Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1867-03-26

You ask "who made Ann Idea Judge Of
the capacity OF her SEX" "Know We not
that We shall be judges Of angels how much
more, things that pertain to this lfe?"
Fla,tcry, you say, bel, ngs more particu.
larly TO the sphere Of the sserner SEE, but you
sailed clear of the shoal when you called wo.
nan mans STARE. That is new argument
for man to use, and sounds very common.
place compared with the remark Of gentle
manly friend, why says: woman is mans
superior viii man be as courteous 10
equals" as to "superiors." l don't be.
lieve iii, isn't human nature.
Again you ask If my remark about "wo.
mans superior cunning, &C.," is not slightly
inconsistent with previous assertion Of q
want Of capacisys Not bit Of it! To-day
woman understands but little of politics yet
I would be ashamed Of my sex il after two
or three generations have passed since she
received the elective franchise, she would
not prove herself infinitely more competent
to conduct the affairs Of State, than two
thirds Of the crowd now gathered round the
polls. | say she would be, il she had right
to vote, or was not controlled by debating
husband. Al, there's the rub! Yes,
question her right TO vote. 1t is selfevi.
dent truth, is it? Perhaps it is to you, bu,
it does not seem 10 be selfevident to God
when He said TO Eve, And he shall rule
over thee" When Gods will is done in
earth, woman's submission to her husband
will be complete, will it not? And then,
where is the elective franchise! He com.
mands she oheys. He says, vote this tick
ct; she votes il. He has two votes to repre-
sent his will while she is dead, politically,
and do you not see that this is even worse
than the former odious three-fihhs rule Of
the South!
This seems new era when expedieucy
has no weight compared with right. Those
who wrote the Declaration Of Independence
acknowledged all men as being created
equal. We. included the word white" in the
Constitution, thereby depriving the negro of
heaven>born rights. Then men were tyrants
and they kner il, but to undo their wrong
was inerpedie,sk War baptized our land in
blood and the slave was freed, but the good
Abraham Lincoln dared not free him on the
score of right, ror did he until it was srpedi>
e,st a. a military necessity.
We are assured that whatever We SOW We
reap, which must be as applicable to nations
as individuals. Man has had his own way,
so far, in national affairs. He did not call on
women to help plan this government, but
scattered the seed, good and bad alike, wi,h>
on. woman's assistance. The consequence
is America has been bashed in blood as a pun
ishment for her sins, and now. in his selfish> |
cess, man CO i on woman 70 le'p bear the pun
ishment 70 pour out her blood for his guilt.
This be calls justice, but be is insane who
attempts to make wrong right for God is
powerless to accomplish it. Why need we be
astonished at mans conduct in this affair.
for ever since the world began he has sown
his wild oats, and an innocent wife and chill
dren have teen Obliged to help reap the har>
vest. Then his favoring female suffrage is
not new trait of character, but new expos
sition of his natural sefseness for behind
he right Of voting comes the right to fight
mans battles; to discharge mans national
debt; to perform mans labor, and to equally !
divide between man and woman oil the jus,
punishment which man alone should bear.
Noble, generous mani viii many lick the
hand o. selfshness raised to deal the fatal
blow, with vision SO blind they call it justice
If that is justice, then never saw / Justice
before. ANY IDEA.