The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-04-07
LETTER FROM MRS. J. G. sWIssHELN.
Woman Created Mans Equal-Fcvc's
Representative CHARACTERISTIC De
vino Right OF Woman to . share In
tho Government.

tOmo0 CfoatcO MANS Equal-Erc'3 ! y
Representative Character-The De
vino Right OF Woman to = share In /,
tho Government. B
|Iditor st. Cloud Jow,nal. Ii
No ono who accepts the Mosaic 10 y
cunt Of tho creation as divinely TO- q
pirsd, can escape the conclusion that /
he man and woman were originally
qual IN rights-joint prop,ietors Of the
ieh Inheritance prepared for them ;
hat both occupied an Official position
y representatives Of the raoe. II MS
In which introduced the subsection Of
he weaker 70 tie stronger; aud just in
- far as the race is redeemed from
''that estate Of sin and misery into
which man fell" just 50 far is woman
redeemed from that subsection which is
one Of its immediate consequences, and
restored to her original place as mans
equal partner in dominion over the in
animate creation and all the lower cre-
atoms, and in official dignity, as acting |
for successive generations.
To argue tina: it would unfit a wo-
man for the duties Of wife and mothe,
to mako her eligible to place in Con-
gross or State Legislature, is to say
that God made Eve without giving her
the qualifications Of maternity. He
did not - regard it; for while her rep
resentative character Was 80 definite
and her constituency 90 extensive that
her one act reaches to tho rsmotest
period Of eternity and effects the des:
TIMES OF countless millions, she was also
appointed to be tho mother of man.
kind. What sre the responsibilities of
sny Ssoator q Emperor to those Of
Eve! President Grant signs his name,
aud in the act represents every man,
woman and child in tho United States
aud oil Who shall ever live under this
government. Eve ate IN apple, and in
the ~, BY divine appointment, repre-
seated svsrysoa and daughter Of Adam
II God thus joined the woman viii
the man 10 oahei.l responsibility wher
they were in state Of primev.l limo
esnee-nade In His own inage-hov
can Official position be- essentially I'M
vonanlyl If woman was original.
associated with man - joiut governo
Of tho world, how can Ill places in it
I government be above Of beneath he
b powersl The curse, the result: Of :;
= broken law, is to be overcome, resisted
It is duty to use all lawful means I
, preserve our OWE lives and the lives 9
Others, although by the broken law Q,
cry one is condemned to death. Ev
weeds were planted on the Garth an
;, evil passions in every human heart b
- that act which made woman subject
=; tho brute force Of her companion i
. sin, but rs it is the work Of the gosp
. to extermiuate noxious plants and pa
. sions, 10 is IL to overcome aud eradica'
that subiection which ia the direct r
=. suit Of sin.
In the early ages Of the race it q
pears TO have been given up to the il
n mediate consequences Of the. fa]
o. Might made right, and woman v
Ill wholly snslaved except where some II
IN dition Of the coming Saviour appears
H. have bean preserved. In the patri,ro
a. ial days they had knowledge of TIL
no equal responsibility to God, and We
Nc by the laws Of Moses protected 10 tn
oy nights to some extent. But the Il
'ss was made to suit the times, aud a lar
part OF it was temporary in Its ratu
m and application. It regulated polJgal
70. and the purchase of wives; yet .ev
,st under it woman took part in COVE
TO- mcnt Of both church and State. WI
the infant Saviour came, there wat
prophecies residing in the temp
Tho position Of prophet is the BIZ
US est to which human being can
sh- called on earth it is that Of link
eel tween God and man tits Office by dill
re- divine appointment; place Of homo
nts which women appear to have been 9
On, cd very frequently, and il is difficult
understand how any Bible believer 4
y think it unwom.nly to hold or 9
g. any Office under government when {
hu - often called women to places - m,
l. higher than any in the gift Of this
any other nation. g.,
IL, had hoped to review Paul's writ
=. q this question in this lsttsr, but
Il alrsady long enough, and 7 shall P
- pons that until the next. q.
- JANE q. sW1sSHEL,
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