New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-16
WOMAN AND HER WORK.
LECTURE BY THE REV. DR.. CHAPLIN.

LECTURE BY THE REV. DR.. CHAPLIN.
d.. Chaplin sctured to large audience last night at
Mozart Hall on the above subject. Nearly all ths Al
dermen. the Common Council and the Ten Governors,
with Mr. Postmaster Fowler, were p!esent. He said
that the originality of any thought s secondary to ts
truth II it is old it should be welcomed account Of
respect due to age. His subject led him to consider
whether woman is potentially what she ought to be-
The relation betgeen man and woman is the m,st
beautiful expression Of the great law of nature
Womsn is simply the equal of mau-nothing more,
nothing less. We have right to determine what is
wcman's sphere by any arbitrary prejudices cannot
recognize any such fact as mans rights or 1mans
rights; only recognize human rights Womsns or
bit il the orbit of her humanity, aud hence she ought
to be mans equs-equal before the world before the
law as she is before God. And let no one be dis
iurbed by visions # strong minded womeu with spec
tac.es ecuring Kansas. The question ia, whst
is truth ard not what the imaginable consequences
Man may run against Gods will but cannot alter 1t.
| urge ii at womsn should actually be something more
than he has been he'd TO be. She has been placed
above the scale and cast below 1t; she hss been mans
slave aud his empress. In one place you may see her
the poor drudge Of the washt tub or the needle work
ine to support drunken husband; iu another place we
ste her paIor listening to the confectionery OF
,msll talk fu,ni ed by some dandy. Society around
us Is but little more than modification of thess two
pictures WHAT we want is some way of deliverance
for oman from being mere slave, and something
substantial thsn those accomplishments whlcA
make her mere gewgaw. The legal argu nent has
already been presented 80 shall pass the subject
If womans education. Woman ought to be rendered
less dependent upon Our present stse OF society
tCo often trains her as to make marnsge an aDso-
ate necessity. AIN glad if there is some advance 10
this respect; | am GLAD if women and clergymen are
eesrded ss something else taan respectable piupers
Won an can become what she should be, ana DO what
she should DO, cnly by genuine education. caono,
see why there should be very sharp discrimination
l.4, ba N. at
kind of learning will develop the intellect Of the boy
why not Of the girl You may say woman cannot be
a Newton a Shakespeare Well II she can't she
won't; ard 50 where's the harm Laughter way
should woman with liberal education BE- less fitted
for the duties e wife or mother II In the cut'
yateG mind there il reserved force for emergencies
why should woman be Cebaired hom that blessed
xiii that urlocks the treasures OF truth and opens
communion with the distant and the dead
In mary woman is brought up nOt ID sell Iet
al ca. but simply to make settlement Tor lie. we
all have a horror of female gamblers; bu: now many
women really gamblers tor lucky mstcn 10
We wonder there is often the gamblers loss as well as
Lis hazard In the worlds version, 1t Is not charity
but money that covers multitude OF sins. Ihe ricn
profiigate receives the hand Of virtue and beauty.
But there would not be many serpents 10 ths par
of fashion if there were not Ewes IN the garue1
TO liten. In rude society, woman was bought ana
sold as slave aud Of our manners are not nucn
better. Chiistiapiy teaches us that woman mas
soul but n any men act as though they had not ac-
cepted aud many women as though they had none 10
give. Women have a right to proper culture, not
womans rights, but az human rightsi Us man
equal and mpsniop, she requires training wnlcn
will develop every human faculty The true way 70
find the sphere Of anything is to educate IT TO It's hgh
et. cspacity genuine culture will produce nothing
that will overrun its divinely appointed limits. WON
natrre ar will accord with the qualities OF ner oelus.
u will therefore be strong physical work out w.
clean, delicate work is needed wtere emo'on ninso'
Nth thought, il will be her WORK IN !ng
. tststa~
Womsn's truest work is OF home and iis sa1ctDes, ~
lie. LIS Lot fear these offices WILL be aDanuoheo reo
v i'll be sill the heart OF the vile ara ihotne!'
sre many women for whom tins spners radnd a., AZ
hone whe,e shall she have honor! La thls spue!ei
claim fr her large and LIBERAL culture. l. Ol ~
tcusequence who s 10 cischarge THESE onic 49,
20 teach and train the ife the heart OF Tue -
mar Among women there are Two clhseeei 80
lie home duties do not absorb, aud they c'aa aJ
thing 70 co. They oonpri.e those VINO are ny'
oaOk for q yirg and these who are. Ia oenan n,9 -
lose soy large field Il needed iot "v'u.H .,s ~
Coz sicer what ought to be done fT that c.As ~
wtmer who must scrk perish what are 'urs ~ ~
DO That is the question. might .Pecls! wa.cb. n
orms of labor, such as soue part " 80.
making, Of telegr,phiog, CT tne wT'H WI af which are
sdsp'ed to womsn's nature and her etP'Tu!,
II CAIN of this class OF women is simPy - or
of their hun ani.y. Tnsy must nave tn.S a;.ber
perist-psrish in one of two way5-pu puysTi[ ~ tba
tom lsck Of work or scantiness Of it. Inlnk OF .he
moor widow who makes shirts st five cents ape
ard snnrose TIE man who pays it covers the New
Tesam,ht With that five cent piece She esn, pr,
hops, make one dsy Is not thai re iuclng "nsy
resy to starvation Think Of those nope bs "oJ tsIc.
who virtually cay, Let Death have u' 80 nc ThsL
GOD SS' for se Es' wo%en SD 8bd die horOsby and only
perh ph! scsy think what .a. saa'' ram InSS WhcS mich
in Heaven, with their sweet faces sxay ar1n' Whst Mat
all the trouble is glortrd away: S., noe.
IL M t6s'e U note & women, who crsng TO their con-
cerce died their posts APpIat,e N t1s and pEst s.sI
to he go Then should sne r xCif bicsue 'Ci she Is
@onsn % ard YET ibis i really the fact. We regs.se
The dvire sw wbich tes not to tns & wosksr
ia tun AID oppes hen simply O.S"1,s Ssss .hSy
weak. To core uleo. the snI'' ;,b tbt.s oui
sa, see. &c WE paw pa5 dSe " css, oAtns .@ %s
h, lsrr,,S ,irk we.ners gao-ts wno sh'ua
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