New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-27


r1aber .. wOrNen mortiy single women, einpioyei in
Industrial pursuits uored BILE 10 him. Mss Pow
ell whose enlightened philanthropy had ben at tho
not Of this movement had informed him tha;
women directly employed IN mSauflcturinc
WHY here was enough 70 make vast srnry. vast
city Of itself lie had often thought that he wonli
rather daughter If III. should be al service N gooi
family than that she shouh be ct work in a ranufac
tory. In household service she was SURE al least. Of
home, ard not liable 70 be cheated out Of That and
shused, perhaps, after she was ruined. Ihis great
army was depender upon their DAYS labor Tor their
livelihood. II sskeithat these 81 VOO wonien, or
asuary Oftlem wished. should have 10 'ksto re III
good books good papers. good rooms of resort Inc
reXt thing should be- that shey should have Tine 10
read. II was not right that $1,000 women should be
able 10 soy in the Christian City of New-for&, thst
they were driven 10 lay down their lives or TO hose
them without laying them down. We must mol ue-
gect this 10 export so much Of our cheap Gospet-a
Gospel that was defcien. az home, was very cheap
Gnc he didn't wonder that they wanted 70 export as
much If Il a. possible. In tie Mercantile Library
female clerk were admitted the same terms 80 msls
but female clerks were very few. We had a manso:
cum Of library in the city, atd if man was wrapped
mp warm lie could gather great trnt.on of knowledge
romit. lie had once twice himself gone through the
stony all and reached what he thought more stony
reception. and caught hold ofhis backed
down ard he should never 90 again. Laughter.
What chance would womsn have there Nhat
chsuce would poorly-clad woman have there Ii
was a gilded library for gilded men. To the strups
everything was given and from the weak eyerythins
was plucked away. He was rot familiar with the
other libraries. Now, women. ifthey wOnld not be IN
meuia occupations must have intelligence and if
they were born poor a. to receive no education,
they must do the best they could. No provision had
been made for them bad the churches made anyi lie
could only spesk for his chureh they had made none
Brother Chaplin was not hcre-he be gged pardon, NJ.
Chaplin he had called him Brother Chapin orce be-
fore and had bombariment for II in the religious
newspapers. Laughter. Bnt il the churches had
done nothing, this destituion had touched the heart
of ore who had suffered from II, and she was II NOT
the Moses at least the Miriam of this movement
Some of the largest employers of working women had
already begun 10 make Their establishments kini oi
artificial family He thought II the duty ot employers
10 watch over the women whom they employed. ~
was practicable and it was profitable. IL might not
be profitable quite so soon; but the fruits which
ripened the quickest did not last the longest. he
knew that the contemplated library must be product
i've of great good He had been requested TO ask the
advice Of the wise in the audience point. IL
had been thought desirable that there should he q
collection taken up at some point in the evening" aud
be was requested To ask them whether they would
like 10 take il up Three gentlemen had been so
liberal IA 10 subscribe 500 apiece and one of them
had already made his 10000.
Mr.. BEEcHER while the collection was being taken
np read letter Offering sympathy aud AID from MIR.
John \. GenD.
JAS. T. BRADY, esq., was introduced by the Mayor.
After an elegant compliment to Mr. Beecher, whom he
had now heard for the first tino, he referred to the
purposes of the present assemblsge. As 10 the hours
OF labor and other details corrected with the employ
ment of women sufficient had been said. In refer
epce To tie intellectual culture Of women, and the
development of plans for improving their condition,
he would offer few remarks. Whether anything Tor
the general benefit of that sex could be accomplished
by public Efforts, was great question, IN the discus
sion Of which many able minds were engaged. The
Imperial Academy OF Lyons recently offered prize of
- 800 for the best essay as o the means oi equal1
the wages of men and women opening new careers 10
women, and procuring for them work which shall
replace those eDployments necessarily taken from
4" them by the competon OF men and the changes In
manners and customs" The same subject has re-
oeiyed the attention of the National Association
for tho Promotion of Social Science oi whieo
the President il Lord Brougham. ln this coun-
try the cause of woman presents itself IN connec.
ton with suffrage, Improvement in education, and
admission to new empoynents. II encounters
the opposition of prejudices and habits whlch
from timc immemoria hGye prevailed among
men. II receives limited support from one sex, and
much ridicule from the other. IL il seriously impeded
by the mistaken zeal of some among It's advocates.
What We have to recommend on this occasion is not
Utopisn revolutionary we do not propose to dis.
turb the relations of husband and wife, mother and
child OF interfere with the duties customs OF
domestic life. My remarks will have little, If any,
reference % women provided with tho noana IN Obtain
such intellectual refinement rs their tastes may sug-
gest, their capacity permit 1 shall aliude particu-
arly to those who labor for subsistence, aud ncien-
tally To such IA would prefer to be independent 50
maintain Themselves or even to strive for public dis
tirctoD. a large number oi the women III TINS state
maintain Themselves. Some ~ 900 sewing women re-
side in this city, Sewing machines have serious y
injured this class. Their intellectual culture ID at
the same time sadly neglected, as s that of nearly
all workwomen in every quarter OF the globe.
Some men think that women not improved
in merit by mental instruction. Some think their
natural capacity il far inferior TO that Of men. Ira
dton assigns to woman the invention OF the three
articles most essential TO her usual occupation IN tho
past and presentthe needle, the spindle and the bas
ket Necessity has not tested her inventive faculty
much further History informs Us that IN the palmy
days of old Spain women competed with the other
sex in literature, eoquence and rcconilte science
Italy could boast in the eighteenth century of four
female professors, two Of whom-Laura Bagsi aud
Maria Agnesi-dessrve particular mention. II the
fair of that land could at that era in ruct the
learned, why might not ours accomplish such result
now when The air is quick with intellectual activity
France boasts Of Rosa Bonheur, vino has not yet re-
ceived the decoration awarded TO her at the Paris
Exhibition in 1888 for her " Horse Fair" This is
merely because she is a woman We speak with pride
Of our Harriet Hosmer and Maria Mitchell, the sc1p-
tor and astronomer the latter Of whom has received
two medals from foreign Governments. The Antioch
College Of Ohio he. three female professors. in the
New-York Infrmary for INDECENT Women aud Chl.
dren, the attending physicians arc three refined and
most talented ladies. The pupit and the press may well
consider and advise whether increase of such ex
ann les may 10. honor country, while il eleyates
the sex all profess to love. But looking at the ie
male. whose "sphere" IL the region Of l-rewarded
toll, what shall we say of them Many have homes
and are free from want; many support by their un-
aided toll aged parents often dle dssoute brothers
or husbands. Few Of us inquire rs 10 their pecuny
and much less a. TO tier mental condition. Some
men would seem 70 concur with Talleyrand, who,
when il was remarked that ''woman must live ss-
tirically answered. II don't SEE the necessity Of t.
Bu. others feel the truth OF what the Hon. Mrs.
Norton hes so beautifully expressed: ''What il the
meaning OF that sympathy for the heroic which
" shows itself in al classes, and all occasions
why does blow struck sword drawn IN be-
hat of tha bcln.ss seem tn make a hero Of the