The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-12-01
The Woman Suffrage Ques,ion-Rsmarks Of H
Ward Beecher.

The New York Tribune of November 10th
gives the following:
Upon the conclusion of Mrs. Stones adj
dress before late suffrage meeting loud calls
were made for Beecher, and he good humOT-
edly obeyed them, Strengthened his heavy over
coated shoulders and plunged into the subject
with the real Bcccher veheincncc. He asked
whether woman could speak tn general ediica-
ton OF nOtH Is she less a woman because, i'll
her womanly gcntleness and goodness, she ap-
peals in public To your moral feelings and
your intellect? You will tell me that We have
here a picked company. II you mean rare
and exceptional in training and practice, will
agree with you, but know that / could pick
out one hundred women in my congregation
who, with proper training, could accomplish
n great work III this direction. People fear
the effect upon the family II women should
vote and think. They think that the tender
ness and sweetness of the family relation has
something to do with weakness. II has much
10 do with fncncss, but not with weakness.
IL is nCd the fact of woman'S looking up To
man that plrnS,.s hint is that in her which
looks up. We know what Solomon said of a
woman without thought and without juds-
mcnt. aud he surely ought To- liuuw-he had
seven hundred wives. II the question Of Wu.
mans Rights is to b" determined by quoting
the Old Testament. | have but word to say;
it * the last question which ought To- hc de-
Cidcd for us 10y nu ancient Semitic nation and
king who hnd seven hundred wives. \
greater freedom for woman will not unscA her.
That is the very fear that the Oricntals every
where have today, and yOu laugh at them.
Once iii Athens no woman could learn ltcrt-
turc, eloqucnce or philosophy unless she We q
courtcsan. The virtuous mother and wife
were denied these Tehncments, this knowledge,
which were thus made the insignia of unVir.
tue. Since then woman has steadily progressed
through the centuries, until now she is u lend.
cr i'll literature foremost among artists. Has
literature, art and philosophy made her less iii
for a wife and mother? Does il take away
taste and destroy refinement To ponder deeply
Make mothers more and you make their chill.
dren more. You will not make them coarse
by giving them power. Is God coarse bccaus,
he is infinite? That which the family needs
more than anything else is higher state Of
womnDly development
Beechcr said there were too many double
institutions throughout the land. There were
two sets Of medical colleges, two sets Of Iheo,
logical schools two sets Of teachers. In thus,
few colleges where they are educated together
II IL found that the government takes care o
itself You hold that women may study tn,
subject Of the ballot, may reason upon polite,
and influence others, but the danger is wher
she fires oil vote. She may go ten times {
day 10 the pUstoffice and deposit | tiers In
II she goes once in siT months tn the polls I,
pop ballot into the box it is frightful. GooC
Lord! In America tho proper expression q
all thought for public welfare is through ,
vote. As TO holding office, nobody in hi
senses objects to Queen Nictorias doing SO
No one can say anything to her diSrrodit. ever
IN this country, withoutbr bringing down "A storm
upon his head. When Victoria ururorucs Par
linment she enters the House attended b,
duchcsscs and other women Of title, and no
body says. shame! II it is right for queens an,
duchesses to meddlo with politics, IL is RICH
Tor your wife and mine. That the place is o
more dignity than the man in 1t, is the wors
remnant of the old fcudnl aristocracy. Man
alone, goes back to brutality. What are poll
ucS IN BROOKLYN You can't bring conscicnc
pligrim IN these cities Conscience nt the bal
lot-hox! A joke, isn't ~ Lot man and va
man think together, let man and woman f.,
togeiher' let man aud woman purpose and nc