Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-31
"A letter,
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Ill Al. F.I.. nrnneKHabHb

Nor wns the observation tine alone Of tho times
of tbose wonirou, twins Of song; there hos never
been time when womsph0Od was not marked ny
his uIaIse oIIh0gtaphy." A condition OF things
60 remarkable, and, 10 view Of The hugh desIinles
and dulles OF woman, So deploEable, is worthy VI
close investigation.
What think you Of that, Master Brookef o"'
nelshLois, we believe, 10th Of them, ate yet te.
iOIclns In The delights Of baChelotdomj they have
never surrendered to-tuther, they have never
gained-the chains OF malrmonE Vel, with
lheit eyes open, aud In tie face Of danger. they
hare dared 10 utter such heteSes-sueh. un'heatd
Of seventies upon the fair sex, and these loo, sIn''
MY for faults Ia photography! Who ever Ileatdol
womans spelling Ilel otOn numel--und Is II mol
asking L much IN the present state Of female ed
ucaliuI, 10 demand higher acquaintance Will
the mlIicaCies OF Out language on lhtit patti Bn'
are all Ut women 40 by superficial .lnsnOS'au'
liai IN intellectual acqufemeRtS' Alas! too cruel,
loo unjust is such an impuatiOni and without IN
tending 10 get our neigIbotS into hot watet' we
should like 10 have The privilege Of experimenting
upUn them with few we know. Men thai they
are, aud brave, and intellectual men at that IeIi
cheeks would blnneh, we fear, IN al encounter
with SoIpe Ot ihe female wis our Slate aAoT's'-
Willie. in solid learning, III profound acquire
ments, in rpeness aud uaturi'y Of thought aud vi'
got Of expression, there are many, very many,
within the limits Of The Old Dominion whom We
I've say Il with becoming humility, we ltIIsl,I
could "not hUId candle to-" How our neigh
bors would cOmpate Ii The conflict Il does not be-
come us to say-though II we were in theft places
we would decline lLe contest. But again: Oll
neghbofs teluTn 10 the charge thus:
We come now 10 our own times md al The tlSE
Of being considefed hetetic, We submit Tint 50.
ciely hos mol yel given woman her lr0ref posi-
ton, We require too little Of her and too much.
We exaIt aud debaSe her; nay, debaSe ter u our
exaitoiion. Society looks for few JashiOnabts ac'
cOnplishnents, rewards them with ealravnssnl
IuujatIons and rails Of boarding schools lot lur.
nshins The very gods we praise anu buy! Ceiling
husband Is Tie object OF their lives IN tafly years
and getting husbands lor tLeit daughters IN THEFT
later lite, The middle potion being occupied man'
" with novel traLing and The nursery, We ex'
peCl them 10 make love successfully when S'lIsIe'
and nuddines anil sons In law successfully wien
married, neither OF which occupations tcqUifeS q
PARTICULARLY extensive or thorough education, II,
then, schools arc for The most part, lHolt I'D with
view 10 SecuFG those ends, Whose FAULTS ~
SeriousIy-for after cur fashion we have been
attempting 10 banter our contemporary OH the lack
Of guIanry, nothing more-s seriously, then, Is
there mol more truth than poetry in these charges
OF our valiant fricnds3 And, II true, 10 what ntc
these defects IN woman alItbutnbel Our neigh
bUrs, with remarkable, accuracy lhye fetTeted OIL
the cause and prescribed The cure. "Fhetc will
have 10 Ge,' say these physicians OF tho mental Of
gantzlion OF wonan-'tlteTe will have 10 be o
great radical clangein the constitution oil society
before lie wishes Of those WHO desire 10 see the
Muses. as well as the GtaceS, represented IN mod.
erl female life life can be eraiifiel Good schools
can 10 much 10 nlt.in This end u theft conductors
will set their faces as Ginp usuinsI the plsvpil'
ing vice ofsupetdciulity, but gfea change must
bs made on the arena OF the disorder. Pills and
and powder may alleviate the suIlsrings OF a
cancer, but The knife alone etaliCaIes Tic evil
'rhe.wotls blue stocking must lose Their tenofs'
strength Of mind must cease TO Ue reproaeh, os'
traciSn must cease 10 hang over ever female who
dare 10 think ami write, the ats must be opened
IN their classic grandeur 10 the hand and head oil
woman UcloEe Ihe Dv StaeIs aud tue Margaret
PulIers cease 10 be ptOsIdles OF exceptioIIs'--
RiOhmcnd Enquirer.