St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-01


of woman. She is inferior, equal, and
superior to man, as he is inferior, equal.
and superior to her. Their equality III
the plan of creation, in the scale OF
humanity, in the affairs of life, i'll any
scheme of the future, is an essential and
inevitable postulate. They cannot wise
ly be considered apart for they are al
ways together alternate links i'll the
chain of destiny, different phases of
nationality. He pre-supposeS and com
prehends her as she does him. They
belong to one another as flesh and
blood, nerves and brain. They are re-
ciprocally creators both physically and
spiritually. What affects him affects
her. When he wrongs her, he strikes
nature than he; nature is Il sort of step
mother to man, and any injustice to her
is entailed upon the race. They can
not be enemies; irrepressible instinct
mutually attracts them. They only
clash to close; quarrel to spice the
kisses of reconciliation. Though the
si.r disclose them bitter rs wOrmwood,
the moon shall detect them sweet as
honey. The countless wrongs done to
her sex by him she divinely for@ives
and femininelv forgets. He has only to
make al atoncmcnt. The barbariSm i'll
him is hard to quench but he is grad
ually quenching it with the aid of his
sister of civilization. Each generation
makes them better friends. Earth
Quakcs cannot drive them asunder.
Their adherence is superior to convul-
sion the estate of continuity Is mort
gagged to the universe. He or she (>hc
is seldom guilty of such fnlly) who pre-
tends to hate the other sex is invariably
disappointed lover, striving t" hide
the desire to he loved in rctuIH. Mis-
anthropc is masculine misogynist is Il
contradiction.
The holieSt not less than the greatest
men have owed their best inspirations
and nOhlest acts to woman. Any at
tempt to leave her ont inauguratcs
chaos. The most constant and devoted
companions of Jesus, were women, eS-
pecially Joanna, Salome. Mary Cleo
pllaS. and Mary Magdalcuc. They
comforted him III his Snrrow>; cleavcd
| to him in the darkest hours We're his
/ true disciples. No Swerving i'll them; {;
10 subsection to fear. When the apo>-
ties fled. they stood firm. They Were
earliest at the eros; and latest ut the
tomb. But the apostles preached the
gospel and told the story of the Prince
of Peace. Even in that remote age the
women silently endured. and the men
taltcrcd and eulogiZcd themselves. Some
of the best of these were reiccters and
hetrayers but not woman was per
| iidinus; not woman denied her
Master.
/ The canonizcd SONS of the Roman
/ Church have been So morbid. 81 uu-
human in ecclesiastical zeal. that they.
if any one. would ignore woman III their
litc and plans. But they have not. nor
has their creed The brides of the
church have always been prolific of
pro>clytrs. Rome. if higotcd. is su-
premcly >hrcwd. She invites all women
to her arms: impicgnateS them with
theological enthusiasm. and consignS IA
few To the cloi>ter and stelility.
TO where You may. i'll or out of "INlll-
zatIun. You will always find that love
in some form ur other. secret avoWcd.
i the impul>c and incentive of w"iu.II.
Herein comi"in the >quaw i'll the wig
VAN. the queen on the throne. the nun
in the Cloi>tcr. the radical on the plat
form. the fine lady i'll the drawing
room, the peasant in the hovcl. th"
paIiah of the street.
The dullc>t or commnuc>t man seems
cuu>cinu> of woman'> susceptibility tu
amatory madness which shall hcCumc.
in an ideal state. the sweetest sanity.
Aticrtiunatenc>> is her strong weak side.
and he mrcmitIiugly attacks it. She
has haunting apprehension that III
some great prevailing love. thrilling
her blood and brain. her nerves and
heart. lie her safety and her peace. But
she can never anticipate it. nT measure
lis force. 1t may not come. To many
ii does not to others it comes too late
whence aCOHlzing repression. OF broken
vows tragedies without end, some
times without name. Voluntarily >h,
would wait. vaguely feeling the danger
of mistake. But there are 50 irrational
reasons for assuming to he fond. Mar
riagc urged on one hand. proposed oI
the othcr-and the price of il the slight
est show of preference, or despond-
rut YES" Comparatively few wivc,
; who are not disappointed. Still. they
are wives-yea. the witelieSt of wives
No matter. 1t is turn of the wheel. i
plunge in the dark. The wheel breaks
the dark holds unsuspccted harm. At.
ter all, it might he worse; and vet. ali
dream. forever fled it might I've so in.
tinitcly better.
The man announces his love. belicv.
ing the announcement enough to inSur,
reciprocity. The woman tries to thinl
she hears il faint echo i'll her own heart
She cannot catch it. The original SCUM,
is repeated; it is sweetcr than before
: and glows sweeter each time she turn,
it over i'll her mind. Il love YOU" il
, every language, to any woman's ear. i.
+ ravishing music. The phrase neve
wearies-holds freshness to the last
5 The three monoSvllables contain mex
f hauStible variety to craving conscious
+ ness; they are the quintcssence q
? BeethOvenss symphonies. She is liabl,
= to mistake the longing for the thin!
longed for. Still, she cannot discove
the inward response. HAPPY, it is there
. and she incapable of understanding it
But she is loved. OF that she is assured
! and love, she has heard. begets love
] She cannot he indifferent. The hour q
; her fate may he Oh the point of striking
= She yields from indoctrination. agains
| her intuition her mould is taken, he
! future twisted.
D Woman does not comprehend, in he
; innocence, that often the love man pro
e fesses is libidinOus that what rivet
e her releases him; that dedication witt
E her is to him indulgence. Sad expert
/ ence frequently fails to teach her. Eacl
t new talker of love is likely to be halle,
e as the atoner of his preceders. In spit
' OF warming she refuses to distrust fai
n words and fond promises. All men, sh