Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-08

sRS's he Hert eustOmeTi"
wOn.x's RioHrs.-iSe went, the other, night.
hear Mrs. Emerson lecture on,the "Dutes OF
IAN and The rights of Woman and must confess
a,t We wese neither startled, instructed OF amu-
ID. We have several times imagined. when the
fought of these feminine Lecturers fitted acrt IS
al mind. that woman might possibly look tolsr-
lily well declaiming before an audience. We
hIs pictured her as ? 80 .. q
al beautiful emSoJfiesi storu.'' ~ + -
.iocuent with the consciousness Other oppression
,uaNrongs; indignation flashing from her Iouslrous
as, seoIn breathing lIom her qujyering riostfiis
al curling lips. like an adder kissing, beneati2
Tie opening folds Of 4 rose bud, Then, we have
rnagined her all genileness. her very fraiIty and
tsP.ndsnt condition speaking Language of ire
ftible ,lequence. her heart melting in her eyes
DELICIOUS blue. her ssilvery voice sending up her
PsfdOus, pre- as the FIRST prayer OF ,chlldLood.
viii palhoS that would melt The heart of the
hOst Otdurate OF the loIdsof creation. We have
L:lAOaght US the scornfui aud indignant Julia;
d The gentle ophelia, OF the wIonged and dove.
EEe Desdemona,-aIl Of which, when we hive
lslTdMrs. Emerson lecture. only pIoyesthat we are
Enttmes IA h.r an imaginative ms n. though we
Eidee thai the excuses Of our Imagination are al
uIs in favor Of the ladies. When we reflect
1ze closely on these pesonifcations OF female ell
Hasnee aud loneliness, embodied by The great po-
aut nature, Whatsoever that they are all true to
aesharacter of WomGn,-Woman moving within
ae sphere which Providence has allotted her
Bat when we saw woman endeaving 10 person.
de a nan without any f The qualifications of The
slaneisri when we looked on person in the
sAarlsieI Of public lecturer, decIsiming on the
4dut,s Of man, and listened in vain forthe man.
NS'ss, locked IN vain for the expfs ssiye gesture,
nd TIE flashing eye, winch communicates the
sstic thrill of eIoquence to an audience, We
Ell that either she or we We're unsexed-one OF us
rs certainly in the wrong box. We felt kind
SsAilly and uneasy, as one who gets into the
'Dns pew III cold church, or as If our grand
"Ihsr had dressed US upin her clothes and sent
there 10 sing psalms against our will. We
lhRt feel what the fair lecturer said, and
.olsh sic might have said some very pretty
-lgs, we couldn't appreciate them, ard we felt
sd We would give her anything she wanted il
eEOuld only quit. These were ourimpressions
Tie drst lady lecturer on Women's Rights we
ga heard, aud if there was man or woman in
( house who did not feel and think as We did.
asyWeEe more or less than man or woman.
a very intelligent and very beautiful lady OF
HraeGuaintance, speaking If womsn's rights, re
narEed that she had all the nights she desired. In
!h'''heFe isa volume in reply to the modern clamor
LOT EOman's rights. She has all ih. rights she de-
A's'' because she has the right to command re-
'pse[ admiration and devoton-a right peculiar
70 her seE-tO which man. the proud lord of crea-
u'n' willingly, irresistibIy bows with Difference
'la !sa'mssion;-a right of which no one but her
XII can deprive her. But when she shall don the
helmet and plume of the warrior, or the badge OF
iAe pOliiieiani when her fellow citEen'' shall
.Fuilna her services amid The bnwls and conlen
u'as0t the forum or on the stormy field of battle,
'easure he; we shall not know her--we shall be
unable 10 recognize her. and if we do, we shall
,,nk more of the character she has abandoned
VA ne one she has assumed; we shall love de-
ft.ed loneliness more than living deforu.lty.