The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-03-26

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we may prepare fgf lhe %0ausaeus
daso hus had lbe discretion 10
sign himself Omega, atd this
gracefully retire ffom the uneuvi
able position of mahenihe biz
mother. sister aud wife IN Che pub
JIG prints.
II "a. universally conceded, wc
believe, that q man who BOASTS of
his animal courage, is ut heart a
coward and the SAME IL true Of
mental vigor. When q man Is so de-
void Of chiyalric honor MS 70 boast
ofhis superiority to woman, Il ~ an
infalliblc evidence Of lamen,ablc
weakness SOMEWHERE. Can any
one point To a truly sensible. great
man, who has ever been known to
proclaim his superiority to bis
motheri Solomon, the wiscs,,
when his mother approached, had
a seat placed for her At his right
hand on the throne, thus publicly
proclaiming her his equal and SIT
ting an example for all men Of his
calibre. II is known to all who
have taken the trouble to invcsli-
gate the subject, that the mother
transmits to her offspring more
distinctiyely than the father. Scan
the families OF our acquaintance
1--WE will not go to history for ex-
ample) and we will almost invaria-
bly, find, that where the mother is
mentally inferior TO the father, their
children never rise to the level of
the father but let the mother be a
sensible woman, a 6aS hlca, as men
say deriSively when conscious Of.
their inleriority, and the father the
weaker vessel, and we will find
the offspring Of such a union intel
~lectually superior TO the "head' Of.
the family. Should any be skcpt-
ical on this point, they can easily
satisfy themselves that it is a law
Of nature, by studying our popula-
ton Of uneducated blacks and also
our domestic animals. Neither
civilization nor intellectual culture
changes this. Then, with this law
Of nature in view. how can we re-
%concile Alpha's theory that God
appointed man the head Of the
family because Of mental superior
ity. Ewes children would not
have been QUITE as smart rs Adam,
and centuries ago the world would
have run riot with a population of
imbcoiles. The Bible does not
teach chat mar was created men
tally superior to woman, and we
presume, Alpha with all his wis
dom, has no other authenticated
history Of the creation. VIZ read /;
"God created man in His own inn
age, in the image Of God created
He him male and female created
He them The edict, land he
shall rule over thee has no refer
4 ence whatever to their creation.
That vas a punishment visited up
on Eve for her violation Of the law,
and drawing upon our imagination
as Alpha did, why God appointed
man the head Of the family, We
suppose God inflicted the worsr
/, punishment upon Eve because she
was the FIRST transgres5or. Wher
+, placed in the garden Of Eden NJ
-, distinction was made; both were
given equal rights and both madc
equally amenable to the law from
which we conclude, they were ere.
ated with equal capacity to enjoy
a the blessings prepared for then
e and equal ability to comprehend
and keep the law. 1t would no
f have been in accordance will
y Gods justice. to have made wo
n man mentally inferior and theI
4 place her in Eden as a Gt compan
n ion for Adam, subject to the sam
r law and temptations, and thel
punish her the most severely wheI
n both had sinned. Another injunc
C ton: "Ilonor thy father and III,
d mother" No difference mad
&c here. Would God command III
IT children to give equal reverence I
ot both parents, IL lie had made We
70 man originally, therefore irrevoC
1t ably, inferiori 1t is not in huma
Is nature to revere and honor menti
n, weakness; we pity, bear witl
r aomafinaa Laat a routarnct To- l.,