Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-10-13
A Government of Women-Shall Grant
County Lead or Follow Victoria
Sovereignty.

rage-somehow, somewhere. III
England the demand is so strong fol-
the like that q much longer resistance
appears useless. The tact that wo-
men sovereignty now exists in Eng
land, that Queen Victoria is the best
sovereign England has ever had and
OF the purest morals, that as a class
the female English sovereigns have
averaged so greatly above he male
heads, and that our colleges of late
have been awarding the highest hon
ors to female graduates, rather tend
to hasten the day of woman rule,
either as sovereign entire or as Joint
sovereign with man. This other
great'historic fact, that men have so
unitornly failed in the art of right
government, more than argues for
reform IN the art it argues at least
| that women ought to have fair TIL
al ut what has proved manly fall
nre- the airs OF presiding in the Off =
cial as we'll as domestic house
hold. Great men more than suspect
that the " PtrddtSe Restored of
Milton may have allusion to woman's
lost soy ercignty and her restoration
10 power. We could only wish that
such primeval happiness as existed
before the fail were restored TO man
The suggestion begets thoughts like
these /: Man is rude, warlike, dissipa-
ted, dishonest woman is refined,
peaceful, amiabIe, austemious and
virtuous Good government would
seem to require just such properties
as woman possesses misgovernmcnt
just such as man possesses. II wo-
men presto SO efficiently in the
household, Why not equally 50 in
the state If the remnant Of good
not los: at Adams fan be only found
III the woman, why not allow that
good 20 grow and fill the earth +? Why
choke that good by dcpriying it Of
all power but the smile OF devotion :?
Let US see about these things, that
once more the thorne Of affection and
death may be stihed, and a long
reign OF virtue be inaugUrated in all
the earth.
We have never heretofore lent any
favor 10 the idea of woman suffrage,
and the above thoughts are the first
we have ever shaped in form for the
press on The side Of the ballot for
woman-if indeed what we have
written be on that side al all, as we
have rather meant to prophetic
what is 10 come cut Of the present
shape and turn Of public opinion
And toIeseeing that Il trial is to be.
made Of The ballot in the hands OF
women, We but simply invite a fnir
and thorough trial III some part and
manner the least liable TO suffer in
event Of failure, and in event Of sue
cess the most GROWING TO the good
and right.
We therefore suggest that 4 fair
initiation Of woman 10 the bolioL box
be made in Grant County, at some
carly day, say rs soon as an amends
meHt can be had to the constitution
and laws Of Wisconsin providing for
the like. This county contains about
all tho clements and characters re-
Quired for fair test. Our women
are Of all opinions and politics and
shades of prejudice, and Of every re-
ligion under the san AMI no religion
at all. They are natives Of every
civilized country, and not the least
clanish. The younger ones were
trained in the American public school,
Yankee school masters in charge
and Yankee school books in hand
to mould the mind. The older
have bad q long schooling in the
American fashions and ways Of 90
ing things and their opinions must
be well fixed in American prin
cipIes.
And as in Kansas, where the ball
lot Is free to women in matters OF
school government. the women may
Old any school office, and for their
known ability and fAithfulness as
school officers are usually preferred, SO
we oGld allow the women TO freely
compete for the Offices. We are not
ut ali afraid OF the men falling in the
contest Tor official hon0ls, on account
Of any lack OF ability or character,
for they would all the better qualify
and all the better conduct them
selves in view Of proving themselves
| the equals Of the women. And were
the women to share the public offices
the highest order, sobriety, neatness
and eXcellcncy would follow at once.
The rooms, Offices and halls OF the
court house would be daily swept
washed and cleaned, and the hang
ers>about would dispense with the
filthy weed. Business visitors would
be proud Of the place and u thousand
times sanction the change, and no.
| body would write on the walls or
use proiane words.
So let there be made q trial OF wo-
man suffrage in Grant County. A
few hundred names TO q petition
would we presume, induce Senator
/ llazelton and Or Assemblymen TO
ask for such legislative action as
woIld lead TO the first solution OF
the great question, " Is looman soUcr.
eighty the uay to q Restored Para,
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49, The kennebec JomAal gives
Official returns from Maine except
one town and twenty seven planta>
lions, which show Republican ma
ioii,y Of over 20,404. The Journal
adds
Or the one hundred and fifty>one
Representatives to the Legislature,