Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-21

the head OF this chain Of beings IL God the
Father and Ruler over Al.
head, and Christ IN tuin IL the head Of mao
and man In his turn IA head or the woman. On
another line Of thi. order Christ Il declared
to DO head over all the angels. IL Christ de.
graded because the Father Is his hSadi Are
the angels poor, ssryile creatures, clankins
their chains In Heaven because Christ II
their head and Tulerl some Of these, II seems
thought so, and their attempt 70 emanelpsts
themselves did not much Improve their eondi.
| ton. And u woman Bpurns the appointed
order q God she may become the fallen angel
fohFi.t % not degraded because he is sub
servient 70 the Father II the angels and man
are not enalayed because Christ 10 their head
and ruler, why IL woman deprived OF hei
| rights and thrust out OF her position In cTeA
tion because she, like Christ, like the angels
like man, has been placed In subordinAtion TO
headl II is no answer to say that man II
himself degraded, weak, and often uureasonA A.
pie and cruel. y "a sadly true. But woman
too, has tAllen-hAn fallen AZ low as mani the
relative position has not been changed.
He spoke at length Of the necessity Of 4
head, and the duty Of each to faithfully die.
arc placed, which, although perhaps not Al
| high as another, was equAlly Important
| When sherman was marching to the sea do
| cause he was subordinate to OrAntl BeoAusI
/ two creatures are appointed to different
| spheres and work, one seemingly higher thar
the other, DID not prove that one IL individu'
This fact IL often forgotten In this discus
| sion because the moment II lie asserted thRl
man BY 0od'a appointment holds higher ON
| oial position than woman, the Inference iI in
| atanty drawn that woman IL treated az ar
| INFERIOR that such a relation degtadea AND
pSsition aad fISRt TRS proper SI,sSoPio SPfi !,
not made between oflelaf position and indI,
Vidual character. No personal superiority
will justify AHubordinato in dlsobsylnE tho
Hrs, stGnion's reply to the Congressional
committee, that the brain power must decid,
when differences arose between husband Ant
wife, he pronounced dangerous and delusiVe
than which nothing could be more 40. II Il
permitted nowhere, OhoiAl authority dscidei
In every question. He etted Instances In gov.
ernmsnt In the conduct of military cam
pAlgl, and In all organized forms Of society.
II does not show superiority or inferiorItJ
that man has been selected for one work Ani
woman for another, nor even II man has the
guidance Ahd control In the rough contests o.
| life, does II show the inf0rlority OF woman
Neither Webster nor Clay could have guided
ship in storm az safely A. many a rude
sailor, and yet, 10 such \ case, their highest
wisdom would have been to obey the HAilot'I
| directions.
Or. Boynton then proceeded TO eSamIn,
what freedom is. Freedom 10 the liberty Ia
believe AID do and enjoy all that we are eapA
BILE Of within the proper sphere Of the mature
free which without let or hindranee may eX
paud on all sides to the fullest proportions oil
3 perfect creature Of Its kind. The lion II
ing the perfection Of the lion nature.
The rose is free when nothing dwArfs ltS fail
proportions, or stains the luBtTe Of Its beauty
or fobs II OF its fragrance. Woman Is free
whom she may become a perfect woman, 40
cofdlnE to Gods own oonoe ption OF woman'i
perfection. 1t IL not necessary to the free
dom or the full development or the happiness
OF woman that she should become a man Ia
work.
Man and woman were too unlike to admit o.
