Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-11-29

Tie new editor Of The Oxford Dcuoc al
rays Ne regards female suf-a'.s - the great
81 humbug % ne age. PROBABLY Rip Nau
Minkic. vken ~ asokc from his twenty
wears siumher. thouEht many OF thc pro.
gressions 81 thai age - DC h1aa5sgs Les
ision J0srnsl.
Female suffrage nav. Ia tie Philosophy
Of some. be Question Ct humsn progress.
bot we DO net rssArd q as seeh. some
things are ret ne subjects az progression.
False theories in science or philosophy nav
Be discarded and give vay 60 facts. demon
Et1ied By actual experiments. Society
may i,zProve, the mass Of the people be
eievased BY intelhgcncc and eaiiure. aud
rev and Progressire views Of government
and social rights be adop;cd. bat CERTAIN
iActs and things Which nov exist. uil re-
main inmutable an Gnalcrable.
One Of these IS. that u,ossas hss a Differ
ent nature and spherc g actiSa. from nan.
and While she Is capable o. Gl.ing aany 81
thc stations in active he nov exclusively
occupied ~ nca. there AZ SIN many s;a-
lions sad 5Hfies Of lie thai her cE,minate
nature and physical inef5cicncy cn;irciy On
II her for, and Nc regard his exercise %
the elective FRANCHISE. Al The polls. Is oae.
Il Is net a question Of ronas's riJifs.
bet Of her taste. Grant her he ri.ht. and
We venture the prediction. that not one %
hunarcd. q The rcsncd. Intellectual and
best qualified ladies' q thc land. woaid
avail themselves q giant. ihc exercise %
Which vosid be 90 rrrugnant 20 every re-
fined sentiment o. ihcir nature.
Bat i vii be sail. that cur town meet.
ings. and political ~ranglin-s At he polls.
are TO be modified and cntirely cbar-ed By
therefains influence ard presence ofladies.
IL vii take a Longer sluuhcr than tiiai o.
ZIP Van Winkle's 60 experience suca 4
ehangc- The millcnium viii probably pro
dOcc r--Vben san Is cniirciy cradicaiea
Rom The world. il may De locked for.
Were the exercise Of The elective fran.
cbise simply an intellectual matter. We
giant that woman would be as capable Of
using II A. he Other Sex We accord 20
her gonias.a salient in the fcld q literature.
research anl great ability IN most inteuec-
tual pursus;s. bel insist. that in lrer nature.
che lacks the scili-f.or-r. or Hnasculiae MN
cPse Of free. Tcris,.laos and F',g-ar.sy rLaf
D reqairel IN thc conflicts aBd stfuz-lrs
Tor mastery which ARISE 10 the business
walks II he. and moTe especially IA tl.c
Ichiical arena
i, n questionable VIZ ior ssIrarc should
not be resfr.-fo{ raiher u,sn calf-goI. cxra
IN our rcpubiican country. Il - qucstiou-
abe wheiLer tie expcriulen; ol 1cpubIi-
oan torn a government has teen iuily de-
Inonsuatcd. even b. car oar country. To-
pubhcs hare arisca @nd fai'cn. We have
passed throuEh many criscs w-ich severe.
y tested the Prlnciplc Of tie poser G! ike
people Dor self-coscrnmeni When the
elective Franchise j. WELDED ~ isnorancc.
Or e0uirviird by oorrsption. our Eberties
are vorihicss and or fire. government
Laiiare. Tie ciccLous in Nru York c,iv
ar referred 30 a. q proof q tLis.
IL nav &c sad bcre. woman Is needed 70
oosutcract he sviis spoken e. Bst Wien
men utterly refuse D. vote a, elections an
New i orb CRY. on account of the rouIv- .
is'n an violence witnessed the-c. low ulanr
ladies vii avail thcr-sctv-. o. s-,,b N 81 .
ia-iag privilege. But &C. nav le Sad. y,
The estiss -o--the quiet co-ntry. vhi-h 3.
always rEht, vi sH5-d op7ortuaffies To-
thc ladies % vote. Bet tbs does not meet
thc diGcll'y, aad-,esi3cs. vc should hardly
say cur town mcetnss. IN thc countrv. were
free from wranEiinss ard li,,cr disrria-
tons. an arc inviting piaocs for or wives
and sisters to visit
ln short. vc have Lived long enough o.
discover 1ai hamza nature s about tie
sane o. world over. ara tiat t-.r-.'s na-
tore fts her especially f1r certain duties.
aai cntireiy uufis her ior others. vLl.h
ought not 90 e. forccd uron hcr.
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