Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-04
/ Deutche Scientist OH VI 0nlail.

CClOpEu1duSi, Lie UtiUlftn philosopher,
had reached, with regard to women, a per
feet view parallel to that ofsCarlyle toward
mani namely, that all which, is called pro
gress and elevation has been in go evil way
AS Carlyle held that the perfected social
order for man is the rule CT the strong hand,
or clublaw, SO Schopenhauer he'd that the
proper domestic order is absolute suffice
ton for women. He argued that all the so
called elevation of women has been only
the imitation of the few into uselessness, at
the cost Of the greater degradation OF the
mass, also that the more woman has been
elevated the more she has grewn discon-
tented and unhappy. r@.1
He held that this abnormal foisting Of wo-
man degraded man, and thus resulted in de-
grading ali that by keeping ups the dignity
Of man the race is elevated. and by letting
down to an equality with woman the race is
leyeled downward; also, that polsganly is
necessary to man, s dignity; domestic hap
piness, to the welfare of the race, and es-
pecialy to natural provision foraA women.
1t is likely That some Of the strong minded
women Of the present day wi. not assent
to Schopenhauer's doctrine. 4 friend to
her sex has contributed her translation Of
extracts setting forth his views, which are
printed herewith:
Between men there's by nature only III
difference; but between women there is nat
urally enneity.' r4yE@
when nature divided the human race IL
halves, she did not carry the incison dl-
rectly through the middle. In all popular
sty the distinction between the positive and
negative poles is not only IL qualitative one,
but at the same time Quantltatlve. Thus
have the Oriental and ancient nations re-
garded the women, and have therefore ac
corded them, more correctly in just posi-
ton than we with our antique French ga
lantry and iusipid woman reneration, that
highest bloom of Christian German i@liocy,
which has only earned this to make them SO
arrogant and inconsiderate that one Is
sometimes reminded Of the holy monkeys
III Benares, who, i'll CONSCIOUSNESS Of their
holiness and involability, considered every
thing made fer them"
The European marriage Law, considering
woman as the equal of man, proceeds from
false presumption.
I'm our own monoganian part of the
world getting married means simply to
have ones rights, and double ones duties
when the laws invested women with
equal rights to men, they should have sls,'
endowed them with q masculine under
Standing"
1.-The more those rights and honors which
the laws concede to women s,lrulount he1
natural condition, so much the more &c
they limit the number Of those women who
really participate in the granted favols, ant.
take from all the remaining women as much
rights accorded by nature us they had given
to the others, rights beyond what is natural
For in this abnornllly advantageous posi-
ton, which the mono gamian regulation ana
thereto subloined marriage law s have made
men hesitate to make SO great sacriti"a.
and enter upon SO unequal compact.
While, therefore. among the polygamo,ls
nations every woman finds a support, among
the monogamnn the number of marriage
oble women is limited; and there remains
great number of females, whc III the high
er classes vegetate as useless old@ maids.
but IN the lower are pushed to hard and in
adequate labor, or, All the here
enumerated women pushed into such fear
full position are but an unavoidable balance
to the European Lady, with her pretension
and arrogance. For the female sex, con-
sidered. as whole, polygamy is therefore
a benefit.
cit is not to be intelEgens1y disputed that
a man whose wife is aschrenic invalid, or
childless, or who has become alto9ethe,'
too old for him, should take another
Gin this way will woman be reduced to
her just and natural position, III; q subor-
dinate being and the IiADY, that Dsonste!
of European civilization and of Christian
German adiocy, with her ridiculous preten-
sions to respect and honor, will be thrust
out Of the world, and there will remain only
ap0mea,, but no more at7ahGpDy aroflen with
which EnrOOa is now full -, sgse i.