New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-23


ercEg instinct Of the female Iand 'e-y eehefaiy
rejects IT,
EXPERIMENT AND RESULT.
This opinion Of tho has become more firmly estao
lshed by the experiments which have been made IN tue
opposite drectiol during the century. In the higher
circles of the society OF France at time not now re-
mote, most intellectual of its women attempted 10
participate in directing public affairs, and the result ns
been transmitted to They welded short brilliant
and fatal power. From their boudOtrs and drawing
rooms went forth the resultant force Of wit enforced Dy
beauty and allacy masked by fatery. Policies Which
Gesolated tie kingdom stimulated ill the salons OF
Paris, and from the councils oi femae Iartsans came
eagle eye Of Napoleon took the lesson at glance lie
employed the agency Of women for their power az III
trigue, and SOiges les feDIes were Otten hls OnlOs
words departing ambassadors. Under the despoc
and arstocratic governments they have more tlu oce
undertaken such share ia politics. but 1t has been SER
vice IN the interest of diplomacy and Intrigue ie OK
ample descended to the common ranks and th' poiuca
female clubs of Paris, numbering many Ihous"i III VI
members, dsOrdcriy than tne uiSor-
derby clubs If men, finally suppressed by Govern
men-for cause II is subject for graduation tat 10
this peryersi0n of their nature 10 lneompd Die Iuncuos
hot the higher and common orders of the sex IN tue
United states have seen no Involvement 70 claim tId
rist initiate the example We cannot fill 10 pehoIu
in the Of under the older govern
Bent,. and under own. There has not been more
revolving spectacle than the nobs Of women run lnaa
with politics N the first French Reyoluon III LohHoh III
$780, in Paris again at the close Of the ast war WIN
Prussia, which everything Of the possible hldeOLs ca't
shadow upon history. But, according 10 we htht
within them they moved the lower plane in the same
sphere in which their more cultivated exemplars moved
of the higher example the inferior imitation Differ
ent has been the conduct of the women OF America IN
never brought their accomplishments and virtues
into the arena Of poteai turmoil wife from % t the
President Of the CONGRESS amid the exelteinefts
Of that trying epoch, exempined tne "HeS hSs
transmit ted To for her memorial. down 10 our own
time they followed more pure aud oomely methods
without lis following. Among the whole mass of the
women the United States the order of social existence
from The
action, Amid the passions of our politics We 700 nave
passed through many mobs out VINO evSr nrI VI br
Amazonian armor But while they instinctlyey aIold
exposing both soul and body to- the uncou gena atlo
of poltica affairs they have not failed III periods Of
greatest excitement, within The pale OF her htntss pul
70 hlrthest extent ohuman benevolence, 10 dis harge
the noblest II all dut, In the awful period
OF the late war leaving TO man tue s'elner onhghtS .,
the weakened household, in sanitary PREPARATION Ia the
labOrs the hospital in the house of prayer al the
burial OF the brave
woMAN's SPHERE.
fit he asked what then is womans sphere THE nn-
swer has already furnshe by her own Intelligent
Judgment practice under the best CIVILIZATION ~hich
the world has had The choice has rested with her, aud
she has not made it III doubt or hesitation She mas
properly refused be limited or controlled Dy certain
WORKOUT catch phrases of which would shut her up
as nurse 10 the sickchamber and another would con-
sign to silence prude, to secluson as nun sue
is right In agreeing with Sidney Smith, that woman can
not afford 10 be compassionate from eight ocloc IN the
morning TO twelve at night The modern economies
have met her this ground, and nave thrown open 10
her the respectable, the most delicate, ana the ~ ~
responsible occupations and she has taaeh 10 tnen WIZ.
