The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-05-17
ANOTHER 4WOMAN'S WIVES OF LU-
CY STONE AND FBMALBsUFFRAGR. p

Sd, ! would say that 1t seems to me ~
} fair to say of Mrs. Stone that her view
of women run parallel with her views c
the gentlemen of color; that she advocate
the claims of both TO a right which boil
have been denied certainly doe
not imply that; neither does the fact
lis be a iact-that ''shescarcely mentiouet
1 one but in connection with the other;'
but is it is true, l do not see why i
should ipjuTe Mrs. Stone in the caus,
she advoies in the opinion of SO ardent
Republican as the author of the articl,
in question seems to be; unless, indeed
she is indignant thatthe negro should b,
disgraeed by being spoken of il
the same sentence as white womsn, for
think the Republican party is very gen
orally committed to negro suffrage.
The author under discussion-boW
much more convenient it would be if she
bad told her name-seems to think thai
''audaoity and impudence" are the only
qualifications necessary for successful
public speaker. wonder if she applies
the same rule to men, aud if so, how
many men there are in Baldwin City who
''only lack audacity and impudeuce" to
address meeting as well as H. B Black
well, for should dislike to think that the
men in that community have less ability
than the women?
never was noted for an extraordinary
amount of perception. and that may be
the reason v by failed to perceive ''dis-
gusting sight in seeing Mrs. Stone ''dri
wing over the country enlightening the
Kansas heather" 1 could not see that
she looked materially different from any
other pleasant-faced. quiet and modestly
dressed lady travelling with her husband
a proceeding that never before heard
any objection to in the most fastidious
circles; and if it is true that she was ''tbe
chief engineer of the menageris Ell
CANT and beautiful expression, by the
way-it only proves that she is smarter
than a good many very able meu-"StaLe
Senators, ex-Governors and Judge oil
Kansas" Wouldn'tit be a lamentable
thing if all the women we're so? But l
think 1 have better opinion of men than
The opponents of "Women's Rights"
have, and don't believe that when we
come to vote there will be enough women
so much better qualified to hold Office,
than there will be men, as to send all o.,
that latter class, at once, into complete ex
lie in the nursery.
Our author further says: Women vo-
ing will not re orm the drunkard, nei-
Their the proftgate or lieentious nor, with
al, maxi good men out of bad, etc, ETC.,
etc, Gd injfnitupa; the old arguments that
have been heard ever since the subject
was first agilated. When L was young L
remember studying something about
method of proof called the ''reductio Gd
qd8urdena, - and can't help wondering
whether it could not be applied to the ar
gument of an author who directly after
the statements quoted above, goes on TO
tell what terrible things would befali wo-
nen if they should vote. If the mere
act of voting can ali at once turn good
sOoRean into bad one, can not see why
the same influence would not be power
full enough to make a bad man good
Though now l think of it wonder if it
is not voting that has made the men such
terrible creatures as they are represented
to be? And this ''dabbling in the dirty
pool OF politics" must have a terrible eff
feet on their purity; and if we women,
with all our effeminacy, virtues and con
stancy," could only contrive to keep our
beloved husbands, sons and brothers out
of this dirty pool" how much better it
would be for our homes-Wouldn't it?
And a0ouIdR't it be such a nice thing il
there were laws passed to prevent them
from voting? For if it be true, as our
author says of woman, 'place her In con-
tact with the leWd, the vicious, the coarse
and the braWling, and she would lose
much of her self-Tespeot, her devotion
and constancy, etc., etc." We ought to
keep those who are our most ultimate as
sociates in the blessed sanctuary of home
from ''dabbling in the dirty pool of poll
ties and bringing It's defilement home to
US; OF if We cannot do that let Us all en-
igrate to some country where our delicate
morals will not be in so much danger.
But seriously what is the need of 'scOm
ing 10 contact with the vicious, the coarse
ami the brawling," any more at the ballot
box than at railroad depot? We have
such, and only such, society as we seek,
always and everywhere.
Next follows long appeal about bear
ing the curse of Eve. Why not talk to
the men about bearing the curse of AID
am when they inyeat gang ploWs and
reapiug machiaes to lessen the Sweat of
the brow 10 which it was said he should
eat bis bread?
But this is not war of sexes; "What
God hath Joined together let not man put
assundeF.d Whatever conduces. to the
true interest of one human being promotes
the interest of the whole human race,
When we give suffrage to the negro we
take from his neck the foot by which we
have held him down. and while he is r1s-
ing to the dignity Of humanity, NE shall,
being free from the task of restraining
him, be at liberty to press forward to the
better things that the great Future has in
in store for us; and when we shall have
become the intelligent aud appTseiativs
companions ofouE fathers, husbands and
brothers; Ehsn those who have given up
/ ali these 20 the cause of freedom shall