Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-02-19

THEINTELLIGENCER.
LOLA MONTEZ OK
STRONG MINDED WOMEN.

MiHuea !" omen. We take tue following sketch
! of her lecture from the New York Herald, of
Wednesday:
She was embarrassed she said, between the
just idea of strength aud what was uuv demon.
lnuted strong minded, in the woInan'S RIGHTS
movement Mrs BloOner lad obtained the re-
putation OF being strong miIded bv merely eut
ting six inches off her petticoat Five hundred
women getting together in convenvention and
resolving that they an oppressed com,n,;
nifty, and that the men were raScalS and Scound
relS, proved that they were diScuntcnted b,,t
could not prove that they were strong minded
The stroi Z minded women vert. not yvoruc,, or
words, bnt women of decds-not of resolutions
but ci action. History did not teach that thcv
ever consumed much time in conventions; thry
WERE rather, prompt To- resent cncroachm,nt
upon their lights, and To defend them. or take
the consequences of such defence When the
Countess Cecil, wife Of the Governor of Upnr,,
~, had been called upon 10 deliver uu the CITY
mat she defended, or Tie threat that her L,IS-
band, who was it, the hands orthe enemy SbcuI
hc put Ia death, She replicd-''I have rIche, In
abundance; have offered them, and | wouId
still otirr all for his ransom; but would not n
ANONYMOUSLY purchase life which he would re-
proach me with, aud which lac would not ask 10
enjoy, by means of hishonor ur by treason
against my King and country That was an
example OF reaI. StGCn"e "e&aii;ilcS, who had no
self known IL the world. There VAS such diff.
terence between strong minced and strong tom
gued women Even men always respected a
woman Of genius Genius was not sex
Would any one seek 20 take woman like Joan
Beilcviiie TO frying pancakes and pcaing onions?
CLaughtcr) When they thought Of Margaret
ot AnjOu, would they pause To speak about the
intellect of womanl Yet Joan of BcIIcviIle.
with all her military glory, her successive de
scents on Normandy, was one of the handSon,-
est women in Europe These were not solitary
cases. Who lad not read OF the AInazons, who
did all the fighting and made the ncn STAY At
were not allowed 10 marry until
they lad killed their mat. This was carrying
the question undoubtedly 10 an extent that
would satisfy modern agi;atorS Who did
not know of the Project Of Gregory'S daughter
and ef Joan Of Aic?-of the Countess belmont.
who, with her own hand, had taken prisoners.
though all mildncss and gentlcueSS at home p
of POriia, the beautiful daughter Of Cato, of
/ Ilticn, who in nr!ls.r - c4i,vi-~s her husband
that She was worthy of being trusted, anu ciIin-
ole of heroic deeds had badly gaShed herself
with kniie-of the Countess OF Derby, who
defended her castle when all gave il
up for lo~t-of Sybic, the wife nf Robert Of
Burgundy, who, 10 secure hcr husbands life,
had, at the sacrifice of her oWH life, sucked her
husbands poisoned wounds? Bat not only were
women celebrated for heroic deeds, but also ia
intellect and even science. Had uOt Isabella Of
ArTagon been the only one 90 apprcc. ate the
discoveries of Columbus, and really proved the
man OF the sOvCrciGns. (L.aughier) The in
telitct OF SculiTaInis aud, she Was sorry To- say
her bad morals. would rival that Of any male
monarch. What male monarch made n more
splendid reign than ZeUuhia, Quucmuf Palrnyiay
and dit not Queen Elizabeth, whose moral CHAR.
scter she would rot undertake To defend bear
the reputation ci the gigantic monarch Where
would man lind rivsi To Catharine the Second
9 y, 4 Il a O
thrown oil the dress well as the manners of
woman, saying, II would become n matr; vet /
tu not love men because they are men, but be-
cause they are rot women daughter y
Olympus, ihe mother Of Alexander the Great
bad been u match for the greatest monarch OF
the present day- She wolid not defend these
women models Of character for their sex, but
they would iavorabiy compare with tlic general
line Of the male mOUHTchs. (AFpauSel All
The bad that could be- said of these women by
said. The reason that 80 little
was said of the msn was, she supposed, because
10 great degree Of morality was expected from
them CApplause.) Men had the monopoly Of
the sInS of the world. Yet where could tie
men produce such examples as Lucrctia, the
Princess Uctavia, the heroine Of the battlefield
and Of the fields Of literature and Of science
Cornelia. mother Of the Gracchi orc Of tile most
learned persons of her day; Dacier who trarsla-
led Homer and ''plutarch Lives" while Eliza
ltlli tti pIllN l!'tliS4;ICu bTcGk. Lailu,
French and Arabic but spoke all these, and
several other languages besides. Helen Lucre-
la Gayan the most learned person Of her
day, and one Cf The greatest curio>tie> Of Rome;
while Jauc of ATagon, the MaTchuiucSs de Cha
,ee, and Anne Clifford contributed further to
til up tie record OF wonan's genins aiid learn
ing Of Madame de Staci, George Sand Madame
Roland and Lady MOntague, she said they all
kHe~; and Sir Edward LytiOn B'.iwer was mot
au exception to the rule that men Of the present
day could not readily recognize the genius Of
their own wives. She defended the character
Of Aspasa from what She deemed unjust aSper-
sious. extolird Cleopatra's beauiy and diploma
cy, and supported the theory Of RosScau that all
great revolutions originated With women The
best way for these con, entlon women 10 get al
the legislators through their hearts, FOR
mems judgments were easily controlled where
their hearts were interested. fApplause -
These convention women. it would bv hoped,
would make good wives and mothers #
they would turn their attention IN that
DIRECTION. U.aushter) They would never
get on as politicians. I.aughter) Woman
most III the United States where She
had the most liberty. They had got 10 learn
that iii politics you must not let your lef, hand
know wtat your right hand docth Haushtrr.1
What did she care about carrying the vote to
the box. when She was allowed to say hoE the
vote should be cast daughter 4 woman
qualified for good wife AID good mother need