The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-23
Woman Regarded infetior 10 Nan, by
Ers. Oalrcs Smith,

Yesterday evening, at eight o'clock Mrs ohkes Smith
delivered lecture ihc above subject ut Hope Chapel
Broadway The audience no. very Numerous
The fair lecturer said dThe shject OF remarks this
evening is, Woman regarded Infef5r to Man, WAC
hall be the great oste to woman! Who shall in.erpre.
ber to herself and thence reveal her TO the world, Our
books full of false delneatons They represent man
her enemy-the perpetual foe to her putityapd we
always subordinate, vsciating and imbecilemsled by
affections, ard living in world at aud
degrading for love is longer nobe.w becomesa
necessity ature whose cnIy world Is in the alice
tons masculine writer's ray, is nearly allied to the
lower creation that che to be representative of
womanhood By education or inheritance she is Dis.
eased being, more ct for hospital Than the fire.
side, and letter adapted to tastings prayers, and
sptidotes, than the iamily altar She Is un wortuy
the office OF matrmoDy, and unit for the holy
position OF Ni!e-for u wne should be friend,
councillor, snd lover combined Yet the affections
only phase in which truly rec0g azed in
world Our brothers have ignored all but quality Of
nature that brings US into relation With themselves
and they have ignored everything that might by any
possibility bring as into composition with themselves,
They have hled the world wiGh codes OF laws in
which our delipquencios hSye ben carefully pro
stake theyl haye bn'chsred us in wars, they
have conhntd US in dungeons tortured us ia iuqui
sitisns and hurg us on gobets without saying
by your leave, without inqu ring If creature
thus ED to account by tho law represented that
law Our voice ia legislation has be- II as duub as II
every in the country owed his birth mute; and
have been involved in al the honors OF the world
without the power to counteract them and rayly
sat in judgment upon and con iemned for crimes
that would have existed but for false legis-
lation they incarceraed us in prisons which would
have dgractd the earth but for this densl TO
OF tic rights pertaining to us as potionof humanity
For bad sided In the formation Of law IL s certain That
our leghlstye code would have been very different from
and christian pet pie, 1t canuot well be worse. They
write books and cover with odlum for faults belong
ing 10 period rather than an individual AMI create
science which t Is ihsir whole study 80 in
TO infringe and then set upon Us the hound Of
the law, or the terrible yulture human calumnY
until we are hunted from our high places, and
sunk 10 pitch Of infamy, which angels
night weep Do MOI say that the designs Of God are
visible in all these things DO not say in your basphe.
corceit that the Almighty designed that tbs
tier Of the should be blind and nlpess saye
frsnchjod imbecile dependant hunted AID oppressed
w the very being who was nurtured IN hr bosom The
holy sentiment Of maternity cries shame upon the world
the noble soul of womanhood cries shame and the great
heart of humanity Giles shame also We tails OF human
gOvtrnmt mt but the earth has never Known one.
Legislation bas been partial only We talk Of dsmosra
cy The world has beheid such sight whole
peopls bowng mans Bodied sovereignty viii II
behold that vision OF divine power aud beauty TILL
woman shares equally with in the privileges OF
precsdens to Justify whas We claim We aSk oniy jus
tce in the sight ot God and mar Our people arc not
sst up sucb plea. Our whole history has been Of
de1ia and rejection We have been always, people.
been one OF entire protest We look boldly at human
necessities, and at the rights arising fro the nature
Of things, and are ready TO tors oNeboard whole
gees OF Irocedents, the tea party did Ia Boston
hsi Dor. (Applsuse) We have nothing Of the ancient
pride Of he Irshman Who in the Iiish rcbelon in
Queen Ezabeth's time, being condemned TO be hong,
rent up petition that he might be hung in wthes,
ard no. in hal er, because wi,hes had been tho
custom in times past but We in our day would
prefer the halter for the eake Of the innovation
The pilerims came America because their souls had
become too large to breath iD Europe but they
here full OF manly arrogance ana st. Paul 10
their taste than Sc John. They struggled against hui
man efIecteDs. and their creed demanded denial OF
the claims OF the heart They 70 fast aud pray and
morfy the esh and they locked upon the amenities OF
the FIRE side as so many sDares TO mislaad the I'M
wary GOALS by the spirit OF darkness, and tbsge
al the gTSces Of womanhood were regarded by our
ancestors many peepngs cut OF the very h1of
II satsn. They were half ashamed that woman saoud
he essential TO human economy. They were men akin
in sprt to the grest Milton whose only nhcnity
10 have been his contempt for women, aud very great
inf nifty Il be- regarded lie could not forget
in writing grave history TO 70 out OF his way in order
10 giNe sex repimnnd and thus, In speaking Of
McLa Nho gave laws 20 the sneient 5sxona he "a fs
slt brought forth thCee laws by tho advice OF hot
cois 0nd rot u herself for laws masculine BIRTH
ana nothing is mae awty ~ the l6w Of God an :,
rsiure han that vtmsn should give laws 70 menu