Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-05-04
TELEGRAPH.
Friday, May A, 1919.

Friday, May A, 1919.
! IL Whatever fault might occasionally be
disposed 10 find with the terms in which the editor
of the Oshkosh True Democrat expresses himself
we have not yet seen occasion 10 find the least
fault WITH the principles he avows. lie is an edi
tor after orr own heart in his views, and we are
rejo;ced that radical but just measures, have one
more earnest champion enlisted in their advocacy
in the State. He says, in expressing his u>
ira views, that he does not seek 10 make them the
test of any party obligation. He utters them as
his own opinions lie is alone responsible for them,
That is our position exactly. We are, have been,
and shall continue to be member of the great
democratic party-the party of construction and
progress; shall support its measures and its men,
except where 1t so far forgets its mission to
turn its back directly upon its principles, when we
shall labor to set it right; bat we do not expect it
to enter into and adopt all our views and opinions
upon all subjects, nor shall quarrel with it if it
does not The most we ask of it (and this we
claim is its distinctive feature in opposition to the
whig party) is that it shall press earnestly for
ward. adopt the truth when it is apparent, and re
ject the error 10 make room for the truth And in
the meantime, shall not fail, so Far as in us lies
TO labor in the advocacy OF our own peculiar views;
and our readers will adopt reject them. as rea,
son may dictate.
in speaking of the Oshkosh True Democrat. we
had in mind the avowa of its editor that he
was in favor OF comforting the right of suffrage upon
woman. SO we. II is time, in the moral Sc
cial and political rdGfhese dlstnc ions may be
properly made) that individual independence and
respons bty began TO be felt One OF the grea,
errors Of this age and of all other ages which have
preceded II is, that we do not bring home to ours
selves the responsibilities which justly belong 10
us for the sins and evils whic& aiilirt the world
The gigantic sins OF tie age "e content TO digni-
y with the title Of organic sins. for hch no res
possibility rests anywhere. They the sins Of
society, and person is responsible for their birth
or their continuance; and they must be left to work
I their own cure, the destruction of the body in
which they tester. We say 1t is time each and
every individual began TO feel his individual infin-
ence, ard consequently individual responsibility in
all these matters, and in view of it act up TO the
highest standard of truth which has been revealed
TO him in the light Of his own reason From our
idea Of individual responsibility we get our
reason for the option that woman have rights
corresponding with our own. We know of 10
theory of physiology metaphysics, that denies
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and her equally separate moral accountability
She stands as independent. as do we, with all the
! physical powers and all the mental attributes
possessed by ourselves. Car then there be good
reason urged why her rights should not be co cx-
tensve with he fact that there has been or is
nor, is no reason. Many things have existed which
enlightened reason has discarded ane it is not as
Stunning any great gift of prophecy to predict that
many things now exist which advancing inteli>
gence vii: yet discard These things must all be
judged in the eye and light of reason and in that
view we ask, again, why woman, with all the at
tributes possessed by ourselves should be denied
any of the rights we exercise. When we assume
the right 10 egisla;e for, and govern any class Of
persons, we lay our hands upon their individuality;
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we take into own charge those attributes
which make them free and independent persons;
we in fact claim the right to fashion their destiny
hereafter as we'll as here Noy can it be seriously
argued that the great creator has endowed any
creature with the gift of Immortality and delivered
that immortality into other hands TO fashion and
control the character of Here is the whole gist
of the matter We claim that the minute it is
clear that any individual has attained the point
which makes them, through the gift of reason,
moral, responsible and accountable beings, that
moment their rights are equal TO ours, and we
have 10 natural authority to control, govern die
tate 20, or in other words, ensIave them. The
question then is only is woman amoral and account,
able being If she is, her rights are equal TO ours
We do not design, now at least, to alude to the
Objections which often urged agains: the ex-
ercise of the right of suffrage by lemaIes-hat is
that 1t would degrade them 10 the vice and im>
We may alude TO it again, but at present content
ourselves with saying that if suffrage be a right,
and blessing; and if woman has right 10 it
equal with ourselves, we do not believe any bad
results would flow from its exercise on her part
u A. S. Wadsworth and Ira TIaskins were con-
victed at the late term ofthc court in Fond du Lac
county, of the crime of horse stealing. and the lat