Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-22

inferior i; she is smaller in person., feeblcr in l body and mind. If any woman thinks differ fently, let her try it Let her becomes colopeti tor this day-in the athletic sports at the foot 1cf tie hill let her attempt to climb the greas. ed pole, or run race in a sack, or bore an au- gurbole blitldfolded and see if she can carry off the prizes. And what would be thou.,L, 1 of a.Woman who should triumph in sncb 2. slrfe? This idea of the rights of woman is wholly bafbarlc idea. Woman entering in
 to competition with man in mans pursuits would become mans coarse paything OF slay- ish tool. Civilization entrenches woman in her w"inahliness 1t gives scope to her true char acte5 She IS Of finer mould than man her soul is puTr. her imagination more refined d.- iil sitting the manners in refining the feelings she IS the great ciyilizer of the world : in pu- frtying and exalting society, she is malas mas
 ter. Give woman the rights of man. place upon her the anties of man, make her a man Ill spirit, occupation and manners, and, you de- grade the huEan Face. As society is now or ganized, woman4is enthroned in tine respect of the stvrner sex. She abhors drunkenness, she is shocked at the.yuIgar and profane oath, she turns with disgust from the coarse joke. sShe IS thus not merely mans master, but his bellit- Jtie her spiritual nature tends to exalteration In climbing to heaven, ill mounting that fearful ladder, whose foot is on the earth and whbse tip IS among the skies, she is the guiding, guar dian angel, who points the way and gives strength and courage to the faitcring fnot atid and the faintng wing, Who is th.re among l this large assembly wohld deprive woman of ! tEat sceptre of love- and beauty, and religion, whcl she now wields and drag her down to coarse puglisin ill the battle of life with men? might on this day set apart to celebrate our National Birth Day, glance at that one idea-ism which breaches the dissolution of the unlon.--Strangc, sir passing strange that any man, any American shvu!d SC to tear down that structure which has been not orlyl the admiration of the world, but has been the chief instrument by which we have prosper as no other nation has prospered Yet so it is. Bat let us not be impatient of these obliqui- ties. .~
 As practical question, these railers might as well attempt to dissolve Niagara. Our na- tional progress is too strong and ,steady-onr march t"o IT gl.ty to P rmit tLes sselat;ono of the UuioD. have seen, and you, Sir, have seen, these States double aud almost trebled in number population and extent. Our lpomen- tum to-day is greater than that of any other period. We cannot stop to dissolve the Un- ion.
 l ought perhaps, to beg pardon for intro ducing such topics in this form l; but I have dared to, for the purpose of Illustrating my proposition that it is good to be here, just as we are-here on this 4th of July, ard here all together. Sir, it softcns and enlarges the heart, it liberalizes the soul, to come here all together We devote ourselves to-day, not to the thoughts or feelings of clique, sect, or a party but to those which belong to human ity. Such gatherings tend to refine the man. ners, and teach us that we can be. cheerful happy and joyous, without ceremony or loss of dignity. Sir, hail it as token of good things to come, that there is one. day in the year in which whole town, a. whole ceun- try-in the sight of God single family y-can assemble together, with hearts beating in ui- ion, and all thankful to Heaven, and rejoicing in this happy life it has bestowed upon us, and in this happy country it has given us. l con ceive it to be token of good things to comc
 that the men can find their amusements in the presence of the other sex, and that even the reverend clergy may join in our holiday pleas ures, without loss of dignity.