Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-02-03

L'''-''Sy Rev n, J ss:;si:' at 'E' Assem-.

which held 4 large and Attentive audience,
attracted BY the importance Of the subject
and the fitness Of the reverend gentleman 10
handle IL. Among those present was q
sprlnkllng Of the "strong.minded" who must
have squlrmed at times under the cutting ro-
marks Of the lecturer. s....
DR.. Boynton commenced by referring to
the cry Of the Southern statesman, GIVE us
liberty, or give us death" II was tie cry
now-the cry Of woman. II men had any
| rights which women were bound W respect
II was time now TO inquire Into them. Eve
was not a success In public life. She led
Adam, aud her daughters have been leading
| bis sons ever since.
The earth, by most grammarlans, was
treated as In the feminine gender, bnt the
sun, from wi ich the earth drew her life was
/ Of the masculine gender. He discovered this
and other arguments in favor Vf man, but
be waa taken ablck whom he thought that
woman WINS the personlhcatlon Of lovellness
| Hard pressed AZ mon were, II were bettor to
hold what rights they had than 10 ask for
more. He would tonight dlscuss the man
side Of the question. The question at Issue
was, Is the womanly nature NJ for this con-
test, which equal political rights would force
God spako, 10 the blood and misery Of the
rebellion, 70 the United State, aud required Of
It's people the emancipation OF the enslayed.
God would speak 20 lhem again IN an equally
strong manner u declaratory acts, or hfteenth
or slxtecnth amendments, took woman out of
her sphere and changed her relations with
man which God had regulated. What was
man good for what was woman good for Z
were the questions 10 be answered. God
made them Tor some purpose, and we should
20 TO him TO ASCERTAIN L., The Bible showed
that woman was created as a helpmalc for
man, and the position did not ln tho lcast
degrade hef-h waA that Of q ministeriug
angel. r..,r
The arsl recorded remark Of God after his
creation Of man was, "It Is not good for
man TO DO alone," and tiie Implied meaning
was that II was very bad for him TO he alone.
Had woman been left out OF the world Il
would have been poor old bachelor affair
an untidy aud sour world. vtH
Suppose q world Of men, and that after a
time half Of them were changed n women 80
far as sex were concerned, Fancy them then.
pouring into tho ears of these their eQunla-
their broad-shouldored eguals-loys and
sweet sayings, Laughter. r-f.
lie held thut womanly grace and beauty
were lost 10 the body Just rs tho beauties Of
the soul faded thcrefrum by hia suffrage
Tho Boston movement was opposed TO this
| doctrine and ~ the busy matters of life
would certainly give 10 woman a repulslVe
masculiDlty, there was nothing In tue move
ment to commendit Thcstrength oIihe move
ment rested In the New York wing, which
openly advocated free-lovc, and set al defiance
the respectable notionso of tho timid leaders Of
woman suffrage Asso many thlngs had been
confused Ia this world Of ours, might u not
be possible that male soul occasionally got
into woman Laughter. The word bdp-
meet he (Dr. b held, meant 10 the conncc-
hon In which God used II, counterpart-thc
| opposite Of man. #I-HI
| \ true woman showed her ser Ia thought,
movement voice everything. Woman was
the sweet air 10 the music Of Mellow, sweet
| not Intrusive; but II was the more beautiful
when contracted with the bass tone OF man.
Man and woman were intended 10 reign, not
as two kings, but ~ king aud queen over
the kingdqm-world. Man had right To de-
| mand that woman should be true 10 thai
| original nature with which God had endowed
her. The real power Of woman did not lie
IN bodily or mental strength. Sue was pos
sessod Of sToeIer, subtler, and stronger
power. ....., .....- .,.,-.,,
One of the fundamental errors Of the
woman-sufrngo movement was tho claim
that woman could he p tho man with bis
work. She was Just as much IN the way a. a
man would DO In kitchen among kettles
and saucepan. Laughter,
The lecturer, after enunieratlng many OF
the varied labors Of mans sphere proceeded
| to argue the unntncss Of women for their
performance, on account OF her gentler ma
mru. Woman wm not iitted for tho work
that required muscle courage and endurance.
She had, however, q work equally Us noble.
The controlling Influences Of the world were
stamped with her imprcss by hur education
Of the children. 49,. ..s'r -.'.I
Man had right 70 demand that woman
should not be countsnanced In flushing from
the sphere allotted her by God and frantic,
ally shrieking Tor rights never recognized
as belonging To her by any religious or moral
law -..... :. % 49,.