Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-01-13
"THE sugyEcrlov OF woNKy..

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Fpa sbe Edisbargh, Rss;ss's srt;ele
% Mr. Mile assSuljection of Wsnes,' =
~ cxfrsss the folIosisg psiats isdieasiag
physiological objections 10, the doctriDe
of The equality Of ,~emen With pen:s
Hot VI y surn ssr ope nom~ss 10 sbe
rther vs-w ~ me sucsticn. MS that |.
vnsnsr is-a vsnsn. and n.t l~sser edi-
tiun 81 man. The cnuspetit;en II which
We ere FOREVER labosips 20 iSsofvs them
? - no exissc6ee IN nss1re. They are not
rissis. nor antxrssisss. They sss two
halves cf ccmplese hesne. Tke sfiees
thev bod IN ffe world are essentially diff
frr"nt. fhe-e IL scarcely rny natural
standing ground. which we can realize on
which these two creatures appear as RI
va's. The very thought IS rrcpos'erous
Shall ne woman cha''erc" tho man 70 n
'ria, Of strength =? Shall the nan pit him.
se'f ucairs: tha wnn,an for delicary of eve
and taste? Shall Sic plough the heavy
feds with lin, wading through the rev
turned uoull. or shall he watch the chill
arer with her. patient through The weary
vigil! An exchange of p'are and tail.
the m,n taking the indoor work and rhe
wcmrn tho ont door, in order 70 prove
The fu'ili'v &c :leir mutua' discomfort,
we . f1vori,c sutioc, with the old bal
'ai-msrkcrs and 'he witty minstrel IL
generally v'rv grca. on the domestic con-
fusion that follows and gives the wife the
h"st oft, Rut the fact is. that such a
rivalry can b" nothing but a jest. Tho
two are not rivals. they are not alike
They are different creatures. They are
one.
To illustrate this theory. We have but
to l."k AZ the lie which thew lead toee'h-
er. Civilization has wonderful faculty
for altering rnl con iouudinc thc natural
conditions nf existence. liut in primi-
I've circumstances it is ALWAYS the man
wha l. the testownr Of material advanta-
ees il l. his to give. To prnvilc for, to
labor. 10 protect lie j. the bread win
ner-the strength Is his. 1t is he alone
who, without the interim issi9n, can face
tie outside world. aud forcn subsis-
tence out Of the reluctant soil or tha bar
ren seas. When the typical pair SGT out
together who are to found all human econ
omie<. a.l domestic ratious, and from whom
the new life is t. pr cerd-and every new
Tair l. but r PETITION Of The Erst-na-
,ure places them nj cnce with n certainty
beyond theory in their traditional places.
The woman has On office 20 rerf srm which
rrndcr. unr.mii;;ng labor I'm, c<siA'e ~
her. She Is the trun,ain of life, bound
by q! The laws OF her nature TO .,uarl the
sacred scci ard bring it forth to crush
thr s,rprnt's heal, and fill tho world with
increase AMI cladness The man may
shiIk HE work. but hers she cannot shmk.
And in The pride and joy Of her special
ofiier there minclcs n sacred shame which
comrclz her 10 intervals Of seelusion and
avoidance of the worlds gnze. Her life
is interrupted. brok-n up into morsels :;
now she can 60 firth. can work IL il be
needful. can usc in any way that may be
necessary the faculties that God has Civ
en- Fcr !; and anon there comes a time ip
which MI such lahcrs must be suspended
ir consideration of sumcthinc else which
God has given her to d.. Rut the man
has no Interruptions 10 his life his
strength is steady without breach or VA
ration. What partnership is there that
can have any analogy with thi.? Let US
suppose that they labored together in
their Eden little wl'iic. scarcly know
ing which was which in the frat sweet
unity of being. Aud then the time came
when he went out alone to labor. and she
in her sanctily Of weakness stayed at
home Wfcn he returned how could it
be otherwise Than that one for whom ne
had been toiling sll day should meet him
with cficcs ot service, with domestic min
is'ratiors. with Crra.'ul lcs<enin: If her
self and macnifyiuC Of him : From that
m1mcr. must equality have fled TO the
winds like all other foolish pre,enees p
The man was out all day toiling, st,ug-
Cling. meeting the winds and the storm.
the sun beating on his head, the powers
OF nature rcsis ing h'm: what could he
tc bu, king when he returned 90 that first
hut or bowel and stretched out his weary
limbs by the pew-lichtcd FIRE? Service
IL nct he offered TO him. with observances
copied afar off from those with which
the giRs Of His giving were offered back
10 Gcd The Imagination refuses 10 be-
lievc IN, refuses to frame, another cou-
eeption. His iufericr-that might or
might not be--bat bis servant ycs-his
minisier. the natural Second, the born
solace and CONSULTATION. When We cast
sGr eyes back TO tine primeval husband
aud wife-when We turn 10 any suhse-
quent rai. who have ever set out upon
the world like Adam and Eve, VI End
the same course vi events recurring in in
fallible seaaeuce. This is fact ard na-
,are. les theory say what il will. The
Woman in sach union Is no way eAlled
upon TO be the mans inferior. She may.
te intellectually his superior even, and i,
will net change Tho course of nature.-
She Will serve him saeulG all the world
interfere to preSsn, her. She viii spread
his ,a5le, and watch his wishes, ane Civ,
him of his own, with Ii;IS of gaiuuie,
With fowcts aua ,u,vuse. ani whole la
urgy of ministrasion. Eve would have
done it had Mr. Mil bssn ;hsrs ever 81
distinctly. skaking ais hsad at bcr. aid.
biiiine her remember tae rn.es oi s4u=l-t
i:y. Equality wa.t does L mra.,.-
Has il any ex,sieaos as hs,weea ANY ,wo
people in in.iIsaie rglasioas GA Tbs. taos OF
the earfhl And acre il established user
aud over were ~ smeasarable By lias ant.
weight kSe any .t-nglase nsssersal.l What
place Is thkTes ,or isS cuus;ders,iaa,b bss wsca
Inc two thus liked and bound toss,Aer.