The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-23
woman's Mission.


Radical party in tho Eastern States, to
have the elective franchise conferred
upon women. For years past they have
had female lecturers-thei s~trong-minded
women-their Lucy Stones, their Miss
Dickensons, and Mrs. Sw sshelms-they
have invaded the pulpit, the halls of Con.
gress and the stump, aud now they are
persistcntly striving for the right 10 cast
q ballot.
We consider Woman's Mission far too
high aud sacred for her to become a pedd-
ling lecturer on any or every science, wheth-
er real or imaginary, or roaming preachers,
whether they be Millerites, Perfectionites,
SwedenbOrgians, or Spirit Rapping Lee
turers, or Mediums. We believe Hon.e
to be her kingdom, and if her reign be
that of peace and love, her influence will
be boundless, and as much as any right
minded person could desire. It'll contrary
to the whole spirit of Divine Revelation
for women to leave their homes and all
that ought to be dear to them, in order to
vote, or travel about preaching or lectur.
ing to gain fame or ~notoriety the noto-
riety that of shame too often. No real
woman, no matter how great her intel
lect-no matter what may be her talents
will throw away her natural modesty
aud shamefacedness to appear in the pub
lie assembly, to cause her voice to be
heard on high. Others cannot perform her
duties. Ii she refuses to provide for her
home, she has denied the faith and is
worse / an an ihfdel. Yet these she
ecturers and she-preachers pretend
to believe the Bible while their
very appearance in public, as teachers,
gives the lie to their %pretensions. Who
is to perform home duties when the wife
and mother is off on q lecturing expedi-
ditlon? These are left to minds wholly
unfit and incapacitated to perform them.
When women can take upon themselves
public affairs they come in competition
with the other sex but the Creator de-
signed them to be co-workers and fellow
laborers, each in his or her appropriate
sphere.
Woman cannot take upon herself the
occupations, business and political duties
of men without going out of her own
sphere, aud the station God has designed
her to fill. Nor can man fill the station
of woman, being totally unfit for her high
and holy duties, where lore and self-sac-
ri6ce arc the ruling powers. Woman is
not fitted by nature to take upon herself
the works, the business and pursuits Of
man thus showing that God has design.
cd her for a quite diferenrsphere. Her
voice, her small and delicate frame, show
that she was not designed TO be a public
speaker; why wish 70 set aside the laws
of God, which have invested man with
pouer, and woman with influence to second
the plans of Infinite Wisdom ? They are
formed to be co~-workers and not rivals and
rivals they would undoubtedly become il
the same career of public ambition, and
the same rewards were open to both alike.
Women would cease to be cherished
they would be viewed with e%nvious eyes,
and their influence for good would be
Host. We do not believe it is right for
woman to leave her own peculiar duties
for if she performs them properly, she
viii have nc time to take upon hcrselfthe
business of a man.
So far as this question Of woman's
meddlipg with mans business is concern
ed, the Bible is against woman. St. Paul
says: "Let the woman learn IN silence; -
shut l suffer not the woman to teach, or
to usurp authority Over the man )" "to be
discreet, chaste, keepers at home; good,
obedient to their own husbands, that the
word of God be not biasphemed." What
shall We say TO these thingsl No woman
Of true refinement and modesty desires to
leave her home to vote, or lecture, OF
preach, or become a Spirit-Rapping Me-
dunn.