Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-02-20
The CHARACTERISTICS Of our Day
Female Lecturers and their ideas.
BY ICHABOD wIILoUGHBY.

noticed, and but few even of these !;
but in this propose to notice one of
/ the ludlicous characteristics of our day
as we see manifested in our female lee
turcrs and their peculiar ideas.
There is something so irresistibly
funny in this class OF woman and
their spccnlations and theories, that one
can hardly control their risibles sufiic-
iently to argue the case, if indeed it ad-
mits OF any argument. The idea of a
woman or class of women, appearing
upon the platform or rostrum. and put
ting forth IDEAS which have no precedent
in any past time ideas which if Carl
ed out, would at once annihilate the pc
culiar and beautiful social laws of our
country, is. to say the least, foolish and
presumptious and when we consider
that these peculiar ideas have no basis
either in reason. revelation or nature,
but they are founded only in the peeu-
liar Imagination of the few strong
minded women and weak minded men -
VIZ, advance them. ono cannot be blam-
ed for thinking them hardly worth their
time, or attention.
have said these Claims cannot find a
basis in reason, nature, revelation, pre-
cedent. In short article | cannot 60
infinitely into the arguments to support
this assertion, but | would ask
these claimants for " Woman Rights, -
what reason there is in giving to women
the hard labor or manual drudsery, when
her physical nature is naturally weak and
unified for muscular employment or
what principle is there in nature, that
, does not tell US that the strong must
protect the weak, and consequently
that men being the stronger of the two,
arc the natural protectors OF women
what does revelation tell US, Does no.
Paul say wives submit yourselves to
your husbands man is the head Of
woman as christ is the head of the
church and Let woman learn in ST
lence and subsection; but suffer not a
woman to teach nor to usurp authority
over man, but to be in silence &c. -
where is the precedent of woman 5
rights convention previous TO the year
of 1915:
Verify this is an age of progress-A
few women with the nearest resemblance
they can get to coats ana breechcs for
their dress, meet a few men who evidently
want to wear petticoats, and both finally
c ONE to the sage conclusion, that they
know better than any one else what
should and what should mt be s: that they
even know what woman's wants aad
needs arc, better than women them
selves they get off a few grandiloquent
phrases, about suffering sisters and
tyranny Of men, and then ADJOURN
for the purpose, it is to be hoped, of
going home, and giving their husbands
a spell " in tending the babies they
left there. Old maids too, are quite a
useful appendage to this class of would
be.re(ormers. After having tried for
years IN vain to get chance to submit
to the " tyranny of men," they come to
the conclusion and a wise one too per
haps, that they like the boy who would
not cat his sapper, wont be under this
yoke because they can't and these
d" strong minded women" start Of on a
tour Down East or" Out West and
give vent to their spite against men. and
men, women and children gravely dis
cuss the probable effects of Woman's
Rights lecture,
| apprehend that dinners Will be cook
GU MA De lSiiACu, ana 0ODOuN
will be hurt at the luIicrous spectacle
the curioas will crafty their curiosity,
the conscientious opposcrs will find sub
stance for thought. and basis for argu-
ment; the few deluded followers will be
disguised with their own folly and the
world will move on rs the moon did
when barhed at by the puppy las
though nothing had happened
Probably there has never been move.
ment started from which there is 50 lit
I tie to fear; its very righteousness rem
ders it perfectly harmless and its incom-
patibility with common sense will finally
/ give it its death blow.
Female Col2rge-Kent's HW-Er-G Cor.
Mora-Rum Driahing-The Weath-
| er, &c.
KESTs Hill, Feb. 9, 1857.