The Portland daily press., 1869-02-03
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case. and there would probably be sco..,
would stand. or rather 'try," with har
not this insane devotion to corrupt and taste.
less fashion unworthy of womanP How
shall she be weaned from her MANTLE and
Dafpaflc pleasure in gay trappings and absurd
mohstrosltes? Give her the ballot and, by
1t, open to her sympath es, which are so Quick
and ready to flow. rider spheres of interest
and action. Have her trained from earliest
grlhood to a sense of her indir dual respons-
bilitq in universal progress, and you will not
long have such reason to complain OF her
emptiness and iriyolity.
What would be thought of a man who
should appear in an evening assemb y with q
low necke1 and short sleeYed coat on? Even
should fashion decree such costume. would
that be thought sufficient excuse for hims
Would be not be con .idered mos consum-
mate fool? You may say, "woman Is the
more beautiful animal, and has no hing to 10
but to dress herself att actively 10 pleese
mar" but would 1t not be better, for yoa, for
hTSe!f and for the aeOrld at large, 4 she had
s)mething TO do besides occupying er mind
Sd much with this everlasting question of
dsess and undress, for herself and her chill.
dren? Some women, breaking away from
the thralldom of fashion in these matters
have rushed to an extreme in the other d.
rection and made guys OF themselves; Tut
there Is 10 reason why il should be necessary
to do so. Women can dress senslbly and be-
cOminol lV and sf do oxxsl,.. tlo;- 1n.o
and occupations are wider and more varied
than they generally can be now. believe
the time will come when a female DANDY will
be held in as much contempt as male dandy
is now. We ask the ballot tor these women
as an educator. We ask it for anotL er and
larger class of women, not only as an educa-
tor but as protecting shield against the suf-
tepns consequent upon their i'll requited la
Dor, and against the thousand iniustces to
which they are now con5tantly liable.
Mr.. Neal says, in regard to objections to
the suffrage raised by Mrs. Stowe and other
women-'as II womanly instinct were demon.
stration." Permit Inc to say that I think
pure and undefiled womanly instinct would
raise no objection to this quest on. but would
give verdict it its favor, both on the ground
OF its right and its erpediency. Womanly
instinct is so choked by prejudice and so
smoihered by the artificialities OF false edu-
cation, that 1t hardly ever has chance to get
its mouth free enough to utter a natural cry;
and so weak seutimeLtality passes itself off
as the legitimate child, and by its own OBJ
treperous outcries manages to efectually
drown the feeble voice Of the other.
There is no rOre reason why woman suf.
frage should decrease the womanliness of
woman than th"re is why man suffrage
should decrease the manliness OF man.
II the ballot is worth anything to man
it will be worth more to woman. AS she is
the mother Ct the race 1t is of the highest
Importance thet she should have every possl-
BILE educational advantage which can increase
her moral, mental and physical worth, that
she may be able more gloriously TO endow
posterity and hasten that golden future for
which we all look out so longingly.
A SUFFERER.