New-York tribune., 1867-02-20
TOuEN FOR WOuEN.

Nothing can he trucr than that the old high
comedy phase of conventional gallantry has
died out. our graudfithcr's ceremonial polite
ness, our grandmOthcr'S stiff-neckcd propIlety,
have gone down the "back entry of time
hand in hand. Undoubtedly, Queen Anne is
dead. What remained of her spirit or memory
in thi, brisk and progressive age of ours
must have gone ont with the fanciful chiyalIy of
the Rebellion. 1, may be that men are bccom-
ing more sincere and women are growing
stronger and that the progress OF the
Women, Rights Question gauges the meas
urr and quality of our freedom. Such would
seem To- be the meaning of the fact that last
evening two women, eminent and eloquent
spoke IN behalf of a nation of women before
audiences composed of the highest intelligence
Oi both sexes.
Miss Dickinson'S lecture on Something to
DO, was protest ginst the tacit tyranny of the
sex in authority, by which the weakest OF weak
women are driven outward and downward. 10
W., ughiful claim put forward Oh behalf OF
those who wanting work, are denied the count
less avenues 10 respectable cmploymcntN which
are open to men. The subject j, trite; but ID
cannot soon cease 20 be of interest 10 those
who have looked on such miSerieS IN
great citir, as those under which women
suffer far more kceny than men. The
want of women * undoubtedly something to
do:r aud it /, a want 10y which Miss Dickinson
measure, the extent of the oppression under
which her sex labors. That women can be
okillful doctors. artists, clerks. and even
mechanics. as wcil a, scholars and authors. no
one who appreciates the mind OF his race need
for a moment doubt All that makes
woman the cOmradc of um makes
her his equal. No truly intcllli-, community
can deny such possibilities aS these to the
woman who has to earn her own bread. The
point is already settled that woman can do rs
well ~ suffer.
Miss Dickinson shows that she can speak
for women; but it will need more women
on the ro,trIm, and more i'll the sick
chamber ~ physicians before they fully
vindicatc their right to worl,-that, too,
in opposition 10 the education and prejudccs
of their own sex and ours. Well IT
is that women sometimes cease To smile for us,
and sing for us, aud once III a while do lecture
us "A earnestly and ~ nObly as Anna Dick
inSon. She shows that the true champion of
wOmen's rights need he no pyhoncss,
rs MIR. jefferson Davis fancicS her If
she Is indeed sincere she can he as true
"a ninistcring angel on the platform as in
the hospital, and she has been very true and
noble in both places. Among her many clo-
auent addresses, she has uttered no Drawer
and more earnest words than chose of last night
with which she appeals for women's right to
work Every one feels that something specific
should be done for wOmcn-Or, better still,
that women should do it for themselves. But
men suffer. as well as women, and world
radically wrong it is hard to reform. Though
the gospel of revolution is preached,
every one feels that it is hard to move
the wheels. This is the more difficult, while
woman herself is the silent but most powerful
partner in the tyranny against which she appeals.
Miss Dickinson quotes instances occurring IN
half dozen States in which women have given
large sums of money for the endowment of
colleges for young men; but who has yet heard !
of any signal act of this kind, performed by
women for the sake of wOmeni But we note
that women have earnestly taken the field
Aallying at last on their own individuality and
Self sovereignty. We are very sure that reyO-
luti0ns do not go backward, and that the |
hands of strong and good women will at last |
move the world to their own side.
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