Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-05-30
THE RIGHTS OF. WOwEy.
The Indisna,tieB of a Sensible We
man

Menacing, indeed. is our political hori-
Zon MeBacing, indeed, are the signs of
the times The women of the present
day, the future mothers of our republic.
are Amazons whose wauds and sceptres
are to change the political status OF our
governmental fabric. Women were not
born to rule they were never intended to
command they are not fitted for the arena
of political life Their trueSt and best
interests lie in the domestic circle, and in
the pursuance of those virtues they will
find the kingdom they seek. Their rule
will be the realm of love, not that of war.
With the finer instincts of their natures
in the calm and rectitude Of every day
life, they will find their true sphere.
Unnatural would be the conflict where
women would rush on the battle fields of
carnage and rapine. Unnatural would he
tie civilization of the day that would pre-
sent so awful sacrifice. No man, be he
worthy of the name, would raise an arm
against the daring and erring sister whom
he might encounter on the battle field.
Scout the idea scout the miscreaDt who
would even propose SO great sacrifice !;
scout the villain, be i. be or she, who would
propose so damning an outrage on the CIV
iiization of the nineteenth century. 1t Is
an outrage against the purity of the sex;
it is an outrage on the finer sensibilities Of
our nature for madmen and lunatics TO
dream of such thing.
A man will toll aud toli for the woman
he loves. A man-a true man. L mean-
will endure almost any amount of physical
exertion for those lie loves. His thOus hts
by day, his dreams by night, are With the
pratting infant whom he has called into ex-
istence. He esteenis it his pride and his
privilege to minister to the wants of their
helpless natures. He strengthens those
cords of love which their very being has.
created.
We are proud to number among us those
queens of civilization, those matchless
heroines. those examinations of the Deity
for woman is an emanation of the Deity.
l mean good woman not those lawless
reptiles that infest our public streets; not
those shameless creatures who have ceased
to be women except in name. Snd who are
doing their best to blot with foul civiliza-
ton the degenerscy of times. Amend
the league; blot it out sooner than 1t
should degrade woman. How would any
man like to see his wife or daughter-in-
nocent, guiielcss perchance until now
harranguinga ruffianly crowd on the steps
of the City Hall or marching at the head
of the hordes aud denizens Of the Five
Points? You weuld sooner bullet had
pierced that gentle breast. You would
sooner monument at Greenwood marked
her last resting place, and so wonld L.
So would lay, ten Thousand times rath-
er be entwired in all the most endcarIng
"reminiscences of home, shrined IN the m
most recesses of the human heart. Shall
we be taken captive by the base adulai,ons
of the reprobate few? Shall we ponder
to the vices of miscreants! Soch a course
would shake the very citsdel of freedom
to ;ts base. tt would rend the consum-
mate edifce reared with the sacrifice OF so
mucb blood and talent by our fathers.
Pests of the incarnate fiend diaooiicai
instruments of hierarchy of hell! Pus,i
luminous towards, who would rend the
integuments of the most sacreds ties
mark YOU the desolated hearths and homes,
Abandoned at the impulse of the m1ment
perhaps.
Admit that this direful consummation,
most devoutly not to be wished for shouie
take place, what would become OF our
children? Scattered to the four winds OF
heaven they would never know us as such
We are ali justly proud of our parents;
Most people are happy in the thought OF
having had parents whom they recognized
as such, and to whom they owed their
nurture and education as we'll as their
being. Most men and women have
natural feeling of pleasure in saying smy
husband" or s.wife." They like the feel
ing that they belong to some one. 1ney
enter the marriage state with perfect
knowledse IF its trials and Inconsistencies
and hey are willing to continue IN 1T not
wlthstanding it's grievances: There IS
dignity and responsibility about 1T that
enhances its blessings. There is IN most
.unious an in~ord conviction that 1T Is the
hest and most comfortable resource they
can have, and that is the consnmmatiou
most 6evoutly to be wished for.
MAUDE ELLEsMERE.