The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-03-12

"""'"n ~ hef proper sphere. The,
ny 70 liit her from the busy cirrl,
q domestic duties and lead hc,
through the untrodden paths Of the
arts and sciences, forgetting that
IN so doing they not only make
her Whit she is not, but degrade
man IN making woman his supe.
rior. Then Il is left for this visa
solon to differ with all The writcrs
upon this subject, and to say that
their position DEGRADEs man bv
making woman his superior. This
has force, hasn'titi Ineyer knew
C that all the writers upon this sub
Jeet mace woman mans superior.
yet If they did they would not be
so Tar wrong. His idea is, then.
that II matters not If woman rs
degraded by saying man is her
superior, so you do not tamper
with the rights and titles of the
would-be lords of creation. This
is the conclusion any one will
come to after reading his article.
Again, he argues that because
woman, from a moral standpoint.
IS vastly mans superior, she ought
to be his inferior mentally, or else |
man would be frail piece of hu-
manity. Oh tkat's it, is it: Man
MUST be superior in some other
way IN order to be so at all. Cant
be satisfied with equality. Well,
your very concession to her moral
superiority proves that she is
equal, if not superior, mentally. /
for she of the two has brains enough
to be moral.
lie appeals TO the musty vol
nmes upon our shelves, and wants
to know "of what sex were the
authors of those volumes" Now.
tins to man that will not think
might be an argument unansver-
able. Let's see about this. That
to-day all our best authors are -.
men is something | deny, and call !;
upon the reading public for proof ;.
that | am correct. could, if it :
were necessary, refer to numerous
writers, whose fame will stand the
test OF time, that were of the gen. !,
tier sex. As TO histories, works !
upon the arts and sciences, etc, !.
etc, these are works of labor. :.
and are generally engaged in /,
by man for the pecuniary benefit ;,
they derive therefrom, and for ;.
this reason ladies rarely engage in ;,
writings of that kind. Ladies of i
intellectual endowments of supe- =,
rior order are seldom without am
pie means, therefore when they
write II is Tor pleasure, and Of 3
course choose those subjects from
which pleasure can be derived. :"
Alpha refers TO Homer, Virgil.
Shakespesr and others, and seems
to triumph in the thought of their
being greater than women, and =
seems TO take pleasure in basking T,
in the sunshine of their greatness.
Those men were great, and ! might :, -
ask you to point to their equals to- u y
day. Are they among men' =
Take into consideration the rela- v
i've position Of man and woman "
m
1t the time those men lived, and
perhaps you can see why there -
we're no female writers equal TO =
hose great litsrary lights. Dur y
ng the dark ages men attained the ~ J"
by force, and woman :, -
vas considered only as an inferior =
,eing, and treated as a slave, and ~
n this condition it was impossible - !"
or her to cope with man intellect y
lally. How long, pray, has she :, "
lad the same advantages that man -
las? Has she even the same now'
How long have the doors of the "
treat universities been barred TO ~
leri And are they yet all open - =,
vide! The advanced civilization
If the nin.teenth century is just
low beginning to see woman in ,e
Ter proper sphere, and to allow her Oh
IN opportunity of showing man ou
hat she is not the mental imbecile ~
he world has ever held her TO be; "
md it is only a question Of time, y
wen under the advantages she now
has. when she will rise in her glo- ~
v and splendor and astonish the p
world with her works. Then q,
pray do not refer to those men TO i
prove that at this day and time
woman is mans inferior. Refer ie'