The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-04-09
ATpw wOaDS TO ArOUNe WOMAN.
~ HON. HORACE MANN.

God has created the two sexes on the priuei.
pie Of the division Of labor; there is no woman q
SpheFe, or mans sphere, but each had hemis-
phere, and it took both to complete the circle
He had also shown that woman had never been
tEeated q she should have been, that she ought
70 btyO had an education equal to the best thai
man had guaranteed to himself As mortals arr
created male aud female, SO labOTs and pursuits
'pAf faol : cheiAeteT quite similar. HsWOulC
point sut some Of the oallings in which woman
Was pecpliArly fitted to excel.
Flint, in the arts Of design. Il II not ridicu.
lous That man shoald originate the designs which
decoIats a Womsn's dress, or boudOiF, or par.
terfes Let woman have the whole control Of
ornamental design, and we shall soon see Vast
improvement 10 arts. He said that copying
(psnmanShip) prOOf.rsading, and such sorts Oi
labor we're peculiar adapted to females But
one calling, he was sOrry to say, women were
rather disposed to sbandon--that is, the arts Of
housekeeping. 1t should be the greatest pride
Of woman to be a scientific and practical cook.
10 ths great variety of combinations ia the cuis-
inc, she has perfect laboratory, and one worthy
Of dbsmists improvement.
Nd M. dilsted upon the Importance Of the
lafdes, and its effects upon the health and hap
pineat Of family. And then he proceeded to
examine, in an amusing mannsl, the superin.
tendeAce Of the wardrobe,
Bal her highest duty ia the education Of chill
drenl-this is calling more important, more
noble than any to which man can ever aspire
Here woman has the very existence Of morality,
Of religion, Of society in her hands. Let woman,
then, b educated to the highest point, not only
for her own sake, but for the sake of the world,
Of humanity. But there are pursuits for which
woman ia not fitted; as war, which In every case
must 10 wrong on one side, and in nine cases out
Of ted, is wrong on both. 1t may be said
that II women we're Legislators war would die
out. he thought not; the opportunity to graft
" passion would fire thatVery spirit into action
OF Law he thought it not suited to woman. She
lacked that hard, dry, calculating, passionlesS
spirit which was primarily necessary--She lack
ed theuuflinching nerve demanded in Judge
the endurance required Of Jury. He saw but
one reason why she should not preach the Cos.
pei, and that was, she looks vastly better in
living tho Gospel than in preaching it to the
public.
But 70 come to medicine; he deemed this
branch d labor in an especial degree adapted to
woman. In the sick chamber woman was al
ways al home; in many branches OF medical
practice it Is barbarian to have any other than
woman. In botany, in pharmacy, in nursing,
woman L gnequaled, Yet a seneless custom for
bids her to practice as physician.
But politics, pOlitics-that any person could
ever wish TO see woman embarked upon this
Stygian lake, is incOmprehensible. Mr.. M. pro-
cesdsd to draw life. like picture Of political AMI
legislative bear gardens, closing with humOr-
Gus view Of theprospective quarrels which would
epsus among husbands aud wives Of varying pol
itics. But the nature Of employments, as we'll
as their nature, express their pFopriety for eth
or seI. W0man shoald pursue the more quiet
and retired professions and trades--Man those
Of noissy struggle and violent exertion. He pro
ceeded TO review the sanitary condition and
physiological eduestion Of woman; which was
most unfortunately far from what it should be-
He depicted the degensrating influences Of lux
ury, riches, high life, up the human race, and
attributed the snppOrt Of every vigorous COM
muuity 10 the hardy offspring Of the pOOr--the
hard working Anaki m Of their age. These were
the men who rose suddenly into power, and seiz
ed from the snsFvated Ofispring Of Injury the
scepteroi che world. He proceeded to point out
the cause Of physical degeneration. II there
we're, for three or four generations only, strict
.obediancs 70 natural laws, then indeed would
The Garth be glOrified BY new and noble race.
So degenerate Were what We call woman now,
that man would have to marry at least dozen
before incnrring the charge Of bIgamy. A trUer
eduestion Of woman would reform our libraries.
Now philosophy and science have no eharma
because they are quite unintsligible to the novel
readers Of the dsy.
All the evils which be had thus far alluded TO
are traCeable to the want Of 3 proper education
The thsroy he had advanced assigned to woman