The Washington herald., 1913-08-27
VIEW Of mission
OF WOMAN GIVEN
DR.. Bledsoe's Article Re-
printed in Congressional
Record.
OFFENDING PARTS CUT
Was Quoted by Senator Tillman in
His Recent Speech Attacking
Suffrage and Divorce.

Inc mission OF Woman" an article in
opposition to woman suffrage, by the late
Albert Taylor Bledsoe. LII D.. distin-
guished scholar, philosopher. and writer,
appears in the Congressional Record this
morning, with those parts expurgated
which Senators thought reflected in any
wise on the women of the North.
The article first was printed in the
Record several weeks ago at the instance
Of Senator Benjamin r. Tillman of South
Carolina, bringing forth a storm of pro-
test from Northern and Western Senators
because of the reflections on Northern
women contained in It. Senator Tillman
later made the article a text upon which
to attack woman suffrage and divorce.
The Senate yesterday ordered the eNpur-
gated article printed in the Record and
as a public document. The article hrst
appeared in October. 1871, in the Southern
Review, OF which DR.. Rledsoe was the
editor. but is more pertinent at the pres
ent time than when it was written.
May he Want of GalInntry.
'It may be deemed a want OF gallantry
in us" reads a portion of the article
but still we must insist on the Salique
law of the intellect For, in fact the
sun shines not more clearly in the
heavens than this law does in the Word
of God, as well as in His works. The
man, says st. Paul, is the head OF the
woman. The family, as organized by
Christ, is constituted on the principle ot
autocracy and not on the principal OF
an euua .ity in power and dominion be-
tween man and wife. The family, as
organized by Christ, is a social unit,
harmonious whole, with one head and
not a two headed, discordant, self-hght-
ing monster. Husbands, love your'wives
is the word OF divine wisdom. in which
is so tenderly summed up all the obliga-
tions of the husband. Husbands, love
your wives, even as Christ loved the
church; therefore, as the church is sub
IeCt unto Christ, so let the wives be sub
sect to their own husbands in every
thing. Again writes St Paul TO the
Ephesians. Wives, submit yourselves
unto your husbands as unto the Lord;
for the husband is the head of the wife,
even as Christ is the head of the church
"As in writing TO the Corinthians he
said, the head OF the woman Is the
man. SO here he specially applies this
doctrine 10 the marriage relation, saying,
the husband is the head OF the wife
St Peter expresses the same thing:
Likewise, .ye wives. be in subsection TO
your own husbands that II any obey
not the word, they also may. without the
word, be won by the conversation of the
wives, while thCy behold your Chaste con- |
versation coupled with fear Whose |
let it not be that outward |
OF plating the hair, and OF
wearing of gold, or of putting on of ap- |
parel Blu let it be the hidden man of the |
heart, in that which is not corruptible, |
even the ornament OF a meek and quiet |
spirit, which is in the sight OF God of |
,FF % mn n
old time, the holy woman also, who |
trusted in God. adorned themselves, be |
ng in subjection 10 their own husbands. |
Root of the Mischief.
The root OF all this mischief is the !
dea that woman is the equal of man, is |
,ast in the same mold with man, and is |
appointed 10 do the same work as man. |
No greater mistake could be made. II |
woman were required to do the work Of !
nan or man the work of woman, human !
lffairs would be turned out OF their natu- |
al channels and thrown into LCEeiCss |
confusion. Let man and woman, then, |
ike twin stars or like the sun and moon,
move in their own appointed spheres or |
,rbits. unless the object be not to pre-
;erve the harmony of the world, bat to
uprear the universal peace
Does any one ask whether woman is
.qual TO man? II SO, We reply that she
S neither equal nor superior nor inferior
o man. She was made for a different |
phere. and in her own sphere she is
Without a peer or rival One star is diff
erent from another star in glory. II
my one ask. then, whether Venus is
quail or superior or inferior to Jupiter.
We answer she is neither. Jupiter is
uperior TO Venus in size and eftulgence;
Iut, then, Venus, the evening and the
morning star, exerts a far more powerful
influence over our heart and feelings ana
than Jupiter. Everything
which God has made is beautiful in its
wn place and season, and hence it is no
art Of our aim or philosophy to revise
r TO reconstruct the work of His hands,
We would not for the world have Venus
ut in the place of Jupiter or Jupiter
L the place Of Venus Much less would
-e have woman thrust into mans sphere
r man into womans sphere. And woe,