The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-01-25
To the Friends of Impartial Sui
frage.

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To the Friends Of Impartial Suf
frage.
The undersigned, members Of the
Executive Committee Of the WomaE
Suffrage Society Of Iowa, deem il prop
er that they should take some notice
Of certain discussions that have taken
place through the press, and in other
ways, In reference To the action or
non. action Of the Convention held in
Des Moines In October last, in laying
on the table without discussion, res
Olution on free love- marriage and
divorce and the Bible. fx this nc
ton the Society has been made the
subject Of bavrh judgment and unjust
charges.
The resolution referred to was laid
on the table. not from any hostility
TO the sentiments it contained, but
simply from the belief that the whole
subject had been sufficiently met and
our sentiments expressed, in a resoiu-
ton adopted in the afternoon: and for
the further reason that Its considera-
ton ut that time would have interfered
with previous arrangements for the
delivery. by several ladies and gentle
men, OF addresses on the great subject
which has called US together.
Our society, and the great majority
Of men and women who are acting in
concert with Us, whether members Of 1t
or not, altogether repudiate and disa.
vow the doctrine Of easy divorce" and
free love-" which in these days is be
ing urged upon the attention of the
people. But we cannot see that there
10 any connection between these ques-
tions and woman's right tn the ballot
and hence we deny that there IL any
renson why We should turn aside from
our legitimate work and discuss them
In . Woman Suffrage Convention.
Because the editor Of a paper in New
York advocates impartial suffrage, 1t is
therefore assumed that her ideas on all
other subjects treated of in her paper,
are adopted and approved by all con-
nected with the movement for secur-
Ing tile ballot TO woman. No charge
could be more untrue, no conclusion
more absurd. In behalf OF the Woman
| Stuff rage Society Of Iowa. composed as
II is largely Ii not wholly of Christian
men and woman-clergy and laity-
we deny and denounce the charge. aud
protest against its injustice. No party
or class Of woman suffragists, no socie.
ty or convention at any place or any
time has ever advocated or approved
the social theories Of Mrs. Woodruff.
We challenge the production Of any
speech, or resolution, ever made or
offered, Mt any woman suffrage meeting
or convention. endorsing or excusing
the doctrine OF "free love"
But while we repudiate the social
theories and religious belief Of some.
we claim the right Of all toa full par
ticipation in the government in which
they live, and voice in the making
OF laws they are bound to obey. We,
however, DENY the right Of any person
| 10 demand declaration Of our religi
ous faith or social theories as a condi
ton precedent to the ballot, yet that
we may not be misunderstood, and
our cause thereby injured, we declare
that the sole object Oft Iowa Woman
Suffrage Society, stated in its constitu-
ton and resolutions, Is to promote the
emancipation Of woman by securing to
her direct voice in the election Of her
rulers, and in the making of the laws.
We believe that the ma rriage tie
should not be sundered, except for
causes which an enlightened civiliza-
ton and heaven-horn christianity
| Justify and require. We abhor and
denounce lewdness AMI licentiou~ness,
and every form OF impurity, whether
practiced by man or woman; and we
| avow IL as our conviction that the bal
lot in the hands of woman will lead to
| greater happiness In the married state
greater purity of life, and more ele waited
mora lily alike In public and private
station.
| Entertaining these views we arrest
| ~ call upon . ID the friends Of impartial
suffrage 10 dir miss all extraneous sub,
jects from our discussions, and to labor
with increasing zeal, energy and devo-
ton In the glorious work of woman 8
emancipation.
AMELIA BLooMER. President.
NJ. A. KIssELL' Chm FIX Com.
&. F.. FULLER.
M. A. r. DARWIN.
ANNIE SLAVERY, Cor. Secretary.