Of comprehensive philanthropy cannot con.
sent to be confined to the domestic sphere, we
think we suggest a safety valve for their
energy and eacGthes diceadi. If they will look over
the last batch of English newspapers, they will find
an account Of public meeting which was held in
London to mark the departure for Australia of one
hundred and eighty emigrants Of both sexes, who
were to sail in the Lord Delsval. The meeting was
addressed by one or two members of Parliament, q |
clergyman, and the philanthropist, Mrs Chisholm.
She did not-poor benighted creature talk of ner /
mission among her sex, the tyranny of man, or |
the social position of woman. Sac simply said |
that "her vocation was to do the rough work and |
clear the way for emigration she had attended
there by request to afford some information which
might add to the domestic comfort of the emigrants
during the voyage" 1t would be, perhaps, very
degrading to the elevated ideas Of Mrs. Cakes
Smith or her friends to do anything of the kind.
Mrs. Chisholm, however. has her own views of use
fulnem. She did not treat her audience to philo-
sophical dsquisitons, but she said she saw by the
prospectus Of the Lord Delaval that the emigrants
would be allowed to remain, If they chose, for six
days on board the vessel after its arrival She ad-
vised them, however, to remember that wages were
twenty per cent lower on board ship than on land,
because the agents who would to the weasel to
engage them charged q large commission" She
could not boast that she had founded an association
for promoting the neglect Of domestic duties, and
putting down "wonans natural opprcssor," but !
remarked "that she had organized . remittance |
fund. Well, rival scheme had been started by the