The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-11-11
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The dispatches from over the 11a =
how that. in London, 10 the cass q - -
Becker, Who carried her slainlp y RI
tered and to vote, up to the cosfts for -
sion, the court Of Common Pleas lss -
Cd decision 10 which al the Judges
lAsal ~ senmon In afE asland liyse =
20 right 10 vots.
Asd Ia 1adess - doab'lsss right. No
| ons could expscs shas 4 one of The most Radical
measores Of tAess Radical times would b
found tot - bsea antiiipated dpsovided Or
BY the code Of barbarous times. The oid
time Wittensgermote was the parent OF rep.
tssfsatbn; and ssrseseptssisn pssre dtd
eSfh1gs. And m thae old stme Women
were 4 marketable commodity; bought
and sold, lihe votes, and mascu>
line voters are now; but the women
didn't vote. And in the later but yet ancient
times, there were gallant knights Who cban.
picrs%d ne *. bat brave . hose -knights
we're, not one ofihem sas 50 hrAvs - 70
CLAIM. fS< essa the most admired Of his mis-
tresses the right 70 vote. Henry Fourth inr
deed tried 70 introduce into England The
salic Law, and 70 exeIude femalsss fre9 the
l&krISA(Asl We aaliSu isdssea shaa SAsl d.
lfe.aed hia purpose. They vesM letasemsn
he Queen; bot would hot 1t woman seee.
For The vo&sf il Abovs The Qussa, - know.
And Woman Lad H. sisht 4 pssitios, sssr %
long ago. Sd, utspy Thousands Of thsn Pc
|titieosd The Long Parlianess aeaihst the
Papists. '.They elAisnsd equal rights with
the men, they aid, .'of declaring y petit
ton their sense Of ~ public causs; beesase
Christ hsd parchassd then At - dear rate,
and in the free enjoyment Of Christ consists
equally the happiness Of both sexes That's
what the historian says. And Parliafnent
thanked them for the petition, and ssksd Of
them their pr,yers Which il proof eonclu-
| sive that women didn't hsvs the right to vote
then. else instead efthe;r prayers, Parlianent
would have begged for their votss. And BE-.
fore that Bacon had written Of "ths true
greatness Of Kingdoms and Estates bat
never IN allusion had be anywhere 70 woman
suffrage. Had there been any such thing in
his ds3, Addisoa, woald hass tssehsd y 81
| in bis good -natured and ill>natured History
Of Female Rspsblic," Hksrein. the girls
learned boxing, and 70 play at cudgels. AID
we're freqnently coming home assvenings
~ith broken pate or few teeth Knocked
out. No woman was allowed to marry until
lshehsAskitedh~usa. 1eisdiss Of Ssh
I;onasnr I'd ~ 6osa fog Ipsne Iona and
would meet in parties and vrestle and pitch
quoits fer . whols afternoon together. There
was never any sdch thing Is 8 blush seen or .
sigh heard in the commonwealth. The
women dressed to look terrible; the Senate
was composed Of old ladies, md the time
wss measured ~ lunar months. At last this
Republic was overthrown IN battle, and oil
owing TO various family reasnrs which Ad-
olson goes on TO narrate, but which We
wouldn't dase 70. But il ID very elsar that il
| women had the right to vote in his day, Al
olson would have PIT the matter Of record in
this very History" And ve cite oil the
aot Of PAriianeut, and the Epcyclopedias,
and Peter Farley history to prove that the
right has newer been given Them since the
days Of the Spectator
Theirs, W. haSe anticipated ~ lssrpsd dull.
ness Of that English Court, in one twentieth
part the space, ~e ~sSeAht, Is which Mat
Coutt has conpa-sed is decisions W have
shown hieA1~icalN Aud -icataeotlnally, by ar
guments pr,oI and A posteriori, that
women haye no rig htlo yotyty'extssing law
| That work, and she laws permitting it, all lie
| ahead moi behind Us.