The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-04-27
THE CONTROVERSY.

ors of his trousers and her gown are
| complementary However, correction
shall be given as the case demands.
The gentleman's piece consists of
shutting preliminaries, to which Miss
Lander is attached like jewel to
gigantic oyster. In the outset
he shows an itching for bubbles. Mark
his comments on my caption. That Is,
by much believing over what isimmate-
rial he expects SO to bewilder the pop
of my argument will not be noticed.
When his tender sides rub against my
arguments, he whines, turns his back to.
the naughty things, and makes wry fac
es, thus afording serio-comic exhibit
ton.
He has evidently itehed long time
to show himself But notice the way
in which he tries to father his own fault
on me. The very fact that he is self
constituted opponent, that he forced
himself into the controversial is coDvinc-
ing presumption that he is not SO mod
est and reluctant as he pretends Then
this presumption is further strengthened
against him by the extreme spread of
his literary feathers, and his over done
strutting. Besides, his sweet humility
is altogether spotty his ear marks are
visible on the darkest day. He ex
presses fears that his white soul may be
sullied by coming in contact with me.
1t is doubtless owing to his love of bu-
mainly that,in order to purify Inc, he con-
sents to work at the peril Of his own
soul. think ] see the hero now with
his hand over his vitais, wandering over
the whole earth and splitting blood for
humanity. His idea that I fight from
castle whilst he is exposed, is literal
absurdity. I simply informed him of a
rule of logic that he might form habits
of honesty. But his being dishonest
could net prevent the fellow from super
inducing poetic power upon his would
be practical soul. Notice with what conf
dence he speaks Of bringing me to dis
grace and how he warns me against
hazarding my reputation by not cultlvat-
ing panegyrie. IF [ belonged to the
class that is enslaved to policy, [ might
do that thing and so impose upon the
public with soft saYder and sugary
lies.
The gentleman seems to be Ignorant Of
the law Of average, and especially of its
application in this case, [ will explain.
As the individual leaves his private ac-
tons and connects himself with COM
bination, he finds himself subject to new
laws of movement. The actor becom-
ing a soldier abandons his fantastic per-
formances for the stately movements of
the battalions. A wise conventionality
based upon average capacity has made
twentyone years the commencement of
mans estate Now there would be no
objection to the working in field to-
gether Of an ordinary adult of twenty
FIVE years and very bright boy Of four
teen: but there would be valid objec-
ton to the boys voting, because he
would be on the wrong side of the right
line of uniformity which agreeably to
governmental combination all admit to be
wisely established. Again, the import
ance of the statute of limitations, which
is based on legal averages, is admitted
and YET there are individual hardships
The ballot question plainly comes within
the law of governmental combina ton.
Politics in it's average is masculine
hence exclusion ofwoman from the ballot.
The Prussians give close study to the
paramount law of combination but
TIE French are falling to pieces with
their brittle individualism. He dares
not consider the said distinction to which
[ have called his attention. 1t is we'll
known that government is strong in the
proportion in which it is based on facts.
Fanciful sentiments like gross passions
in their exercise bring confusion to gov.
eminent. Now, it is known that men
milton of facts than women, and are less
given to spasms of the heart. So this
argument for the exclusion Of women
from the ballot is based upon the i'm
portance of not allowing that state of
things to be diminished on which strong
government depends. The Prussians
are noted for their honest appreciation
of facts: the French act upon eminent
and blind ignorance of facts.
My argument that the country is al
ready endangered by diversity and that
adding a new element of discord would
tend to increase the diversity, he answers
by first repeating some of my words and
then winding up with kind of achei0
good people, aohy don't you laugh ?
Hero he introduces Miss Lander, who
brings up an array Of examples to prove
the utility of giving woman the ballot.
Now an example to have authority must
be competent in origin and competent
in application. The examples Except
that of England) which she cites, have
not q feathers weight 1t would be alb
surd for great and enlightened nation
to look for its models among African
tribes, savage Islanders, and half bred
colonists. She tries to prove that the
superior intelligence of some tribes in
Upper Zambesi over thas of other tribes
is owing to the fact that women are adj
mitted 70 an equality with men in gov
eminent matters This conclusion does