The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1869-07-10
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vaman suffrage seems io BE- ihai
women are ~ iaueh letter Than ,hs
men. their votes would he faled Wy
E pufaf morality ~ bad fneu wouhl
be chosen into Office and - of
course. no tad laws could hnd any ]
placo IN lhe statute book
when Henry Ward liccehcr was
writing out the shave doetfine The
other day for Publication, ! wonder /
ifit passed through his mind that In /
tho numberof times be bad perform. !
ed ,he marriage service There had
been instances when he bad done y /
with sadness and fear, knowing that
he was binding a trusting innocent
gifl,o heartless, unprincipled man.
| n such case has ever come within
the circle Of HE experience, will Mr..
Bcccher explain what would have
prevented that bride from voting
that man into Office had he asked
for her ballot instead OF her hand !
Again, has not Mr.. Beechcr declared
n couple man and wife when he
knew that the woman sold herself
for gold; and does he believe the
woman who would sell her person
would feel any delicacy in selling her
voteY
The morality of woman Is no
doubt, different from that of men
but that it is better or higher, under
circumstances of equel temptation,
, yet remains to be proved.
The eagcmess with which woman
E have sought for Office during the
last few months seems to show a
great similarity to men in personal
selfish ambition and there in nC
evidence that the underlying motive
g in the one sex is purer than in thu
other.
The readiness with which ba'
es men find women of good mora
standing in society who are Willing
Is to marry them, would seem to impl
that bad men might find plenty
women who would be willing tovot
for them. The frequency wit
which we find woman swaying the
own households with foolish and ba
laws is certainly reason for suppo
'D. ing that similar laws might govel
W the Nation if they were installed
hts Legislators.
Menofgood intentions err throug
mistaken judgement; women
:. good intentions err through mist
ken feelings. One isjust as liable
err as the other; but the errors
feeling are more dangerous tn
vet; those of Judgment, because they &
iish so much less under the control
u reason. It is an axiom of scier
that reason was given us to corr
the mistakes of the senses, and il
lid. equally true thatit was given to C
ing, rect the mistakes of the sensibiliti
When women -decry. tho mo
sense of men they should bear
mind that most men owe their m
lies; ality to theinhuence and instructi'
ling, of their mothers. While we n
be fond of claiming honor to
row sex for the influence good and W
:, mothers have exerted in the train
of some of the great men OF
'und' world, let us not forget that bad n
owe their traits to their mott
lust as certainly. We have no ri
to boast of the mother Of the Graz
unless we are willing also to t
shame to ourselves on account of
mother of Nero. We are just as
sponsible for the vices or follie
the mothers of thieves, murde
and traitors of the land, as for
virtue and the wisdom of the mot
of the saints and the patriots.
The persons who are discus
the woman question at the pre-
time talk as if woman were 80 f;
full to the original law Of right,
they could not be swerved from
true path by ideas of expedi
which so often mislead men.
when we observe how easi
woman's affections are preve
through her vanity in her relat
70. with the other sex, and how I
her love for her children is m
shown in the foolish delight
which she pampers their selfish
hue indulges their passions and 81
lates their pride, it is difdcultt I
~ % derstand why she should be
lish. wise in the management Of I
,;oh, +ho,, IN thoac of her N,