an e1hilaran that belongs only 10 the n00lest nature
she tsh DIT Is only the inquislto Sun inins o
question OF ner sphere, who Is dissatisfied sac adnce
To the standard which the graces OF her character
have been measured in the advancing ideas Oh VIC '
hal century II is her choice 70 reS,Iu neI sen ~ an u u
tegra part OF the plan OF social ana uOhesiie oueI' %
o. which il wish OF hers 10 ne agltdcd ahu Jo-tc"
mto alien 10 her nature IL Is within hei own CON
sciOusncss that woman Is tue core anu ttnt1I VI -
of homes: 1t is within ner own knowledge lla' MS
tory, literature, aud religion SHOW tne aG'dnCc
ment of nation TO be IN It's hohes j. IL ul uoo
ne but tIiter Than the solar system OF ne eeVo
ioal formations, any the less mi"r ant Aief la
IN, family institution the worlds method; without the
appropriate Distributors ~ lts duties tl ist
P 30 cefy fb. stanIaId oI it's moral saucon and
It's purcst sentiments, the beginning aud The end 81 s
ma lra and acquired aesthetics IL Il in tie dalS ana
GO III aIis of ire tai an CLASSES find tnc average
of their stinuations and pleasures and nor presence
there is spi,tion, her direction here heliel th NV
ager of the national manners which we underestimate
anucrs" said Burke" manners arr ol uOlc lHlpoE
snrs Than laws Tue law touches us but here and tlre,
now and neu Manners are what soOthc. corrupt
or purfy exat drUc, bai oaze or icnhe Us, by con
slant steady uniform lrreyerse operation l9e that OF
the air We breatue Iney gave the whole fOrD and color
lives. According TO their quality, they aid m3r
ais, they supply them, or they destroy tIem may auu
that woman is tcir queen and iher iawgiver IN no
country much a. In ours is II needed 10 pear III innu
that according 10 her quality will he Their quality In no
otuer country 10 IL essential thal hef ln9thc over
tue manners Of the people DC assisted p ad 20 SI
ing decorum from the tansh vi whatever Is
unfeninne
THE HEROIC ELEMENT.
This anniversary hy takes the lesson that the heroic
element OF woman is iu moral sentiment Whatever of
the renown Of the century now survives comes
mostly domain. Their place IN the judgments
OF civilization has determined by the rule which the
Author of their being established the pledge OF the
security society This rule is often relaxed by men IN
Judging their sex, but 1t IL observed both Ivy men
| and women 10 Judging the other the renown OF
eminent men often partakes OF the glare Of great achieve
| ment, while moral obquiIics are condoned or over
Looked Women, with ulster religious sense, judge thCr
own sex by the moral test, aud their decision taken up
by the voice of the ages. Toe genus oT Napoleon sun
captures the admiration OF malhlnd, III ste Oh NE
crimes but the S,mranis OF the North Catharihe OF
Russia. OF cOnsummate genus, nav NJ leu an ep our
OF mediocrty into the hrst places oil power II sedoh
mentioned without shudder Of Two modern queen. OF
nations not UNEQUAL mai ral and acquired talent, the
successor OF the patIobess oil Tue disc"NeIti
! of new world lives III general contempt,
| while she OF our mother country IL dcsceud-
| ing the years in the light OF benignant fame.
The beroism OF is moral hcrosn,
Ills principle aud not passion. Her courage is of
duty and not OF ambition, and her passive OiIhle Is
lodged among the proverbs Of the World Tue MIu VI
Orleans Is triumphant historical character. because
sbe kept her Innocence and rode under banner srltu-
| aIly c nsccrated. When the two tmperors, ana he
marslas OF France, and the charge OF the 500 shal
have been forgotten, the name 0i FLORENCE Nighlngas
| will still travel Oh 10 the pOsterlllts. Whth hauAlnd
shall not much remember te "onan " ge,'e 10 ,iv
macy and arms, who held the ascthhcncy q! uGiIhdhy
weaker daughter OF France VIII sun move All near
by the sublime meeAuess and divine IoIg'ehess Siiea
male immortal two years OF marty rdOm Ol AL mat
female array Paris brill ant Ia intellect when made
even an epoch of blood almost attractive, tho memorials
remain after ninety years are tDc iDenoIIs VI
Cnrstau ;otitadc In suffering The CAV sGtDa OF Nine
Roland which controlled Administrations IS passing
into oblivion, and her own name yves only VI ne heIo
Invocation which she uttered for all time rs tue caiio
hearing her to the scaffod wheeled under tie statue OF
Liberty. In ali Zines and III all spheres tho glory oi
| wouanhood is in the moral sentiments.
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