Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-02-19

soar friend Of the Buchanan County Bal.
,etin takes US to task for short response of
the Journal to the female suffrage article in
the Guthrie Tedetfe. The comments of the
Journal appeared on their face as not SER
ious Shall we not take our ease in our
sanctum? Shall We not crack our joke al
these Young bloods who are SO fond of .emale
suffrage and everything else female? Dost
thou think, Mr.. Bulletin, because thou Or,
virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and
ale? Our frierd should understand that we
do not seriously ridicule the cause of female
suffrage. If,he unmarried or widowed wo-
men want to vote, we say let ,hem No. the
married women, because husband and wife
are one. When proper occasion offers for
will not think the editor of tie Journal "an
anomoly among the chief Of radicals" Bu,
there is no occasion 70 discuss it now
knscatine Journal
We are glad to place the Journal righ, on
this subject, which deserves better than tn
hing cons ldera;ion. The concession of the
righ. of suffrage to all but married women,
necessitases il in principle to them also, for
no woman sells her bir,h-righ; in marriage !;
that is no part of the contract Hence, friend
Ingersoll stands clearly upon the record for
unirersal outrage, the only true foundation
principle Tor a republican form of govern
ment. We are no, true republic withou,
il, and all parties might as well make the
concession now as to render the question a
source Of political warfare for years. There is
no evading the question of political rights:
its agitation will con.inne just As long as
there are unrepresented classes to contend
for justice. And for this reason the Journal
is very wrong when it declares there is no
occasion for discussing the question at the
present time. 1t is true, it requires some
courage for an editor to boldly declare for
principles which are radically right, but
courage Is an element of character which
the editor Of the Journal has been supposed
to.possess in prominent degree. What if
the subjcc, lie little unpopular? Was
there not . time when the slavery question
VAS even far more unpopular-when it re-
quired the highest moral courage to advocate
en- ncipation? Yet we all unite now in
honoring those men whose warfare upon the
giant evil led to its determination. But the
subject of female suffrage is really practical
and should be discussed exhaustiyely BY the
press, for the reason that the sooner il is dis.
cussed and acted upon, the sooner will il.
cease to be an element Of discord in politics.
Come it must, while the laws Of nature re-
main uureversed, and it viii ju as surely
be decided for woman and agains, proscrip-
ton. Then let the freemen Of Iowa have
the proud distinction Of first adopting the
grand principle of the political equality Of
all mankind let not only the word white
but the word "male,H be stricken from our
Constitution; let no invidious distinctions be
possible between negroes and women as
classes let the Republican party-.he party
offreedom-inscribeu unirersai suffrage upon
it, banners, and the star of justice will guide
it to new victories, in comparison with which
those that are past will sink into utter insig-
nifcance.