The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-08-26
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
have both expatiated ON the rights OF woman TO sun
raOe without acouainting the public with any essen
TALLY new facts bearing upon the subject or bringing
out any argument that has notbeen worn threadbare
in the lecture-rooms of the Eastern States. MRS.
Stanton is an earnest advocate of this modern IDEA OF
female suffrage, and might make converts among
those who listen to one side and believe all they hear
and as r~esolutely refuse to listen to any refutauon:
We have nothing in the points made by either OF
these ladies to lead US to the conclusion that either
man or woman would be benefited by the extension
of the privilege of voting to the latter. we might DC
inclined to think, under certain circumstances, that
instead of extending the right of suffrage, 1t ought
to be restricted, for we know that strong arguments
can be offered for a suffrage based upon intelligence
alone. Nothing in the arguments advanced by either
Mrs. Stanton or Miss Anthony has convinced us that
woman is not in her proper sphere in the household
instead of at the polls. Whatever these ladies may
believe in common with the great majority OF men
and women, the world over, we still incline to the
belief that woman has a sphere in which she is queen,
and that sphere is confined to the discharge of the
duties of a wife and mother. The great general rule
to which there may be particular exceptions, is that
the woman shall be the helpmeet to the man that
he shall be her protector, and that she shall honor
and love him as he shall honor and love her. The
man is the representative of the household, being
the head. To him the wife and children look in the
hour of trouble and trial, and if he, in the admins
tration of the laws, does not provide for the welfare
of his family, the extension of the right of suffrage to
his wife and daughters viii not ameliorate their con-
dition. We never picture to ourselves women parti-
cipating in elections without a feeling of disgust.
Woman is the ideal of grace and gentleness. Her
nature is retiring modesty becomes her more than
aught else, and her power is in her very helplesness.
To say that, like the leopard, she shall change her
spots that at the primary she shall mix with the
commonest of both sexes that on days of general !
election she shall wrangle in the disputes incident to
such occasions ; that the HOUSEHOLD shall be left to take
care of itself, and children grow up to hear the
Q.o--k1. I'll, a,wnfn hafuann IA haun /
opposite views on men and measures, is nauseating.
To extend the right of suffrage to women will not
give them a single right they do not now possess.
More than this, let man be told that. possessing the
right to vote, woman can and ought to take care of
herself, and he will cease to take care of her. The
statute-books of every State prove abundantly that
the demands of women for their rights have been gen.
orally acceeded to. We do not think that, with the
exception of this ballot question, the women of the
United States have ever been refused any reasonable
request. Their power lies in the fact that they have
no voice in elections. except that influence which
every wife and mother can insensibly exercise when
necessary. Destroy the relations that exist, and
have for centuries existed between man and woman,
and a Pandora's box of evils is opened for the destruc-
ton of the happiness of the human ~family.-S. f.
Chronicle
PROTECTION OF LIFE on vEssELs.-The Secretary
of the Treasury has directed that circulars embody-
ing the following section of the act to provide for
the better security of life on board of vessels should
be Immediately sent to all Custom and Revenue
officers, where the provisions of the law are to be
enforced. 1T shall be the duty of all Collectors. 4
or other chief officer of the Customs. to require all
sailing vessels to be furnished with proper signal
lights, as provided for by the act of April 10Th,
1854, entitled an act fixing certain rules and regu-
latiOnS for preventing collisions on the water, and
every such vessel shall. on the approach of any
steamer during the night time. show n lighted torch
upon that point or quarter to which such steamers
shall be approaching. and every snch vessel that
shall be navigated without complying with the
terms of said act of April 18th, 1864. and the pro-
visions of this section. shall forfeit and pay the
sum of 5000, one-halt to go to the informer, and for
which sum the vessel so n~ayigated shall be liable
may be seized and proceeded against. by way
of libel. in any District Court of the United States,
having jurisdiction of the offence"
All the little boys in San Francisco have a
fondness for going TO Sunday-school,
because they can vary the monotOny of the relig-
ious exercises by proving to the Pagan Cinnamon
whom they meet In the streets how blessed are
the influences of Christianity upon the converted
mind. They go in gangs-these Sunday-school
do-and when a Chinaman approaches
they get at him and pound him TO death with
and library books, and then pitch pennies
with their missionary money to decide which boy
shall have the dead mans queue. Then they go
ON their way to school, and the superintendent
gives out the hymn about The heather is his
We watch with u~nfeigned joy the
of these young Christian warriors to-
a better life.
queen Victoria Is so highly pleased with the
result of the late Washington negotiations, that
it seems as though she could not do enough to ex-
press her gratitude toward the High Joints who
contributed to bring it about. Earl de Grey was
recently created a Marquis for his share in the
good work, and now Professor Barnard is to be re-
Tarded by a seat in the Privy Council. If Mr..
Disraeli is capable of taking a hint, he'll call off
his dogs at once. -w-nEr@
A man in Jersey City who had stolen a kiss
rom a GchDOl-pirl. WAS fined bV a ma0istrate.
lorse-whipped by a big brother and snatched
by his own wife. And it was not
much of a kiss after all. S
A CURE FOR FELONs.-An exchange says: A
1oultice of onions, applied morning. noon and
hight, for three or four days, will cnre a felon.
No matter how bad the case. splitting the finger
will be unnecessary. if this ponltice be used. J