The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-22
Me- PTe.,aeD1 wade ON Female sur'

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Hon. b. +. Wade, Vice President Of
Tho limited states, made a speech at
ogsba. on the return of the Senatorial
sIeursion. Among other things he
thus delivered himself on the question
of female suffrage:
That as he had kept in advance of the
people in the great strife between free
dom and and slavery, he meant TO do
the same thing IN The CONTEXT tOhtch had
Just commenced for extending The right Of
suffrage to GOOHeH. He was unqualt-
fiedly in favor OF equal rights for ALI
not only without regard TO nationality
and color, but without regard TO sex.
Women were more vfrtuous than men;
their perceptions were quicker ana
keener, and when they gained PoiitlcaI
power they would rectify many abuses
which had thus far remained untouch-
ed. If he had not believed that his own
wife had sense enough TO vote, ne never
applause and II any of his hearers.had
wives who were unequal to the dis
charge OF the right OF suffrage, he
would advise them TO go home and get
divorced at once. Renewed laughter.J
The speaker denounced those women
who did not want to vote because 1t was
not fashionable, and said that he had
prediction to make: Female suffrage
will be general in less than twenty
years; IA voice-"That's too far oh, y
and he thought 1t likely that In Kansas
the next Legislature might setthe mat
ter straight. IApplause.l He repeated
that he Intended TO keep in advance OF
the people on this subject, and that he
was now ready 10 take another jump
forward, II necessary. In his view
rddicqliSHp upon this and all other qtteS-
tons tUdS Righteousness, trhIte conSeTgd'
tism IIds hypocrisy and eoIUurdtce. The
conservative was a mere lickspittle and
Langer-on; he was not only willing to
be trampled in the diist, but was will
ling 70 remain there.
Here is what George Francis Train
said on the same subject, on the sum-
NIT Of Pilot Knob, Missouri:
Like Senator Wade, I go for them.
| TApplause.1 1t is the only safe-hedge
we can have on the negro's voting. lOh'
and Misses. ] believe with these DIS
tinguished Senators, that a woman Is a
man and brother. loud cheers, and
IauRhter.1 Women are more virtuous
than men; more moral, less brutal. Be
sides, women rule their homes-why
not help save the nation? lApplause.l
Give us women's suffrage and will
organize million of my Irish girls TO
vote down Fifth avenue and vote your
speaker into the White House. loud
cheers and some dissent.l Women
should vote. Why should the plRnta-
ton boor-the uuleltered, ignorant AZ
rican whose hair grows up and back
into his head like the Ba9yan tree
whose leg is set in the middle OF his
/ foot [laughterl; who has nine cubic
| inches less of brain inside his thick
skull [hissesl; who has only 100 pores
to the square inch OF cuticle, which &C.
counts for us being able to smeil MN
| for half mile daughter and hissesl;
WHY should this half-sayage ofthe back
woods plantations make laws for Anna
Dickenson or Harriet Beecher
Stowe: legislate for your wives, honor
able Senators or miner lap.
plausel.
his own at his own table !
The best managed husband on this
continent. [Laughter.l say am
ready to take the stump for woman
suffrage. [APplause.l 1t will purify
the polls; they will vote down houses
OF bad repute; vote down faro banks;
shops, and close the gin palaces. Loud
applause.l They will vote for men for
oIfice who are willing to preach this
sermon and practice 1t:
"Don't drink; don't smoke; don't
chew; don't swear; don't gamble; don't
have but one vile: DON'T De Davlu or
a Solomon; [Oh j don't steal jewels,
ike Moses. [Applause.l Don't cheat
Esau, like Jacob. Love God; but don't
love God so much that you have no
time to love your fellow man. CSensa-
toni Love truth, love virtue, and be
happy" loud aPplause.l
Woman will vote, every time, for
that platform. Again, In our day, the
moment a man can borrow enough
money to settle 1t on his wife, he goes
in for the Bankrupt Law. Hence, the
woman needs votes to protect the
property that belongs to her husbands
creditors. Applause and laughter.l