The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-10
Woman's suHrage-A Mothers Opinion.
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woman's suGrage-A Mothers Opinion.
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EDIToRs News: Those of us who
were so fortunate as to listen to Bish-
op Randall's eloquent and impressive
sermon, last Sunday, evening, upon
g ,Absalom, the fast young man, heard
one of the most powerful arguments
against woman suffrage, which has
been, or can be, presented. In the
name of many mothers of Denver /
wish to thank the good bishop for his
thrilling and powerful appeal. With
out preaching political sermon, or
in any but the most indirect manner,
referring to the agitatiBg topic of the
day, he drew vivid picture of the
life and death of that son--born of a
heather mother, and reared without
religious Instruction or watchful care
which must have forced the convic-
ton, swift and sharp, to every moth
er's heart that here lay her noblest
sphere, her clearest duty, and her
most Irresistible poweri How could
any mother listen and contemplating,
not hef sons temporal Weilare alone,
but hls sopfs mghest posslpililes
throughout eternity, still exclalms,
Give me more extended Held OF Ia
bort" The cry of my own heart was,
Lord, help, or I fail utterly in the
work thou hastgiyen me to do"
Ii is in vain to deny, or gloss over
the fact, that q growing distate for do
mestic duties-ior tne care OF nome
ana cnioren-ls Ine threatening curse
OF our land. Wlll not TIE lnToduc-
| ton OF woman INTO political lie de-
velop tenfold this growing tendency
WM 1T be better Tor as, OF Tor the ma
ton, 10 give. us poi!tlcai privileges =
! fui framing 1or our cnlldren, IN tnst
SWEEP @ qomestlc peace Whlch e;Il, is tne
soul OF nome, anu .hls the soul OF .,l-li'e the
nationy tnousahd umes more than
we gam q bsaEif g ,I7iti 81 $3.50 =
1 90 not mean that every woman
would, casting on the responslDll
of mother, neglect her nome and her
children. Heaven forbid! Thou
sands of noble hearts would still feel,
that IN the careful training Of the sons,
who are to be the legislators, and OF
the daughters, VINO are TO De the the
mothers OF q coming generation, lays
/ scope for all that s1s highest ana holi-
est, deepest and truest within Them
But would not the .ungoYerned and
ungovernable Absaloms" of our
day be greatly increased! You'd
| "the young man be safe, while the
| mother was occupied, from his earli-
/ est years, with political duties and po-
itical aspirations s..ffs.. !,
In Mr.. Hlnsdale's speech before the
Legislature there seemed to me much
of sound reasoning and unansWerahle
argument, and felt grateful to him
/ for so plainly putting the negative
side of this so called "vexed ques-
| ton. The petition presented to the
Legislature hadsmany names, but an
/ equal number of names, or at least
names representing an equal amount
Of intelligence, were moi there, and
we protest against that petition being
considered spontaneous expression
of a majority of the educated, iintelli
gent women of Denver. In convers-
i ing with many who did sign it, have
j been struck with the almost total lack
| of serious thought which seems tc
have been given to the subject. A
sort of hoityytoity schoolgirl enthu
siasm over the theory seems to pre-,
i vail, with little serious consideration
of the practical workings of the sys
! tenn. I believe this is so everywhere
4 Those mothers who are content t.
4 leave their children wholly to the eart
of servants. OF whose sons. CARLY mi.
tiated into . a street edueation,t seen