The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-12-24

turn olaee more 10 lie" happy =
condition of dependence And
ti.cn. what is worse than all--ai
t.:Cst tnhearabte- Lat there are
in tie United States, very many
Thousands of intelligent, educated
females who occupY tic danger
ofis osition Of Of TEACHERS Of the
rising generation, and, horrible 10
contemplate, experience has prov
ed that as instructors Of the young.
They are better fitted meet with
more success than those Of the OPP
posite sex Hence, well may we
tremhle !? for the stability Of our
instructors Oar land viii soon
be oytrrun with Sick U0asa,' aud
then common news paper wrap
ping will hardly meet tie eruer-
gencies OF the two editors alluded
to. Some commissioning sick
women will, no doubt, in heartfelt
sympathy with their suffe:ings,
take them in eharge-administer
cold doa5ckes- have their heads
shaved and bathcd with something
soft and yielding-and wrapping
them up IN blankets, sweat cut i'm
purities and cleanse their stuffed
bosoms ofthat perilous stuff which
weighs upon their heart, and hav-
ing secured their convalescence,
they can be exhibited AS warnings
to themselves and as terrors to
their friends, they may have, who
may be suffering with similar dis
eases Let therefore infrnl men
get oat from under this movement,
an@' not foolishly try to stay its
progress
tiaplily for the interests Of truth.
the time has long since passed,
when by the dash Of the pen, or by
the Iidiculo of ignorance, free dis
cussion, fearless and rational ex-
animation OF all subjects affecting
, the we'll being of eooiety, or the
bold attack on vicious customs can
/ be arrested
IN all efforts for attain n = high
or, pnrer civilization. the fiercest
! combat is with the Tyranny, the
/ CespCtiam of custom. 'to which
ordinary minds entirely succumb,
and before which even strong
minis lnail'-and in nothing is
this more frrcibly true, than in the
attempt now being made to liber-
ate " oman from the iron grasp Of
this enemy to all advancement
either in physical or in moral
science
Under the specious pretex. of
imposing gallantry, while woman
is battered with the deceitful cpl
thets Of being the pride and the
ornament Of creation, she is viz
tually and in fsct degraded as O
mere toy. g sport. an appendage,
a cipher And that no attribute
Of ncanncss may be wanting TO
/ exhibit the heartiessncss Of CUSTOM,
and the arrant knavery OF the much
Wanted gallantry, magnanimity !
. generosity and justice of man !
/ while we repress every sentime nt
CT true womanhood--circumscr scribe
/ her Observation-Disclosures her ASH
tions-blot ont her individuality
deprive her of the possession
and the exercise OF all direct agen-
cies 20 protect herself, and degra-
/ dad her TO the condition Of thing
of mere scnsibility, with all her
thoughts directed TO the observ-
anco Of little accom- plishments and
10 the decoration Of her person
| Yet in all ages, Woman has been
the theme of satire and Of song, to
her noble protector and friend
MAN Her Inconsistency. her pride,
her vanity, her capFiciousness, the
absorption Of all her attention in
little things--her forcible restric-
ton to the Injuries, the charm 8,
and tie elevat,ng enrolling duties
Of domestic life, have been dwelt
upon as evidence Of her unftness
for the discharge CT any Of the
grave duties Of citizenship, or even
of common humanity
This l would aptly designate the
subiimity of galIantry and gener-
Gus magnanimity !
lis most fearfully true m ore
particularly in the upper ri arts
tocfatic classes Of society, in which
wealth, idleness and vice, are in
separable, that we behold woman
degraded 10 a mere pitiable crea-
tlre of display and as We are all
dupes Of imitation, every poorer.
apes the habits and customs of ev-
cry more affluent class. Nor is it
TO be wondered at, that we find the
sex reveling without rational en-
ployment-gossiping without ra-
tional Improvement, and lingerin g
in various fashionable resorts with
out rational motives.
"where laughter is not mirth, nor thought
the mind,
Nor words are language, nor even mon man.
kind
But Notwithstanding oil the de
I pressing disabilities, under which
woman labors-- although her edu-
cation for all rational duties has
been so cruelty neglected, and oil
though vicious custom has done its
best to enshroud her mind in
worse than Cemmerian darkn ess,
we still find her struggling with all
these adverse circumstances, and
displaying q will and an energy
that command our admiration. Her
innate powers and susceptibiiities
will out Whom do we find fore
most in all benevolent woIks--in
inau2 reform atory institu.
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