The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26
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I to woman's superiority over man; or
o if she did not misunderstood, she Ger
. tainly gave it a wrong construction
, l donot know why this should be.
stated that "woman was certainly
superior to man. and l believe it tt
be true. 1t is certainly plain enough
There is no Greek, or Latin, or Ger
, man about it. 1t is good English
every syllable of it, and yet "Ob
server does not understand it; or
at least, SO one would suppose, from
the construction she places thereupon
Upon a careful examination of hel
article / am led to believe that she
did understand it, but for some rea
son or other gave the idea q wrong
Interpretation.
And this is why think so: '.The
less is contained in the greater she
sums up. Man is the less, woman
the greater; therefore, women should
vote. The inferior has no right to
restrain the superior. Man is the
inferior, woman, the superior there
fore woman should VOTE And in
face Of this turns square around and
asks favor of this inferior being,
man, which it Is only in the power
OF superior to grant. thus acknowl-
edging his superiority in this respect;
thus virtually admitting that she
understood the proposition to be
taken in a certain restricted sense,
not universally.
/ stated that "woman is superior
to man." and l do not intend to take
it back: / merely wish to be under
,tood In the matter.
This is not to be taken in gener
al, but restricted sense. 1t woUld
not do to make universal PROPOSE
ton of it. 1t would be against rea-
son, against general observation, and
against common sense. "Observer"
knows this as well as 1, notuith
standing, by an application, which the
facts in the case will not warrant, she
would pervert its meaning. This
arose, in all probability, from my
not stating in what this superiority
consists. 1t is not too late yet. l
will first state in what it does not
consist. Woman is not mans supe-
rior physically. If she is, then let
us exchange places. We are all out
of place. This vast machine called
society is, and always has been, at
hap-hazard. Let US reyOlutionize
little. Put the ladies in the shops.
Give them the blackmith's stithy,
anvil and sledge, the carpenters saw,
adj, plane and chisel. Let them fell
our forests, turn the glebe, SOW the
seed and reap the golden grain
Their business it should be to drain
our marshes, fertilize our prairies-
that stretch in boundless wastes far
as eye sreach-wrench from the
secret Ae golden ore. and build
railroaS spread from the Allan.
tic t0the Pa0udc. Yield the broom,
the spinning jenney, and culinaries
unmentionable, to US. Go out, sis
ters, from your little, smoking, ten
by-twelve kitchens, into mans So
called boundless realms, where the
brooks murmur and the birds sing,
and the skies are blue always; where
wrapped in ecstasy, you can exclaim
with all the eloquence of truth as
well as poetry,
1--WE are monarchs OF all we survey
Our rights there are none 10 dispute"
That is, if you are mans superior
which you will claim
Notwithstanding "Observer' claims
that ] argued that "woman possesses
these (politicaD qualifications in
much higher degree than man, l
assert that woman is not mans supe-
,ior in a political sense. He pos
,esses q more comprehensive knowl- h
edge Of politics than she. He takes {
pains to inform himself concerning
hem, which she does not. He spends ,
ime, pains and money, to become q
with their workings lv