Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-10-20
The Women and their
Champions.

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day, only Jour persons met TO ap.
point delegates TO the Convention
that assemblies at Pennington on
tomorrow. Col. James F. Arnold
and Bradley Gambill, ESQ, and
two ladies, composed the assem-
bly,. The meeting was called to
order by one. of the ladies being
called to the Chair. and the other
appointed Secretary. The Chair
man explained the object Of the
meeting, and on motion Col. Ar
mold and Esq. Gambill were chos-
en- delegates.
"There being no further bust
ness before the meeting, motion
to adjourn sine die was unanimous
ly carried.
"How is this for high ?"-Mel-
6yriile Rescue.
The champions of "women's
rights" tell us that the sex, too long
enslaved, demands an equal share
in the duties and employments
hitherto monopolized by man. We
deny the assertion, and respectful
ly ask for proof Perhaps we
shall be referred to the proceedings
at female conventions but on
looking over the list of speakers at
these meetings, we find it made up
up chiefly of a few stereotyped
names, that have been before the
public until they have become
stale. Show us that these Bed.
ford county ladies are recognized
by the great body of the sex, or
even by majority of the most in
telligent portion Of it, as expo
nents Of the will and wishes of wo-
mankind, and we shall have some
thing tangible 10 begin with
Prove to us that the mothers, wives
and daughters of America copsid-
er themselves slaves, and men
their tyrants and task-masters,
and then we will assist in taking
TO "emancipate" them.
But lei us be quite sure, in the
first place, that they consider
themselves aggrieved. Will the
selfconstituted representatives Of
the matrons and maids of the Uni
ted States be pleased to exhibit
their credentials Their constit-
uency, we take it, forms only an
infnitesimal minority of the gen.
tie sisterhood.
The sympathisers with "poor
woman" deny that she
has her due share of influence in
society. How absurd! Without
the fatigues and irritations of pub
lie life, she exercises a quiet con-
troll over every department of hui
man affairs. In the actual con-
ficts of the worlds battlefield,
she would be trampled down.
God has marked her position as
He has marked the position of all
created things-by giving her a
peculiar organization. Had she
been intended for the forum and
the field, the rush of business and
the labors of legislation, her voice
would have been deep and strong,
her arm and frame muscular, her
head the master of her heart
But she is something better and
holier than is implied by such at
tributes; and in her gentleness
and softness, her beauty and re-
finement, she has been bestowed
upon man to tame his tiger in
cultivate the good within
him, and fit him by her inf uence
for the enjoyment of her society
in that higher sphere to which she
is so mrch nearer than he. God
forbid that she should descend
from her place, "only little low
er than the angels" to become a
gladiator in the arena, contest
ant for trophies which man only
covets that be may lay them at
her feet. Queen of the world, as
she is, that would be indeed a deg.
radiation.