Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-03-03

babies9'') Yet the American farmer has
already emancipated himself from these
fancied incompatibilities, and SO will the
farmers wife. In a nation where there
is no leisure class and no peasantrv, thi,
whole theory Of exclusion is an absurditY
We all have little leisure, and we must
all make the most Of il. If it will contine
large i.nterests and dutie.
to those WAC have nothing else to do, We
must 90 back to monarchy at once if 9th
erwise, then the alphabet, and its conse-
quences, must be open to woman as to
man. Jean Paul says nobly, in bis {" Lee
vana," that "beforc and after being a
mother, woman is human being, and
neither maternal nor conjugal relation can
snpercedc the human responsibility, bur
must become its mears and instrument
And it is good to read the manly speech,
On his subject, Of John Quincy Adams,
quoted at length by his recent venerable
biographer-in which,afte fully defending
he political petitions Of the women Of
Plymolh, he declares that /" the correct
principle is hat women are not only instl-
fed, but exhibit the most exalted virtue
when they do depart from the domestic
circle, and enter on the concerns of their
country, of humanity, and of their Go ~
There are duties ievolving on every hui
man hcng,--duties not small or few, but
vast and varied, which spring from home
and private life, and all their sweet rea-
ton'. The support or care of the hum
bIest household is function worthy Of
men, women, and angels, so far as it goes.
From these duties none must shrink, Meth
er man nor women; the loftiest genius
cannot ignore them; the sublimest chart.
" must begin with them. They are their
own exceeding great reward, their selfsac-
rfice is infinite JOY, and the selfshness
which discards them receives in return
loneliness and desolate old age. Vel
these, though the most tender aud intimate
portion of human life, do not form its
whole. 1t is given to noble souls TO or We
other interests also, added spheres not
necessarily alien from these, larger knowl-
edge, larger action aso,-duties, respsasl-
biliIies, anxieties, dangers, all the all.nent
that history has given to its heroes. MOI
heine less, but humanity more. When
the high born English lady in the Cr'neau
hospital, ordered to post of almost GER
tain death, only raised her hands to heav
en- and said, "Thank God r she did no
renounce her true position AS woman, she
claimed it. When the queen of James
Iof Scotland, already immortaIiz ID bv him
in stately verse, won higher immortality
by welcoming to her fair bosom the dag
gers aimed at his,-when the Countess o
Bnchan hung copfiaed in her iron cage
outside Berwick Castle, in penalty fol
browning RoberL the Bruce. - when LII,
Estsilules- soul of jean IF Are ''sst God, like
Noses, IN d burning flame, thing.
were as thst should be. Man must not
manopolize these piiyiledges of peril, bir.n
right Of great souls. Serenadcs aud com.
plinents must not replace the nobler hos
pltality watch shares with woman tile op
porlunity Of nartyrdom. Great admins.
,rative duties also, cares of state for which
one should be born gay beaded, how nobly
do these sit upon female brow! Each
year adds to tie storied renown of Eliza
beth OF England, or, atest sovereign Of tbs
greatest Of historic nations. Christina o.
Sweden, alone among the crowned head,
of Europe, $50 says Yoltaire,) sustained tn,
dignity ofthe throne against Richeieu anc
Mazarin. And they most assuredly die
not sacrifice their womanhood in the pro
cess; for her Britannia Majesty's wardrobs
included four thoasani gowns, and Mile
de Monr pensier declares, that, when Chris
tina had put on wig of the latest fash
lou, ''she really looked extremely pretty
Should this evidence of feminine attributes
appear to some slerner intelects frivolous
aud insufficient, ii is, nevertheless, adapted
to the level of the style of argument i
answers.
Les races Sc reminiscent, said Buffon, -
" The world is growing more feminine.
Il is compliment, whether the Naturalist
intended it or not. Time has brought
peace; peace, invention; and the poorest
woman IF to-day is born to an inheritance
such as her ancestors never dreamed Of
Previous attempts to confer on women so
cia anG political equality, AS when Leo
Ipold, Grand Duke of Tuscany, made then
magistrates, or when the Hungarian revo
Iution.sis made them voters, or when OIL
own New Jersey tried the same experiment
10 a guarded fashion, in early times, AM
then revoked the privilege, because Gas
in the ancient fable) the woman voted tbs
wrong way.-these things were premature
and valuable only as conc-s ions 10 a sup
posed principle. But in view Of the rapid
changes now going on, he Is rash man
who asserts the ,"Woman Question to b.
anything but mere question Of time
The fulcrun has been already given, IN
the alphabet, aud we must simply watch
and see whether the earth does not move.
In this present treatment OF The subject,
we have been more anxious to assert broad
principles than to work them out into the
details of their application. We only
point out the plain fact: woman must be
either a subject or an equal; there is no
other permanent ground. Every conces-
sion to supposed principle only involves
the necessity Of the next concession for
witch that principle calls. Once yield