The Republican journal., 1872-06-06

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government, seek the enforcement of whole
| some laws and while bravelv nerformno the
! onarons thonrh unen,aht aniias ,,ar,ai,,;3a to
| their no,v rnn,Etion ,oan;fost no ,,nunn,anI,
ambition for place. emolument, or power.
In 1870 fierce preliminary struggle for a
4 Congressional nomination eliminated IN con
Ventlon at the Territorial capital. Bitter re-
crlmlnatlons, sandwlched between blows and
| personal alterations, after the most approved
| Eastern fashion, enllvened the scene; and,
while chaos was impending, the door keeper
announced that considerable force of the late
" downtrodien but now enranchlstd sex de-
| minded ADMISSION. 1htY were at once prov IT,
| ed with front seats IN the political 5, nagouee,
ana from mat moment the men VINO had
been rudely belllgerent became calm, and
! c0ntented themselves thereafter with an inter
| change Of decent phllpplc, unaceompanled
with blows. But Tor female influence the liNeN
| ol Several eStlnaole pot-house poHllclahs might
| nave oeen sacrl1ceu on the altaf OF PATRIOTISM:
| me llfst electlon uhdef the new law occurred
| shorttV aftefWafd, ana the women very gen.
| eraIly lepoSlteu tnelr DaotS- Whch ~ thiS m
stance executed the 1ree woman VIII us llShl-
| nlnSS DO the VIII OF tIod
| 10 venerable matron OF more than fonr-
score summers belongs the honor o1 beng the
| nfst OF ner sex VINO ever cast iegai baiiot az a
! pohticai election. she approached lhP poiiS
| WIN vigorous step. ana deposited hrf vote
While the vast assembage OF men, WIN IN
covered heads, respectfully contemplated the
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, Thtll, as theV gazed, thrre crept an awe ....
| In the antiaue vestments and long white hair
| The past of the nation voting there
,, o., .,.,.,, ~. ...,
and three tremendous cheers We're given as the
| aged grandam retired home.
Polling booths were located near door or
window fronting the street. thereby enabling
voters TO denosit their ballots while n.ssin0
| along the sidewalk At IN early horr the
| lately downtrodden" debourhcd from their
/ several homes, ana with smiling faces Wended
| their cheerful way toward the place where.
| thanks to a Legislature unanimously demo-
cratic, they could indulge the most sacred right
| of American free men and woman. The streets
were gay with brilliant costumes; coaches and
| carriages freighted with fair SoNereigns flashed
hIther and thlther; the poverty stricken mother,
through whose daily toll her children were sup
| ported, the lady of wealth who had been taxed
without her consent, and the fashionable matron
who enjoyed neither poverty nor riches, all ey-
pressed their views of political economy in Il
| practical manner at the baot-boX. thereby pre-
| Sentng IL touching illustration of perfect equality
before the law.
Partisan strife to secure votes among he male
| adherentS of rival candidates eliminated in the
| afternoon. when brace of coorcd sisters.
! hanging gracefully upon the arms OF deputy
, United States marshal of Irish birth, We're es-
| eorted by him to the polls, and INDUCED III the
right of Suffrage. Was not this remarkable
| coalition Il precursor O more harmonious rela-
tons between these heretofore bitterly antago-
| niStic elements? The descendants of Ham and
st. Patrick hobnobhing in political communion
| Verify. ''the lion and the lamb shall lie down
together and Il little child shall lead them.'
The utmost freedom nf speech and action
cbar,rterizrS ninu,nr pl4rtinnS ,uI noliti..l
and nersnnal I;n;.ran,ns arn nttnn .nttInd Ly
hnwin-knifa and ravolvnr >yithont tha ;ntnr,,o.i.
tinn of Ino.i from.. hnt thn.a nnni,,y.,nt in.
| Strumnnt,I;t;as ,yn,a NH in .i,n,.,,,,.n ,yh,I
tha wo,nnn vntad hacan~,, Of tha l,tta,.,. i.mn-
| t,iaI nrasnnra Eistirntr entertainments ar,.n,n.
,.niaI hv l.n,an,,,o ,,nt fo,nI IN ,r, ,,,,.,,,,t
raliaious wnrl Moro HunnnunI WIN u,hiI. tIn
wnm,n i'm rn,nlas ,nJ dotnrbm4nts .n,,,rn,,.l
eI He nolls .nI No l,Iy ii~tnmaI tn ,,ttyII.hI4
or ohservnJ .n .Iinm tL,l ,.,,,Id h> .,n,, nns,i.
| hiiitv otI.nL the mnst sensitive >ynn,,n il tbp
lanI nor,]er nen ,r, ,rn>nrhi,'llv =. 'i,.,Ir.
,nI r,r,.lv f,rent ,ybat ,mnrn,,| n,.,.r,,yr,,r,
are So .,nt tn rnmemhnr th, tL,. ,,.nll,,, ..y !.
,lwav~ rntitInI tn rp.n,.tfi,l i7l,r,linn An
.lasSa, ,ota; ,yi,hnnt ,li.tmctinn of ,,,.o -,
.o,.,,l stains Evnn thns,.' .,t yhun, ",inty
nn;mts tha fnaor nr scnrn ,nd f,r TT" I.,'
t,r.'sit hnct ~ ,bn ,ura nt,i,,.,,ho,. ~ ,n,
nnr ,iviIil.,tion has MT VI f,ilnh tn t;,,,i ,
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