Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-04-10
woman's Rights.

iHc"N Vie W CIUdH RlS HIS CidIuieu anu
advocated by the madcaps, and loosed
tongued fanatics Of yankee land--the
right to preach in the pulpit, to plead at
the bar, to physic the sick, to preside on
the bench, and to engage in all other pur-
suits now exclusively confined TO the
tougher sex. These are rights unconge-
NAL 10 her mission, and there lore foreign
to the legitimate sphere OF her duties
The idea Of woman dabbling in the cess
pool Of poli.iral triekery and corruption,
is as repulsiyc to the virtuous impulses Of
the soul. as the abridgement and abuse Of
the rights which natures God has allotted
her, are hey ond the legitimate jurisdiction
and control Of man. She has rights far
above these which in the theory of sccia!
distinction and adjustment, no one should
dispute. and which are not questioned BY
any whose hearts are pervaded By the in
fluence Of christian sentiment. Hers is
the right ana the office TO train the preach
Ter. the lawyer, the physician, &c.--to
cast the youthful mind in a mouii of yir.
tue, and instil elevated aspiratons.--
This should be, and is the true glory of
all right minded women. Like the Ro
man matton, the ambition Of every mother
should extend no farther in pubic affairs
than to be known as the n. other Of the
Graccbii--to have the bright honors of
worldly distinction reflected back upon
her, through her sons. She has 9Th,
rights whose observance is =. - essent;., :.
her happiness as h-1eath is :, ,;ee--r;oht,
""0sS '-dss sfiasss from degraded sense
OF uana brute superiority, and the cor
rupting tendency Of sensual, over intsllee-
,ual predominance. She has tie inaliena-
bic rights to be Loved and Protested. No,
a love based in sensual appetite, CT yul-
But love flowing from the generous sym.
pathy and affection Of heat whose
chords have been atiuned to virtue, and
whose aspirations are tempered BY d.
vine grace. Not protection originating
| in the ehariiabie consideration that i. is
due 10 her delicate physical organism; but
pro'ec'"n aeqnentt o a jus. appreciation Of
the relation of wife. The decree Of ma
,ure, as the resul. of the seductive smile
that enticed man to partake Of the forbid
den fruit, is. that, as woman's part in eff
fecting the fall Of man, was the most SIM
ful, she should be cursed with the most
painful allotment in life. Yet while this
disp-nsation has been visited upon her, il
The divine economy there has been given
to her fortitude and endurance eommen-
sura,e with the affection, and a strength Of
! affection that uiumphs OVER the ills Of life,
and sheds halo OF delight even around
the couch of Suffering. Here it Is. her right
to lore and protection appeals, aud not in
vain TO men whose hearts are the reposito-
her lifc--hes all. And how truly lament
able, must be the tender heart oil that fe.
male, who unsuspectng the deceits OF
man. and unscquainted with the depravity Of
humun nature has been betrayed into the
most solemn Of relations. BY the kiss of ii
Judas. Listening to the. syren song Of
Aattery, her young affections have been
won-have been trained 10 reach GU. and
entwine around an object as utterly inca
pab!e of placing true value upon them.
as is the rugged rock OF approaching the
delig htful odor Of the Aower-vincs that
cling to it for support. Here then COM
mences an abuse Of her rights. Here
commences the history Of unrecorded
wrongs, " hose Nervousness should be writ
ten in blood upon every gambling. table and
tplng counter. Here begins the wither-
ing Of that flower whose perpetual bloom,
would have delighted and made glad she
now desolate hearthstone. What page
of wretchedness would startle humanity
were the history of the hearts that have
bled and broke, from neglect and abuse, re.
vealsd to human knowledge. But they
are recorded They are written in letters
Of fire. Although human ken cannot pen
citrate the hidden recesses of the heart Of
that being whose beauty is fading as the
withered flower, whose palid cheeks and
sunken eyes and diseonsolate expression
tell only too surely a tale Of anguish, yet
there is an eye TO whieE all is plain, and
each heaving sigh and sobbing breath is
registered down, and will arptsr as
witness at that grand assize. where
t..e secrets Of all breasts will be re-
vsale,!.. There it is wEere woman's rights
will be vindicated, and to that tribunal
alone caa she appeal in hope of redress.
Society. or :a,,,,sr the moral Of society,
as row constitutes, has strange idea OF
woman's rights. and erects standard oil
responsibility rs mysterious 10 contemplate
as il is abhorent in its results. a woman
may be deeoyed INFO die mazes OF s.ee py
the false pi onises of some hea,tiess man
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