M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-11-08


posed to shallowhess aspiring alie
any thing unhecoming to their respac.
i've sex. Very seldom do we fad :
man (unless he be one whose gehera
knowledge IS limiied) educating hi
daughters exclusively to the pIow o.
the AK, and denying them the p;ivileg'
tof obtaining the necessary instruction
lin culinary arrangements, &C., whicl
is necessary to calculate them TO, lulurt
usefulness, and render their enioymen
complete; and equally as seldom ID,
we find parents raising their sous eX
iclusively for Iemenine duties, and de.
priving them of the privilege Of atriv
ing at those degrees Of moral and in
IlelIeclual excellence, which adorn the
man, We have a few such parents
but we are lhankfulto say their mum
/ Der isiimited, and we hope the day i,
last approaching when they will be
come gradually and "beautirully less. u
As female, we must concur will
our friend in the opinion that seems SC
particularly emphasized in the article
and would not be doing injustice to
my sex, to myself, and to poslerity, to
deny any such a sentiment as that
I"womdR is mans cquai?' Yes,
feel that from all time and to all etern,
Iity, she must and will be so. But the
question arises in what that equality
oonsists-in what way and in what res.
poets this equality is so riyidly scent
Are there not circumstances in which
it is as impossible for man to discharge
the duties Of the female sex and "vice
versa" as it is for the cardinal points
of space east and vest to meet?
also answer 'YEsp
We find, by reference 10 "he Book
of Books" that in the beginning God
created all things, and "laSt Of alI cfe-
ated He man after His own likeness and
image" and TO him gave He the pow
er and "dominion over the beasts oI
the field and over the fowls OF the air
and over the fish Of the sea-" and that
He gave the control of all the things
on the earth into the hands Of man,
Then this is to be'considered the sphere
OF man, He who gave the fish their
abode in the bottomless deep, and to
the fowls their abode in the air, and
also to man his respective dominion,
designed it should be maintained and
reyercd. And as fish, when deprived
of their means OF sustcnanre aud sup
port in the fathomlesS deep, are doom
ed TO dwindle and perish, so is mar
when out Of his respective attitude anc
sphere. But women! con thou vast,
Iincomprensible beingW from whence
hast thou derived the power to contin-
ue in, or leave the limits, at thy pleas
ure, assigned you by a just aud all wise
| Creator? Whence is derived that pow.
eJ, which thou seemest disposed tt
usurp over an agency appointed ant
ordained by Heaven trom the begin
ming, and which has been acknowledged
and revered from time immemora5Iet
| What incomprehenslble agency "ha;
persuaded thee to believe" that thou il
/ this land Of light and liberty art degra
ded and enslaved? What era in the
political or literary age is about tc
dawn, by which we are to dispense
with the present mode OF Government
and submit the floor with the "unmca
Iti0aaJLcs" to the female sex? Permit
me, my female friends, when thi,
comes to pass, to make prediction
The very moment we submit ourselve.
to crave such things as these-when
over we submit ourselves to forsakt
those duties, more obligatory upoh US
whenever we permit those household
and parental ties TO 60 10 want IN order
to meddle with things that don't con
cern us, for the purpose Of intermiy
ing with the affairs and business 0
men, then | must say farewell to Re
publican instituionS--larewell to every
Thing we cherish as near anG dear e
us by the ties of nature-tarewell tc
Everything that We, as females, shoulC
respect and admire as amiable, loyel,
and sublime!
}, "Woman has a mind equal 10 man.
She can gaze with a heart sweIIln
with delight upon the brilliant Rugs o
Saturn, and the Satellites of Herchel
and be inspired with the same pleasu
rabIe feelings that "nature is all sub
limity;" and | amthankluI that this i
, one OF those ineStimable blessings o
which no power on earth can depriv
her, "Go visit the family circle, an
: behold there her influence. Look hoy
, she trains that infant mind and prepare
it for future greatness" and there agai
we see the predominant feature OF W.
! mans true sphere-there we behol
| that development, which is beyond tn
| power OF man-there we witness sue
results as can be seen nowhere else. :
t But in return for all this, who does nj
, do them homage? What is there o
i earth and had almost said in Hea1
: en-! ] more worShiped and adored tina
: woman? What is there that receive
s more care and attention than the fema
S sex? What maA is there who doe
: not sacrifice friends, house and hon
L for the purpose of receiving her Ito
= often deceptious] smiles? Where is h