The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-21
ltinents or an Anti-woman's Rights
Man.
TO THE xDIrox OF TIN HERALD

TO THE EDITOR OF THh HhhALDs
Twas not little surprised reading address dev-
cred BY lady entitled Mrs. Stanton in which she gives
oppression TO some Of her ablest arguments In behalf OF
woman's rights. Judging from such would consider
that lady we'll read and fully posted In history and
romance and In point competency the fair sex could
scarcely procure lady better adapted for tho vindca
ton Of their so-caied rightA But when look and
weigh her arguments pity while censure. Pity b.
cause 30 much talent 10 devoted TO an object that devoid
Of even common sense never DO attained Now, IN
this age Of enlightenment and civilization. 70 imagine us
American men will succumb TO be ruled ana oridied
by the female portion OF our community are we 30
blind as not to see the absurdy and righteousness
Of the ideas she wishes to promugaes The ideas hrs
g. presents arc she considers, the rights OF woman
ady would have her sex senator's lawyers doctors and
policemen with stars on their foreheads and scep'res IN
their hands The word club would DO too strong an ex
preston Mrs. s. thinks and therefore substitutes the
word sccptre could scarce believe was not dreaming
when reading the report your paper but the real
was there On sensible ladies, imagine yourselves
dressed in pol.cemens uniform, with clubs in your
hands Imagine yourselves street inspectors, visiting
the haunts Of SIN aud de radiation, trying 70 persuade
those fallen angels to rurn TO virtue and forsake tne
evil ways Wo Id not the task be revolving duu ds-
gushing when men, who Of stronger will and deter
minatiOn, give up the mission as hopeiasss Mrs. s.
quotes The words OF Victor Hugo:-"As the debris Of
sewers havo been fond 10 possess those chemical
qualities thai Can alone restore the WORKOUT lands OF
tie old world so the very dregs OF society," through
poverty and suffering shall the great virtue Of self
sacrifice and heroism that can alone redeem the
do not for moment pretend 10 say that these hauns
OF nfamy and degradation should not DO visited ana the
denzens exposulated with; but do unhes tatngy as
that not the proper messenger her nature
Is adverse the task II I'D be impossible for her TO
perform it, the temptations are too great the infection
too contagious For proof Of womans weakness and In
competency combat with temptations let US go back
TO the creation, whom his Satanic Majesty, with all ms
hideousness did guile her; he offered and she accept
ed which act did Of necessity require the Son Of God TO
alone for, by dying ON Calyary's cross
mean dsparagement to the fair sex when l say
that woman was not in the great architects original plan
OF the creation. She but an afterthought-in fact
the final o. the creation.
II was when God saw the solitude OF that the idea
facts ought not Mrs s. be satisfied that Is superior
TO every animal and inferior 10 but man. Her
existence at the time Of mans formation should at once
convince her of her desp0tsm Ia cheer In his
solitude and IN his homestead she formed, not to
mix in the busy marts Of commerce and exchange.
Where do you find nobler type OF woman than in the
read her Bible and If not let refer her to LIST CORN.
thans, 14lh chapter, saith and 35th veises,
VIII 70 II says:-"Let your women keep silence In
the Ss n "nder
also saith the law; and II they will learn anything,
let them ask their husbands At home for II Is shame
chap lith l2h and 18th lie, the woman
learn In silence. with all subsection But suffer not
woman to teach to usurp authority over the man.
but to be in silence For Adam was irs formed then
asks for her rights who, let me ask would attend TO
household matters while she would be performing
policeman: duty in our sree.ss WHO would nurse our
OF those dear little cher bsthe smootherso Of Lies
rugged path. Empress trail hoops, boomer dress vcne
tian and other coils for the hair st Of necessity DO
dispensed with as would DC impossible 10 compress
hoOpskrt into Q policcmans unmcntonables or the
IT. mendous waterfall into hat In the SINGER hopo
that Mira s. will Tor go her forlon hope expedition and
devote her time and talents TO more advantage,
]. ]. JEEWENTHAL.