The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-02-26

-" Plttt some Tim
ago 10 The Sunny South, tAtlant,
ua'0 headed the "Intelleelu,
; Powers Of the two Sexes" | tru,
u WIN not seem out Of place, eve
NJ THIS late hour, to respond thrc
your columns. II am NOT IN g.
! 'or The author intends leaving tn,
impression that woman Is. intel
lee'ually, mans equal. Here le
me deny this with all the emphasi,
possible. Woman is not man,
equal intellectually, nor can sb,
ever be. The sphere of dutie,
whlch Kind Providence has al.
lo''ed her will not admit of tha,
degree Of intellectual culture which
man has attained, nor has she the
capacity to cope with him in intel
lectual might. or all the differ
ent writers ! have had occasion to
notice on this subject, | believe
there is scarcely one who leaves #
WI with woman in her proper sphere.
Ia .
ihey try to lift her from the busy
circle of domestic duties and lead
her through the untrodden paths
Of the arts and sciences, forgetting
that in doing so they not only
make her that which she is not,
out degrade man in making woman
his superior. believe it is adj
mltted by every one that, consid-
cred from a moral standpoint, man
lays no claim to equality with her
then, when we conccde her equal
ity IN intellect, we virtually con-
cede her superiority, for man is
not her moral equal. Now, i'll
woman is mans intellectual equal,
and man, morally, is her inferior.
then, upon the whole, man is lie IS
than woman, a frail piece ofhuman-
ty'and God has erred in setting him
apart as head Of the human fami-
y. Intellect and its concomitants.
reason and Judgment, should rule,
and it is our opinion that they do
'ule. We need but look around
'ur little homes and examine the
nusty volumes scattered here and
here along our shelves for evident
md stronger proofs Of the dispar-
ty of intellect between the two
exes. OF what sex are our his
orians, our geologists and our
heologianS' Who are our as
romers and mathematicians, our :
chemists and poets? 'Tis true
hey can boast a Mrs. Hemans or
Mrs. Hannah Moore but these,
Ike lighted tapers on a dark night,
erve little more than to make the !.
urrounding darkness visible. Ho- |,
,er, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton,
'yron and Pope; compared with !,
hese, their little lights fade into !.
But it is urged
nat woman's peculiar sphere con- !
nually hampers that intellect
'hich but waits for an opportuni-
to develop itself in some giant :
.roke. How strange it is that the !.
,ales Of justice should have turn !,
4 and man have gained the as : "
endency so long enjoyed with :
othing but chance to weigh in his
Ivorl Could circumstances ham,
er the songs of Homer3 Could
nance quell Millions muse' Could 6
ny peculiar sphere lull into eter- .,
al sleep the genius Of our i'm Il
ortal Shakspearei Genius is ),
ame; when touched II widcns ;,
nd deepens, within and Of itself, :, :,
u, like SOME volcanic fire, it u
irsts forth with spontaneous, n
'iginal force. IL woman is our S,
telleetual equal, It's strange how b,
W have risen above the tidal =,
ave TO assert their rights Of :,
quality. a.
There is a prevailing delicacy m
, the part OF man in heralding Al
,road his views on this subject, to
by circumstances which 81
Iould not exist, for surely the I.
irer sex should feel themselves y
with the admission that, nj
ION the whole, they are our to
luals. Instead Of those writers ie
ldeavoring to please woman by d,
ling her she is something supe- :.
Or 10 that which she is. they =
Iould apprise her of the impor- IT
mt position she holds in life's
eat chain, and praise her for H
at modesty and dignity Of soul
ith which she has ever filled il.
or modesty and purity man owes st
woman a debt of gratitude which a.