Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-24
woMAN's SUFFRAGE.
Equal Compensation fer Equal WeFk, With
out Regard 10 Ssx-Ths 0ussilOH
Of the Day.
Who are the Best Teaohers7-AFe Women
Setter Suited to the Office Of
Teacher than Aen2

Editors AppeaL-That the same work
should exact the same pay, whether
performed by man or woman, has
alrssdy been clearly shown by the
articles from "SeneX." There is no
need Of argument under this caption. /
have reioiced TO see a Memphis public APP
p~reclste this TRUTH; I have heard no
wavering voice in the unanimous verdict
in favor Of the "old mans" position. If,
as some say, the supply Of female teach
] ers Is greater than the demand, why not
employ them altogether ? Why pay them
less than they earn because there are too
/ many? Is it hat labor becomes Of less
value because there is a surplus in the
msrket7 doubt, nav I do not believe,
there would be enough to do the work II
there were none employed but such IS
teach well.
INADvocATINs "woMAN's RIGHTS"
we do not desire she shall enter the
arena Of politics as sn sspirant for office.
An essentially masculine spirit is the ele-
ment needed in the strife for political
preferment. WOmsn's sense of order fits
her Tor administration; and since "order
is Heavens first law" Hesven's best
emissary on earth should be a lawgiver.
She gives attention to details, can enter
into their arrangement with more peril
nacitv than man. Points escaping mans
observation are clearly visible to wOmsn's.
She has a practical faculty for the minu-
tie Of things-Often pierces the invisible,
with true poetic vision. Faithful snd
farseeing," determines with great precis-
ion the destiny of her charge, and suiting
the means to the end, accomplishes the
formation of a character which would have
been crushed or thwarted by the blind
ness of man. How often do we hear men,
whose success in life has been a matter Of
wonder, attribute all that is good in them
to the fostering care of mother, sister or
female friends? This power of inspira-
ton in woman has been felt and scknowl-
edged by the closest r~easonsrs. All great
writer's, artists, men of genius have been
trained, or quickened, by precisely this
prophetic power. AL the noble works Of
civilization and art have been the result of
woMAN's I%NTUTTTvE INEIeHT
into the character Of genius and success
full Interpretation of man to himself,
She co~mprehends by intuition all the
natural manifestations of God. She IN
dersUOOd a COlumbus-she understands
the creation, and cOmpels, through the
medium Of this prescience all around her
to create, each what he is best fitted for
by the gift of intellect. The SpiTitUelIe
Kingsley recognizes this fact, not alone
in his mastery delinestiOn of an "Hy-
DaEAaa Jul hAaO AuA 9ALOAAeAAE AoA HAO
glory and aggrsndiZement of the Eliza
bethian age, he says 1.-THE Alruna
maiden with her sristOcracy Of genius
is too strong for the proud mobiles in re-
bellion. She has gathered round her
young men Of promise, and tTGtnS them
herself to the work" Man interprets
laws-W0man the of things. God
is moved by his love to his creatures, to
give whatever is needful. Woman iv-
fnn mara than man in the nnnnfTrnwu
has the key to hearts in her possession,
and can mould the nature Of those COM
ing within her influence with greater IA
Cility and certainty. God and nature
point to woman as the teacher. Let man
discover great truths, let woman CON-
muuicate them, That
WOMAN CANNOT GOVERN BOYS
is & statement too absurd to call for con-
futation. That Government is best which
is the result of internal conviction Of
right and justice; and 1 Am so old an
American in my Democracy as to wish to
see Mr.. JeffersOn's embodiment Of estate
Rights" brought into the school-rOOm,
and say all educators derive their Just
powers from b consent Of the gov
erned." That discipline which subdues
only through fear of corporal punish
mant is best in the hands of a man. yet
there have been women who have gov
erned, even by h ROD, bOys twice their
size, and those who have successfully re-
sisted the se~lf-styled monsrchs of cres-
tion.) There is DO bitterness in that re-
mark; but let men think, yes, think, and
they will at once cOncede that It is only
such men IS indicate the gentle nature Of
woman, who have been the successful
formers of good characters among men.
NJ.
PrpcArrs 1917 cants at tha Snntharn