The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-03-19
A Truly Strong Minded Woman.

A Denver Mother" writes to tbe Rock J
 Mountain Ne10S, and gives her views upon the subject of female sufrage-now csnvaased in tho Colorado legisiature-~in the following touching, and truly femiuins ans uaae:--
 it is vain to deny, or gloss oytr he fact, that growing dstaste for domestic duties- for the care Of home and ehidren-is the thre at ening clrss of oor land Wifi not the introx duction of woman into political life develop tenfold this growing tendency JViU it be better fer ,is, or fer the nation, to give us poli- tical privileges Shall We not lose in want of careful training for our children, in that sweet domestic peace which is the soul of home. and thus the soul of the nation, thousand times more thanwe gain?
 II do not mean that every woman would casting off the responsibilities of a notber neglect her home and her children. Heavee forbid Thousands of noole hearts womb still feel that in the careful training of the sons who are to be the legislators, and ofthe dapeb ters who are to be the mothers of a coalino generation, lays scope for all that is hphesi and holiAst, deepest and truest within them But would not the ungOverEed and nngoyern> able "Absaloms' OfOur day be greatly iDcreas- ed 2 Would the young man be safe while the mother was occupied, from his earliest years with political duties and political as- pirations
 'In MT. Hinsdale's speech before the Legis- lature there seemed to be much of soHpd req soning and unanswerable argument. and I felt grateful to him for so plainly puttino inc negative side on thiSso-called 'yexed ouestion The petition presented to the Legislature had many names, but an equal number of names or at least names representing an equalamoupt of intelligence, were not there, and we nrot eei against that petition being considered a snon- taneOus expression efa majesty ef the educated intelligent women of Denver h conversir q with many who did sign it, l have been stroci with the almost total lack of serious thoppbt which seems to have been given to the subiect A sort of hoity-toity schoolgirl enthusiasm over the theOry seems to prevail with little serious considerable of the pra ctical workipcs Ofthe system l believe this is so everywhere Those mothers who are content to leave their children wholly to the care of servants, or whose sons, early initiated into 8 street education seem beyond the reach of restraint, or ipstrno. tion, may desire actively to further thls cause but the thoughtful women of Denver will pause and consider before lending their influence to a revolution so complete, to course so up- tried and of such doubtful good
 "There are many plausible things to De said in favor of wsman suffrage. It is undonb,eEiv better that intelligent, good women should vote l than ignorant, bad men but We must not for get that the ignorant, bad women will vote too whose name, blush to say, is legion; nor viii l the vote of the bad men be lsssened.
 "l confess, if were not & mother, mivbt view this matter differently, but when I IeoL ! npon my children l seem to hear the voice ofI God sndnature saying, There your life work Devote to 1t the strongest powers of your biob- est nature, tor 1t IS work so difficult that onlv God can give you wisdom to perform it-a held ol labor so extended that only eternity can unfold the results'"