Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-10-16
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NUUBER FOUR

u "a 'i.i>> - pAc objection HH5cI NAV
be urged with some force, against the a.
/ tentlon of women being turned towards
/ those subjects which have generally ty.e.,
considered as belonging only 10 tie other
sex, IS. that every department o: public
affairs, is 81 entirely under the control of
party. 80 much rsue,r exists anorcst
those who seek from time 70 time With -.
red success. tor place and power. that TIT
gcatieness which is so lovely III woman.
ought not to bc exposed TO the danger il
would inevitably incur. By contact wiz
influences 50 calculated TO destroy IT,
have said that this objection NAV he urged
with some force but the justice IF it vii
become apparent, when we examine the az
gument hy which it il maintained
We wiil suppose for illustration. that
ever since the establishment of Terrific
rial government in Wisconsin, the right
OF suffrage, with eligibility 20 Office, hal
been restricted to three classes, viz mem
beFs OF the Bar, practicing Physicians aad
Merchants
Suppose there had been faint murnlur.
ngs. aad now and then loud suggestions.
amongst the people that all was not right.
and that when the Constitution. drawn uD
by those IN power. was presented to then,
for adoption, based on this restrictive pol.
lcy some should be found hold enough :,
dcmur, and to Insist that ak should emo.
the rights heretofore mon3polzcd by th.
few, aud should receive for reply; "Irdee
We should be glad to have the dear pco.
pie whom VIC have so lovingly protected
and governed, participate wth Us, did VI
uot fear for their morals
and have differed 50 much amongst ou
seivcs,we have so corrupted all the Cover
mental affairs of tie State, that we know
1t would be dangerous now, for you to eu.
ter our ranks You, who have bad 10
share i'll these dempraliziur stripes. hal
better remain conten;ed III YOUR present
state OF innocence; a9d not incur the ris9z
4 such corruptinE iuHl ences Nothiuqt4
50 c2mmcndablc and lovely in 4 subject,
as quot submission; an. IS You have
heretofore manifested 50 MT II Of this, ve
hope yea viii continue 10 appreciate our
ability 90 do y0ur work, as well rs our olgu.
IN manner better calculated to suit you.
than could be done by yourselves. We
therefore rely on your good sense. To suc-
scst to yol the propriety cf remaining III
tie sphere 50 obviously dictated by due
regard To safety
viii Lave the dear people to ans
Teg their very coHsiderate rulers. while T
proceed il the verbs Vi the Westnai lstcr
Rev ew.
" the maternity argument is usually
laid most stress upon, although lit need
hardly be said) this reason. # it be one.
can apply only to Mothers 1t is neither
necessary nor just, to make Imperative on
women that they shall be either motl.ers
Or nothing; or that if they have been
mother Uucc they shall be nothing else
daring the whole remainder Cf their litc-
Neither woman nor man. need any law to
exclude them frcm an occupation. if the
have undertaken another which = lie. "a,
patjlls with it. 10 ole proposes to ez.
ciudc the male sex from Parliament h.
cause n1an may bee a soldier or sailor. in
actual service or a merchant whose buq:
tess requires al! his tiuIe aud energies.
Nne-tcItAs rf the occupations Of lneU.ex
cl id5 them q tHcio from public life. as e..
tcctuaIly as if they we're deprived bv law
but tiaL i no reason for making laws r.,
rXciHdecvcn the nine teuths much less tb..
remaining tenth The reason az the ca,
s the same for women as f,r men. Their
: 40 iced to Haze provision - law. TIA
"onta shall not carry pn the active dc
ti..s u household OF of the education og
children, and At the same time practice u
profession. Or le 1ieo;e,i "a Parliament
Whecs iuc9Upat.J.i;fy il real. ID Hill tab,
care of itself but there is grcse iniur:ios
II making tha iHcnnpati,ilty s pretepe.
Tor tie exclusion u those in whose case :.
doe uoc ex ist, ami these It they we're free
t. clonsa, would 5e q verj large portion
li'ou5,ful
The maternity argancn. does its sup
Iortcrs. iu the case of single women. -
large a'.d 'ucre,iag class of tie population.
There IS - inherent reason or necessi-
ty that all women should voluntarily
choose to devote their lives TO one animal
function. aud its consequences Numbers
IF women arr wives ard mothers, only be-
cause there is no other career open o.
them-uo other occupation FOR their feel
Tugs. or their activities. Every improve
'neat n their education. and enlargement
Of their faeult,es-cyery thing which ren.
ders them more qualified FOR anv other
mode cf ac, inc eases tie number Of
those u whom it Is al injury, and an CD
preston . be dcnied the choice
To So that women must be excluded
from ac;iye life. because maternity dis
qualities them FIR il, Is in fact 70 say that
every other career should be forbidden
them, in order that maternity should be
their only resource. l.. B.
- The squash that took tho preu sum Of
the New York Stale Fair, MS raised by las.
Buchnsn. and weighing 80 lbs. We should
call ths squash some punpk.ns.'-N. IoIk
Courier.
There werr two saGash,s q, the Wisconsin
Stale Fair uhirh beat THIS New York prizs
squash hollow. One Of them, raised at Mad
ison, weighed 200 pounds, and the o,hfr, rais.
Cd IN Rock county, weighed aar nounds,
70 The Washington Republic, i. speak