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

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shs evesiag..s Wtuas prepares ~ hisif
waits for him, serves himT ag hoSsstai q
natdfaI u ssiss tb<s swhes. sss NE tssl
may Se, b Il Ne vOhaa who istke btead,
Winner Nbras housshold of women .nsvSz
worker i tafnei into an 'isnpfomreub -.
pcrior oa The 7spcs. and served ssii SsNSd
% - tse mSn ID the osAcr oire6mstss;Sei
q @sifsd On. sud served. Itisthe bfft
of the lab0rev. the reward d tho prov;.
der an irstinctive law which antsl
dates MI legislation. sni lies q she yesy
ROOT aBd beginnins cf I'll hus1sns sGsivs.s
s Thus. tboaeh - AevsdeeisreaWfsU6u,
hesitation our belief that the law which
takrsa al property and all right frommarried
women is an insult and Injustice, euualTy
cruel and rnwise. We are rsady to gran,
as frankly that the economical position oi
man is that If the superior, the FIRST in
the natural hierarchy. He il is whose
Office Is 70 maintain. support, and pro.
tect. He may not always be equal TO the
duties of this office. He may by nature be
no more powerful, no more steadfast, no
more trustworthy, in fact, than the wife
who - recognized as dependent on him.
Bu, in his official position he stands first,
an! has in his favor all the instincts and
prcjudices of nature. 1t is vain to asser,
of rule which is SO universal that it ori-
CLIMATES in the arbitrary will ofthcs stron-
ger-half of the species. We night gay,
on the contrary. with much greater ap-
pcarance of justice, that it is women who
have framed this infallible law Every
observer, whose eyes arc open to the CON-
mon facts about him. will SEQ it re-enac-
tod every day BY every bride who crosses
the threshold OF new household. Mr.
Mil Will tell us tha. this is the result OF
defective cdueatiou, snd Of the lon~ habit
Of slavery but let him take the mos,
Lig1-spIrlttd young woman be can find,
trained Ia his own school. aud reused Il
fall defence Of the theoretical rights ..
Der sex BY the enthusiasm of youth and
vehcmeD. sectarian education, aud let iher
but marry man she loves, and the phi
losphrr will fnd the code re-cs,ablished
IT may be secretly, it may be with a sense
OF guilt. and confusion, and even treache-
~ TO her own cause, ere she has we'll Ia
aci her place in her new kingdom. Shr
map rule her husband even. yet she viii
se:vc him; she may lead hi.a rb..ndtuld
10y r'9h; .. love, or Wit, or superior char-
.cter, and Yet she will minister to him,
wait upon him. offer him sacrifices as if
she Was tie commoness daag ghter of,Egs.
lor were the CONFUSING conIiIicns u our
CIVILIZATION abolished. aluu; with Iowers,
ana laws osproperty, ami marriage set:el-
inenis, would IL not be his office to work
Tor her His Il must be to protect her.
whatever external dangers come their
way; III. to toll when Providence iorbids
her from toiling his to stand between
her and the world, aud screen of from
her, at those moments when nature de-
nands seclusiOu. the offensive gase Of the
crowd. Far be it from Us to dwell with
prurient sentiment upon the details Of that
grand function which is the distinguish
lng work Of woman in the world. Bu,
any theory Of her being which ignores it.
or gives It secondary place, OF ia any
way whatever leaves it CUT Of the caleu
iatlOn. is inevitably futile theory. Let
Us ima agine even that az other times sne
may be capable Of Inaintaiuingy her own
Independence and securing her livelihood
apart from the help of man-yes, at these
times she is not Capable. 1t is then tha,
his strength which is liable to no inter
rap'ion asserts it's superiority. He ha.
nothing to do which calls him off his dav'.
work, prompts him to seek the covert
puts hlm aside f,om ordinary employ.
mrnts. Such fact makes rivalry i'm.
possible. 1t would be as reasonable Il
expect that soldier engaged in a dan.
serous campaign. aad with the neeessit
upon him II periodically confronting death
aud running all the risks of battle,
should n the same time compete with 4
civilian in some art or hnndicraft. The
comparison IL weak, for there Is no rea-
scn WY the soldier should not BE- in TO.
Just health up TO the moment Of march
lng, aud it is his own life only which i.
conc. rued. But the women wiS are
meu's wives are bound in most cases tc
undergo peri Ideally a risk waieh is a:
grVat as THAI wAich any individual soldier
encounters in q battle. And shey have
not ONLY to brace Their nerves to eucoun.
ter this danger for themselves. but it i:
their graud moment OF responsibility
When they must vinaica.c the trus. repos-
Cd in them by God aud the world. Can
there be any dnub. that this essential e.e-
meut OF her lie at once aai forever disa-
birs a woman f.om all trial of strength
ani rude quality with man! Nobody
but iaol, We beievs,, Will assert that
TIE burden Of this great tgus, stamps her rs
iDieg,ur. Ii wouli BE- just as reasonable
10 say tina, It gays her = Superior place iu
the ecoaOu.y OF nature Is the possessoS o:
= faculty ai0re utterly essential 10 the
continuance Of tbs Race. Bat there can
be Io douos about the fast tia; it, sepa-
rasss hSr and her " wIrk ami her .csiice from
the oshce and work OF man. Ths two are
not maae 10 coasend and - -esmp..s and
run races tos the same .prixs.T There. i.
40 natural Opposition sbas oa tho leJutxa-
~ laraony Guboan isl il ;heir, difsren-
ess Vi .naiuse--farnaay waaca oaaz neycr
be assained BY two creatures 6~ped ou
tas sel:-saEns plaa. t,-s -, ST .
!. ba, wasI se iasa % lhe csnsilc. as:sn
ei eroisss,ouai e..acaiioa fsr gsxis. xsise
that Ne a@se rstasaaa " siaa 4sasrA ian-
aAlael.sal sendisioa VI wsmsa. aud s.al
only argue tue sas slaessisa b. an appsa
" The esacr.gG PIsess,alsl ,eaGs-taoa il
Iaan sosssaes sl tas sesssa ss ysush.-
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isre ils is.auzilasS 10 pat Lis poses - ga
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