Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-06-05

idea that woman IS dependent upon man for
support, (Which is incorporated into all our
laws and customs, presents her perfect anon.
ally in creation; for throughout the whole range
of the animal kingdom, the ability to procure
the sustcnance of life, in adults, is equivalent
to the demands Of nature, and in no species Is
ono sex dependent upon the other for support,
or the sphere of one rostictcd by the other and
we have demonstrating evidence that woman
possesses the same ability, for, notwithstanding
her lesser physical strength, (Which is but a
tithe compared to the crippling influence of this
idea of her dcpcndoncc,) we constantly see
about us females in a state Of orphanagc, and
widowed, without patrimony or DOVER not only
supporting themselves, but their helpless chill
drcn comfortably and independently.
Behold our lowing herds under their natural
government. Docs one sex control the other :
or one color enslave anothcri Now imagine
they become humanizcd, that you see the legal
roters, the free white malcs," destroy or drive
beyond recall the rcd ones then ensave the
black ones; while they so contract the limits
of the females of their own color as to compel
them to labor three times as long as themselves
for the same amount of food, and you have q
fair example Of the civilized jurisdiction of our
own superior countrymcn. Why is thisi To
solve this question VIC must go back Of the carly
organizations of society. We find the most
positive forms of evil, (not mcddling with the
question of its positive cxistencc,) originated
in mans desire to rule over his fellow, for his
own selfish qualification. Consequent upon
this, are all the unrighteous wars, domestic,
ncighboring, and national, that have ever desc
lated our earth.
A ruler especially honors that power by which
he obtained dominion over his subjects there
fore as physical force has ever been considered
the foundation of authority, so has it ever been
honorcd in proportion to the love of rule
This accounts for the inferior estimation of fc.
males. A warrior who prdcs himself upon
his deeds Of daring and fcats of strength, and
receives hcnor accordingly, would, of course,
be proud of the same capacities in his offspring
Thus, rejecting the holy affections of the heart,
he seorns the weakness of his daughters. which
prevents them becoming warriors, while his
sons arc honorcd, in proportion to the honor
attached to the pursuit, and their success in
ever been the predominant religion the world
over, woman has had poor chance of being
worshipcd as such. AS result lshe has been
considered inferior to man. and treated accord.
ingly. AS man advanced in science, &c usurped
all those prcrogativcs which have given him
the educational superiority. Hence, the de-
velopcmcnt of his own intellect, resulting from
a theoretical and practical knowledge of the
sciences; with his power of logical reasoning,
contrastcd with the mere ornamental education
of woman, determined his claim to mental su
pcriority. Thus, through all past ages down
to the present, has woman suffered the most
brutal subjugation, for no other crime than
being born female, with less ,physica, strength
than the other sex, which never has been, nor
ever can be test of comparative mental
strength, for muscular mon possess no such
advantages, neither do any other animals. In
brute force alone is founded his superiority, and
her consequent degradation.
As man, in every ago and every climc, has
mixed with his religion, liccnce for his own car
nal qualification, even so intermixcd with the
prccepts of Christ, which require him to love
others as himself, and treat them accordingly,
we find those same sentiments, claiming divine
authority, which give him the rule over his fell
low man as servants, and his wife as an inferior.
In this condition we find woman at the present
day, with all the powers of mind cramped and
undeveloped not from a wan. of innate i'm
pulses, but from her position, hcdged in by the
laws and customs Of society, which subject her
progress to the opinion of others.
She looks out upon the broad and beautiful
cxpansc before her, tho why's ard whcrcforcs
of this and of that call into action her powers
of investigation. As one subject after another
is called up by their associated relations in
forming the harmonious whole; she admres
their peculiar fitness, and tho wise designs of
each individual organization and its adaptation
to act its own part in the great drama of crea-
ton. As she traces the harmonizing relations
from inorganic matter, up through all the beau
tiful varieties of the vegetable kingdom, until
she enters the animal, all is order. Here she
strives to keep up the harmony, and succeeds
tolerably well until she reaches tho top stop man.
Hero she becomes bcwildered. Her imagina-
ton runs wild to catch some theory by which
she can bring our race into the samo beautiful
order. At last, she grasps the idea of analogy
But the labors of ten thousand Hercules are
incompetent to modify and rcorganize society
in order to produce this state of things. In
attempting to carry out these suggestions, she
runs plump against the opinion of sainted
grandfather trying to get round this obstacle,
she hits tho no less immoveablo opinion of
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