The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-06-14

1 Hs.1 IOuB CAm paigu OF FeIO I'M,
feel little energy for enlisting 10 a nev
war, but since you care to know my opin
ION OF the cause you are advocating 8,
zealously and ably, will tell you frankly
that sympatbize entirely with your view
concerning wOman's true position ir so
eiety. and that l cordially Wish you Goo
speed. As for our capacity to vote a
inteiligently as the mass of men, that il
point l would scarcely condescend Il
argue, The number of women capable
OF forming opinions for themselves, anC
sufficiently Independent to do so, is by nc
means small, and the sense of RESPONSE
bility involved in voting. would rapidly
increase the number. believe the effec
would be to enlarge and strengthening
the character of women. and all will ad
NIT that the dignity aud safety of a State
depends greatly on the character of its
woman. Lydia Naraa Child
Your Committee believe that the pray.
er of the petitioners ought to be granted
Our opinion is founded both on principle
and expediency. To declare thai
a voice in the government is the right of
all, and then to give it only to part, is
to renounce even the appearance of princi.
pie. The constitutional prohibi
ton of female suffrage, is not only a vic.
lalion of natural rigat, but eq ually at war
with the fundamental principles of the
government Ohio Senate Report, 1867
Women have quite as much interest in
good government as men, and l have neY
rrA Of
son for excluding them from the ballot
box. have no more doubt of their anne
liorating influence upon politics, than
have of the influence they exert every
where else George Vim. Curtis, Neu
York.
am highly grati6ed with the late de-
monstration in the senate, on the ques :
ton of Female Suffrage. tits really quite
encouraging. Do you not admire the
speech of Senator Brown? Hon. B
Gralz Brown, of Missouri He takes the
ground that l have ever done, that the
right Of suffrage and representation is a
natural right, and not a privilege, as
many argue, even some claiming to be
radicals.-HOn George ". Julian, Mem
Der Of Congress, Indiana.
IveDture to affirm that the purity, the
refnements.the instructive reading of char
acter, the elegant culture of the women
of our land, if brought to bear upon the
conduct of political affairs, would dc
much to elevate them in all their aims,
and conform them to higher standards OF
justice. The participation of wo-
man In civil affairs, is neither a new MOI
an uncommon experiment-Hon. B.
Crate Bros0n, U. S. Senator, Missouri
If the principle on which we founded OUT
government is true, that taxation must
not be without presentation, and if wo
men hold property aud are taxed, it fol-
lows that women should be represented
in the State by their votes. = y =
think the Safe can no more afford to
dispense with the votes of women in its
affairs than the family.--Ms. Harriet
Beecher .Sttg5.
However much the giving of political
power to women may disagree with oul
notions of propriety. we must conclude
that, being required by that first pre-.
requisite to greater happiness-the laO o.
equal treedom-such concession is un.
questiouably right and good.-Her6er
Spencer.
cannot be at the meeting. But wer,
at Cooper Institute. would claim tn,
ballot for women as for men. = No
only sound principle but gentlemanIy
courtesy make it my duty 70 break MI
ballot IN twain, like my daily loaf, ant
share it equally with my wife. The one
woman whose rights ] am bound most t.
respect, is an American citizen, who
wants the American citizens ballot
Theodore Ttlton. Editor Independent.
That women have as good a claim a,
men, in point of personal right to suffrsg,
or TO place in the jury box, it would b.
difficult for any one 10 deny. I
those who assert that the proper sphere fo
woman is the domestic. mean BY this tina
they have notshoWn themselves qualities
1 for any other the assertion eviHce great ig
norantce of life and of history. = b.
curious anomaly though ineligible to th,
lowest offices of State, they are in som,
countries admitted to the highest of all
Tie regdI; and If there be one function fol
which they have shown a decided yoca
ton. it is that of reigning. Not to g
back to ancient history, We look IN vair
for ADLER or frmer rulers thai
Elizabstb; than Isabella of CASTLE
than Maria Theress; than Calharin
OF Russia; than Blanche, moth
eF of Louis Ninth of France; than Jeanne
d. Aibret, mother of Henry Fourth. =
Not only to the Democracy OF America
the claim of women to civil and politica
equality makes an irresistible appeal, blu
also 10 those Radicals and Chartists il
the British Islands, aud democrats on tn
Continent, who claim what is called Uni
/ versal Suffrage as an Inherent right. an
tjustly aud opprsssively held from them
For with what truth or rationality eoulC
the suffrage be termed universal will
half the human species remain exclude,
from it? To declare that voice in tn
government is right OF all, demand it oul
TOR part 1.-The part. namely, to whie
the claimant himself belongs, is {
ienounce even the appearance of principle
The ChaFlist who denies the suffrage L
women is ohartist only because be is no
lord: he is one of those Jewelers. VIII
would level down to themselVes.-Ars
John Slatart Arit. England.