Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-04-07
9ailp Gutl,.pilrr. ii.
women in Her Right sphere,

Translated fro the French Of Madame d Hericourt
| Woman, having the nerves of feeling more
fully developed, is more impressionLble and
more mobile than man.
Being weaker and as persistent she OBJ
tains by address and stratsgem, what she
cannot obtain by force; her weakness gives
her tiDidity, circumspeoton, the necessity Of
feeling herself protected
| The kinds Of labor that require strength
are repugnant to her.
| Her maternal destiny renders her an enc
my Of destruction, Of war; and her more
delicate organization makea her dread aud
shun contention. This same maternal des-
tination impresses a peculiar stamp on her
intellect She is always inclined to trans
form thought into facts, TO ircatnate il, to
give It fixed form; her reasoning is intui-
ton or quick perception of general refuta.
fion, Of truth that man elucidates ouly
with great difficulty, by the aid of stilted
logic.
Woman is better observer than man.
and carries Introduction further Than be,
she is consequently more penetrating, and is
much better judge Of the moral and intel
lectual value OF those about her.
She has, more than man, sentiment Of the
beautiful, delicacy Of heart, love Of good, re.
spect for modesly, veneraton for everything
superior.
More provident than he, she has more or
der and economy, and looks after Administra-
i've details with carefulness which is often
carried to puerility
Woman is adroit, sedulous php pxcels in
wor ks of taste, aud possesses stto"g acoustic
tendencies.
Gentler more tender, more patient than
man, she loves everything that is weak pro-
teets everything that suffers; every sorrow,
calamity brings tear TO her eye and drawS a
sigh from her breast.
This is woman, snch as you paint her, gen.
tlemen.
You then add. The vocation of woman,
therefore, is love, maternity, the household,
sedentarY occupations.
She is too weak for occupations that de.
mand strength, and for those of war.
She is too impressionable and too feeling,
too good, too gentle, to be legislator, Judge or
juror.
Her taste for household details, q retired
life, and the grave functions OF maternity,
indicate clearly that she is not made for pub.
lie employment. She is too variable to cult
vate science with profit too feeble and too
much occupied besides to pursue protrActed
experiments I
Her kind of,rationAlity repders her insult.
ed to the elaboration Of theories; and she is
too fond of details TO become seriously inter.
ested in general ideas, which excludes her
from all high professional functions aud from
those requiring serious study.
Her place is, therefore, at the freside, 10
make man better, to sustain him, TO care for
him, to procure him the joys of paternity,
and to fill the place of a good housewife.
Such are your conclusions; here are mine,
admitting, as hypothesis, what Aairm with
you Of woman
/. Woman, carrying into philosophy aud
science her subtlensss Of observation, will cor.
rect the exaggerat d tendency Of man for
abstract reasoning, and demonstrate the falsity
OF theories constructed, a priori, on few facts
alone.
2. Woman, carrying her peculiar faculties
into the arts and manufactures, will incrsas
ingly introduce therein art, perfection in de.
tails.
3. Patient, gentle, good, more moral than
man, she 10 the born educator OF childhood,
the moraliEer Of the grown man the majority
OF the educational functions revert to her Of
right, and she has her assigned place in spe.
cal instruction. .a.l.e.s
l. BY her quick intuition and her acute
the therapeutics of nervous affections her
dexterity win render her valuable in all deli.
cate surgical operations On her should de.
Volve the care ofueating diseases Of women
and children, because she alone is capable Of
folly comprehending them. She has her es
pecial place in hospitals, not only for the cure
OF disease but also for the execution and sur
veillsnee ofthe details Of nAnsEsmShl and
care Of the patients. r..f
8. The presence of woman In judicial func.
tionS as juror and arbiter, will be . guarantee
ofvertable human justice to ell that is, Of
equity.
6. Woman, carrying into the social house
bold her spirit of order and economy, her love
OF details aud adherence Of waste aud foolish
expense, will reform government, she will
simplify every thing; will suppress sinsouFes
and the accumulation Of offices, and will pro-
duce much from little, instead Of like man,
producing little from much; the purse Of the
taxpayers will not complain of the change.
z. BY her Administrative reforms, born Of
the economical instinct Of woman, taxes will
be diminished her abhorrence Of blood and
war will greatly reduce the fearful mpost Of
bloodshsd Having deliberate voice, aud
knowing, by her griefs and love, tho value OF
man, it will be only from sheer necessity
that she will consent 10 vote levies OF citizens
for the shambles called wars ahs will do this
only when her country is menaced, or when
II is necessary TO protect oppressed nslionAl'
ties 10 ell other cases, she will employ the
system Of Cancellation
A SUGGESTION The friends OF Governor
Morton and General Carrington have pressn-
tad each Of these worthless with house aud
lot In indianapolis, II seems fashionable,
nowadays, 10 make presents Of real estate 10