The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-03-12
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

Sooo Poopieo VI virginia, VINO stI
hoid TO the old standard and consider
the paths trod by their fathers good en-
ough Tor them, will read with interest
not amazement the following from The
Ch'gagoan, leading Woman's Rights
| organ:
1.-The genius of the so-called woman g
hended. II means woman's compIete
enfranchisemen and ema ncipatiop from
the control OF her masculine master.
1t means the disseverance of her pres-
ent dependent relation to man and the
establishment OF her rights as a separ-
ate and independent individual being.
| iaden With the privileges and RESPONSE
| oliities that inhere in her as the mother
OF immortal beings. 1t means the re-
| coShltlon OF her supreme right to the
direction and control of affairs relating
10 ner ailectional and sexual nature:
thaI sile VIII cease to be the mere in
strumellt OF mans pleasure and the me-
diuln OF transmitting his name to pos
verify. 1t means the abolishment of
numerous usages and fashions that fos
Ter ahd iced mems passions until they
nave control OF his being, requiring The
continuous sacrifice of woman on the
altar of lust. 1t means that the selec-
lloil OF companions in the most sacred
relation OF the sexes shall not be the ex.
elusive prerogative of man-if. indeed.
as ply siological laws and compar,sot,
would seem to Indicate, the first riqhf
10 WOO be not surrendered TO woman.
it means the acknowledgment of wo
mans sovereignty in the parental
realm, aud that in all cases OF difference
III matters OF mutual interest the ma
ternal authority shall be first and domi-
nant.
Such is the ultimate of the present
movement in behalfof woman, and only
to this will IL come at last. Whether il
b5 sooner or later depends on the wis
dom, the courage and the strength of
Its advocates. 1t is plain that unassist-
I'd woman cannot speedily accomplish
the5work. Repressed and dwarted by
fa'se teachings and worse customs
through the ages it is wonderful that
she should have wisdom. courage, or
strength, even to take ali humble part.
much more to inaugurate the grand |
work ofinstatemcnt in the high places
from which the might of man as held |
her. She is untutOied in the school of |
external life; delicate, weak. sensitive |
to the extre emest tension and suscepti- |
BILE to the influence of every wind of |
false doctrine and sentiment; Jealous of |
her sisterhood, and only a few of the
sex; comparatively, undt rstandng the
falseness and degradation of her posi-
tion. The chivalrous ones of the now
dominant sex must uphold and assist
the brave women who have already de-
clared for independence. Thousands of
other women will rush to the front as
soon as the vast work of this revolution
shall have been fairly commenced.
Woman must demand her rights in
the line we have Indicated or her efforts
towards the improvement of her condi-
ton will be abortive, or at least only
partially successful. No half wav
measures will avail. The revolution
must be complete. This the women of
the broadcast views, who are in the van
guard of the movement clearly urder-
stand; and it is their wisest policy to
follow the lead of principles and use no
honeyed words nor equivocal phrases
to win the favor aud assistance of men.
who otherwise would spurn them. De-
mand all, and they will get more than
by asking only the half OF that which
they know they should have. The SOON
er the issue is Joined. and the position
OF the respective parties in this .sirre-
pressible conflict" is clearly and fully
the sooner will the grand
be accomplished, tor triumph
will surely come, though the struggle
may be at the best bitter and protract-
ed.
On this platform does the Chicaqoan
spouse the cause OF woman. aud throw
nto the scale all the strength and in
1uence it possesses. We hereby warn
I'll who are favourably inclined to .wo-
nan suffrage that, in its granting, the
knife is placed to the throat of the pre-
tent legal marriage system, Those who
would preserve this sy ste m lnviolate, as
he Keystone of the arch of social sa
y, should understand this"