The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-18
ELIZABETH oApy STANTON.

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That statement may be deemed unnecessary.
Such explanations are at times fit to be made;
else how would we know that George Eli
OF were not Bohemian, with an unconbed
beard and uncleaned male finger nails. Eliza
beth Cady Stanton being woman may or may
not consider that better than not to have
been at all. The matter is doubtless hypo>
thetically stated by herself to herself. As
Lucy Stone and Fanny Fern are women,
Elizabeth will consider that one might be
born to worse fate And if the voters of
the Eighth District Of New York will send
her to Congress, Elizabeth will hold that the
lot Of woman is not uncomfortable in the Uni>
ted States. or in that District, at least, which
she will represent.
For Elizabeth is candidate for Congress.
She has not a vote, by the laws of her State,
but she holds that she is not thereby dis
franchised and rendered ineligible for office.
She believes, she declares, .aike in free men
and in free trade Hence, she divides Re-
publican and Democratic principles and goes
s. 'alf aud alf. She is not favorable to the
Constitutional Amendment as proposed by
Congress. That, she charges, makes ''in-
vidious distinctions on the ground of sex"
She is opposed 10 it.
We do not deny Mrs. Stanton's right to
announce herselfas a candidate for Congress;
nor to be elected-if she can. That she
would do much better than many representa-
tiyes that have been there, we don't doubt at
all. We are not alarmed at any phase of
radicalism that the years may bring us, but
at present Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton will
be voted down by her own sex.
Mr.. Beecher claims the right to vote for
woman as for man. Mr.. John Stuart Mill,
with a severer logic and more exhaustive
analysis, claims the elective franchise only
for those single ladies', who have not fathers
or husbands to represent them; who are
property holders and tax payers, and hence
entitled to representation. A spunky little
Tory woman, who thinks she is not only quite
as good as q man, but ever so much better,
and who Indignantly filings back into the face
of Mr.. Mill his proposition to reduce her to
level with man, thus unsteady, in "Black-
woods Magazine" shows what Mr.. Mill,
with his severe logic, proposes
at is necessary, however, to distinguish
quite clearly, before proceeding further, the
class which, SO far as we are informed, Mr..
Mill proposes to enfranchise. Ii is not. as
we remember hearing venerable but imbe
cile reformer assert in other days, every
member OF the human family to whom the
philosopher means to accord a vote. Its
not even every one Of the twenty ladies who
have come SO bravely forward to back him ;
for among them are married ladies', each OF
course In possession of representative OF
her own, and in consequence excluded alb
soluteiy from the ranks of the unrepresented.
Mr.. Mill scheme by no means extends to
the whole female community. Neither the
wives OF England nor the young ladies' OF
England have anything to do with his stats,
tics. The class for which he proposes to leg.
lslate IS not the most interesting section OF
vomankind. 1t is the class of female house.
holders, lone women who pay their own rent
and taxes, and have their own affairs TO man.
age. and nobody to look to them,' according
to the vernacular Romance has little to do
With this portion Of humanity. As rule,
they have lost the charms of youth, and the
very position which gives them claim upon
MT MIL sense OF justice makes it imposs-
Bile thst they should possess those charms of
dependence and helplessness and ciiuging
weakness which are supposed to be so attrac~
i've to the lords OF the creation. They are
Old enough and stout.heArted enouKh to take
care OF themselves. They are either widows
whose day Is over, or elderly maidens whose
day has never me. Ii is hard to DESTROY
al Illusion on .abject, but vet it is exne,
a,ent that the should be known, and all
PHEASANT dream canvassinR under novel
s enu ,tnsnua, instances be dismissed
from tne mlnds pddlng members. The
young ladies Vi We NOTHING 10 a. - !.
The pretty matraa. and maidens will rar,.;n
as ihey are, charming members of soc;atv
put quite inelg''t'e Tor political privileges i,
Is We. gentlemea eith whom You will have
70 ao' We VINO; hf.r withered on the stalk, or
TAKEN many oaii~i from the world; who are
,,espec1ao'e. out i'' longer charming; whose
harris growing erey-whose cheeks ara no,
unconscious OF rinkles-who insnra ss,as,,,
or ave, and not any softer sentiment /, i
oniy right that tsfs distinctive line should be
s.easy aug deeriy drawn. In most cases j,
.ne possessofs Of rosy cheeks and golden
naH "no usse the best Of il; but this inns /,
our turn. Dir Mill, it il well knovn' hs,
met with women In his life Who havs ;n,r;rs.j
him with respect, not to s.v r...s.. =.
devout admiration; and il seems. = ~ -.
nme' tnongh We s,e less clearly aware Of IL,
Isasons Wnicn leo MN TO that conclusion
that the right of voting fos member. e 3 =
hAMent Is . very high privilege IN M ~
Thinking thus, he has looked abroad unor =, n
World, ard has sesu two sviasnt and &st;cs
facts. The 6rst is, thas IL HsiE;sA conss;tn
ton rsvards with . vote svssy c;t;sap ~,
renu hoasD abovV Z certaiS 80 -, ~
pays his faxeA and does nothine % Nh -