Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1869-03-12

eXnt hundred people, l wondered how maj
Of them sympa,hixcd with the spcakc,
views? There were plenty to admirs h
with The distinct understanding, howev.
'ha, they did not ssdsvss her; no, BY q,
means; that wouldn't he fashionable. ia
yet. whea il does become fashionabl
these circumspcct individuals will be ,
hand, with their ai6davits properly cer,i6,
TO. and seal Aft xed, to show tha, they alwa
scerc advocates Of the noble cause. pionee
in behalf Of right and jas,icel
| But again surveyed the audience vi,
the unspoken ques,iou--how many Of the.
are at heart with the speaker, cordially er
dorsiag and keenly sympathisiag With b.
in sen,imen,s Beyond the many Who com
from curiosity, and the other many who al
ore success, and the sill larger crowd Vi
come because the elite Of The city are to
in attendance, how many efshess are earues
lovers Of Justice and right for lie Dan sake
whether robcd in purple and en,hroned tri
umphant, or buffe,ed and crowned viii
,horns? Ia this money>grasp;ng, fashion
smi,ien, hero>worisLing city Of Dubuque
how large i the membership ef the mys,i.
Order Ct Eternal Progress:
Many, doubt'ess-but il 90 thsy passed
on undemonstratiycly and in silence to their
homes. For those who mount the rostrun,
and make speeches are not all the women q
rights women, nor womsn's rights men
there are in the WORLDS will acme day be
made manifest TO the dsllest comprehension.
For lis woman's nature to suffer and &C.
ssih, to " die and make no sign" i, is only
when outraged beyond oil possibility Of fur
,her endurance, % criminally wrouged
that silence could be ITSELF crime, tha,
the submissive subject suddenly turns upon
her ,y.an,s, and demaxds her God eivea
bir,h>righ,.
At the close Of las, nights lecture, I min.
gled with the crowd. and listened to The
conneats. Thus discovered Who did not
believe ia "womans rights"
The hrss person who passed me remar>
ked TO his eourade that this plan OF allowing
women 70 vote would make politics perfect
cesspool Of corruption; that no decent wo-
man would 50 near the polls, while The low
aad degraded would aock either, and Be q
political lever for the sure overthrow Of ey>
~ wise and good measure presented. Thi.
earnest advocate for the parity of the polls
you may be surprised to learn was one or
our unssrapasous demagogues, Who has no
comprehension Of any such thing Is sincere
moral conviction upon Any subject and who
unders,ands no other plan 10 secure poli,i>
cal success than tie packing of csueuses
and conventions, aud the direct purchase
Of votes.
His conrade responded that the in.erfer.
enee Of woman in politics wculd result dis
assrously, not only to politics. bat 10 woman:
that women would be candidates for Office. |
and u the scramble for sucsess would en-. |
sure their own contamination and ruin. That |
ia The struggle for livelihood, in The tur> |
mol Of business, all the fresh and beautiful |
bloom OF womanhood would disappear. and |
the gentle sex become masculine, coarse |
and degraded. This reminded me Of . for !
uer escapads of this self-conaiu.ed conser>
vaior Of female virtue, where bis conduct 1
towards sewing girl in his employ, secured
\ visit from her irase brother, With rawhide,
whose merised vengeance he escaped only |
BY bursting through . rear window, aud dee
ng down back alley bare>headed.
The next Who passed me vas Just finish |
ing . sentence implying tina, i" womau's
place was at home" This l regarded as q |
sudden conversion, ~ l had met his wife !
hat afternoon In the outskirts Of the city, |
having been for . month pas, canvassiag |
Tor subscribers TO . popular work in order |
By her commission on sales TO earn enough |
10 purchase groceries for the family. while |
her husband spent his small earnings on IA |
ger beer and billiards.
Next came young gentleman OF seven-
teen, whose retreating brow was adorned
with ambrosial locks and . plug hat, proud |
" escorting home young lady Of the tom.
The young gentleman has . sister, Who sup
ports the family by teaching in one of our
public schools, While bis salary in the store
where be Is kept not 70. his business abilities
bot for bic widowed mothers sake, scarce suf
Gees to keep him in wearing appeared and
perfanery. He exclaimed, u am tired of
tering to such disgusting nonsense.- The
young lady on his arm giggled little gig.
gle, responded, How silly r snd couclu>
ded BY giRgling. ~ il is not deemed po>
lite to call young lady fool, l shall be
obliged TO omi, any remarks q to her GEM
eral reputation for intelligence.
The next argument overheard was one
which bore . specious Appearance against
woman suffrage. 1t 10 ups.ie,- said tbs
speaker " to trust woman With the reins Of
government, because she naturally and inev-
l'ably acis from impulse instead Of reason.n
know the speaker and bis family well: be
is one Of the most prejudiced and whimsic-
a Of men, and bis poor, patient wife passes
= sorrowful life in enduring his irritable
temper, and ingeniously bst without his
suspicion managing 10 prevent him from en-
lering into many an enterprise that would
endanger bis reputation and prosperity.
At the corner Of the street met : boo.
wretch, eloquentiy debating the
matter with the lamp-Post on general prin-
ciples: God never (hic) tended that any
woman should be the equal Of . (hic) white
man r. Before morning the patient hands
Of loving sisters and weeping mother I'M
dressed and put to bed the unconscious wreck
Of humanity, who would deem the giving Of
the ballot to woman, % that she could vote
for the the suppression of iniemperance,
not only the heighth Of absurdisy, but =
criminal interference with the INN stable
decress Of m overriding Pro,ideneel
But need not pursue this matter further.
Suffice it 20 say, that find this fact TO be
true Rake the drers Of society, and with.
out exception, every drunkard and drunk
ard-msker, every prostitute and her para
mcars. every aggravated specimen of politi !.
cal, socal and moral corruption, every shall
low-paied, half-witted noodle OF either sex,
every worthless, incompetent workman Who
feels that with women admitted to similar
employmen,s bis own poorly performed SER
vices would soon be dispensed with, il .
disbeliever in womsn's virtue, . sneersr st
womsu's capacity, On opponent Of woman q
rights.
If there be one who feels segrieved .,
the sweeping and suggestive inference ia.
volved in this conclusion-if there be here
and there man Who intends to be mani,
and just, and yet irsisss that in The choies
benefits and blessings God has sbowered np'
| on his children his sister shall have no sbar,
Id N look 10 the company he II Keep
ing For the time is coming. and vii
foil soon, when . mans common sense ant
moral sense will be brought to judgmen
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