The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-07-28
soNE1HIHa ABOUT W0HAH SUI.
fRA0E.


its oun ameaduens that . resolution
embodyiag the proposed change shal
6rst pass the Legislature and then, dur
ing three months prior to the next eles
tioa for Legislators, tie proposed
amendmeni must be published in thu
public prints. The time 10 close At hand
when that Publication mast be com
n,eneed and this fact, coupled with
some recent events here and in other
parts Of the State, give the eousidera-
ton Of the question Of woman suffrage
come importance. On Tuesday evening
last Mrs. Laura DeFOree Gordon ap-
peared before . small Carson audience
ae6 ua6s some arguments in support Of
the cause in which she il At ps.seat en-
listed. Mrs. Gordon is far from being
. close logieisn yet she presented her
eass with considerable ability and
Sree although, as We think, she failed
to advance the stronger points With
which ths cause Of woman suffrage is
susceptible Of being presented. The
basis Of her argument is that dogma
eOasained in the Declaration Of indie
pendenes that governments derive
their iuss power from the consent of the
governed" She also eontended that
the " inalienable rishss" claimed 10
that instrument included the right Of
outrage for all citizens. She also held
that the ballot was needed to enable
women to demand, successfully, equal
wages With men for their labor.
We feel that rs against these reasons
they can hardly be called Arguments
it 10 difficult to maintain . sueeessfal
opposition. womsa's suffrage adso-
eA,es insist upon your adoption Of .
postalats Of their own assumption and
once yos admit it, there 10 NO evading
i,s consequences and conclusions. They
point, quits distinctly, to the eynony-
ness eosdition Of enfranchisemens
With that Of . liability to taxation.
Moreover, it 10 hard to evade the direct
Of the full right Of all eiti-
ssss, regardless Of sex, to an equal par
icipa,ioa in the rights and privileges of
A persistent and unws-
vsring psrsait Of an accepted principle
Of radical right would lead rs to disre-
gard. the indifferent or unwilling mass
OF vo0ankind and aecede to the prayer
Of the few Of that sex Who are elanor-
oss for right to vote.
But BY granting the constitutional
change demanded BY Mrs. Gordon and |
those of her school. are We not in dan
ger Of forcing . condition of affairs
upon an unwilling minority Of women =?
Would il not bs much more fair, or, At
Ny rate, much more reasonable, for %
70 await the Affirmative action of our
sdy friends before taking such . step
- would forcs them all, in self-defense,
o take part in politics. We do not
believe. with the opponeuts Of woman
u1rass, that il would necessarily de
.rade our wives, mothers. and sisters to
make voters Of them. and have them
participating 10 our primary and gen.
raj elections nor do. ~ believe that
duties would b neglected 10
osseq senes Of female enfranehisenent;
'et. re are oaly too veil aware that
srse nsjority Of women are averse to
'sisg., ~ they express themselves,
dsaggsA into politics )" add for this
easoD re. should prefer 70 see such ef-
srss a. are being exerted in favor of
'onsR suffrage directed toward obtain
e .. fall add free expression Of the
ldies with regard to . matter in which
icy are 90 deeply interested. 1t 10
srdly fair. Just to CRAFTY Mrs. Gordon's
esirs to vote, that an unwilling major
y Of her lady neighbors should be
70. participate in the sarmoil
T elections. Let ~ BE- sure, then, be-
10 vs proceed to change our Coosti-
,sios, that women, - class. desire to
, epfranchised. Il il, perhaps, lam.