The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-01

and their uttorances for themes. What man,
ner of women are these who arc nobody
not worth the counting, handful on the
one side. yet are capable of arrayipg
the world in arms on the other2 They make
one think of the enchanted tent i'm the Arabian
tales, which could be folded into a nutshell, or
be spread out to cover an army Few are
they? Every demand of right is made at first
singly. "Few," are they? Is it, then, l ask, in
accordance with principle, or with numbers,
that you Judge of the Justice of o cause Bat
the wishes Of the many should rather be con-
suited than the demands of the few. When all
women ask, says the Tribune, they shall receive;
till they ask they do not desire. Any assump-
tion here To renounce that which one does
not possess is an easy task; to rcnounce that
which one does, may cause the pangs of death.
How do you know they donot want it How can
one who has never walked in the sun be able
to justly determine whether he desires or
does not desire its comforting warmth and
light? "Do you wish freedom ?" said the master
to the idle, happy, thoGghtless house-servant; to
the s beaten e; bleeding outraged plantation slave
sumo your chainsY VIII you to-day resume SER
vitude VIII you to-day renouncc the rights of
freemcn for the most luxurious ease of slavery
Let the United States Government ask this of
those four millions nor, if il would have a shout
go up that would shake continents to their cen
tre-"Giye us liberty or give us death ~ Cap.
plause.) When women have for a single cleo
ton possessed this power and exercised 1t, and
thus comprehendcd what it is. and then re-
=
do not care for it.
THE LOGIC OF A. r. STEWART.
AT present there is as much sense in n woman
refusing 10 vote as there was logic in Mr.. A. I.
Stewart declining to remain Secretary of State
when he knew that legally he never had filled
that Office, and could not at that time CAP
pmse). All women to ask before all women
receive. Did we wait for every slave to shake
his chains in our ears ere we discovered that
they were not content with slavery? Out of that
phnTnpl- -hOuSp lIt a
was thrown back. and fugitive escaped to tell
the dismal tale that they seemed dead, but only
slept. There were occasionally some sullen
murmurs from the outward calm, showing that
life still beat in the soul Yet thatone spoke for
the many. Because one reached Canada
for a thousand who remained behind,
making no effort to fly did we
say this one has what he desires. and these thou
sands are also content. More, did we say tits
manifest this slave is laboring under a strong de-
lusion; if we but knew it he really prefers
slavery-it is better for him and we will send
him back, Still more, did we mark his at
tenpts, his agOnized struggles to be free, and
then seize and thrust him back into his grave?
We did-too true we did, but let us not deceive
ourselves here. We did it because of the hard
ness OF our heart and the brutal laws of wicked
men. Not because the slaves cried 1--WE don't
want freedom; send that renegade back to us"
(Applause). Did the Colonies wait for every
man in their midst to say Republic ere they es-
tabllshed one, or every white male citizen de-
llldu VIC DallOI ere Juty plceu one III MS mana!
No. multitude cared nothing about the
issues at stake; a multitude gave them lukewarm
support; multitude belonged openly to the
enemy-yet, one and all-the fight ended-re-
ceiVed that which WAS his due-his manhood.
You may not value tins Inheritance said they to
these, but it is yours to have and not ours to
keep. Make the best of it. There are women
who are opposed To this claim: who doubts it?
What does this prove! That there are human
beings too ignorant to know how they are
wrOnged (appHusC), too careless to inquire too
abased to feel, too selfish to carry burdens for
themselves that rightly belong ON their shoul-
ders-lost to sense OF their dignity and respon-
slbility-all these ! grant, but not that right is
not right. Am ] to be forbidden 10 walk free
woman upon the face of Gods earth because,
being njustly debawed in person, those about
me cry from sil<cn cuuches or eXhaustin@ toll:
1--WE prefer to remain keep the door locked, and,
ii possible, throw away the key"
DO MEN WANT WOMEN TO VOTE?
But you tell me not only do women refuse to
claim, but men desire TO withhold. For why?
Because it is not pleasing and agreeable to a
man TO see woman engaged in such work, or
taking part in such struggles Us this right would
entail. / reply:-"God doubtless had some
better purpose for women than to Captiyate and
please men." applause and laughter When
lie fixed a star in the ornament, did He say unto
that star. give light" or say even praise
When men who are in every way dlsagrecable to
women tell them they are not TO essay this or
accomplish that, because this or that will make
them distastetul TO masculine eyes, they pro-
bably act upon the idea which COngreye puts
into "Iattle's' mouth when he says TO "Pure:'-
She should admire him as much for the
beauty he commends in her rs though
he himself were possessed OF it, Since
women are to relOuncc their rights in
exercising them, though unpeasing to men.
what compensation is TO be given them in turn ?
You are not TO vote; do not likeit. You enot
70 mold office; do not like it. You are not to
sit upon juries / do not like it. You are to
take no part in politics or craftsmanship; / do
not like il. You are not TO be learned; / do not
like IL. Hou are not 10 be ambitious; / do not
like it. You are not to he self-reliant, self
assisting, and independent; | do not like it.
Let this suffice DO not prove yourself un-
feminine by attempting any argument. De-
mOnsrate yourself sweet and womanly by
submitting TO my will and studying my plea
sure, without cavl or comment. My will!
How do men try 10 please women ? If we are TO
be ranked with criminals, pauper, and idiots to
please you, If we are 10 be shallow, unCultured.
dependent, frivolous to please yOu, 10y making
you thus the superior OF such interiOrity. how
are we repaid
THE BAD I.ABITs OF MEN.
Do the men think they are studying our will
by their habits and sins; by the filthy tobacco
they crowd into their mouths, spit over the
floors, puff into our eyes; 10y the noisy and dirty
boots which they crcuk round our houses and
spread over our chairs; by the clothes which
they wear for a twevcmOnth; by the moustache
or beard a week old; by the devotion of half
their incomes to club-houses and concerts and
theatres and cards, aud drinking and eating and
boom n-cOmpaniOnship and expeditions and plea
sures too many TO be counted i'm which their
wives and sisters have no share; by being the
fathers of babies whose existence they ignore
some by an angry exclamation from behind u
newspaper-"GOOdnesS- cant you keep that
child mipty" NV coming home nj and . and 2