Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1869-01-15
ACAsE POINT.

a few days since. an electi)n was
held il Eden township, Fsyc,,e Coun-
,y. to determine whether fivc per
cent. tax shouid nc levied for the bene-
1T o. n certain proposed railroad. The
law authorizing townships 20 tax Them
selves in aid cf,ailrcads, contenplates
that tie question be decided by those
who pay taxes. The whole basis of
The law is simply the just one ,ha, 90
extraordinary tax shall be levied With
out tn conseut Of majority Of those
who are 10 pay the tax. This prinei-
Pie has properly no reference 10 the
heiah,, weight, color er sex of the tax
payer. The fac, that Mr.. A has red
hair and b'uc hose, or Mr.. Il blGe
hair and red nose, that Mr.. Z wears
slouched hs. ana checked ehir;,
while his nciglbcr sports a stove
line lat and swings a rattan cane.
eushi to have just Sc mnch weight in
determining the righ, OF ,hesetax pay
ers respectively to vote upon the
disposition of their property, as the
fact Mat ore property owner and
tax payer is woman, while anothdris
. man. Nevertheless, at the above
mentioned election in Eden township.
Fayeite county, State Of Iowa, in the
year Of Our Lord, 1859. several per-
sons who are property owners ard
tax PAYERS were deliberately refused
their equitable right to a voice in de-
cilin- question which Involved The
se zurc by the tax gathercr OF Eve per
cent. of their property for IN ex.raor-
dinary purpose, outside the legitimate
purposes Of government, for the sim
pie and sole reason that they were aco-
aen. This was in Eden. DID the wo-
man bear the same ignominious rela-
ton To the man in The Eden Of o.d ? II
SO no wonder Eve ale the apple in or
der thu. she might acquire that knowl-
c,l-e and wisdom which should dem
ons;ratc to her the justic Of such on,
raeious discrimination and opprcss-
ious Is it strange that such ,nyster-
ious perversion OF justice should excite
the uonlcring curiosity of All inquis,-
tie women? Woald not any modern
woman ca, one, two or if ncel be half a
doz.n tempting app.es, in order TO
solve such q woudroas problem Aud
We, if this slavisil relation was not sus-
tanned by Eve in her Elem, uron
wha, grounds will the opponents OF
WOMAN suffrage justify The relation o:
the Ewes OF our Fayeitc Eden 10 the
impcri5us Adams who lord !, over
them?
There is no humanity. no com
moa saase, nc Justice, no true lcmoc-
racy, no Christianity, no deccncy. in
that barbarous code which denies 10 a
tax payer avoice in the disposition ef
her property for the sole reason that
sss is q aro,saa Il is an infamous
relic OF odious i.vanntes, alcgacy of
feudalis,ic terrorism, incompatible
with consistent republican form Of
government, and I burning shame
anil disgrace TO America, and aboye
al', 10 Iowa. Ilos long shall TIE con-
sti,u'ion of the great central State of
the American republic, which boasts
It's radical progress in the great study
Of liberty, be disgraced in lis ap-
plica'ion OF the principles Of human
rights hy an oppression ard cowardls
Discrimination against one half the
population: =
We are glad 10 record that even
a Democratic newspaper Is found
ready topronoanec upon tic ipjns,
t;ce Of this farce discrimination, for it
ID from the Eai0s. of West Union.
that we clip the fellosing notice o.
the election, TO which we have referred,
and which has served as ow text.
Says the Onion.
"We learn that number Of ladies
visited the polls, in Eden Township,
at the Railroad election, and offered
their votes. They claimed that The
notice Of tho election ran, ito all tax
pastrs," ard that they came under
that head. They had TO stand back,
however. They had justice on their
e..fr a.. oil rva,.fS ua ftffrt :,