The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-01-28

do the work and iiYe Tie hie 81 man /
Wil admi. all tie rights ibal such q wo-
man claims All tl.ai myself possess II
she will let nae alone. aBd keep her dis
tance from me. She msy sing bass bui !
do no, wish to hear her, She is repulsiye
to me, She oiiends me.
/ believe in women. I believe they
are the sweetest, purest, most unselish.
best part oi the human race. have no
doubt on this su9gci, whatever They
DO sing HE melody in ali human life, as
well a. the melody n music. They carry
the leading part, at least in the sense that
they are a step in advance Of us, al the
way ia the journey heayenwaTd be-
lieye that they cannot move very widely
oui Of the sphere which they nov occupy,
aud remain as good a. tie, noa are aud
deuy hat my belekrest upon any sens
limeutality, Or JEALOUSY, or amy other weak
Or unworthy basis. 4 man who has cx-
pcricnced mothers devotion, a wiies
scll-sacriiieing love, and d lighters at.
feetion, and is grateful for all, may be
weakly sentimental about some things,
bat not about women. lie would help
every woman he loves 70 the exercise Of
an the rights which hold dignity aud hap
piness for her, lie would fight that She
might have those tights, il necessary but
he would rather have her lose her voice en-
iirely than 10 hear her sound bass note 50
long as demi-semi-quaver.
PGRvERsENEss,
OF the pcryerscness Of partisanship in
politics much is written, aud my pen need
not dip into it but there is peryerse-
ness exhibited by Christian churches 10
their quarrcls that should Be exposed and
discussed, because some people have an
-. preston .aat Z may possibly lie piety.
" For dim sqaS>ie, read per@a,GG"G'ce'
said an editor, correcting a typographical
error that had found its way into bis jour
nal. 1t seems as strange that peryerse-
ness should be mistaken for piety as that
petmanence should he mistaken for
" dun squzzle," but believe it often is.
Let some little cause Of disturbance arise,
and become active in church, and it is
astonishing how both parties 90 to work
and pray over il. The pastor, perhaps,
has said something on the subject Of sla-
very, or he does not preach doctrine
enough, or lie breaches tie wrong sort OF
doctrine, or he does not visit his people
enough, or there is a row about the
singing, or about a change in the hymn
books, or about repairing the church, or
buying an organ, or something or other,
and siraightway sides are taken, and the
wills Of both parties get reused Il Is
sometimes laughable-it would always be,
only that il Is too sad 10 see how quickly
both parties grow pious, as they grow per-
verse. II would seem, as the strife wakes
hot that the glory Of God was never SO
much in their hearts as now. they pray
with fervor, they are constant in their pub
lie religious duties, they pass through the
most scrupulous self examinations, aud
then fight on 10 tie bitter end; believing,
| suppose, hat they are really doing God
service, when they are only gratifying
their own peryerse wills,
Churches have been ruined or divided,
or crippled in their power, by cause ol.
quarrel too Insignificant to engage the
minds Of sensible worldly men for an hour.
have heard ii said thai church quarrels
are the most violent Of all quarrels, be-
cause religious feelings are the strongest
feelings OF our nature. confess that ]
do not see the force Of this statement, for
ii does not appear to me that religious
feelings have much to do with these quar-
rels. | can much more easily see why all
personal differences should he adjusted
pcaceably ia church, Tor there it is sup
posed that tie individual will is sub0rd.
mated TO the cause of religion and the gen
eral good. The real basis Of the bitter
ness Of church quarrcls is women. There
are no others, except neighborhood quar-
rels. in which women mingle, and neigh
borhood quarrel ~ll at once be recognized
as more Ike church quarrel than any
other. Women have strong feelings, are
attracted or repulsed through their sensi-
tililies, conceive keen likes and dislikes
do not stop to reason, and are, Of coure,
the readiest and the most devoted partl-
zans. If the mouths Of the women could
only Be smotlered ii a church "a rrel. il
would be settled much easier Ol al the
perYerse creatures III this world, woman
who has thoroughly committed herself to
any man, or any cause, is the least tracla-
Bile and reasonable. hope this statement
will not offend my sweet friends, because
il is so true that cannot conscieniiously
retract IT,
What the books call pride Of opinion,
is, nine eases IN ten, simple peryerseness
kuow a most venerable public teacher Of
physiology, whose early theory Of tie pro-
QUESTION Of animal heat--yery ridiculous IN
itself--is still yearly announced from bis
desk, Notwithstanding the fact that lhe
whole world has received another, whose
soundness is demonstrated beyond ali
question. As lie, year after year, declares
his belief that animal heat is produced BY
corpuscular friction ii the circulating
blood. there Is twinkle ofthe eyes among
lis amused atItlifars which esrs very plaiu-