The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-11-11

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WIKI f1!sh.v yoalEot .h,.'S You
cannot pronounce on the. powers Of the
average till you have tried them /
Thses 'stsplsp. ,s.hts !, epys )y.hs }
sxStence Of unsupported and snsm-
ployed strs.stA.h epv. anlfzs few rer-
sons Of g. n Jus, in any class, succeed in
breaking through the barriers Of rou-
tine AID phi dice, their success shova
that they.lssa1.as hehied them 2 many more
who would follow in their steps if those
b.giegs we're but removed This hss
bae6 no ssse 10 every forward move
ment, religiods, sseisnads,a or social
Aa&s0D sptnih<sau nd thessj Ae4
shown his fsllqx.men what could DO
known, what could IL donnej; and be.
hold when 0i6s AWAKENED TO- d sense |
Of their own powers, multitudes have
pRN4 btmselses7i.s oapat'eS though
not as daring, as the leaders Of their
torlorn hope. Dozens Il gcologists eau
DOW work Eeotr pr0hlsmsS which would
have puzzled Hutton Or Werner;
dozens Of women, were they allowed.
wadN, 4 Believe, fal6l il political aud
official posts the hopes which Mas
Wedg zood and Mr.. Boyd Kinnear en-
tekt4atyp.-::l :, $50 50. ri ,:.-.
But, after all, it is hard to say any
thing % this .'~attsg,, which has mo. :
been said ID other words, by Mr.. Mill
htn.elf,, ID pages -ss-lo4: Of his "sub.
lection Of Women Or give US more
sound had pil.Iab!e iIoof'of womssa
pql4;a.ln capacity, han The paragraph,
With which he ends his argument:
s"1s il reasonable to think that those
Hho are fit for the greater functions OF
politics are incapable Of qualifying
.he1selses TOR the les! Is there any
reason, iu tho nature Of things, that the
wives and sisters Of princes should,
~hensve ssllsd 90, DO found IS compe-
tent Is The princes themselves to their
business, but that the wives and sisters
If statesmen, and administrators, and
directors Of companies, and managers
Of public institudons, should 30 unable
70 do what is done by their brothers and
husbands The ro,l reason is plain
enough II is that princesses, being
moro raised above thu generality of men
by,tAin flnk than placed below them
BY their SCI, have never been taught
that i was improper for them to con,
cerp themselves with politics, but have
Been allowed to feel tie liberal intercs,
p.tursl to any cultivated human being
in the great transactions which tool
place around them, and in which they
might be called2onito take part Thu
ladies Of Feigning families are the onl,
women who are allowed the same range
Of interests and freedom Of develop
esas e4.nqoea, and it2 r. precisely il
their case that there is not found to b
any inferiority,, .Exaetly where and i,
proportion os women's capacities 70
government have been tried, in ,ha
proportion hive they been found ade
quate."
9hd.gh Tie demands Of women ju=
now are generally urged in the order G
first, employment then education
and lastly the franchise, 1 have deal
prihcipaltJ with The latter because :
sincerely believe that it, and i onl!
will lead to their obtaining just mea
ure, Of the twq-t former. Had l bee
reating Of an idea, or even / truly.civ
liked policy, shoald,, haze spoken ,
education first; for education ought
betle ddeeSiaty and sole du.nhc.tia
for the franchise. But We, have not
ordered it in Engtand in the case
9 Heee)1 y Z IL iqp.ll fairae.s xa Ought .,
to 30 in the case Of women. We hav
not 50 ordersdtit, and We haa 10 risl
to order it otherwise than We have don
five have neglected to give the masst
due education, We have NO right
withhold the franchise on the strengt
Of that neglect. Like Frankenstei.
We may have made our man i'll but v
cannot help his being alive; and if b
destroy Us, it is our own fault.
It my reply, that I, add ! '66umbe
of unedueatedr won4en-voters to th
number OF uneducated men, otess wi
be only to make the Danger worse, tn
saswer:is 81 That women will be alway
less brutal than men, and will exerc;s
Cd thsn (ahlsss they are . i a,ddsned; l
ic the first French Revelation, by th
hunger and misery IT their children
the same softenipe influence in publ
life which they pow'exsrcise in private
and, moreorel, sth.t y thing. stand no.
The average. women is more educated; i
every sense Of the word, than the aye,
agd fSsa; aud that 70 admit 1 I ne
would be IS admit I'd as ! 6 ef voter, 50
perie! NOT infsFier,to the arer.ge.
Startling IS thus may sound to som
kspezt that il il true: r,o:. ;l,~ 81
We nust recollect that the Just com ct
plants Of the insufficient education O
girls proceed almost entirely from tina
"l1ol1!s.slnppeR' ell..s which stocks ,b
professional 1n6iadainS lhS DE- IL