The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-03-10
4 New Phase Of the Woman Ques-
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ton.
! The advocates Of woman rights are just
/ beginning to fud out the real difficulty
which they will have to encounter and
will scarcely be able TO overcome. the OPP
position OF women them mselves. They have
been short sighted in not ioreseeing this
They have thought that II was only neces
sary TO secure the consent of the men TO
! Iusuro the success Of the proposed reforms;
and taey have found many men who &C
custoned all their lives to yield to the per-
. suasiye power of women, have indicated
/ their willingness to yield at once. Bat
having made up their minds that they
could nov reIy upon the men, the reform
er. have thought = about time TO consult
the women, and fad ont whether they
really want the rlxh; to Vote or not. 1t
would have saved good deal Of trouble il
they had thought OF this rather necessary
/ consent In the beginning; for they now dis,
cover that the women generally have no
such inclination. They are. it seems, en-
tirsly content with the present state Of
things; and their reason is an excellent
one. They believe that they wield more
Influence in al! matters now than they
could in the proposed change OF condition
Having sacrificed their present domestic
and social influences for the privilege Of
voting, they say they would simply have
one vote apiece. and could control no
others, while, with the former advantage,
they can make their husbands, sons, fath
ers, and lovers 60 about as they please.
This decision ha, excited the wrath Of
TIE Rerolu'i2n, and It's editress commits
her-eli 70 such impossible .ogic as follow.
If my woman, perchance has thought 50
little upon this great question woman suf-
fraGe as to be still under the old conserv tive
idea that she does not wish to vote. +" then
most certainly she viii not vote on this matter
at all, for if she Votes that she does not want
10 vote, she VIII herself contradict herself
most notably.
1t would be fruite>s task to undertake
sn an9lyzltion Of such reasoning. Ia this
respect the paragraph speaks for Itself, bur
its chief import Is in The significant ac-
know,-1-ment that the maj Of the
women are not to be deceived By the spe
clou. bunuug Of society ca,,ed 'woueu's
rights" Aiiiejonsl eviIence Of this De
terminn,ion IS offered a Mrs. Mckay, Of
Na>sacha-ot;s, recently me,noria';z-i con
gress, rewvuetr4tiag against the l;ght Of
- rf.-"., ; ..-....,t- F.! ,-.-.,.~.- G..
says ,iat the .cz does n3t wait il that it
is outside # their proper sphere aue
women already hive enough to 10 vitAou.
mixing in politics, aHd universal woman
Suffrage would imperi! the safety OF The
republic hy an immense increa.e Of The
'uniut,i.i-ent anI incompetent vo;e.
Mrs. Mckay considers the co'otel women
OF the South far more ignorant and i'm
bruted than the men, and that it would he
/ DANGEROUS to give them the vote Won
snkIni in general she recommends 10 90 in
ana win IN the various fields now opened to
her, aud uol bother about the ballot An
other prominent instance Of this opposition
has been furnished by Mrs S,ocum, who
edits the L Charles (No.) Herald. aud
who uses her paper to oppose woman
suffrage in her Stare. She too, IS + the
opiuiou that the women engaged in it max (
themselves ridiculous, and thtr they would
do better to 60 home and attend to heir
household duties. Bat still stronger evs
ldence OF 'hls lew opposition may be found
by every individual! IN the circle Of his lady
friends, uine out Of evey ten OF vhom wi
express it openly and decidedly This de
veiopment simply teaches that the female
rctormers should have first found out
whether the women OF tie country wan;eI ]
the reform, - Chicago Times