The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-12-27

recently spent in debating the claim
OF the ladies. Senator Cowan, 0
. Pennsylvania, was the champion 0
the strong minded spinstes Of Nel
England lie wanted to put the Eel
fnpnt Of crinoline against that 0
Icolor-- waterfalls against wool'-th
woman and esistcr' alongside tn
Aslaan and brothef" The Senate
shys gant 70 put along with tina
element NEGRO sufragc) that igno
rant clement, that debased element
just emerged from slayey--want yol
to put along with II into the ballot
box, TO neutralize lis poison, If poison
there be- to Correct It's dangers, Il
danger there be--the female element
Of the country As be progressed
and warmed up on the subject he
became quite facetions and punched
his fellow-senators with some finely
| pointed sentences
He did not intend to let the Iugecr.
nant Of progress run over him; when
the time arrived he could be ms radical
as any Of them Here Is short ex-
tract from his speech
He had AZ many reasons na Mr. Anthony.
| and one mora, for being in favor of this biII
| for lac had wife, whereas Mr. Anthony was
q wid0wer. lie hoped, therefore, that Mr..
Anthony would make an nbject apology TO
him for having expressed doubt Of his
sincerity. (Langhter) He would appeal
g the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr
| WILSON, TO express his opinion on this sub.
| iect, and he felt assured that he would be-
| firm on the side Of humanity on this question
lie could almost see from where he stood
the bosom Of bis friend from Massachusetts,
heave In sympathy with this new issue
tlnughter) aud now that they had two ne
groes N the Massachusetts Legislature ho
could not donbt that Mr. Wilson would come
20 bin (Mr, COwan's) position lie hoped
also that his other friend from Massachn-
setts Mr.. sumner1 wonld vote right on this
subject now that q change had come over
his domestic relations (Laughter) He
would not have alluded 20 this delicate sub.
leet but he found some remarks from Mrs.
dhgo IN relation to Mr.. Summers great
epench " last winter 10 which he was com
PEELED 10 assent. Mrs. Gage had discovered
That Mr. Summers speech protested against
taxation, and male representation, and not
- word was said by that gentleman against
the tyranny Of taxing women, without Civ.
ing them the right of representation. Ifhis
amendment was adopted, he, Cownn would
vote for the bill, He would not Do afraid of
negro suffrage, II female suffrage went with
~ lie was IN good earnest in Offering this |
he was not so blind ns not TO |
seo the signs Of the coming times
Senators Wade of Ohio, Wilson of
Massachusetts, and Yates of Illinois,
ook up the cause of the women. Wade
bought that the arguments used for
living impartial sehrana 70 men appr
With equal force to women, and he
dds that II he were citizen OF Mrs.
Anthony's State, ho would labor to
'ngratt impartial suffrage, without re-
gard to color or sex, upon the Consti.
ntion OF that state--thus clearly
that the matter of suffrage
O. question for State Jurisdiction
ot to be acted upon by Congress,
tor from Oregon, Henry Cor
n ably, was unable to discover
he the ladies' clamoring
.r Suffrage, meaning Lucy Stanton,
usan Anthony, Anna Dickinson and
FRS Blackwell, belonged to any sex
{ all Other Senator'S thought the
ldies had better let suffrage alone, UNI
ass they were prepared TO do military
uty, and go in halfpetticoat, half
antaloon costume; while the married
enators argued that the ladies of
.merica do not want and would not !
xorcise the right Of suffrage, if it was {
iven TO them. Finally vote was I
lken, and Mr. Cowan's motion went a
ndcr the table by vote of thirty
wen w hlhc 90 iuI aS Nut duStlaCl !
nestion is concerned, we agree with h
he Philadelphia Ledger, that there can e
. no doubt there are women who /
ave fully as much right to vote as
en-. These are heads of families,
hich families they support and raise, =
I'd in this respect are obliged TO pay &
| the taxes, National, State and local, O
rect and indirect, just as men are ST
'liged to do. Women as a general =
lie, however, have abstained from \,
itating this question, upon the prin- OF
pie that the rights of women, in the al
nited States at least, are in safe Gus G
dy when committed to their male y
latves and friends. =
Sensible women down this way are ca
tistied with the rights they now enjoy, al
"a have no hallot-box ambition; and "
, think the decisive vote of the Sen =
E on Cowan's resolution will have A
ndeney TO retard the efforts of the b,
lritan spinsters for many years TO b
me. '