Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-10-06

!, rested the. attehtion Of the great
thinkers of the civilized world. Con-
! servatism was startled from its Rip
Van Wrinkle sleep, and the newspa-
llperspress. with hardly am ex xception,
propiesfed tie utter degredation Of
the sex as the fruits Of this new de-
partureu for women. .a6
Il Let as enquire of these same, pro-
lphets OF evil, how Car their Idle fears
have been realized; Woman's right
to "Educationv . Literary, Scientific,
and Artistitic. fief Avocations, IN,
dustrial. Commercial and Profession
al,p have been gradually eanceded, /,
until day. this part Of her Bill of
Rights isa accomplished fact, aud
J the daughters Of Aiserica -conserv.
atives and progressionists--in their
, enlarged spheres fpf usefsIness, are
now reaping the benefits Of the NOR
al heroism of the leaders Of that con-
tvention. ht W
4 The leading statesmen and think.
4 els OF the age, tlIase wLo lead the adj
vance guard infetters, IN law, in pol.
tiles and religion, those who direct
the march of events in both hemis-
Epheres have concedednot only wo-
nsn's fight to exercise any and oi1
avocntions, but Tie justice Of her
FclaImto political equality. And po-
litical rights have already been
tconferreds upon women In many
| parts of Europe and IN two of our
Territories.
\ Therefore the timeshas psssed for
the discussion ofgWoman's Right to
the Ballot. 1t now only requires
one more combined aud determinef
effort on the part Of the women of
iowa to secure it,
The noble men of Iowa, who have
stood by us, complain OF our falter-
ing and activity while our enemies,
vanqnished In argument, have de,
scended to personal scandal for the
purpose of poisoning the public
Judgment against as, and are seeking
to make suffrage party responsible
for the opinions of fanatical adven-
turers who always attach themselves
to great reform. ias'
The question and theqonly ques-
ton, which has been raised by
the suffrage party Of Iowa. il that of
political equality.
The Republican party was organs
lied upon the simple issue Of "No
more Slave Territory A man
might believe In perpetuating slave
ry in the States where II existed, he
might buy and sell slaves Ia the
Slave States, aud still be in full COM
munioii with the t'Bew party z he
might rob the slave owner OF hisl
lawful property, and yet occupy a
high seat IN the councils OF the
great ,poral party His opinions
upon the questions OF free trade or
free iooe were never asked, his home
continued to ibe his sanctuary, and
was not Invaded, that the morbid
appetite Of the public might be fed
with the story Of his domestic mis-
fortunes or. his crimes. Ii he but
pronounced the "shibbleth" of the
new party, every organ and orator Of
freedom became his defendef.
~ n was ehafged by the opposition
that this "new party of reform"
were for oroverturning the social fab>
ric, and amalgan,atfng the races -
Horace Greely and the patron saints
of the New Departure" said: I'VE
have nothing to do with the social
question, that will take care of IT.
SELF ga #G BiG8 9ffs
When the slave power, beaten by
the ballot. renewed the battle with
the sword, even then this same party
refused to Incorporate any fractional
lopinion into Its articles Of faith, bat
adhered, with infexible purpose, to
the one idea of the Union as 1t was,
and the Second Washington" was
willing to compromise the private
opinions of majority of his party
and save The UutspSerftk slavery.
During the long struggle of the
Republicans fer this one idea, the
only qualification iof soldier was
the ability TO carry inusket and
vote the Republican ticket.
The deepest dyed villains of the
seaboard cities were taken into full
fellowship, and received the bepedic-
tionsof go1d -fnen. and women as |
they marched 10 zthe front. Biifyd
Wilson b csst-throat Zouaves might
carry their crimes with them; mo
mattel % Nng 4 ~ they carried
Rewie knife for The enemy. 4 FhsI
Ieyal women iiSyODghout thelsn1>i / |
who prpi5ounced i blessing upon the
Unipp sqIdisk never stopped to en-.
auire wilOshes wsss or what he had
tSssn. y Tsseyf flowers II 1sISt
path, and nave NOT forgotten to strew
them yearly upon his grave. -
tsFhe gunhk army Of W Woinenn are
bidding far The sams principle for
which loyal men shouldered The |
musket. -
The une has oeps wAena Il
ing step may put Off our enfran1 ~
ment for years. Ii there IL a VI ~ !
In Ieyaw hs hss isotlaing 70 vcJ1 kfl
either morally OF .fadncsdiiy, "she is !
poor indeed ~ Let each one answer
the question for herself. y 4
llTiie wonsah suffrage PAsty OF fbs1t
Is not, nor cannot be. made res ponsi- |
bic for the individnaI opinions OF
those who, In other States are excit-
i9g the stpnhiio aninl rupoa the so-
called d6ttrfneof "lfse iove," and,
'with 4 fun kaowledse of the parsicrl
Mar yiews.of all our friends In this3
State, who are prominent In this /