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subiection: and bo taught what is his proper
sphere. ana bs instructed In the wisdom Of con
fining hin.s elf to his Especial functions"
/ Mr., Becker EueerinslY alludes to tbs value O
another * argument, aud says that ''I's
| marked difference III the education OF rlo se1e!
| prevails ouly
| AMONG THE UPpER-TESpoM
Of q very few nations" lie states that, if ''ha
] were the cause OF the difference between tht
sexes. the latter would only obtain in tie srna!
| number OF individuals who haYe the Academia
! good luck OF being born in fashionable private
! residences" 1t happens that tho Gcutlemat
mistakes me for come such fortunate (or nnfor
| tunate) lndirldnal. On the contrary. waa borI
| and bred in quite a humble fashion compare
to the widespread luxury in these ''few nltions.
| MY conclusions have been drawn from the nliddle
| valks Of life also. The pampored child Of the
I fashionable upper-tendom stands no sort oi
| chance anyhow, iu either sex- The men OF this
class rs ct1cElnate any sample specimen o'
! fashionable tenaninity- Such is tho result oi
I education. But does tho difference be speaks oa
! exist really with the class "who grow up as Sesi
they may" with no marked dltfercuccsln in dress or
discipline. Living in community whose popula-
| ton is largely German, / turn to them Tor
demonstration. Tho average American family
! lives in comparative luxury, and, in dress and
| education, follow the differentiation plan. Tho
! German women seem to
| TAKE THE "sRuNT" OF EVERYTHING,
and il spite Of Especial functions" They never
etop their labor for anything, not oTcu matcrni-
| ty. Thoy show no nfcrorlty CT power in the
] struggle for bread and butter They till the
soil; SAW the wood; carTy burdens; engage in
commercial pursuits; and sometimes distance
tho superior male element in I: natural tenden-
clos to lag claim to anything thsy desirc; aad
would, have no doubt, march into the battle
field and face the canuon'a mouth if the littlo
house and garden spot we're to be- taken from,
them by any tyranpical power. Thoy would
fight hand to hand, or III any other way, to pro-
seryo thoir hard-ea1ned galnC, il Tyranny
threatened. They would shoot. and be shot, to
maintain the liberty gained Oh American soll. OF
to defend their children, ii it became necessary.
Bridget ard Pat-who have been brought up
alike and "anSlow w"-can usually set:io their
differences with hand-to-haEd argument, ard
Endget's brawny arm, vigorous with wa5l-board
exercise, is no mean match for her quar1c1some
mate.
Perhaps, in conclusion, should eav en- sor-
r. to baye been obliged to ''rehssh stuff ard
nonsense " for Mr. Dcckosis benefit, Ms he fam
cies he has put stop to oil sich by having tex
hiolted it in it's true light" and bT hurling nine
lighting -power" argument, "to shorten the
discussion" I can't, however, see it in that
light !; and. Is there is no law that makes it I
criminal offense for = WOMAN to
SHOOT WITH Her KoC1u or ilER PEN,
I trust to receive FUR treatment from tho look
ers-on OF this freo fight in THE TRIBUNE columns.
If the gentleman il sample specimen Of q truo
:. hgbting man" he will shake hands with AL
enemy, renew the fight if 1t is worth the whi!o,
and not crow like q coward over ner defeat,
if the crowd should clap and call him con-
queror. Though my education did not include
q courBe OF 'loeic, And augmentation il
not taught in fomalo seminarics, tho gentleman
will learn that his enemy is in dcad earnest on
tlis matter of woman's subjection, and n1eans
to do what she can to snbstantiate woma1l's
claim as an - individual" She Las neither time
nor disposition to talk for tlla eahe of talking.
Her convictions the outgroHth of oxpe-
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how to fight, and means never to be Unwomauly
or ungeuerous bas D most thorough approoia-
ton and admirntion Of manly poncr, provided it
be exhibited in manly fashion. Host physical
power il enviable. IEoyer SEQ porter pick mp
q huge weight and toes it into place like 4 mcra
but etaightway curse the syste.ll5 Of society that
restricts woman's muscular exc1tion. \.
Fosvcr and Suffrage.
7D the Editor Of Tie Chicago Tribune:
Sra: Your correspondent OF last Sunday
takes exception to my view OF the origin OF
the differentiation OF the sexes. As remarked
before, it is
ALTOGETHER 1uMATERrh
whether the fact OF that differentiation had it's
origin in that unexplained miracle by which, as
she supposes,' man appeared upon earth" per-
haps falling doun from sonao comet passing by,
which Bupposihon may, 1t tho same time. explain
the difficulty Of finding tho original paradise on
this planet, SINCE tho comet containing that de-
sirable locality continued its journey through
space, after " man" had been "cjectcd from
his pleasant homo thezcon); or whether it was
gradually evolved in proportion as tho boing
That originally had been Lover form Of animal
life developed into higher, sexu4lly y-diiferentia-
ted forms, and finally into the creature styleS
'tman." As long as the fact of tho superiority |
IN power OF the uaale o7er tho femnle, during !,
;ho whole term of the previous existence Of
mankind, as veil as at the present time, remains |
tho consequences Of that fall will !
,lso remain.
While detsiling various "hopcs," "auppo2i- |
lions" probabilities ~, assumptions, and
sven "laws" (2!, which no man has ever heard
II before, without adducing tho slightest rea-
ION for auy OF them. ete makes tho astonishing
statement that woman" ought to be dayel- |
,ped
''As HUMAN BEING"
Now, this discovery is indeed = stunning one.
In the dark Ignorance lie male brain, which
Nature has presented me With, ia envcloped in,
had hitherto supposed that 'women" had |
'een "a human being," at least as long as her
yrant "man"! The light suddenly bursting
lpon my benighted understanding BY this reYola-
ion 30 completely confusos me in all thoso
dcas which I have hitherto supposed contained
ome logic, that may as wel at onco conceds
he laurels OF victory to the inyincible a,gu-
nentatiye power Of the superior female brain.
But rs other dull males may be as little able to
understand that new creed which wants to de-
'elop "wonaan as ia human being" (from
he potted angel" she has hitherto boen con-
idered9) as am, and as they are slightly intor-
stcd in the conditions of society. I propose to
liscu tile value OF the following statement
ontainod in that articlc,-showing thereby on
What slight foundations tho peremptory
'lt-is-not-trues" Of the correspondent arc built:
Again. It h not truo In human society that the pow
r which permits the exercise Of 4 Liherto-dtnied |
ight Or has conferred new privilege, will nlways or
enerally have the power To repeal the right ptyi-
ege- AL human history proves tho contrary. Does !
ny body suppose that the members Of the English
by whose votes the suffrage has been so |
much extended in England during tho list quarter Of
century, could reasseuble and repeal their past leg
slahon II they saw 1T Privileges of TINT sort, once
onfeTted upon class, bo recalled,
1ceps by tho consent Indifference Of tho class
tseH. 1t is probable that thcro are in tho
United States to-day many voters who believe that
he extension OF tho suffrage to nHtllrazed citizens
ias blunder there to favor that extension, in
ne hrst F4ce. But, since the insanity Of uowEuth-
nefsrn, no ono Is found to publicly advocate IN .t-