St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-01-20
ST. CLOUD STEATNS CO., MINNESOTA, THURSDAY JANUARY

he must unite in his nature the proper
ties Of the links on either side of him. In
other words, one part of his being must be
womanly, the other merely animal; and as
the law of progress is upward, it is accord
ing to the eternal order Of things that wo-
man should use her influence to make him
moro like herself, and less like the beasts
of the field, who know no law but appe-
tite. She ought to labor for the advance
ment Of the link, which binds her
to it's next door neighbor-the elephant,
tho horse, the whale, the dog or the mon
key whichever it is that is highest in the
merely animal scale.
For the truth Of the assertion, that
mans progress toward perfection lies
through his advance in womanly qualities,
we need only instance the highest type of
manhood that has yet appeared on earth
the Saviour. His whole nature overfowed
with the highest ideal of womanly virtues.
Not one trace about him Of the qualities
men, in all ages have set up, as the stand
ard of manly excellence. He never led
an army, never conquered State, never
performed herculean feats Of physical
strength, never prided himself on his
bones being like those Of an OK, or his
power to invent engines of Instruction.
He never boasted OF his right to swallow
gin; and his capacity for containing more
bottles of wine than others. He never
exchanged shots with any one in defence
Of his honor, never knocked any one down
for insulting him.
On the contrary his whole life was full
of those acts which mans instinct has led
him to assign to woman. He comforted
the afflicted, wept with the distressed, fed
the hungry, carressed the children; and was
quite as disinterested and self sacrificing as
every man thinks his wife ought to be-
He exhibited, in perfection, that patience
under injury, that power Of endurance,
and passive courage in which woman is
expected not to fail; and in which it has
long been conceded she does greatly excel
the other sex. He, in short, was more
womanly than any woman has ever been,
for he had no touch Of the selishness and
sensuality Of which men are apt to boast
themselves, but which they know is de-
grading to woman.
The spirit which hath appeared unto
all, teaches that a drunken or unclean
woman is a horror; but most people feel
that man may wallow in moral pollution,
without travelling far out Of his "proper
sphere" " Thus, it is conceded that man
is lower order of intelligence than wo-
man. Of him is expected and required,
the qualities which enable him to grapp!e
with rude, inanimate and animal nature;
while Of her it is expected that she shall
approach the standard Of infinite pertec-
ton, of infinite purity, infinite compass
sion, Infinite patience, infinite love. In
the midst Of all the wrongs which man, in
the power of his animal strength, has
inflicted upon woman, let her never cease
to thank him for this It is hard to be
robbed Of her natural inheritance her
wages, Of her ght to the custody Of her
own children. 1t is hard to be compel
led, by brute force, to submit to laws
made by an inferior order Of intelli iyences
but thank them, and thank God, that
they have not robbed you Of their inward
sense and outward acknowledgement, of
your right to be better, purer, holier,
more like God, than they are.
If any further proof is required of the
truth Of our position-that man is the
link between woman and the animal
vorld-we have this proof in his outward
form. His bones, muscles, and physical
strength, approach much nearer to those
of an OK than yours do. The upper, and
better, portion Of his face is smooth, as is
the face of no creature on earth, except
woman and as inspired poets and artists
always represent the face of an angel;
while the lower portion of his physiogno-
my is clothed with hair, like the faces of
the cat and monkey. This fits him for
exposure to the atmosphere; and with his
larger and stronger Frame proves; that it
is his business to do the worlds rough,
heavy work-to stand between woman
and rude contact with animals-to save
her from the necessity Of managing
horses and killing beasts of prey, Of
telling timber, blasting rock, building
houses, holding the plow, and all other
labor requiring great physical strength.
AS mind corresponds to its surrounding
matter, Or, rather, as the outward form is
the sign of the inward substance, there
is, and must be, a class Of mind labors
in which man must excel woman; as
there is class Of mental or intellectual
processes in which, she must ever surpass
him. AS to the dividing line, we may
hope to find it when we discover the par
tition between the violet and the blue, in
coloring of the rainbow. From the inf
mite varieties presented by the individuals
Of each sex, their fields Of labor. must
always blend, and lose themselves in each
other, just as the one color in the prisms