Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-02-25
From the N. Y. Tribune.
An Appeal from the Majority.


10 the Editor Of The 1ribune-sir:
am for one getting alarmed, and disposed
to appeal vainly perhaps, for help. In
the name of the majority of the women
of this land, l call upon men to help us
against our sisters. Is there not some
probability, daily growing stronger, OF
the passage of the sixteenth amendment
to the constitution If passed without
being FIRST submitted to the women OF
/ America, it will be an outrage. The
small, dissatisfied minority have not the
shadow of right to force upon us a
measure which the most of us earnestly
and heartily detest. 1.-THE men will on
ly stand faithful, and firmly refuse to
let us be dragged into work for which
we are wholly untitled by nature, educa-
ton and tastes, the blessing Of the ma
jority of the" fair sex " will rest upon
them.
If these woman's suffrage women only
had single forcible, sensible argument
to urge 10 proof that the ballot will be of
any use TO us, one might have some "a
thence with them. As it is, their empty,
utterly proftless talk about oppression,
tyranny, and the like fills me with dis
gust and horror, as am forced TO fear
that see the approach of the dreadful
day. | wish every woman and every
MN would read DIR. Bushnells book,
'Woman's Suffrage, the Reform against
Nature" do not see how they can re-
fuse to assent to his reasoning. 1t is a
brave and reasonable word, calamity
spoken. for which |, with thousands OF
my sex, heartily thank him. | wish
Miss Anthony or Mrs. Stanton, or Miss
Dickinson, would answer it; | don't
mean to heap epithets upon him in the
Revolution style, but answer all his ar
guments and reiute them If they can.
think the work, would convert them.
In such a nation as this, where in
most of the states the laws are absurdly,
and unjust almost in favor of women,
this movement seems to me the hight OF
folly and uselessness. For one, / would
quite as willingly be admitted to the
rights Of the bullet as to the rights Of the
ballot. I'VE have right to vote " has
nothing to do with it, SO far as | can see.
Perhaps we have, so far az man is con-
cerned, but we certainly have not, SO far
as our own nature goes. Don't for one
moment suppose that think we are not
capable of it. | think with Dr. Bush
nell, the most knightly champion we
women could have, that we are made for
finer uses. All, dear Tribune, you have
so much power, you get into so many
homes, can't you teach woman that if
they are only true women, all that God
means them to be, they need never sigh
to be men ? for they will find that, with
out ever coDdescending to pollute them
selves with the pitch ofthe political are
na, they are the governing sex-govern-
ing in the only way that woman can
consistently rule, by their noble inhu
ence upon their sons, whose characters
they form, and by the innate force of
their pure, true womanliness.
And, if by constant agitation these
women succeed in carrying their meas
ur /, oh, men, when the Sixteenth Amend
ment is submitted to your votes, as you
value true womanhood, as you love the
quiet, gentle, pure spirit of home, vote to
man against it.
One OF THE MAJORITY.
! Wappinger's Falls. Feb. 4, 1870.
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