Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-09-21
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

WOMAN MUTT hh0
One of the political hobbies OF the DAY
ia the extension of the elective FRANCHISE
TO females, which, of course, has refer
euce to women, irrespective OF color.
Then. woman may be said to be the COM
ing man, and especially negro women
Woman rights associations are being or
ganized and conventions held all over
the country North for the real purpose OF
bringing this question prominently be-
fore Congress and the State Legislatures
Whist will be accomplished cannot
bs foreseen, for in this Yankee repuo-
lie d ours progressive ideas go
ahead of all human calculation. Inc
Puritan North has been, since the land
ing Of the first pilgrims upon Plymouth
Rock. the hot-bsd Of fanaticism ana
vsgaries in this country. They selzs
hold of an idea, and for the time the
country is wild with its discussion, and
tuo 10 one, it is utopian aud impraetiea-
bls The Yankees may know. and doubt
less do, how to make money and keep
it after getting it in possession ou' Oil
the world must admit that they are the
noorest statesmen and governors that
we're ever produced on this coatisent or
brough, over from the old world. They
have ruined the best Government the
world ever saw in the destruction
Of the American Republic, and VIII
not be content until every species OF wild
tomfoolery is gone through with in their
experiments with the political organiza'
ton 40 carefully prepared by orr wise
fathers. The latest chemerical scheme 10
Gender everybody in theGovernment pros
porous and happy is to place the ballot in
the hands of every female in the land
We cannot, however, apply the same
affection to woman's suffrage that ia
urged against the negros right TO vote,
for ladies are intelligent and would
make a vast improvement, tor the
time. in The elevation Of prop
or representatives to office. Then
mankind, by being brought in con-
tact with the gentle and ssaet manners
of woman, would have his wild nature
.,u,5.,sa, aasa hronght within civilized
bounds; but the effect on woman when
brought in contact with the political
world would be most ruinous to her, and
hnrtful eventually to onf social society,
To make woman q voter would be TO
entirely unsex her, and will, when accom-
plishe5, destroy that home influence
which restrains society from flying OF at
tangent.
If we will but for a moment look upon
those Of that sex who are now going
through the country advocating woman's
rights, it will be sufficient TO convince us
Of the evil that would be engendered by
this extension of suffrage. But. thank
heaven. their influence is so limited that
our people have nothing to fear from
that quarter. These woman propagen-
dists have progressed so far as to advo-
cate very liberal views in the social rela-
tons, and have established journal in
which is advocated the dissolution OF the
marriage tie and the indiscriminste inter
course of the sexes. We are not surprised
that such ideas would find root in the
Northern mind, and be promulgated
from demorslzed press; but as q
Southerner. we oppose such rapid pro-
gress that would 20 ahead of all decency.
1t is not from this Sorosis Club
of disappointed old maids and strong
minded mairons that the sober and dis
Greet Of the country apprehend evil, but
from large class OF men North, with q
few South, who would force Universal
Suffrage upon an unwilling people.
There appears to be no stop to the ram
pant democracy Of the Radical party
that is now endeavoring to enfranchise
every man, woman aud child in the
Government. The Liberal organs Of
this State are content to call this pro-
erosion; and it is, but it will turn out
to be progress on the broad road to an
arcby and political ruin Of the entire
Government and every interest Of OUT
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