The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-03-20
SATURDAY, MARCH 90, 1860.
TxE1AD. G. ANDREWS. kdifor.
kAEcol1k BRO irNfyG, associate Eaitor.
Female Suffrage.

Ahe question OF Iemaie SuffrdEe Is no longer
the mare chi.aess of .hs brain that that t L was
whom first introduced upon the political carpet
b fanatic enthusiast If is6n,afis Rights.
II is becoming grave and important mat
ter anSls AeI!9sslS 4 RiiS6ssea sy " the legisla-
tors and politicians Of tho land.
tia p9siosserl thaap dream. os os rtfhe EEroneh,
ssatcs=.ss, ,sspd soeislist,7-who ,psiated J, so
s.=77hirally llyaaa0 hean,ifuny Tho practical opera
stioas saha aeascs'of tRe iiaa Sf universal snfcs
u shSald have ec coo 9i,, Il, pals rs and "a
becS,ss weTkipg raaslIity-p raaslIit ssls,II I.ae aeqon.p
When the thqstipsGs qstips would beiseenes efhappy-
and benigafe unions when the polls would
be decorated with fowdfs, ana wreathed with
garlahds when merry sronpcss, and parties Of
"young men apd maidchs, old men and chill.
drens NSula yES bs seen vending their way and
.cirelipg in picturesque grouping, to and aroand
the ballot boz, Shile pthc pair would boz per-
fumeaswith,thc incense of roses, and vocal
with ssilseHy aashter and gay yoices-'tis no
longer this deal of st. poetic 'oi repuJieanism Or Or
this daSaEeap Of enthusiastic t democracy, but
is gettiagIeyery day more aud more arsubjectl
Of scrinns and general consideration. 80 ~
Now'tkis matter and its agitatisyt originated
in the BT6iaSF SFSf Sf dfeaerss,e and has been ani et
tended .IsI ara tsP alive fainaticso io and qpa
nnnes, s ever ready toI attempt some, new, expes
siment. iaB the world ofscienceT tettcrssorcpoli
tica. -ssn9ss, ieSsysa saf &c eoasd ~ l. as;'gI
Ihs idea of this, among the other asprisi-
ledsesf Ind rights Claimed for woman u,I Is pet
idea ahd sfobH ehfrishea ly5; ed and fostersd by
the feRsales alumni n Of Germany, ,athe4 tlbas
bluex't tee Esanoe -aad the literary women and
"blue stockihgs'. at'the North. The doctrine
has advocates; and earnest supporters in Eu-
rope a!a ssserisa Of both sexes sexesand nd Of re-
spectacle sia Rsapeo s = l 4 has adv@oeatesn @ s
gia and IL 9sr, faEpps State, jndsins from the
Legislative proceedings. Fla,itao sd, lc u
Nowswliethos il will ctcr be realized, it is
the parsS Prophecy TO foreteil and we are are no
prophets even g though tho ken Of prediction
were osEs, cssssalndmra- saln m like perhaps We would
not be hslieYad dz-perhaps would be scornsl for
the aninilciati0ii of the future fate of the idea
--until sasssvent Should come and In the
chagrir q our sRepsidai hearers find its faifi
ment md our yindicafion
We shall proplesy what shall be- the
end of this idss of Eemalo' Suffrage, but SIM,
ply standiagsupoti 6tr lookout and noticing
the ncwsiaeas That being; advanced, shall
ibut notice them and mention and say whether
we like ner not ,,,,,., 81. d ,as.,tg AZ j
Now this idea of Female Suffrage we do not
like, andssa5nsd now whether it, becomes a
,reality OF 'ii6tat cnsaEsl ta.t aiya3 1a' anft 4
1t is useless to say that the idea is not nor
mails aSt pptpral, but an eztrayagapcy of
roderh speculation. .,,1ego;l 0t' = 'sI.-a !n
1t wouldsbous superfuous.for us to say that
woman has as much now to attend to as she
can do. esho says herself. '''' ''''o1' I
AN an work is from sun 70 SUM-.
Woman's work is never done '''1'Al ''''1
But speak not individually and Of that
narrow sphere to which the routine of every,
day drudgery would confne and doom her, but;
of her high and holy mission as dispenser of
light and hope tOsman in his plodding toll,
"as he returns With each returning sun to his
interminabio Iabor"- the, sweet resistless
syren to o Cheer s;gl lfss f sorrows, as the angel
Mother to instil in the mind of lisping and
prattling iafaaey The grand and. holy Lessons
of duty and sacrifice, as the seraph who guards
in this blightcd Eden the immortal flowers, of
high and noble sentiment
| Has shs pot n, enough to do, Need she suf-
fer from ennsi-raud fret and olamot for politi-
cal rtghtsaaadi ddtiesp NO! Those are not
true edtionsFof.that lofty typo of Woman, the
image OF wnfch il enshrincd in every heart that
ho.k. - n.