North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-05-12

1t is said that this life afther all is bubble
But not SO 10 me, thrus of this sod, ayrr
FOR me years have been Joyous and free from al
While mixin the mortar and carryin me hod.
And am not Jealous, oh no, not at all,
But welcome from Erin each strong minded daugh
| ter,
To climb up the ladders and walk on tho wall.
And share all the joys Of the brick and the mortar
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woman's Rights. ssss
We clip from the Des Moines Registe,
the following sensible article. Let IA
Mother" use her pen frequently. There
is no man on earth who regards women
more highly than we do, but because Of
that regard we do not wish them to be un.
sexed, bloomerized, pantalooned, veloci.
peded, or in any way converted-perroted
we mean--into the coarse customs which
men, necessarily, have to practice in order
to hold their own in the battle of life. A
woman is bird in household cage-ad.
mirable for her confident reliance on the
protection of her husband, her father, and
her brothers. She is the idol of all, and
everything will be given her while she re-
mains dependant on the strength, honor,
| and protection of MAN but when she as
sumes the character of the rougher sex
she leaves the home and habits which God
appointed for her and becomes social
montrosity. "Whom God joins together
let no man put asundsr." A difference Of
! political opinion exemplifed at the polls
or in the rcstrunsiwould soon ssput asun-
der" thousands'of families now enjoying
all the blessings of domestic peace.
Editors Io,ca State Register The mid
die of April is here, and 1, hear no more
about' the proposed State Woman Suffrage
Convention. Why don't they come, that
we may know the true cause why women
want to vote Is not this tile reason they
| do not come, because they are not assured
| of the two hundred dollars an evening
If these women who are going about lee
| turing, do so from purely philanthropic
motives; if desire to ameliora:e the con-
dition OF their sex was their true motive,
they would come and try to convince the
women of Iowa that tits their right to
have the ballot, even though they received
no pay tor coming. Self, and wish to
be notorious for something, seems to be
their object, for the truly benevolent of all
ages have given their fortunes, instead Of
making them, in the cause Of benevolence.
The names of Florence Nightingale and
host of our own dear American sisters,
who left their homes, and exposed them
selves to the diseases incident to camp life,
to watch over the beds of eur dying SOL
diers, will be remembered with gratitude,
while those of Anna Dickinson and her CO.
adjutors will be sunk in oblivion. l
have yet to hear a reasonable reason
why women want to vote. Your cores.
pendent, L. nj. B., lin her communication,
of Feb. 24th, says ~ wish to vote be-
cause / wish to vote.' Another cores
pendent says tbs to protect their proper
ty." Jennie, Of Adair county, SAYS
'They want the right of suffrage to pro-
tect them from unjust and oppressive
laws" ~
What are those unjust and oppressive
laws of which she speaks? Surely Iowa
has no laws which hinder woman from
doing anything which she is capablerof
doing. She can lecture at home and in
public; she can he minister, doctor, law,
yer, postmaster, or farmer. She can hold
property OF all kinds in her own name. A
prominent gentleman of Des Moines once
said to me that woman could own the
whole State of Iowa and no man could
take it for her husbands debts. Now if
we have right to do anything we please,
and can own all we have and can earn,
what more do we want? Three things
only are denied us, viz. TO take all the
degrees in Masonic Lods e; to ask lovers
to marry us, and to vote All of which
are quite unnecessary -, / .5pg
"Hath not the potter power over the
same clay to make one vessel unto honor
and another unto dishonor n Now if the
Allwise Father saw proper to make some
of US women, and others men, and to as
sign to each Of US different vocations and
duties, why do we dare gainsay His doings
and complain, because we are not all men,
because we want to be men," If we
must have all Of mems rights then let US
adopt mems attire, and let the weaker OF
the two husband and wife) take care of
the household and rear up the children,
while the stronger goes forth to the Office
or the pillow, as the case may be, to provide
for their mutual wants. 49,, :
If / say that / am Just as good rs my
neighbors. and continually try to act and
dress like them,9 tits conclusive proof that
| do not think as Isay. It's just SO with
those women who are trying to have all of
mems privileges and rights-the very act
declares to the world that they deem men
their superiors. aad .arlaiaspaaY ~
Lam willing to say that respect, yes,
honor. strong minded manly man, and
think him much superior to q strong
minded manly woman. There never was
a time in the history of our nation when
the refining influenced of women was more
neededt than at the present time tic young
men and boys of no generation ever need
ed mothers and sisters love and watch
fulness here than now. As lovely girl
in Des Moines said to rne not long since
that women had better be trying to teach
men to be religious than to be wanting to
VOTE"
i. NJ, B. says that the fair daughters of
Iowa are stoo'iatlolent to ask for an add
tioual care or responsibility, and their low
ers deem that delicacy and womanliness
which is in fact sheer selfshness and laz-
ness.n ] deny that the daughters of Iowa
are indolent or lazy, that they partakc too
much of the spirit. of Iowa 90 ahead, itice-
ness for that; the very atmosphere of To-
wa is proof against laziness.
When they want the ballot they are well
able to ask for it themselves, and they will
not ask for women from other States to
lecture, or hold conventions for them. The
women of Iowa do. not want the ballot. /
said In a previous article that l did not
believe that one mother in ten wanted to
vote / now saw that not one rn1nnn In a