The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-02-21
RANDOM THOUGHTS No. 8.
BY THE EDITOR.


For the present shall not say anything M ore
upon the question of negro suffrage. That ques-
tiou will probably be submitted to the voters of
the State of Ohio next fall, and the people will
hear the question fully discussed during the ap-
preaching campaign. -......t .f..s
am astonished to hear men object 70 female
suffrage, on the ground that women arc inferior to
men, intellectually. Why, say these wise men,
women would hold Office Il they were permitted
to vote. WE'LL why not? How does it look to
see woman toiling over the wash tub at S1.50
per week. and a stout man doing the light work
of Clerk of Court, Oh Probate Judge or Recorder
ut salary of from 81 900 to 81, 900 per year
Cannot women discharge the duties of office as
well as menu Queen Victoria has raised q large
family, and attended to them properly, and gov
erned the largest weaIthiest, most enlightened
country In the world, for period of over quar-
ter Of century. Has any American President
governed so well1 Compare her administration
with that of james Buchanan or Andrew Johnson
This question was recently debated In the
United States Senate, and propose to close this
number with few extracts from the speeches and
remarks of Senator's u Nes
Mr.. Wade, the veteran Senator of Ohio sald,-
''As 10 the pending (female sufrage). amend
ment he Intended to vote for 1t. He might not
have introduced It. because this might not be the
best time and place to agitate the subject; but as
10 the right Of gomeR 10 v0e he had no doubt Uhdep-
err: he was fully convinced on that subject. II
would puzzle any one to draw the line of demarca-
ti0n between the female and the male In this res
pect, while both were alike subject to the same
law. The time Is approaching lie said, when
every female In the country will be responsible
for the just government of the country as much as
the males Their rghtto participate IN he goeera-
ment Of The country OV be just as much Gctaotct-
edged as our Ogn. l.
Ex-Gov. Yates Of ILL., followed -
"lIe did not share with the other Senators In
the embarrassment In which this amendment
seemed to involve them. lie could see no Grgu.
leat Why WoMdal should not vote, that toOuld not
equally apply 10 prepeRt a man from Uohng. But
another issue had been made last summer, another
question had been decided by the people, and he
was for adhering to that. He would join the
Senator from Pennsylvania In making female sut-
frage an issue in the next election aud If he (Mr
COwan) desired 1t, he was for universal suffrage,
and when the time came, he would vote for II
but 10 voting against this amendment, he only ad-
hered to the voice of his State as expressed at the
polls Inst fall confined as it was to another issue"
Mr.. Wilson of Mass. followed In the same ten
Or;-
Before he came to the Senate he entertained
the conviction that noad be better for Ms Legisi-
iOn Of The country IL Me wOmsR Of he IdHdhdd he
right OF suffrage. If Mr.. COwan would offer
womens Suffrage as an independent measure he
,Ooah uote for H. but he was opposed to connect
Ing the two together. He was 10 favor of negro
s.ff haaa IL ftU Wa hn
negro suffrage for the District Of Columbia. 20
further aud say we have won II for all the States
of the Union. Before the ith of March, 1869, be-
fore this administration shall close, expect the
negroes In oil the States Will be clothed with the
right Of suffrage. | have not doubt that they
will be In the ten rebel States
Mr. Anthony Of Rhode Island. Said-
"IIe supposed Mr.. Cowan had offered this
amendment by way of satire, but he should vote
for IT, not because of any inherent right that we
men had 10 exercise the franchise, but he consld-
cred II . right that should be granted by society.
II II was claimed that intelligence ought 10 be the
basls OF sullraga women could not be excluded,
still less, II virtue or morality was to be tile stand
ard. II might be said that men represented wo-
mon, but thls was not so. There could be no rep
resentatlon without the consent Of the person
represented and women had not given their con-
sent Nations had been well governed by women. l
ness. A woman furnished Columbus with the
means to discover America. A woman now sat
upon the throne of Spain and woman was the
ruler OF the proudest monarchy on earth. II was
not logical to say that q woman could reign as q
queen or command an army and yet, that a
woman was not ft to vote for common council.
men Of Washington. The time had not yet coale
for fsRalesggfaqs, buta Eas comiag."
Mr.. Cowan of Penn., rejected the imputatou Of
having offered the amendment by way Of satlre;-
HE had not intended again to take the floor on
the subject, but II had been said he was not In
earnest In Offering this amendment. This was
not correct He had been opposed TO any change
In the suffrage but, II Il was to be changed II ne
groes were 70 be enfFaechlsed, he was In favor Ui
stu further changes, 80 as 70 embrace women al
SO, Il white men could not be intrusted with po-
litical power for the negro, they could not be
trusted with 1t for women, lie who thought
women were represented BY their husbands, might
60 10 the proceedings OF the Women's Rights
II was time 10 look facts In the face. He was
willing 10 stand upon old institutions, eanotlaed
as they were by the past, but when the time came
10 make . step, Il should be made In tie righ dsrec
zion, lie was surprised that his sincerity should
be doubted. Radicals were not like poets. They
were made and not born and when the time
came he shoUid be as radical az aay Of them. He
NfN uVs mtoha w ltt tuN yukkeTnaut Oh pfukTeHh |
run over him. =. II his amendment sai adopt
ed Ae would vote for tAs biz. lie would not be
afraid OF negro suffrage II female suffrage went
Whit. lie would not be the first 20 propose any
changson the matter of suffrage but II any change
was TO be made II ought TO be radical aud funda-
mental one of this kind NE teas IN g0n edFaest IN
altering This amendmeHt he ieas not 80 blind as not
70 see hs signs Of The coming times,
The discussion was opened the next day by Mr..
Brown Of Mo. lie aald,-- .r.
lle, for one, was willing to express his opinion
freely on this subject, ! have to saw aald Mr. |
Brown. that stand for universe suffrage. and do
not recognise the right of society to mI Il 0u any
ground Of race, color, or seq will 70 further
SIR and say that recognize the right OF franchise
as being an intrnsieal AndnaturAl right; and do
not believe that society has right 70 impose any
limitations upon that right that does not spring
out Of the necessity Of the social state itaalE
These may seem extreme vlewA but they con-
form TO the rigid logic Of the question, and defy
any Senator on this Aoor TO escape ffom them
Ne, Brown replied 20 some arguments advanced
by the opponents Of female suffrage. The aFgu-
intnt that women could not participate In Ihe
tufmolls Of eIectIonaand political campaigns was
an argument against the hustlngs, not against
suffrage The argument that women ought not
TO ote0eeauee they could not ho embodied In the
militia, was not founded In fact. Men are ex-
empted from military service for q variety of rel-
sous among them physical inability, aud were vet
allowed The right Of sulirage The same Inability
could apply In the case Of women"