Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-06-17

be disregarded? Though the indi-
vidual Is in no way responsible for
the distinguishing circumstances of
sex, yet the individual, man or wo-
man, Is not to override the "distin>
gushing circumstances OF sexn and
put him or herself in the position or
attempt to discharge the duties de.
signed for the opposite sex.
A. Every individual must be "justly
circumscribed in rights and privileges
by reason. of such circumstances"
1. C. of sex. Your statement here
reveals the unfortunate features of this
whole woman's suffrage movement.
You ignore sex. You force woman
to forget she Is woman and try to
be and do and act as IL she were
man. This Is the reason why nine
tenths of the modest. thoughtful,
true women of the land frown upon
this attempt to force woman into un
natural and undersigned positions and
relations. True she is not RESPONSE
BILE for being born q woman, and her
Creator will not hold her responsible
for acts and obligations inconsistent
with her sex, but He will hold her re-
sponsible for the acts and obligations
for which her sex has designed her.
My wife is O woman, born so-it may
be a great mistake-a great pity, but
she cannot help 1t, neither can l.
She shall have all the rights and
privileges of womanhood, but the
fact of her sex does Justly circum-
scribe her rights and privileges."-
We will give to woman all the rights
belonging to her sex rs taught i'm
nature and revelation and the high
est type Of civilization, but she shall
be woman still, nor shall she ignore
her sex. When you ask us therefore
to leave out Of question "the distin-
gushing circumstances of SEX" and
belabor us and the rest of mankind
numerically because this Is not done,
We have only to insist that If her
Creator had designed her TO be man,
or to hold the relations of man he
would have made her man.
8. We cannot suppose that the false
analogies with which you here seek
to cover up your want OF argument
could have escaped your notice.
You could but see that the fact of
poverty or obscurity, or even dark
skin bears no resemblance to the
great radical, natural distinction
stamped upon the race, both mind
ard body, by difference of the sex.
You say ito deny right or a privi-
lege to an individual born a female,
Is taking a contemplate, unmanly
and outrageously ui.just advantage of
a condition for which such an indi-
vidual Is In no wise responsible and
for which no penalty can I'm decency
be imposed by man." Whew? Give
her the right and privilege of being
a husband and father then, for "she
Is in no wise responsible for being
born female and no penalty can In
decency be imposed by man upon her
f,r such distinguishing circumstances
OF sex! The great difficulty of the
whole Of your theory is that you de-
termine to trample under foot the
will OF our Creator, as indicated In
sexual differences. That women are
not men is owing TO the fact that
they were not born so. Our Creator
did not design them to be men, and
If their sex points out relations and
duties, rights. and privileges II you
please, we are not taking a 'con-
temptible, unmanly and out-ageously
unjust advantage Of n condition" In.
to which our Creator has brought
them into the world, the duties of
which he designs them to fill. If we
insist that they shall fill these rela-
tions, or in other words, that they
shall be content with their own
rights and privileges and not aspire
to those Of men. He does the .'con-
temptible, unmanly and outrageous
ly" improper thing who insists upon
forcing woman into an unnatural and
an undersigned relation fofwhich she
never has been and from her pbysi-
cal and mental constitution never
can be fitted.
g. The analogy between my wife
and my brother is false, involving
the same difficulty and need not be
answered.
7. The right to vote is the issue
and not the kind of reputation re-
1uired.
8. No. We demand that women
shall be women and not men.
This trampling under foot the diff
ferences of the sexes-difference the
most palpable, radical and irrevocable,
differences recognized in all ages and
necessary to all society--this then is
the frat great principle on which
this reform Is based" which "those
who oppose woman's suffrage do not
fully apprehend." If, 80, its con-
ception is iniquitous and its preva-
lence would be treason against nature
and her Creator, and Its fruits will be
the disintegration of society.
We designed to correct your theory
OF government as already indicated
In your correspondence, but as this
reply embraces already as much space
as ought to be appropriated to 1t, we
defer this to some future time. We
do this the more readily because you
are yet to consider the social and
governmental relations of women.
You will OF course tell us In what
way you prove that the Creator has
given to every adult citizen, regard
less of sex, the inalienable right to
say how or by whom he or she shall
be governed. ALSO, why the same
right has not been given to minors.
"
The State Register publishes an
Of the Boyington plan for
the proposed new Capitol Building.