Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-08-14

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Who can be happy with no kindred
spirit to appreciate their worth; TO
think their thoughts; and feel a. they
do; 70 love the things that they love,
and admire that which they admire7
What Z feeling 1t produces, when one
persuades themselves. that no one
values, Or cares for theml
Ali the lonely hours that belong to
such an individual There 10 an ach-
ing void In the heart, that no earthly
benefit or pleasure can replace. Oh!
give me . Friend, that will love me
for the real merits / may chance to
possess; for my own intrinsic worth,
be that ever 80 small; and nSt for
some imaginary quality, foreign TO
my whole nature. In creating this
world, the great Builder had, undoubt-
edly, some great end In view, and that
end could not be accomplished, had
he made every one alike. Each men,
Der of the human family, If they
would do their duty in the fear OF
God, must answer to the purpose Of
their Creator, without regard to the
feelings of others. What IL we are
greeted daily with the smile Of de-
rision? What II we do meet in our
daily walks, the curling lips Of scorn?
We are no less bound to do our duty,
Notwithstanding Is it the end and
aim of woman's existence, to attend
to the few secular duties OF home
without regard TO inclination or tasteY
Must she crush every noble aspiration?
Every up-lookingofh her spirit? Must
she utterly Danish her best friend
through whom she expresses the feel
ings of her better nature, which, IL il
were not for the Goddess of Poetry.
would indeed be as breath wasted on
the air. Ahi why is it, that public
opinion, would exclude woman euen
from this high privelege? Have you
never noticed, friends, that the ten
dency of public opinion is 70 thisg-
If you have, you have first noticed
that she IL denounced, in the most
unequivocal terms, should any Of her
neighbors, (and especially those who
profess 10 be her particular friends
happen to step in, and find her wri-
ting, to tho neglect Of some house.
hold duty. They do not consider
that perhaps she is enjoying visit
from her friend, who has for her o
perfect load Of the buds and blossoms
Of thought. and to lose them would
be an irrcparable loss. Ahi / know
they do not think that perhaps their
rude intrusion, with "Well, Molly,
here you are, writing as usual, in q
dirty house, has deprived their own
children of a harvest of fruits, that
could not grow from blossoms nippcd
by the bitter winds Of harshness. =
TIE dirty kitchen and unmade bed,
can never peep through the fair pages
of that book you have given your
child 3. read, and your children must
have books. Who so able to un-
derstand their joys and sorrows rs o
woman? Who 50 apt to know their
little temptations, and their childish
trials2 Trials no less grevious TO
them, that they appear small in your
eyes. The very language Of child
hood comes natural 70 woman; she,
therefore can clothe her ideas in =
childish garb, suited TO their under
standing. Your children must have
books, and 30 must you Woman 8
heart knowa n womans heart, their
troubles and trials, are hers; she has
borne them oil. Our great salvation
could not have been 40 glorious, had
not our saviour taken upon himself
our infirmities. Is man then greater
than God, that he can understand
won ans troubles and womaa's needs,
without ever bearing them, or feeling
them In his own person2 Our fathers,
brothers, and husbands must have
books, and We doubt much II ever
thcy can live altogether upon the
coarser food, without any Of the deli
cacics Of tho mind.
We are taught from our childhood,
that wero II not for tho society Of wo-
men, men would be ne destitute Of re-
nnement, az are the beasts Of the
field. Every one knows that tho
works Of good and wise men do not
die M they do, but continue TO work,
long amer thcy are dead and gone.
There are many good and wisc wo.
men m we'll ~ men. Why not they
leave works 10 follow them, as well IN
their brothcrs2 II man cannot lose
the society Of women, neither can he
dispense with her gentle, beautiful,
thoughts, and they have not the pow.
or, more than his, Of existing without
q tangible form. Why not women
write boolfs ~ we'll az men7 Why
must she waste the talent God has
given her, whilst he Ia eonjured 10
Improve itS But you say mo one has
objected 10 women using their tai.
ents." No indeed, you have not, In
plain language neither dare YOU
Yet you would throw almost insuf.
mountable obstacles In hersway, and
completely crush her, by your cold
ness and seorn, because, forsooth, she
nhh ahfea w htsI hhto' t'" Wv h'"'-
on path trodden by women for ages
There arc thousands OF women In the
world and by the greatest stretch Of
calculation and research, you cannot
find more than one tenth part that
are gifted with this glorious talent,
and yet cannot this 1.-THE OF our sis'
terhood be sparedY Must they too
be forced into tho ranks OF those who
administer 10 our bodily wantsf
Surely We can give 70 the mind
that lives forever, n tenth part OF our
laborf Our brothers, ~ they grow
up 10 manhood, are allowed 70 chose
their own occupations, No one ever
thinks Of forcing their minds Into y
different channel. hut for our sisters
there are but two trades, Ono, y life
of idleneur, In tho parlor, tho other, q
| life Of drudgory, In the kitchen,
Oil how long shall this boz Jesus
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