Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-01-04

GAIL HAMILTON has done her sex agrcat
good by her defence OF women Of worth
against the attacks of the worthless. That
any "tyTuuuys @-Is.. - A-aaFiasn AocletY.
because woman does not hold office or have
suffrage, Is thus properly ridlculed;
.Wiyes. and perhaps women, are TO some ex-
tent forbidden 10 hold ONCE, but Il Is not wholly
because they are women, nor necessarily Dc
cause women are considered Inferior " men.
Many men are equally forbidden, and some men
by reason Of no inferi0rity. All members ot both
Houses Of Congress are legally disqualified for
holding office during their term Of service put
idea which underIies the law Is doubtless that
one man cannot we'll perform the two sets Of
duties, and II IL not unreasonable 70 suppose
that this y precisely tne soea % mnioh oSing q,
their actual social status In this country, II h As
easy 70 believe that they are iorbiiden on &c
count o. the superior serSse whsn & 'ns{ }n rI Sleb
otfceholding might connlct, as Il 10 10 be,
lieve that they are forbidden on account of
lnlcriOrity OF for purposes o. enslavemsnt;
Women know that they are not slaves. BAD
as are some of the laws In some OF the state
there is none In which women do not possess tho
| essentials OF liberty none In which woman
may not exercise entire freedom OF thought, Oi
word and for tho most part, Of deed, hamperod
| cDly hy bonds which arc the results OF her Own
| acts or character. All the laws which unJusty
restrict her she may 10 lhs mss' PSSS sISr sn
4 n
TO substitute for them such as are just Mhlle tho
| changes which have been elected ~ these Later
| wears show that denunolatiOn Il not the dashlnE
| Of impOtent rage against an lnmOyable body,
/ hut may become a Gkilliul instrument for lash.
| lonlnK the grim block intoA shapely statue. 10
| say that woman has no voice In making the
i laws which govern her Is not correct. she has
i no vote, but In every other respeos she mas
voice a. nee, and clear, and penetTabie al name,
i To inform the mother Of family, the woman
/ who aiands at the head, ruling, guiding, watch.
ing influencing, controlling ner husoAhd 10
/ twenty matters ior one In which he controls her,
L taking in society precisely the position which
y her abilities Mt her TO take, that she 10 slave,
lor even child; TO tell woman who does not
NakS the position Tor which she is httod because
ho has not leisure, who spends the long days y
aTyiAg, and cooking, and eare-tskinB 10, htut
cllldrsn who do not know enough 70 10 thank
ful and Cor a haTd-workinK husband who has al
hlsuie ben used 10 seeing women work, and y
| not yermu,h troubled thereby eho Is an equA
partner In tn family arm, and Whose mind has
equAl force itthe family oounetlsi TO tell Z
| woman whose lie has been one long GRIND OF
. endurance from ttyrannical, mlsery petty hus,
baAdI 10 tell q young girl, free and merry, oI an
uninAItied woman 4 mature years, OF active
less, through lack o. purpose, that they arc
| ono and all slaves because they cannot vote,
. | argues an indistinctnessOf vision or a misuse
| Of words that bodies ~ TO aET cause II gives a
mado.up air TO the whole kfieyRnee. II looks
Aa n there were no ground 4 complaint. II
| looks "a ~ women were 80 well OF that real
fanIs-rould not be found with their condition
prove that they are logically WhA. really every
one knows thai they are not, aud What, without
the dsnunciation, no ono would e'tr suspect
| them Of bclng.h