Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-08-12

man suffrage can harmonize with
the integrity of the family. Here is
the evil of this would-be reform. It
undermines the idea of the family.
Husband and wife egudtt No sir!
they are one. Have equal rights
No sir! their rights are identical.
Tell me sir what right your tgife has,
that can he reached and affected by
legislation, that is not your right, not
that you have an equal right with
her, but the same identical right.
Here is the superiority OF the chris
tian law of marriage. 1t says, hus-
baud and wife are oae--a unit. Wo-
man suffrage advocates says they are
not one but two. The christian law
of marriage says their rights are iden-
teal. Woman suffrage advocates
say they are not Identical but equal.
Carrying out the idea of separate in
ttiUiduaiity. Christian marriage
makes a unity of the head Of the
family. Woman suffrage makes a
duality of it and allows of no decid-
ing authority, when the two cannot
"hold precisely the same opinion"
Christian marriage by appointing the
man to be officially the head "of the
woman" provides for the perpetuity
of the family. Woman suffrage fail
ing to do this, denying this right to
either. provides for the dissolution of
the family, I ID. s.#.# #@.
The Christian law of marriage
does not, as you say In yonr last,
"make the two one, and that one
man" 1.-THE man everything and
the woman nothing.n This is q part
of your attempt to bolster up your
false theory, The Christian law of
marriage makes the two one by
binding their interests, views, pur.
poses, rights and necessities, ihto
one, |. e., the family. The family
thus constituted, constitutes the unit
in the State, and all christian civil.
ization Is based upon that Idea. The
whole theory of government as
sumes it. So general society was
constituted at first, and so it must
exist or become demoralized. Tho
christian law of marriage makes the
husband and wife equal parts in this
unit. 1t divides the labor of the
household between the two, accord
ing to the adaptations by nature, Of
the man and the woman. lie takes
the rougher outdoor work of pro-
viding for the family; she the light.
er, indoor, OF distributing and mans
aging the supplies thus furnished. -
Both are cquaL in this unity of the
family. Their personal rights are
fused into the family rights, and
thus, In relation to society and gov
ernment. the two are a uait. But as
the unit, the family must have some
one of Its members to represent its
interests, and the scriptures aud the
good sense Of mankind, have desig-
uated the man. AS he is held ac-
countable for the good behavior of
children, and responsible for the
debts OF the family, it is fitting that
in every particular he be the head -
Thus the scripture teaches that the
"head OF woman is man, Not that
he is personally her superior, or that
they are not equal, but as an official
headship is necessary, hn is appoint
ed that head. When he goes to the
polls he represents not himself, but
his family. Not himself and wife
merely, but their children In your
theory Of woman suffrage which
vote, the father, or the mothers, will
represent the interests of the chill.
dren. DO you leave them out entire.
ly? The vote of the husband aud
father includes the whole family.
and he stands before the law as their
representative. That man is not fit
to have Il wife or children, who will
lot consult their views and wishes
in bis voting and life. Thst woman
is not fit to have a husband, who is
not willing to trust him with the in.
terests of the family, which he by
nature is the head. Shame on the
wife that wants TO usurp her hus'
bands place. This question Of vot.
ing is like all other acts of life. The
husband aud. father is the head oI
the family. The family thus be
comes an organic unit. Destroy il
hy this indiyidualism that gives the
wife vote, thereby protesting
against its unity, and you disinto
CRATE society by removing its foun,
dation. d. 1885
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