The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-05

THE WoMEN's RIGHTS MovEMENT.-We begin
to think we have laughed long enough at the
follies of the females who are carrying on the
woman's rights movement in this country.
Barely couple of hundred in number, this de-
voted band of ladies have managed to keep
public attention riveted upon them for some
years, and have degraded the name of Ameri-
can woman throughout the world The good
nature of editors and false feeling of gallan-
try among majority Of the rougher sex have
suggested smile where o frown would have
been better suited to the case: and the women's
rights advocates fattered by finding them
selves SO conspicuous, and nurturing the graft
flying belief that they were martyrs to the
cause of human progress, have grown in bold
ness as time passed over, and are now
actually engaged in boarding the Legisla-
ture at Albany. 1t is time that this
delusion should be dispelled. We have never
seen paper or heard speech from woman's
rights woman that would have been entitled to
the slightest notice had it been uttered by man;
and by far the bulk of the performances ac-
credited to the priestesses of the woman's rights
creed would have created inextinguishable mer-
riment had it been possible to trace their POM
pous absurdities and inflated verbiage to lcgi-
innate wearer of the breaches. If in fact we
were to judge the question by the share of in
tellect display ed by the females in this contro-
versy, no one could hesitate in pronouncing our
the SEX The ladies' however have not con-
tented themselves with talking nonsense in words
ayard long. They have organized themselvesinto
revolutionary committees, gabbled by the hour
upon the best means of disturbing the public
peace, shocked the modesty of their sisters by
assuming male garments, and in very many in
stances abandoned husband and children for the
sake of their fsvorite chimera Now this sort of
thing has lasted quite as long as is fit orproper.
We have no wish to interfere with the liberty Of
the subject but we do think that these ladies' their
families, their SEX and the community at large
would be benefited if means were taken to put
stop to any further exhibitions such as those
to which we refer. Of course, in view of the
past, but one means of attaining this end can be
suggested The women's rights advocates must
he treated as iunatics, and confined in an
asylum. The peculiar form in which the ma
badly has assailed them entities them to sepa-
ration from ordinary insane patients: the Lee
gislature at Albany should appropriate special
building for their accommodation. A skilful
physician would readily devise q course of treat
ment, suited to the features of each case. Some
might try the cold water system, with
every prospect of success; mental employment
might cure others; and many would doubtless
improve if humane delusion were practised on
them, leading them to believe that matrimony
was not utterly hopeless. Low diet and active
exercise in the open air might we think be
seryiceable to most: and relief might likewise
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pulsory nursing, for which babies could be
readily hired in the neighborhood. Under the
application Of these means, we think these poor
creatures might soon be restored to health and
sanity.
We strongly recommend the subject to the
Legislature. They need be under no apprehen-
sion as to the cost Of the building for the asy
lum. For as soon as the female patients were
cured, the wards might be converted into an
asylum for the reception of male lunatics of
the same character such as abolitionists spiritu-
alists, &C., and would be very likely to remain
q permanent institution.
The PRESENT CONDITION OF OUR STREETS