The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-03-30
Another Plea for Women.

To the Editor of the NEW DOMINION.
1t does seem to the writer that as
rule men think the ruling passion
and chief attraction between young
men ard women is sexual desire.
Now As nothing can happen or exist
without cause, we shall at once be-
gin to look for the cause of this uni
versal and worldwide opinion. II
is evident that the principal reason
is the low, debasing idea that the
propagation Of the species and the
qualification Of sensual appetites are
the chief end and climax of mar
riage. This being the measure and
quality Of the stock husbands and
wives have in each other it is nc
wonder that they measure and judge
their own and their neighbours sons
and daughters by themselves, for
out of the abundance of the heart
the mouth speaketh. But is this
Judgment of our youth correct? As
rule it is not. As proof, cases OF
seduction among the young are not
common, and where the seduced is
young the seducer is many years the
senior. And are not the masses OF
libertines and prostitutes adults
nearer middle age than youth? No,
these things as rule are not found
in youth and early manhood and
womanhood for the simple reason
that the fires of lust have not over
whelmed and almost annihilated the
passion of pure love in them, con-
suming and extinguishing the last
spark Of virtue which is true of so
many Of those who are married and
those not married who arc on the
shady side of rs and 80.
Some of the solons of West Vir-
ginia, in discussing the wisdom and
propriety of admitting our daughters
to the University, expressed the fear
that the young ladies and gentlemen
would make love to each other and
that continual association would
corrupt their morals and demoralize
the school, Well, we'll, what next?
The world is certainly moving
backward.
But to this matter of love making
and decentralization: now what is the
basis of true love? 1t is surely char
acter. Then we cannot understand
or conceive how loving the good and
true in each other would lead to the
corruption of their morals. We be-
lieve that the pure and virtuous in
the young ladies of our country far
exceeds the impure and unchaste;
then pure fountain cannot send
forth impure water. How is it in
our common schools? Does coedu-
cation corrupt or demoralize thereS
Also the Normal schools, the Uni
versity of Michigan and many 9th
ers? These all prove that it is not
good for man or woman to be alone;
then what God has Joined together
let us not put asunder. The past
and present proves that co education
is no longer an experiment, but a
grand success and blessing, and as
the past has been SO will the future
be and even much more abundant.
In the article "a Plea for Women y
the printers devil maliciously or
otheswise makes me say: "Nor in the
man do they imam and woman) diff
fer in their anatomy and physiol-
ogy." 1t should read, NOR in the
main do they differ" Again he
makes me say: at is necessarily SO
that woman is the weaker vessel"
1t should read, "is it necessarily so?"
also, instead of ssinferior powers Of
endurance" read superior powers
of endurance" Please note the cor
rections as an act of JUSTICE.