Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-06-30
l. A + l., NJ / II A /.


THO 0WbkOu TOT " OUOcus
There seems to- US many and
strong reasons for giving tho ballot
to women. but at the same time as
many foolish rotions aaoat in the
heads Of the advocates Of the meas
ure in relation to the benefits to flow
from it, and tho reasons on which it
is to be granted. No one can wisely
claim that the ballot will prove pan
acea for all the ills Of women any
more than it has done for those of
men. With it, your vapid, social
dance will be so still; your spinncrs
| Of street yarn will still pursue that
very light occupation; your expen-
sive, female drone will still be ignor
ant of the art Of making honey. But
then to those who only "want room
to do the work all rational beings
should" it will be at least All act of
justice, OPENINGS it mnst-many
avenues Of usefulness, which to her
are now closed from no fault Of her
own.
Chief Justice Cole, in his lecture
on "The Ballot says truly:
BY giving the ballot to woman, We
will at once open TO them all the av.
enues OF employment. whether il be
day labor, mechanical, clerical, com.
mercial or professional, and thereby
they will be enabled to secure a fair
and equal compensation with the men
and will thus cause An additional sup.
ply CT labor-thc great want of the
count,y-resulting IN the equilization'
OF values, and in the more rapid de-
velopment Of all our resources.
But aside from the direct advant-
age which the ballot ought to SECURE
TO women, there is yet stronger
claim, founded on the score OF justice.
We quote farther from the same
source.
| One, ard perhaps the leading claim
made by the friends OF Woman Sui
frage, is, that our government is
founded upon the prinbiple Of Equal.
i:y, and fidelity to it demands that
the ballot shall be granted to all; and
the perpctuity OF the government on
it can only DO secured by actually
granting that equality which it and
Gods law alike declare.
Apropos are tho remarks of Mr..
Locke, Of the Blade, the veritablc
Nasty
would give the ballot to the wo.
man and take the chances The the
DRY OF republlcanism is that the gov
erning power must rest in the hands
Of the governed. Ii woman IS gov.
erncd shc has right to voice in
the making 81 laws. I would give
her the ballot for her own sake, to
enlarge the borders OF her own mind;
l would give it to her for the sake OF
humanity, TO compel different life,
and TO fit her to struggle against the
mischances of lite. and tor higher
appreciation Of its blessings would
have our daughters fitted to grapple
lite alone, tor no matter how YOU may
leave them. you know not what fate
has III store for them. would make
them none the less " omen, but stron-
ger and better women.
In the same strain are the thoughts
ofAnna Dickinson, and though it has
become somewhat customary to re-
gard her as an extremist, yet she has
of late, abundance accompany:
II do not expect miracle to be
wrought; l do not believe the millen-
mum will dawn when woman receives
the ballot. What woman needs is
the broadening Of brain, the expan-
sion Of character gained through the
power that will come with the ballot.
Woman must help man as well as be
helped by him. She must inspire
him as we'll as be supported by him.
The nations Of the earth will rise up
and call such an one blessed, and
God himself will say to her, well
DONE" No good will come to man
or woman in keeping them asunder.
There is no work man can do but
that will be better done by having a
a woman at his side"
This is one Of the growing topics
Of the times and it becomes US all to
give It a little careful thought. We
live in period Of wonderful mental
activity,-such activity, that no one
can afford to be cofident as to what
fruit decade more will show from
the great field Of social reform, in
which We have already seen wonders
not inferior to the trick Of the In
dian Juggler who "sowed seeds thai
sprang up and bore fruit before tn,
very eyes Of the beholder."
| A CASE OF ScANpAL.-We wisl
that large cargo Of the goddess scan
dalmongers could BIO put so snugly
under the hammer as the Mayor o
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