The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1852-06-01

have any.' ofwhich only the former clause Of
the sentence is Voltaires that which has refer
ence to women being the addition of some suose-
quent zany. Atthe bare mention OF tho sign OF
tho Good Woman in Norton Fulgato ne VIII
chuckle with delight; Chaucers and Prinr's OBJ
ieclionable tales, he will quote with egregious
glee; upon the subject of marriage he rs ready
with some half dozen ofthe established bons
pots, and he is provided with about the samo
quarlity ofepitaphs upon wives--such as
aITerc lies my dear wife a sad vixen and shrew.s
! III said regretted her should lie too s.1s
And his facetious dullness will be wound up
with a few hard hits at widows, from the dame
| of Ephesus TO the last new subject OF scandal;
thoueh he will prudently say nothing OF those
upon the coast of Malabar, who for many ages
have continued to afford instances of conjugai
devotion. to which no solitary parallel can 6e
produced upon the part of husband through
out the whole wide extent oftme and space
vaerius' Letters to Rufinus, the Golden
Book of Theophrastus, and ST.. Jerome's Ex-
| hortations to Celbacy. have furnished all au-
thors, from the Romance 10 the Rose down.
wards. with materials for this unmanly warfare
SO marrow is the basis on which are ground
ed all the sorry tests, shallow arguments, and
pitiful scandals of ribalds and lampooners ana
so easy is il to obtain reputation for that spe,
cies of wit which. as Johnson says OF scriFtlrai
parody. ga good man detests for its immortali-
ty, and clever one despises for its faculty.
1t was perhaps to be expected that the mel
ancholy Dr. Young, who undervalued human
nature and happiness, should have leveiled MS
shafts against the masterpeee.of one and tho
DISPENSER of the other--Woman!-but what
shall we say of the contemporary satlrlsts,
Pope and Swift, each Of whom, aftor tr'hing
with aud inveighling the affections OF TWO ac-
compished ladies, who sacrificed everything 10
the promotion of their happiness Sunk oaSk
r.
mean and cowardly enough to conceal IT. but
ungra.eful to publish heartless libels against
the whole sex? Let this bo always recouect-
! ed when any one ventures the hackneyed quo
, tations from Pope, every woman is at heart
rake'-"Most women have no characters at
al"-eThe love of pleasure and the love 0,
sway" with other citations equally just ana
novel, AS to Swift, he can luckily DO seldom
! louoted in decent company; yet even ne coulo
! confess that the grossness and degeneracy Oh
. conversation observable in his time wore main
). " attributed to the exclusion Of women from
y society.
I II is easier to traduco fifty women than prac-
: tice ono virtue
d Women want the ways
To praise their deeds but want deeds 10 praise
!. Taxation and luxury, and struggles for exis-
! tence. have made us such cold, selfish plod-
; ding not for tho disinterestedness and enthu-
!, | siasm of females, whose romance is necessary
!, 70 oualify the painful reality of our existence.
= And vet. from the first moment when began
/. TO reflect have always thanked God thatl
n was not born woman, deeming them to the
IL bes,owers rather than the enoyers of happiness
;e tho flower-crowned victims offered up 10 tho
70 human lord of the Creation.
Passing over tho early period of her life.
rt which however. is one of the perpetual restraint
ne and UNMARRIED subjeetion to the most seif-oeny-
p ING terms and observances, we will suppose q
le female to have attained fitting age for that
IL oreat and paramount end of her being--mar
O. rapo. Men have thousand objects In life
in the professions, glory, ambition, the arts, au
d. tborship. advancement and money-gettng IN
in all their rarniicatons, each sufficient 10 aDsorp
70 their minds and supply substitutes in case OF
We urinary failure; but fa woman succeed not
eir in the one sole hope of her hazardous career,
ut she is utterly lost to all the purposes OF exer
IA ton or happiness 1.-The passed has been all thrown
nt away and the future presents little but cheer
ITS less desolation. Love is only luxury to man,
W. but il may betermed necessary to woman
both bv the constitution of society and the de'
to crees of nature; for she has endowed !heh VII"
he superior susceptibility and overfowing aifec
fa- tions. which fthey be not provided with an OBJ
lse iect perpetually corrode and gnaw the heart
NY And what are her feelings and chances IN tn'
as fearful ottery:--A constant scene OF degreaa
les ton. in being compelled to make her wno,'
vo- life a game q manpuvre, speculation: WINE
lir- she is haunted with the fear OF ultimate ia,urc
18th And how alarmiugly must the number OF thes'
ON involuntary nuns increase with the yearly aug
oes nentng distress of taxed, and luxuilous, ah'
en- expensive England, where the moral RESTRAIN
hit of Malthus, while it infiicts no prvations upo
les tho man condemns the female to an ute
iral bligh,ino of the soul aggravated, perhaps, D
@ a. dependencv or want. Bstered be the tongu
,hi- that can ridicue, and paralyzed the hand tia
uld can libel those victims of an artificial and VI
ors natural system who have been unfeeingiy tau'
5 of ted as Old Maids! Well could excuse tnen
ro IT, IN the bitterness of sickened hope of The idle
70 ness of unioyous solitude, they were even pror
tri- TO exercise n yigant censorship over the pe'
ori- cadilloos oftheir moro fortunate rivals; but
hey reneal the charge and can safely affirm thu
ads. some of the most amiabe, kind hearted, lDer
aci- women I have ever known, were IN this caiun
lect mated class. ,.,,.. =.
dod One chance of ''singlo blessedness IS 81
rom rpsorrcd for their Celibates. Their affection
able claimed upon earth, sometimes seek recipie
I in in tho skies: responding to the manifestation
arc of divine love which they see on every sidc
i'm them. thew draw down religious lightning
tho rect from Heaven, while man seek conducto, 70,
one which only guide it towards the ear,n; =
kers devotion of the former, as 1t is iounaed up
all feeling. may be uninquiring' ana nave ", ~
dency to enthusiasm, but it Will DO cheer'
Cre- and happv, because emanating from the hea
nan, the latter approach ,ii's euo .,,rracuon,
wing heads-a process wnlcn no' h,nacr;t,
and makes them sceptics or oiso.s y. ~ ,.,,,,
ther, But let us suppose the napp'ol '"s' snr,rn,
Il u woman, who, from her oea".s No =
how sure to receive oifers; 'hae 70 " sIy !, ~
alse- attract fools or sharpers, anu po NJ .rso
ilgar cssary appendago OF her iace y. 20
ncies Even here, how iittic seiec'o" 70 20
male she may reject one, perhaps wv S;ao.;o
Is ev- third bo merely 1ree -'ro"' Posi'i'o =
since prudence urges ms acceptance haca,
know he affords her no good excuse for hating NJ
des- The Circassians of Europe have little m