/ n cOmnAFinOn. A n auURFinFiNW rs infa
lty, they are the oounterpArta OF each other
the two, united, forming oae perfect whole
There 10 no Indication OF any inferiority OIL
Creator placed no mark Of inferiorIty on wo.
mans brow. male and female, created II,
them and blessed them, and called their namt
Adam In the day when they were created"
she stood, bearing upon her brow equally
with her partner the image OF God, sharing
as his queen, with him the dominion OF ~,
| earth, A. richly endowed Aa tho man, but 1T
ted by her more spiritual nature and her NOR,
exquisite sensibilltieS for more delleAt,
! work than his.
| Woman as she is walks A queen, full rov.
ally endowed In body and 10 mlnd the earthly
| representative Of these attributes OF God
which are winning the world for Christ, and
| II this does not satisfy her ambition she mus
ask to be created anew. SubordInation o
| otfco IL precisely what Christ accepted fol
the salvation Of the world, and what he dlt
| not refuse may, with no sense OF inferioFitJ
| or serVllity, be accepted also by woman Ii
bearing her part In the same great mission,
Let neither man or woman undetvalue thu
| equally glorious endowment which each hAi
received, and perceiying that their dissimilal
| powers ut them for different hut alike honor
able and important spheres, ask that eultur,
| which shall best perfect both manhood Ant
womanhood, and united In heart and purpose
though In separate pursuits, produce a civil
ration which shall express alike the MASSIVE
strength and energy Of the one and the beauty
the refinement, the brllllAnoy and the elegance
| OF the other.
THE LATE JONI II. HoUsToS, Esq.-Johr
II. uoustcl, esq, OF the Second Comptrol
lef'5 Oftce, who died on Friday last, at tn
age Of "a years, was native of Lancaste
county, Pa, and son Of the Hon. Samue
Houston, who represented that district II
Congress for six years during the admins
tratlon Of Mr.. Monroe, and who was elected
In opposition to James Buchanan, the Fedo
r~i ~ndidstS' ~ go SaIiy aBv MI. uOuBtOi
entered tho counting-house of Willing &
Francis, of Philadelphia, who were anon!
the most prominent merchants of that day
and subsequently made, In their employ
several voyages to Europe. After his retire
ment from the sea he was appointed by Mr.
Rush, In 1923, clerk In the Treasury, will
which Department he was connected almos
continuously for forty.six years.
During the administration Of Mr.. Buchau
an no was chief clerk Of the Second Comp
troler's Office, the arduous and responsible
duties OF which post he discharged Will
great ability.
Mr.. Houston, to talents of superior or
der, united wit and humoT In no common
measure, and an OVERLOOKING bsnevolence
which made him eyeTybody's friend. II
was at all times the faithful servant OF tn
public, which he served In q municipal ca
paclty for many years, and always as tn
determined opponent of extravagance AM
corruption. In his manners he was
courtly gentleman Of the old school; 10 hi
religious habits a Presbyterian; In his po
litlcal, as he often declared, a Federalist o
the school OF Hamilton. To the old an
young alike he was most delightful com
| panion, his "reminiscences of social and pc
litical life In Philadelphia and Washington
running back to 1910. He was an intlmat
friend of General jackson, of James Buch
anan, Of Mr.. Crawford, whose acq uaintanc
he formed In France when that great states
man was our minister at the court Of Ma
poleon, and OF Mr.. Rush, and held the mos
friendly relations with Mr., Clay, Mr.. Cal
houn, Mr.. Van Buren,, and many other dis
tlugulshed men, OF both parties, from 1872
to the day of his death.
Mr.. Houston was emlnently happy In hi
domestic relations. His wife, Il most estl
mable lady, q daughter OF the celebrate,
Com. TruEton, and several children surviy
him. Hls eldest son resides In Philadelphia
His second, an elegant and accomplished
officer OF the navy, died several years ago
at Malta. His youngest son, james b
Houston, is an engineer of the navy, an,
ranks very high In his profession.
TERRIBLE DEsTITUTIoN.-On Friday las
a case of dsstitutlon In one OF General How
ards buildings, in the Sixth ward, was re
ported TO Mr.. A. K. Browne, the genera
agent Of the ProVldent Aid Society, Ii bclnI
an aged colored woman who was sick ami
perishlng, without fuel or clothing. Mr.
Browne at once loaded two carts with WOO
and quantity OF provisions and blanket
and repaired to the building, but the woman
had expired before his arrival. He foun,
over 300 persons In this building, most o
them In terribly destitute circumstances, ant
divided his charities among "a of the mos
needy families.
In one small room he found woman sIck