The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-11-18
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SATURDAY. NOV. Is. 1871.
N uman's Column.


No cause.
Our exchanges that come to rs ali TEEN
with articles ard items on the woman
rights movement. Not long ago silent
contempt was the only treatment apprs-
pirate to the subject. Then - the Wo
mans nights people persisted in their
claims ON public attention. and making
more noiso. became moro notorious. The
press, forced from its indifference, shcw>
cred merciless ridicule on tile short
haired Yanl ee school marnsS and the
long-haited demsnte3 m9lssef tb move
ment: dspoutdlps tho .ASt1n pt toward
the elevation Of woman into social indie.
pcndence as subversive Of ell laws, humau
or divine. atheistical, anaEehical. ThSt
stage passed, We come to the irrational
ity, the upconstitutionality Of the claims |
for woman suffrage or woman equality. |
Some editors asa psaiticians squarely &C.
cept the idss, while al editors and all |
politicians tegia to think there is some
thing in it aftss 81; whether they are or
are not in favor Of suffrage, whether they |
dread the impending ruin Of society in
the AWFUL spectacle : Of arwsn dressed.
well behaved woman depositing prints
ed slip Of paper in I wooden boz, whesh
er they stand aghast at the destruction
Of the Christians blessed privileges in
the audacious demand for woman's free
speech and free life, they hare all come
to admit that they must fsce the music.
The matter cannot b put away ont Of
sight-it has to b met If only by COL
umn of Woman items. The little thing
that was done in corner 10 proclaimed
throughout the worId-the mustard seed
has grown into great tree, whose roots
impenetrate in every direction. Politi-
clans. . ,scs proverbnlly living on, the
hand to mouth tenets Of the hour, find
the Woman Rights movement 50 impor-
tant that it can not be lodged. Tho
holder progressionists 60 in for the NO.
man suffrage a. m inevitabis fact. The
weak kind hold their brssth and wait =
little longer 70 SEE how tbings 60. The
number one ticket pays. i their code o.
duty. A few, very few stubborn re-
sctjonists. who know only the fine old
creed, as il was in the beginning. so shall
it be in secula saculorum.' hold of alto
geiher, and will vote aSainst III charge
10 anything. OF such there is no hope
--ict them pass-the tide goes by and
leaves them dumb and mot ionless, to
worship the gods Of the dead ages.
Meanwhile, what are the immediate
gains by the agitation? Many and great
In the first place, attention to the cause,
and respect for the speakers, admission
Of women 10 broader and more liberal
cdacation and employment, colleges. pro
!sssions and trades thrown open. Ar
improvement in wages and acceptance Of
the honest doctrine that the work. moi
the worker. fixes labor rates. Lastly
the sweeping admission that woman hal
as deep, as thorough An interest in soci.
ETY. as man. Hitherto she has boon ,
subordinate. an sppendage, mere de
pendent; now she is On individual. per
sonage, whose opinion is Of value, Who's
ction is wsighty. and whose open and
explicit cooperation is potent elemen
in the direction and determination Of so
cicty's ncbIest aims and highest happi
ness. IN srge;edj moH ~
AL this has been gained BY the mer
discussion Of woman's rights and woms
suffrage. How much mora will not h
world gain by her admission to full An
free enjoyment Of all her liberties?