Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-02-18


possess, is upon the feelings rather than
upon the understandings Of those around
them, which may and does sometimes de.
vclop the widest vsgaries Of the human
intellect ! am not speaking Of those of
a sound mind in sound body, made great
by labor aud cultivation, the source and
offspring Of those trxnscendent powers Of
the general intellect-but am speaking
Of that afflicted and unfortunate class Of
human beings, male and female, who seem
to be possessed of an irresistible bias in
certain directions, and whether good or
evil, depends altogether upon chance
And God alone can calculate the results
which may arise from such abnormal de-
velopments. Such abnormal and distem-
pered specimens Of humanity are not un-
frequently the most prominent in our
Woman's Rights Conventions-revealing
their congenital madness in almost every
thought, word and action, proposing moth.
ing that 10 rational, but ever intent on
claiming the unreasonable and impracti-
cable-besides exceptional cases whether
good or bad does not suffice in establish.
ing rule. There are other differences to
be noticed her head, as have said, was
smaller than that Of man; and perhaps
not equal for the Hottest flights of intellect
but abundaptly large enough for love,
and all its kindred and humanizing affec.
tons. Her Thorax, which, forms the ca
witty wherein the lungs are situated, is
smaller and more contracted, while the
vital capacity Of the lungs themselves are
so cubic inches less than the male, this
being the average-showing that she was
not intended to scale the mountain heights
to hunt the wild chamois in his native
Alps, or to chase the swift deer, elk and
buffalo of our own primitive forests and
prairies. She don't consume oxygen or
vital airs enough to perform such miracles
of vigor. Another reason her powers
Of locomo,ion fail her; that irregular bony
cavity situated at the base of the spinal
column, and just above the inferior ex-
tremities, possesses nee hanical disadvan-
tages which seriously interfere with pc.
destrian exercises; and, Mr.. Editor, if you
have ever been impertinent enough to
notice lady's gait (which don't believe)
you must have discovered a''sor' of rolling,
rocking motion which would not justify
you in hazarding 'arge sum if she should
be put in competition with Gildevs|eeve or
the American deer, in running foot race
The probabilities would certainly be
against her This cannot be called de.
tect-it is far otherwise; but it incapaciates
her for those various avocations aud occu-
pstions which belong to man. Again,
she is characterizedby feebIeness of mus
Gle, and that independent of those ar,ti-
cial restraints measrcably inseparable
from high state OF civilization, and which
tends only to exaggerate this peculiarly.
The flores are weak. and the fibric that goes
to make up the fibre lacks that compact.
ness essential TO strength their interslces
being filled with adipose Or fatty tissue
which gives To them their softness and
hexbility. Blu. this pecaliarty has its
compensation. 1t gives to her that rotun
dity Of figure and delicacy of outline
which makes the hearts Of Old Bachelors
ache, and which has been the theme of
poets and lovers from the time that blind
Homer first sang her beauties, until the
present time.
This somewhat tedious description OF
constitutional differences may begin to
elicit some anxiety as to what is sought To
be enforced by their application. The
answer is brief LIST. That woman is in
capable OF performing many of the duties
that rightlally belong to man. End. Tha,
nature never inte nded she should.
"A PAYING SUBSCRIBER