Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-14

" Hoii Nc ce.tS, SIfe eatS, Wnen he thtnk
affshe' thinks, whenlle gets drunk, She ore
II drunk; that it wo aid be as absurd to pr,
|, vide for the beaN land education of one
I. own shadow as 10 provide d separate e
|tabIishment for women, who possess a
: fittings IN man, fully as though She di
-Fit herself And single woman, or wiz
2 o'vs may pay taxes but ii wollldsbe outra
e geous. for her tohave achoiee in the, me
who are to spend the money and then ci
+ out for more When married ten wears a
SO, her education was eaqual to her hu,
band's,now she cannot write a gTainmati,
Eal letter; aht 4 husbands mind has been en-
i iarged By ne influx of.new ideas, and b
i eontracts y ith the electric atmosphere q
y thClightin the great world without; bu
= denied as she has been, the right of ex
pressing Ter viii BY q direct vote,s sh
q has lost 2 Il interestyin passing events; tn
lTglobe has dwindled to half an acre, Ia
and the iillage Church. Her partner find
4 the matt h unequal, spends his time wit
anofe coIlgen;al society, and is out and on
! in favor of Moses law OF a gallopiHg di
yerce, The old stager has, filed the, po
litical arena. with frauds and brawls, aaC
bruises and blood; and having levelled the
morals o the baslot-box with those of The
trace rgfo' nl or boxing ring be has yet viz
tue, enou gh left todeciare that woman sllal
not entei this moral Acedama. Yet j,
may be aat democracy, for self-pfeserva-
] ton. viii be compelled to invite women to
I the bSlio box. to restrain and over-awe the
railianisn Of man. Though man smiles
with seer tderision at the competition of
| wolnan il dress and show, yet he is too
j tender Of her4eputation to aIow her the
same feel, with himself wherein to exer--
else her powers. We believe that this
contortioi Of character is justly attributable
TO The de liai Of tile right Of voting, the di-
rect mode BY which the great questions of
the day re determined in this country. =
Politics ire our national life. AS eiyiliza-
ton advances, its Issues will penetrate still,
deeper ihto the social and every day life
of the 4'eoplc andno man or woman can
be reg rded as an entity, as power in so
cieiy, who mas not n direct agency ia gov
ernirg It's results. Cur lives must be po-
lite. al or we shall have no lives at ALL
w lhout, a direct voice in moulding the
81 nit ofthe age, they will disown lis.
But some persons are petrifcd With l1or-
ror at this most daring and diabollcal anl.
unnatural Of all innovations. They call
OH the mountains to hide them and the
f5efs TO cover them. Bell -n1oathcd sleeves
sweeping skirts and flowing trains roll out
TO 45aof Longitude, and thercolosssal aar,rrllL
of Newtons day, over the inhabitants of
London, with a
/ g 81 sTep million csitic leagues Of bead II
Te.l million leagues Of tsit5',a aaw E'e5ials
They and tlrsir predecessors have been
six thousand years III regulating society
aud establishing order, and now y few fam
atics, in the Wisconsin, Legislature, by one
wicked wrench, would oyerset the social
fabric. and knock out the undsrpinniag OF
polillca! systems, and let them all sink Ia
to the jaws Of chaos. Better eede the
universe back to Old chance and try If a
re-shsifiiing of It's particles and e-churnin'gs
Eof its primal atoms. will not produce a
more healthy, permanent and beautiful
syslens?.I Il is proposed BY this amend
i1neat sudeiy to ilurl the lord of creation
from his pinnacle Of power,and like Covers
ieouet. with his head downwards and hin
der parts upwards, with pickering eur
4vette and indignant whiz, sink him below
iylle terrestrial horizon, to be heard no more.
The pronoun he viii appear in no future
ledition of Wet,ster's Dictionary: the thun-
Ider Of masculine eloquence will melt Ia
this Hall to zephyr whispers from maiden
Inns. and the Honor from Ozsukee VIII adj
dress Mrs. Speaker from NalWorth IN vel
vet. accents tiosi sAsnea Re rsn e#ss
& The geuas homo will only be known, like
| the lizards and .Saurians IN geological
,eeks Their skins will have been tanned
! into kid gloves, and their bones whitfield
into crochet neetles, and their era and ex-
istence will become a problcnl' among the
!stro,,p minded women who have extirpa-
ted our sex. But the objection is urged
seriously: Political rivalry will arm the
wife against her husband; a, mans foes
will be those OF his own household. But
we believe that political equality will, 9.
leading The thoughts and purposes ct lbs
/ sexes, to q. just degree, into the sans
!. channel, more completely carry oat tAe
4 DESIGNS 81 nature Womel will be possesses
i Of 4 positive power, and hollow c:o'npll
i ments and rose-Water batteries viii be eN
i changed fora pure admiration and a well
| grounded respect, when we see her nool1
/ diseharging herIpart IN the great intellect
ia! and moral sttlggles Of the ase,atha
j wait their solution by a9dlrect appeal i'
1.-THE ballot box. Woinan's power +, a
8 presert, poeticai and unsubstantiai; ie
j Il be practical and real. There Is no real
4 ity in any power that cannot be coined N Z
e to votes. The demagogae has sheer
elrespect and sanitary fear of The voter s'
\ and he that cannot direct the iightuIn'1'
-Etlash of the ballot box is greater than n
i who possesses a continent Of vapor, glide
T with moonshine. -. .sav u
It is true, the fight Of voting would ca
r. with it the right 70 hold office; bu
since it is true that the sexes have the