Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-07-17

rob her Of. We ask her to stand for that
Ito insist upon that forever. We sfiiru
and challenge the world in. its defense,
that woman is the equal of man. but moi
>tke same-by no manner of means, quite,
Squite other than man; not intended by
Ithe Creator to be the same, or to act 10
the same sphere, or to do the same work,
Our manish women and womanish men
have got into sad confusion of ideas in
their efforts at sensation, which seems
likely to be failure. Clear up that con-
fusion. Woman and man are equal but
not the same, each completes the other
There is no perfect woman, and no perfect
man, without marriage and children. Each
completes and periects the other, or would
do so were marriage what it was intended
/ to be. One step further; man can do his
work best, and woman can do her work
besr: but The question is, and vital one
what is his work and what is her work?
Miss Anthony and Mrs. Train, if IN
derstsnd them, claim that woman can dc
Just what mau does, and has a right to
do f,-and can do it as WE'LL Now,
claim and assert that man cannot do just
what woman can do, nor do it as we'll
aud part of it be cannot do mt all.
claim that the great function of woman
lis to be a loyal wife aud loving mother;
Sand defy the world to prove that mai
can do that at all / assert that there is
no work in this world equal or compara-
Able to the production of a royal race Of
smen and women; aud that / affirm to be
the greatest, vitalest nobest work wo-
han can do. | affirm that no woman, be
she doctor, artist. writer, law maker, or
soldier, can do anything comparable to
that. affirm that the very moment she
abandons her great work, and ATTEMPTS to
Athe work Of man, she is likely to fail; and
if she proposesto subvert the laws of her
own being, which are the laws of her
Creator, she will 60 the wall
In the great business of the world. wo-
man cannot compete With man. because
she cannot do them as we'll. She is a per-
petual invalid, az all know, and cannot be
relied upon to do mans work year in and
year out; that is one great fact Of her ex
istence which cannot be ignored, and il
settles the question, if nothing else did
it, of her inability to compete with man
There is no worlds work in which is equal
to man; not even in same directions where
men fancy she is supreme. Man invents
and works out even the fashion plates
which show woman how she is to dress
herself; and even in cutting and making
her own dresses, man is her superior.
One small fact will explain this curious
inability to do business, for several thou
sand of years woman has insisted on but
toniDg her own clothes, and her children :
clothes behind, so that by no possibilit }
can they dress themselves without help
1t is most curious aud significant.
] may grant and must graut that wo-
man does now and then do perfect work
out Of her home, but | must believe it to
be exceptional She has not the fiber to
compete with man, her skin and her flesh
and her very bones are different. Now
what does this mean? Does it mean that
man is unjust to woman, or is it God who
is accused? No, this revusion which is
going on In civilized societies against mar
riage is significant of much; and its evils
will fall first aud heaviest on woman
iWbat. then, can she do to protect herselit
What is the vital question. She wishes to
be married, OF she ought; how can she Sc
cure il? Not by being useless and iguor-
ant, aud not by being speudthriit, not
by being incompetent for the great bus
mess of wife ADD mother, not by being
whimsical AID ill-tempered either before
-. k., ko, alo
and indifferent to all the world but her.
self, not by being fault finding and dis
satisfied woman. just the reverse OF
these will insure marriage. But now we
come to difficult, almost unmauageable
questions: How are those who do not. OF
cannot, will not marry, to live? Some
occupations they must have, aud believe
they are not competent to cope with man
in the great business Of the world. II
they are. if they wish to. there is nothing
to hinder-ihe great businesses are all
open; ut merchant, manufacturer, farmer,
writer, publisher, &C., nothing eau pre-
vent her success ii she has II in her to dc
il. But ii she is to expect marriage, and
then drop her business, she will never dc
IL thoroughly and successfully. II ha'
been tried, aud has always failed. Bul
who will hinder her from attempting md
filing any part sho eau Gil. and will
Who will : hesitate to pay her tho same
wages for the same work us nan? Lee
q woman manufacture us good locomo-
tives, or import as good teas, or produce
as good books, or grow US good wheat ~
10 man, aud she can command the same
! price. But If she rusbes into tho bus
ness which are oyerstocked, she must take
what wages she eau get. aud it will b.
poor; or, If sho be poor careless work
mau, sho will 20 the wall, OF course
There is no pity in the laws Of God, no
much in the hearts OF man.
Recently an old man aud his wife from
the country attended q concert, and dur
ing the singing Of "Who will Care for
Mother Now?" by young lady, tho OLE
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