The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1869-04-29
what Possible Value Would
Suffrage be TO woman.


has not "say they" done much Cor man;
in this country all white men vote, and
yet the masses are Wretchedly fed, housed,
clothed aDi poorly paid for their labor.
Ignorant alike Of social and political econ
onIy, their voting is mere form; practi-
cally they have no more TO do with the
government than the masses in the old
world who have no representation what
ever"
These wholesale philosophers, and we
meet them every day, are incapable of any
patient process OF analytical reasoning
If the moment a man is endowed with
the Suffrage he does not spriug mp into
know ledge, virtue, wealth and position,
then the right amounts to nothing. If
generation Of ignorant, degraded men,
whose noses have been held to the grind
stone all their days, do not vote a. once
with the wisdom of statesmen, then Uni
yersal Suffrage is a failure, and. the despot
and the dagger are the true government.
The careful reader ei history will see
that with every new extension OF rights
new step in civilization has been taken,
aud that uniformly those nations have
been most o. osperous where the greatest
number Of people have been recognized IN
the government. Contrast Chm with
Russia, England with the United States.
Where the few govern, the Legislature is
for the advantage of the few. Where the
many govern the legislation will gra1ual-
ly become more AID more for the Sdvapt
aye of the many. as fast as the many know
enough to demand laws for their own ben
eft. This knowledge comes from an edu-
cation in politics; and ballot IN mans
hand and the responsibility OF using 1t, Il
the first step in this education. Even If q
man sells his ballot, there is power in pos
sessiug something that a politician must
have or perish. The Southern slaves must
| have acquired new dignity 10 the scale
of being when judge Kelly aud Senator
Wilson traveledail through the south to
preach to them on political questions.
The thinking men of Eng gand, is they
phiIosophize on the abuses of their govern
meut, see plainly that the only way to
| abolish an order ut nobility, n law OF frlm
| ugenitu-e and an established church, Is 10
give the masses right BY their votes 20
pitch this triple power into the cha annel :
| for all the bulwarks Of aristocracy will cne
| By one, be swept away with the educaticn
! aud cufran chisement of the people
! Gladstone, John Bright and John SjuaTt
will see clearly that the privileges q the
few can be extended TO the many only by
the legislation OF the maRy. All the ben
e6cial results of the broad principles they
are advocating to-day, may not be fully
realized in a generation, but, to the phil
osophical mind, they are as true now rs il
already achieved.
The greatest minds in this country, 100,
have made most exhaustive arguments to
prove the power Of the ballot and recog
nized the equality of the citizens, in our
! Declaration OF Rights, in extending sutf-
rage to all white men, and in the PROPOSE
ton to farther extend it to all black meu.
The great republican party Gin which are
many of the ablest men of the nation) de-
clare that emancip patton to the black man
is 4 mock cry, without the Suffrage When
the thinking minds on both comments are
agreed as to the power OF the ballot ID the
hand OF every mau, it Is surprising to hear
educated Americans ask, "what possible
value would Suffrage be to woman Z" when
in the British Parliament, the suffrage
was extended to a million new voters, even
Lord Derby and Disraeli, who were op-
posed to the measure, said at oCce, now,
| ii this class are to vote, we must establish
| schools fer their education, showing the
increased importance OF every man who
has voice in the government and the
new interest of the rulers IN his education
| Where all vote all must be educated our
public school system is the result OF TINS
principle in our government. " hen Wo
man vote, Harvard, Yale and Princeton
will throw wide open their doors.
| Woman are not anomalous beings out
side all law, that one need make any spe-
eial ar guments to prove that what elevates
and diguifes lnan will educate and dIgnl-
fv woman also. When she exercises hel
right OF Suffrage, she will study the sci
ence of government, gain new importance
in the eyes of politicians. aod have II fr ee
pass in the world Of WORK. If the mass es
knew their power, they could turn the
whole legislation of the country to their
own advantage, aud drive poverty, rags
auL 10. orauce into the Pacific Ocean
II they vouiI learn wisdom ir the National
Labor ConSentiJns and not sell their votes
to political tricA s'ers, a system OF Finance
Trade aud CONNER &C, and Cooperation
could soon be established that would Sc.
cure the rights OF Labor and put an end
to the concentration OF wealth in the hands
OF the few.
Labor holds the ballot now, let it lealr
how to use it. Educated woman know
how to use it, bet them have it.-Repo!x-
ton.
THE following is a copy OF the general
militia law passed during the last session
OF the Legislature: That tie minimum for