New-York tribune., 1871-06-30
is W0MAN THE EQUAL or MANI


Fro" ne BaaHnre1s s9n Of Prsn, qynorf oC ya,.,y o,
sSe. JSR> is 1871
OF all the mistakes committed h,, tboso ,vL
in this age are advocating The cause Of woman sn1
striving TO enatge her opp9rtunte of deveonnent and
actipn' tnhA C - taat Of challenging an issue
man Not that doubt that, In some rssnec, ,b dai %
ration Is eminently true. but because beiieye nj IN
TO betray the undiscriminating into faise anS h,e,
neutrality-suspicious. which alarm an honest and intel I
material It's warfare of abuse, confuse the phl,s
judgment and get back indefinitely fhe progress Of
true reform II OF the bunders OF that
Engllshman who has volunteered to champion yonr
cause-sIr John stuart Mill.who,. With genius Tor
speculatiOn second hardly 10 that OF any 1Dg man. 4,
slngularly deficient In practical sagacity and has Dey
In all his fe conducted practical Issue 10 successL
result; 1t was characteristic and fatal blunder Of II,
10 have chosen for attack Just that point Of his adyk
sary's case at which 1t Is most impregHabe-the prinI
pie that In certain respects, woman H. must De ought
AS easy TO show that is. in some resDecI
mans inferior aud that logically nyalidates the ols
Of absolute equality, easy victory is gwen into tho
hands OF all opponents. But, worse than MS the dSe
and determination TO be equal with men, inspires in
many the endeayOr To Dc ke men, and has nised many
TO suppose that To be true TO the rights Of woman they
must cultivate t1annshness In themselves and others"
must become mdnnsh In their taste, their talents, ther
speech and manners and even their dress. fatai
blunder Indeed, TO disprOve the unquestioDable In
her indsputabe claim 10 superiority in others
TO blot out those distinctive traits which aro
the glory of w0manh00d and to which even bad men
have yielded instructive and irrepressibe homage;
TO outrage the most sacred sensbtie OF good men and
against the 1t processes promote. The truth
this subject Is alike obvious and important; that the
woman Is radically and eternay different from tine man;
different in OrganZaton-physi ysica, mental and moral
different in function different in the modes and cOndi
tons of development. With the basis OF common hu-
manity, in the points In which they differ they still
totally nnlke-unlike, not IN degree, kind,
aential naturc-so unlike that the chasm which sepd
rates them can never be brdged any
of artificial training be made appreciaby less.
And a. the woman Is different from the man. IA she
relative 20 him. This ia true the other side also.
They bound together by mutual relationship so IN
inmate and vital that the existence Of neither IS abSO-
tey complete except with reference to the other. But
there is this difference that the relation Of s
Enthusiastically, that OF subOrdinatiOn and depeni-
This does not imply nferorty Of character, u
capacity of value In the sight OF God and has
of formal inferiorty assigned her by the Creator.
with all it's responsibilities it, trials, its possible out
ward humiliaOns ana suerng, in the proud conscious
that II is not incompatible with essential supe
I1Orlty that It does not prevent her from Occu-
pying, II she WILL an Inward elevation Of character TOm
which she may look down with pying and helpful love
him she calls her lord Jesus said Ie know that thO
princes OF the Gentes exercise dominion them, and
they that great exercise authority upon them. But
IL shall not BE- among you; but whOsOeyer will be-
great among you let him be your minister and whose
will he chief among you, let hm be your servant
the son OF Man came not to De mnistered unto
but 10 minister and to ye ms life ransom for many
surely, need not hesitate 10 estimate her status
by criterion or dignity sustained by such authority
she need not shrink from position which was sought ~
the son OF God, and IN whose trials and gries she Will
have hs sympathy and cOmpanOuship.