The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-07-05

Inc hrst question every candid and
! sensible woman should ask herself: what
am l to gain If succeed in revolutionisnp
these long cherished and established nrin.
clpaIs, customs and usagcs. Will this
buffet with the word, chasten her FEELINGS
or elevate her God-like nature or will !,
prepare her better Cor the discharge of her
domestic or social duties Will it make
her more atiectonate wife or more de-
voted mother, or truer friend. or will il
benefit the human race in any respect p
On the contrary, it will bring down upon
her devoted head innumerable evils she
would never cease TO deplore. Her pres
ence at the ballot box would produce an
unhealthy action, and would have de-
FmorallzIng influence, and we all know in
proportion as she is degraded so is the op-
posite sex. No woman cannot mix IN
freely with the exciting scenes that charac-
terlze elective franchise of free people
without detracting from her purity and
virtue. 10 my mind, women has what
seems to be her proper sphere of action as
Is manifest from her peculiar constitution
mind and feelings. When we see or hear
Of women leading armies to the field of
battle and biood>hcd or even welding a
regal sceptre, we are forced TO saw that it
is rather out ofthe common order of things.
|! any should ever live TO see women un-
sexlng herself and 90 out to mix in with
the popular and exciting scenes ofGovern
mcnt, taking part in lItIgations, assum ing
to control our national cabinet in her for.
eIgn policy of affairs, girding on the armor
OF political warfare, they will see she will
soon loose her Influence both at home and
abroad. Men accustomed to meet her
daily in the various avenues of political
aud Commercial life would soon cease to
pay her that Difference and homage which
Is now acknowledged TO be her due and
goes long way to make up her sum Of
Happiness. SO cease your balling Miss
Lucy Stone, home and the retired walks
OF life are womens' province; there she
III loNe uNeT HearTs anu UcaJIs IuaI-W III -I;c-
light 10 honor her. Where would man
lind rest and encouragement after his dai-
iy toll mentally and physically in the out
door world, if women thus abandon home
Home would then loose its delightful
charms and become scene Of strife and
miSruIe. 1t may not be out Of place here
To remark that the existence of peculiar
function alone makes it altogether impos-
SIblc for women u pursue the same avoca-
tions and follow the same mode Of life as
man. ltmakeS her of necessity not so CON
unnonsIy active, nor so capable ofphv 'ical
toll, while at the same time it causes her
to yearn for sympathy and support from
some being that she feels is more power
ful than herself. do not countenance
the idea that women should Ue in perfect
submission to the dictates OF arrogant men.
nor to consider herself his interior, but his
equal, going hand in hand with him in
the various viciSitudes Of life, rejoicing in
his prosperity and sympalhizing in his
sorrow, in II word to divide his cares and
multiply his joys.
a word or two more ladies' and we
leave the subject with you. The chris
tlan religion alone con,emplatcs conjugal
union i'll the order o. nature, every other
religion offers women to man as slave
and 1t is to this, and this alone, that A
merican and European women owe the
rights and liberties they now enjoy. So
they cannot do better, we think, than take
it Tor their guide and heed its precepts and
submit 10 its commands, among which one
will be found, bidiing them to obey their
husbands.
HENRY,