Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-03-16
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The Rights and Wrongs Of Woman.

country and across the ocean, it will
he necessary for the time to lay aside
all distinctions of sex as foreign to the
subject, and consider woman only as
a constituent part OF the great family
of man endowed by her Advise Gre
ator with mental and moral powers
fully equal to those possessed by the
other portion Of the human race
This our opponents will admit, though
even this admission has been reluc-
tautlv forced from them by facts be
yond the power OF controversy or con
tradiction.
But a very few wears ago, even
within the memory Of all the adult
readers CT this article, the attempt on
the part of a young lady to acquire
medical and surgical education, was
considered burlesque on the profess
sion and disgrace to her who made
the attempt Not only was this the
case, but the idea of young woman
(lady she would not have been called)
attempting to gain an entrance into
our colleges, and there competing for
classic honors, would have been con-
sidered a certain indication of bold
ness and vulgarity, and would have
been met at the very gates of these
institutions with a stern thus far
shalt thou 60, but no further" To
day one of the largest and best uni
versities in America that of Michigan,
at Ann Arbor, with others of less note,
stand with open doors to welcome all
qualified persons, irrespective of sex,
to participation in all their priv
ileges.
Not many years ago, in the days Of
our boyhood, a school, taught by a
mistress was considered only fit
place for girls, or very small boys
and any boy beyond the age of ten or
twelve years, would have considered
himself degraded by being placed un-
der her care. After few years, in
the onward march of events, she was
allowed to teach in some of the pub
lie schools but, as she was only wo-
man, of course. she could not receive
the same compensation for the same
service as they whose good fortune it
was to belong to the other sex. Here
the understands to day in many of the
States but l have always felt thank
full that, since the establishment of
Public Schools in this State, the COM
pensation has been according to quail
ihcation and service, irrespective of
sex
Well. now, we have forced our OPP
ponents up to this point, and, ., dear,
here how they talk why, we admit
that woman is our equal in these re-
spects, and would willingly grant her
all her rights. Why, poor fellows,
they cannot help themselves; for, to
deny any of the facts above stated,
would be to make of themselves per-
feet --- we'll, | mean one of those
creatures that have long ears and bray.
Now, comes up the question, what
are woman,s rights O, say our oppo-
nents, keep her in her proper sphere.
But, vain man, who made thee a ruler
and a Judge over her! Surely not
her Almighty Maker, for the word Of
God nowhere brings woman, as class
into subsection to man but only in
her social relation as wife, or daugh-
ter, and even in these relations its OBJ
legations are not in all cases binding
upon us, only as they are sanctioned
and enforced by our own laws, be-
cause all social and legal arrangements
in the word of God have only refer
ence to the then existing state of So
ciety. Only our moral relations to
each other, and TO God are binding in
all ages and in all lands.
know that this view Of the subject
will be condemned by some, but l can
not help it. No man living, think,
has a greater reverence for Gods Holy
Word than I, but I cannot think that
God ever intended in his word to
teach social economy any more than
science or politics, but only that re
ligion that purifes the heart and fits
man for Gods service here and for
heaven hereafter. I am we'll aware
that some men put great stress on the
Apostle Paul's instructions to the Cor
rinthian Church with regard to their
women. But this whole subject is
very easily understood by any one
who will take the pains to investigate
it. To explain the reasons here for
Paul's directions in this particular
would cause virtue to blush for the