The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-06-19
NUMBER 1
Wc,nan's Rights.

At u late gathering of distinguished gentle
men and ladies in England, the following SEN
timents, on the subject of woman's rights,
were uttered by one OF the speakers. We do
not remember to have seen anything moro
touchingly beautiful on the subject:
"Shreds Of new thought, half-woven ideas
of the loneliness of woman's nature, often
fits across the mind. and are lost TO the un-
fitness of the loom of mans intellect, intend
ed as it is for the construction of coarser and
stronger material, to produce in all their deli
cate beauty of imagery, sentiments worthy of
so high and sacred theme. A still further
source of embarrassment is, that in our love
and worship of woInai, we erect temple of
purity and refinement, i'll which we enshrino
her, and we feel incompetent To perform tho
duties of high priesthood, in Offering to tho
object of our alteration incense and praise,
without II much greater amount of prepara-
ton than have been able to make this even
ing. In these days of Sorosis Clubs and end
less agitation of what are called .'Woman's
Rights, there Is great amount of genuine
satisfaction in freely acknowledging the real
empire which woman holds over our hearts
and minds, our thoughts and actions our mo-
tives, hopes and ambitions may add,
l trust, without offending any of the fair ones,
our pockets. None of us, / think, will deny
her right to love us and 20 I've loved il return
(indeed, we take no small delight in having
ual cases) T; or her right to wheedle and caress
us, and to draw aa well upon our affections as
upon our bank accounts to be sheltered and
protected by us and yet, in her own iEisid-
iOus, Charmi"g ~ay, 10 rule and govern us,
just as automatically Us she pleases, so long as
she sways the scepter of and acts as true
woman. and dues;nOt 50 far forget herself as
to become Transformed into n sort of moral
hybrid. with perverted ambition to enter
upon the hard, and, to her, degrading duties
Of mans sphere, for which her tender and
susceptible nature entirely UNITS lier; and
impatient of wearing the modest, but captivat-
ing drapery, both of mind and person, that
are native and appropriate to her, while she
is misplaced in the more masculine habits and
attire as would he the Capitoline Venus in tho
heavy armor of Achilles There are servi-
tudes more delightful than the welding of
power and the homage we pay to the soft
sway of woman which finds its power in her
very weakness, is one of these. 1t is de-
light to serve, when that service is, as We
latter ourselves, n protection. The great
mastiff is gentle and obedient to the control
Of child and the strongest man is easily
conquered and taken captive by the charming
little ways of the weakest woman. But she
must be woman. Herein lies the singular
power and sway of that great and noble SOW
creign. the anniversary we are celebrating.
We delight TO honor here We yield sponta-
neous respect, through the propelling power
Of her womanly virtues and characteristics.
We yield the same obedience, the same love,
the same respect to every true woman, and
our hearts turn towards them for sympathy
and encouragement in our griefs and trials,
for shared and thereby increased Joy Mt our
successes, for those higher impulses and truer
aspirations, which her purer and more deli
cate organized nature can alone afford MS, and
which have power to save MS from utter sub
mCrsiOn i'll the sorGlid caTt5 and bitter strug-
giles of every day life"