Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-01-29
WHY NOT TALK sENslnI.Y,

la commenting upon u petition of soma
Massachusetts women to be allowed to vote.
Some Eastern editor gets OF inc following
miserable attempt at wit:
ialk about true woman needing the
ballot as an accessory of power, when she
i"lcs The whole world by the glance of her
eye! There was sound philosophy in the
remark Of an eastern monarch, tha, his wife
was sovereign Of the empire. because she
ruled his little ones and his little ones ruled
nun. The sure panacea for such ills as the
Massachusetts, petitioners complain of, is a
~lcker-work cradle and a dimpled-cheekei
baby
Sach Hat baldcrdash would be too insig>
hihcait to notice, were it not too near a
specimen OF common talk upon this subject
among men nowadays. "Whea she rales
te world by the glance of the eye" indeed
What truth or sense is there in that? Ii it
wore true. what use would there be in mems
yoingY And where's all the philosophy in
that remarkable Eastern monarch's" ob.
scryation? II the little ones do indeed rule
man, why should the man vote and not the
little ones
Such girls as would feel hat,ercd by that
glance OF the eye" style of puff probably
don't want TO vote and certainly ought no,
10 but there are thousands of sensible. car
nest women in the United States, who
calmly, dignihcdly, steadily claim that thev
AS class are intelligent and educated that
they arc not only of age, but free born
American citizens that they have to be
governed by the laws and have to pay taxes
TO support the Government. and that they
have every right and reason for voting ,ha;
men can have and they therefore claim the
privilege.
What have "wicker work cradles" and
dimpied>cheekcd babies " to do with the
question, one way or the other? Is there
ANYTHING in voting that makes a man less
manly! Or ANYTHING to make a woman
less womanly? Is there anything SO in
tr'nsicaily debasing in the right of seli,rov.
ernmen'9 II there were. it should be limit.
cd to the smallest possible number. or else
saddled on all alike.-Guiirie Tedeite.
The best answer 10 our cotempora-y 5
gushing plea iu favor Of female suffrage is
the fact that in all well regulated families
the views of the husband aud wife are in
harmony on political questions. because
their political interests are identical Con.
sequently the husbands vote represents the
views of his wife as well as If she cas-, vote
herself The number of widows and strong
minded old maids who wish access to the
ballot box is too insignificant to justify de-
parture from the established rule on this
subject in the presen, state Of society. We
advise our friend OF the Tedettc TO kesp his
neither garment on while talking on this sub
Ject. II won't look well for him 10 disregard
our advice in this respect.-NuScdtiae .Jour.
nal
There arc strange anomalies even among
radicals, Of whom the editor Of the Journal
has been regarded as one Of the chief. He
may be able 10 discover the consistency Of
advocating the fulles, practical recognition
oil the natural rights Of negroes, while be a,
the same time attempts to ridicule those who
plead precisely the same for women: but We
confess our inability TO see it. H claims
that the color of the skin in no RESPECT af
fecis the political rights of mankind; we
claim the same Of sex. II the editor Of the
Journal believes, with the TURKS and Nor
mons, in the natural .atcnority ~ Z mau-
alone fitted for servitaie &c man his posi-.
ios. IS ienabie, aud Sc is entitled to the
thanks of his lady readers for having dis
closed himself; but if, again, he aceo-is
them natural equality with man, possessed
Of the same rights Of volition, by what
process Of logic will be demonstrate the
justice Of depriving them of those rights.
The fact is DO argument stronger than that
SO elegantly expressed in the closing sen;en>
ces Of the journals structures of the relette
can be produced to combat the verr ius,
claims of unrepresentei classes. whether
they be men or women. The Journals s
style of wiring may be very dashiag. bu; it
will never advance the cause of human
rights, nor con.rovert such sound doctrires
as those above advocated By tie Tedeae