Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1869-02-05

IRIS n~s il csr spinica very greatly h oar credit
'h.i sesrces have seea enfrsscAse eef.rs ths s.os
mothers and sis,ers.~
Thus complains The Fort Dodge NortA
Hesf In IN article urging an additional
ameass'entto the Constitution Of Iowa. bv
which the elective franchise NAV be ex,en>
dcd to adulf females. The saggestrd amend
meai, long ago proposed and certain events
sAily 10 BE adapsexl. 10 3eservine::ef sppr1v>
al; the e,nplaist is simrly fo,li b. AZ the
eehest Of Slavery the Constitution of Iowa
bad deniesl the manhood Of citizens having
. colond skin; disfranchising black men,
and saxny skinned men while opening the
ballot t,ox to the mcanrs. and mos. disloyal
white. IL tie Acknowledgement &c women
no distinction Of color or race is made the
theory bcing iha, govc-nmen, is of righ, IT,
vested in The man. Evidently, thea. The
first Sep in the direction Of suffrage reform
VAS TO remove absurd. olieas and AM as, dis
finciions. by placing all male citizens on =
common level As men. This has bees done
in Iowa We, too, sAy that this is mot very
greatly to our credit simply because there
Is little msri; in undoing wrong. Bet TO
have refused to do that until the bAlio, had
been given 70 '.our wives, mothers and sis>
;ers would have been TO perT-tus,e iujss>
,ice which, regardless of all other enAs,der>
x,ions, II Was the first da,v Of the State to
reyess Of and ahasdon.-DaresPort Gazette.
The above from the Daveapor, Cszcffe is
. fair sample OF the srrai ! eni Of the % $
sion OF Impartial Suffrage. by the one idea
advocates of Jar.iGi SaFrayt- Instead OF
having the mahlinsss TO copy our article. or
give fair and truthful Statement, o. the ten
OF Of i. the Cc.etss picks on; one sentence
and t;storts lis me4ting to suits owa par
pose. We give the Gazette article entire,
that The pubic NAV see the ahsnri position,
which its Editor viii be heartily ashamed OF
in . rear or two. The Gazette asserts tha,
at the bchcs, of Slavery, the Consti;usion
of Iowa had denied the manhood OF citizens
having Q colorei skin" The Gazette Ger.
taiEly knows better than 10 make this fool.
i.h statement, when i, reflects that Slavery
never existed in Iowa. aud that this clause
ofthe Constitution vas enacted BY Re-
publican Convention and adopted by Rs>
publican State. A proposition TO enfran-
chise ne.roes WAS submitted TO the reople
ana rejected By Republicans ~ho we're 10
majority in the State, and controlled every
department, Of the State government. The
Gazette knows that slavery had nothing
whatever 10 DO with ,he result; that The
Republican party vas founded upon opp.o,
si,ion 70 Slavery. I, vas pre,z4iee against
color, and nothing else, thai Influenced Re.
pGb!icans in Withholding suffrage from ne>
groes, fur 90 many Years. II is prejudice
now against permitting women to assis, 10
self government, that aetuaies the opponents
ofimparial suffrage. The prejaaiee p in
heriied from our English ancestors, who
treat women as IN inferio. class, TO be gov.
erned and controlled by men 10 al the rela-
tons Of iiie. X vas this rreiadice that im-
PEELED our Republic2n State eouve .oa two
years ago 10 r~ject proposition By Mr..
Loomi, ~ favor Of impar.ia, Suffrage.
Bat the cateffe apoiogises for the disfran.
chisemerf u worsen On the weak p,e1 that
80 distinction c. colo. or race is made; the
theory bein. tia. government is OF righ, in.
vested in man F,he Gazette wosld insert
,he word Ns.fe before man, !, would have
TIE precise argument used by The opp nen,s
Of negro suffrage. Is not prejudice against
sex, ,.sI as foolish aud insxcassbl- as prej.
1dlce ssainss race or eolors We cannot
see the justice of The argument which urges
the placing Of all male citizens on a level
ss men aad leaves tie odioas and unjust
distinction against icomeH on our statute
books. Bat there is some hope of the Ca
sefte. for before closing il ineonsis; ent ar
;lcle, j, ae1pts our declaration that Ii is
not very greatly to our credit ~ enfrsnchise
negroes aud dis;ranehise Our wires, moth
en- and s.siers." ard we hope yet to see the
Gazette do haif as much at least for impar-
tial suffrage, as il has Aone for partial saf
frage.