The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-08-18
Suffrage:

Suffrage.
Tits age has taxed. upon ,itsawise self
the task of solving many great political
problems. In fact, it Wishes TO solve them
all; for it has no idea that it's successor,
the Goth century, will inherit half Of its
wisdom. Ouf age is ctsritabie, indeed, +
taus to hnsy its brain and wear ont its life
orthe sole benefit Of the coraing centuries.
We wonder, will they be grateful or will
they laugh at our folly, as we smile, so
complacently,. at tho follies Of preceding
ages Some of these problems our age
has already solved, whether rightly OF
wrongly, time shall tell. On the portieai
black! BOARD nowis marked the most aim
cult and complicated problem OF all-th!ati
of Suffrage. The age demands its solution.
The sge,' as usual, is in hurry. 1t will
not whit. It has set down. the problem,
and it calls impatiently on Europe and
America, its two brightest scholars, to
come up quickly and solve it. Europe
cautious and slow, looks gravely at the
problem, sees oil it's difficulties, studies
it, with closest attention but, instead OF
solving it, shakes head which history has
made wise, and asks time for more retiec-
ton. - J.I :
! Up, with jaunty air, yet with the look
of an overgrown schoolboy, jumps A9erl-.
ca, America is bright boy, wonderfully
gifted, not much given to study, yet very
precocious thinks little, tits true, yet talks
! we'll on all snbjects-in fact, speaks best on
subiects known the least-is somewhat of a
reckless, devil-may- care character, yet,
F withal, clever-hearted, always dresses well,
20 oh Off a
y appear to best advantage is apt to guess
at the answer to any hard question, in Or o.;
8 der to avoid the trouble ofmakihg it eout,
Q and is a first-rate guesser at that What
does America care for the difficulty of that
: tproblem, which poor old plodding Europe
was afraid to solve Why, tits not g cir
y ctumstance tits as easy as A B c.. IT'S al
9 settled, in o moment, just guess, and
a Americas turns kahout, Andassya: YWhy
" I've cot It'll bet have-just as sure Al
! vou,re aliveAthere's NO rnistaking-Ikn knew
st could do1it--pshaw! it doesn't regatre
in bit of study--I knew, Europe, ola fellow,
op was a heap. smarter than ynnsssEe s9ns
to do up .hings in your slow sty1eSby -iingp
10 60 ahead-nothing stopA Sps-i1ttz
re iightning-hurrai for me thyse cheer
~ y. for the stars and stripes 4 hsfe's the m
~ swer to the problem-I bet tee giglst vt
Nv frage must be. universal ~; g
ga. America, that's your guess ma
r.. 81 guess something very different after
md Wide. But, 90 ahead; as you soy you do
.rne make your guess an, American politics
tbs dogma. Believe in IT., and act aceordin
ack to it, aud let the future decide your VIII
ry. dom. The political equaltyIof all men
ore White, black, yellow igaofan t, fedacates
q de, upright, -eovpspt-yes,-- af-- all msn,--Wh
M ny dive such signs ofshigil ;maph ood ass
:, - IA Chew tobacco, drink whiskey, whittl
lid curse o little. The political equality OF a
OF men-a royal, purple phrase-butA TAX
red care that it does not cover a hideoqs false
Iast hood Build your future oGoyernmer
hs; upon. that dogma, it. certainly is broa
ter enough, ibut don't turn prophet, and tie
300 the world yourt Government Wal last fo
oin1 ever,1s 'someof us have deub I We sanno
ari- for tbe.1life Of ueS make On honest act
mis- faith in your new dogma sAnd, besides,
Tedd was only guess you didn't work IL
'he, problem out. We have tiled calmly an
s -. DOLLY to work a part of that problem. aH
kpnr solution bids fair TO be far diferen
Instead of extending, snffsage, We = oul
ACE limit it. Perhaps We are narrow De
our Whoever has manhood, has the right !
70 vote, seems 60 us to be devoid OF, sene
o o~o though We are free to; confess the propos
s,ss ton does contain real, Araerican.- logi
MS Physical manhood BY NO aassas i,sceassEi
es8 implies intelligence and conscience. "
lion are of the opinion that voting is e nor
Ca act. aud should be regulated by moral 20
iga ditions. - rr@a.:>E rs Kara sIat:EAIs
'nts hit should. be proved tous that eye
hat mariris intelligent and colscientio Dc, tn
Ugh t,,, afusssuY tf,9S-gvg
n to $50 ,,t.r WA Hasl bokvSSeS LII
pro- An",' AZ Ill. ra,ar he ,roye
der suen q" P'oP
ken Universal suffrage is sham; it is mo
INTO than sham, it IS blupder; It is wo1
e of than blunder, it is a crime 1t is bas
to upon. universal equality. Are all m