The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-11-11
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"P''e 'r''ars ''ansrs = thI di6eespes tlas : ma4
m,y avoid such Obligation If IS pleasla.si

VIII. thsr. !. q. d;a,s.oe. r., |. An, n.
n,y avoid such Obligation If s, please
H r'fFEaiin'ippg from marriage, while IL
poverty Of parents or the dependence
brothers and sisters are ci1eamstano<
over which woman obliged 10 xor
Tor Others l.s no eoatrol.m
True: and, aIas! too Aue. But vi,
MN. Butler asserts If goveraesses III.
% .serted, with equal truth, Of h n
drsds Of maiden aunts and maiden 81,
.e'' e. "ho are not engaged in teaching
put VINO spend their money, their time
their love, their intellect, upoo nroai
Este or broten-do-u relations, or upo,
! their hihrea, and who exhibit through
ie,ng .,ngy ye+ts Of toll, suxiety, sell: s.cri6ee
|. eopzage, +. prompt;tade, ; knovlede,
|of 4 ! eesises and Of human nature, .nt
: II simple But Iii loity' * standard & Of duty .ut
Edisthte.e~.'s.ess, IS g. =! which fit does not f
'hen 'rntf'n9 tfor the y y ,ur.apeahise, 'vhss,e.n7
1t may b. that such women would
not care e pse the franchise if they bad
it. That is their concern, not ours,
Voters who do not caro- to vete may BE-
cousted BY Thousands among men som.
of'ssen, perhaps, are wiser than their
fellows, not more foolish, and take th.,
method Of slowing their wisdom. Be
that IS it may, We no no more justif-
led "a refusing ! human being . right
because he may not chose to exerc;..
IL than We ore in refusing to nv him
hH due, because" he may prob,blv
board the money. r" av'': -: 81 80
The objection that such women men A.. >
better !, q : without ! vote, because . yota
would i'''l interest them in, politics, and SO
! 'n'el'ere with their domestic, duties,
essem. ss %. slender enough. What domestic q e ;
duties iat h.,e hey, of which the Site,
ean ae!'.l taEs eoeniz.nee, ..1e: their duty to
those to whom they may -o, oxe N money: :
and their datI- to keep the peace :
lhsir oehsr and aobler duties are ye,.n-
'atyasd sslfinPoaa and, uost u.u-
~ are fah''sd ai secsetly n possible.
the' st'te commits; an aojsstioe: ID
debsziogs:vonans iron the light. Of !.
''e''sa because "the' asbosses, =. over asd
ssoiS them, it, perform tho. rood
vusks II . saisG. ys9Y L.. -. -,
:'2Asd; .fterall, win II 'bs the vo,fs u,
for thest women, Or for tie pos;ety in:
which The, live, II If they do Interest
theaeelvesa 4 III 9poli,ia; Might: not
ta'I Nj: Boyd Kinnear urges n
an" article Is sober and istion.l
"n earsest and chi!airous) their
purity and sa1nestness help; 10 max.
what Is now called politics i somewhat
more y. earnestly :, Night not the pre.euc,
Of the voting po*ers of. few. ,irtuou,.
experieneed sell- -edueated vemen keen
for every shame, fsom s.y.
'og and doing things from, which thew
70 not shrink, before =: crowd of men
3ho are, on the average, neither ,ir,
tuous' expetieneed, nor velledueatea,
by wholesome dread Of that most terri.
bic Of ali earthly puoishnent,-at least
in the eyes Of . manly. mAs,-the 6ns
'eorn Of = noble woman! Might not
Tue intervention of fs NO men Who
ne living according to the eternal law,
# God, help to infaso some slightly
'troager 'tiuctare Of these eternal bv,
htoouf legislators and their legislation!
What women have done for tie sooci,,
'eforms of the Last forty years is known.
r ought be known; to all. Nigh
lot they have done faz moro, and might
'ot they do far more hereafter, if they,
,ho generally know far more than men
10 Of human suffering, and Of the con:
eqpeneess Of human folly, we're able to
'ak for further social reforms, not mere
J ~ boon 70 be begged from the
stronger sex, but ~, their
1l4' which they,as citizens, have q
1sht to see fulfilled, if just and posi-
Ne sAo Womaa has played for too m.nv
'eoturie'1the part which Lady Godiva
'lay't in tho old legend. 1t il time
bat she should. no be content with
by her sntreatics or her
the cruelty and greed; Of men,
'ut exercise her right, ~ . member Of
be ;! ,!'t State, u and lss rbeleve) !. n.mber
+ Chr'st rua and . child of God, TO- forbid
hem. ...j
j: A. for any specific diaereoee boz
ixeen the intellect Of women and that Of
nen, vi which shold preclude. the. former
nned!ddlGing 9 !dG in politics, I must confess
;hat b. 'ths subtle distinctions dravo, even
y 'a.!h ..hose e'ss Who uphold the intellectual
quality ~ lly ot Ply! women, have almost, if not
|!1 |'k!1osethe!, escaped 81 dlpl. ns The only, in-
.osrtt,at a!lt ad!ilatereenee, en- think, j. that men
.;s!ss s9s g.assrally d!a.llst and more eoaeeitea
aen + a! yom'ea, ''a, The The rdqlneas ii natural
'n,oYeh, \, % the 4 bread groand that tho
na!ae .aA!a tef g4l oil animals lbeine noze .ansu.
! .nd d .eeleah) eNlea aye dnller than Il. :fs,
aalee.o =! ! Morn TIhe eooeeit i easily accounted
Fos', Foss',q The The Eosli.h ss boy i. told from
- The: nss'. boy, ~ :ta..
men !rve, aye saperios 70 ixnmen. The ne
go boy shows his asseat to the, .:psopo-
.ition BY beating his mother, the Eno-
ish one BY talking down hi., .ii,t.n.
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