Nowhere else iu all the world is
woman so highly esteemed as in our
own country, and nowhere else is tho
blessing of her pure life and influence
iu the home so needed as here and
now. The home is tho very foundation
of our social and religious institutions
and a blow directed at the
influence of home's queen is destructive
of the very existence of all that as
a people we hold dear am) sacred. To
the thiuking, conservative mind, little
else is needed to make the cuidition
of woman most powerful for good,
save the culture and refinement now
so sought after throughout th laud,
and at whose fountain the humblest
may driuk. But this sentiment is
not indulged by n class of enthusiasts,
in whose ear ambitions' bee is loudly
buzzing. This class is made up of
two ingredients, viz.: Manly women,
who should havo been men; and
womanly men, who should have been
women. If these could be eliminated
from society then the peace and quietude
of the happiest homo life iu the
world would be assured. These enthusiasts
have conceived the idea that
they arc reformers of existing evils,
but iu truth they are tho creators of
non-existing evils. Whoever would
divide woman's influence between
home and politics is nn enemy to tho
best interests of both. Woman's natural
condition is that ;f mother to the
race, and when by a false notion of
duty she is led to leave the sphere to
which God has assigned her, sho robs
herself of her power for greatest good
and the world of her best and holiest
influence.
