The Portland daily press., 1867-06-10
Universal Suffrage.

we puDllsbeu some Gays ago lew extracts
from the speech OF John Stuart Mill in the
British Parliament in favor of extending the
right of suffrage to women. But it is in Kan
sas that this reform seems to have advanced
further toward practical adoption than else
where. On the 9th of November next the peo-
pie Of that State are to vote upon an amend
ment TO their Constitution which, if ratified
viii make the women of Kansas the first o
their sex who have secured this Just reoogni-
ton of their rights. Fourteen newspapers
support the amendment. while only five ac-
lively oppose it. On the I'd day of April last a
State Impartial Suffrage Association was or
ganized at Topeka, which embraces among its
memcers large number of persons who have
been prominent in Kansas history. An active
canvass is in progress under the direction oi
this association, and it is believed that the
measure cannot fail OF success, supported as il
Is By so many influential friends. This view OF
the case is strengthened by the fact that the
Legislature which submitted the amendment
to the people did so by the decisive vote OF II
to in the Senate, and 81 to 20 in the House.
Upon first consideration it seems unnatural
that the Democrats of Kansa should offer SO fee
BILE resistance to this new innovation upon the
old IDEAS concerning the relation of the sexes.
1t is even said that the Democratic mayor OF
Leavenworth presided at meeting addressed
by Lucy Stone. But if manhood suffrage is
finally established, notwithstanding the vio-
lent opposition of Democratic conservatism
the fortunes of that party will not be again
imperiled by resisting the further extension Of
the right of suffrage. ..f+....,..... b..
In New York an effort has been made to i'm
press the Constitutional Convention now In
session with the Importance of incorporating
this feature into the organic law Of that State
with what success does not at present appear
A MIGRATORY SCHooL-HoUsE.-Iti is assert
ed that modern adaptation of the education
ary system of the peripatetic philosophers is
about to be tried in certain school-diStriet Of
Massachusetts,. A migratory schoolhouse has
been built, something like a travelling daguer-
reotype saloon, in which the school may make
excursions en- nasse, and by means OF which it
is expected that the progressive movement Of
the minds of the pupils will be greatly aided
through corresponding movement of the
body. The other advantages claimed for this
plan are various. Firstly, it is proposed that
the school shall make monthly excursions to
the neighboring towns-each farmer in town
giving the use of his oxen for this purpose
Secondly, in case of severe stress of weather,
the children can thereby be safely delivered at
their respective homes, to the great saving Of
drenched bodies, whooping coughs and frozen
limbs. Thirdly, the school-house can ifselt be
housed in bad weather like a big family coach.
Fourthly, each family is thereby enabled to
enjoy in turn the immediate presence of the
schoolhouse. One philosophical individual,
said this would remove a fruitful source of dis
trict troubles. He was confident that one week
in the immediate neighborhood of school
house, with all its usual accompaniments of
fence-breaking, window breaking hideous
noises and juvenile trespasses, would be suffic-
lent for any family for all time. -
I The final advantage consists in the superior
facilities which are thus secured for the study
of local geography. We shall await with much
interest the result of this latest experiment in
the science OF education.