North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-03-03
Another WON View.

Another vVoman's View. Il
Editor State Register :--"You romem-
Der the time when Wallace met Bruce in
'the Highlands and fought him such bat
tie with reason and Kindness that the name
of Bruce from that hour was for Scotland
and freedom instead of England and OPP
preston" Like Wallace, my sister, let
us choose for our weapons reason and
kindness. and then without fear and with
q aromanly heart let us go forth to battle.
| Indiscriminate sarcasm, fault-finding and
general abuse. do not belong to the armor
Of Light. Humanity is not entirely wrong,
and humanity, you remember, is COM
posed OF men and TOnleR-narrOw, ign0r
ant, preiudiced men, and generous. edu-
tied, noble men-wcak, silly, yainy
women, and pure, lovely, womanly wo-
men. For the sake of eur free men who
marched so loyalty up the mountains of
sacrifice during those cruel vaar. e. Us
honor manhood. For the sake of the
American women who were willing to
sacrifice their best beloved, let us honor
,comanhood. The cause of Woman Suf-
frage, now agitating the country, as not
! one that is calculated to create antagon-
isms between the sexes, but rather one
that we believe will create more pcrma-
nent basis Of union, greater congeniaIity
and co oppcration an the ,coyk Of elerating,
refining and cAristiauiziny humanity. Our
best thinkers recognize this fact, and
hence today, the most efficient workers in
the! cause arc large.heartcd, great brained
men,-(the most efficient because they
have the prestige of success
l believe the most serious obstacle to
this movement consists in the fact that
men so misunderstood aromon. Il refer
now to the prcjudiced and ignorant) These
rentlemca really Jelierc that majority Of
our American women would prefer the
| unsatisfactory life of politician to the
satisfying homc-life. All! you cannot
understand as ,rOmcn do, all the hollowness
Of fame that fails to win crown Of
! love: you do not realize the truth of Mrs.
i Browning's description Of the women who
sit in dcsoiate homes and hear the world
praising them far off.
And also believe that the great trouble
| with our women is there again | refer to
the ignorant and selfish) that they have
| not given the subject thought. Oh my
| sisters, lay aside your ta;tling and embro;d.
cries and think. We do not wish you to
lay aside your gentlencss, your tenderness
or your wemanliness; but ace do wish you
to lay aside ignorance, Stiffness, selfish
ness and Incidence; l would have you
exchange indifference for thoughtfulaess,
and that you would dcthroue the tyrant
Sc!fshness and eathyone the Angel o f
Charity. r
I Wear your dainty robes; God has set
his seal upon beauty. on the flowers Of the
earth, on the shells of the sea and the
clouds Of the sky, but weave into your
| fittings and rulles, high thoughts and
resolves, and broider your robes with
smiles and charity for great sorrowing
humanity. I" .. :
| In Imagination l look into the luxurious
homes of Iowa see her beautiful daush.
tiers, children of luxury, seated in elegant
rooms, expensive, unread books, burden
the tables, unappreciated pictures adorn
the walls, new, Impractical music 6utters
over tie piano, the fair owners toy With
pcarly shuttlcs and sit with downcast
eyes listening to the love whispers of some
young man who bids these girls, girls to
whom God has intrusted souls and hearts
and. intel!ects, be silly, .nl vainY and
weak if. go be it, they would be loved and
admired of men. "Young gentlemen
you are sowing the wind, it is only fair
that you should reap the whirlwind y
Young ladies, who are these young gentle
men who sheer at strong minded women'2
Oftentimes their record is black and dark;
compared with that of the poor girl whom
you met yesterday. All! when you avert.
ed your head and gathered your dainty
robes around You, did you reflect that
possibly you were going home to receive
the caresses of her betrayer?
| But to return to our love scene. What
do these fair girls say? Alas! they have
| hearts and they gently assert "that they
have all the rights they know what to do
with, they would not vote if they could ),
they do not wish the ballot" neither do
they. They are too indolcnt TO ask for an
additional care or responsibility and the
lovers deem that delicacy and womanliness
which is in fact sheer se!fshness and
| lQzi:,tss.
Your correspondent, IN. A. T." seems
to think that women have not time to read
enough in regard to politics to fit them.
selves for voting. A kind Providence
forcsaw the duties Of motherhood and so
gave woman intuition ;-howevcr. this
friend seems to have found time for ,erit-.
ing and article,-and then surely she finds,
time for reading. Take tie time. Your
| husband would willingly do without pies
! once week if you would give him a spicy
thought for desert. Young ladies if you
| cannot have three rufles on your dress and
resd the daily also, By all means read the
''daily'' and 90 to the party ,cith t,co RIFLES.
But you ask me Why wish to vote? l.
answer: Because irish to rote,-at leas,
! that is one answer. have a areat many
other answers which l will give you, pro-
| viding tie editors Of your progressive
Register will afford me space for so doing,
However, / too much admire womanly
women and "becouse'' it is pre- eminently