Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-06-17
MUSIC AND PRAYER.

| right, Woman should be allowed to vote.
Aftirmative-J. w. Caldwell, (Chi-Del
ta,) Knoxville, Tennessee, T. J. Jackson
(Philomathesian.) Goodlettsville, Tenn.
Negative. r. Go0dpasture, (Chi-Del
ta,l Livingston, Tennessee, Otto Fisher
] (Philomathesian,) Chattanooga, Tenn.
The orations Of Messrs. Cross and Kelly
were particularly good, well delivered and
won loud applause.
/ Owing to the death of his uncle, e. P
Moses did not appear, SO the Philos were
short strong oar.
The defamation of d. T. Mcmillan was
forcibly and deliberately delivered. Bou-
quets were plentifully showered on all the
young gentlemen.
THE DEBATE.
| The dicussion of the question, "Is it right
and polite that women should vote, y was
| spirited, interesting and, all things consid.
cred, very creditable to the debaters.
The affirmative was opened by J. w.
Caldwell, of Knoxville. The gist of his
argument was substantially as follows:
Why should not women as rational be-
ing vote? Is she fit to vote? Has she the
mental qualifications ? Looking over the
country, we see men just liberated from
serfdom, no better than sayages, voting.
The scum of Europe are brought over and
given the right to vote. Are the polls fit
for women to 60 to? If men cannot act
as gentlemen let them keep from the polls.
No scenes enacted at the polls in Knox
vile unfit for ladies. No decent men
should 60 where ladies could not go. The
Declaration of Independence declares that
all governments derived their powers from
the consent of the governed. ::More women
without the right to vote in Massachusetts,
than there Were men in the colonies in
1776.
The negative was opened by Otto Fisher,
of Chattanooga. He wanted to know
lotto Fishery what class of men and women
are raising this question Demagogues or
women unfortunate in their marriage
VOWS! The average wOman's brain is 43
ounces /; average Ofman's brain is IS ounces.
When 43 gets to be more than 6S then
women will get to be higher than men.
The law of God could not have erred in
giving woman the position it did. The
purer the woman the more elevated So,
ciety the mere elevated society the bet
ter the condition of mankind. He referred
to show how women had abused power
given to them. What class of women
would go to the polls ? Women suffrage
would divide the country into two great
parties, the party of Christianity and that
of infdelity. He appealed to hen-pecked
husbands as to whether the woman had
their rights nOaO? He answered the taxa
ton and representation arguments by
showing that men were often taxed on
their property where they could not vote.
The affirmative was closed by Il. J.
Jackson, of Goodlettsville, Tenn. He
said after long study and patient research,
he appeared through honest convictions
for right, for woman's right. Prejudice
against the right of woman was the Off
spring of custom-a custom established
when men lived without government
when brute force governed. When gov
eminent was organized woman took the
place before assigned to her by brute force.
This was no novel claim put forth. It has
the right to vote. Custom denied it to
him. Kings did not accord such right.
Woman has now the right to refuse matri-
mony, but no telling how soon man may
by law, deny this right. The women help
to support the government. They are
amenable to laws they have no voice in
making. They are even sent to the peni
tertiary by jurors of men, by laws they
could not influence. He looked for better
when young men went to
the polls with handsome young lady on
his arm to cost their ballots together.
The negative was concluded by J. r.
Goodpasture, of Livingston. He said they |
did not concede therigM to women to vote. |
The affirmative have presumed that right, |
but we do not admit it. We deny the pol |
icy. Women do not all want to vote. |
Their voting would not necessarily purify |
the ballot. That presumption rests upon
her incorruptibility. This we can not
concede. If woman enters the political
arena, she valves her womanly preroga-
tives. When she comes in conflict with
man, she must expect to make the contest
in the ways of the world. Polygamy
would be the offspring of woman suffrage. |
He then very handsomely referred to wo-
mans proper sphere, which was to pre-
pare man for his noble part in the world.
Thought Martha Washington a nobler
figure in history than Woodruff or CIafiin.
ta CLOSING EXERCISES.
Hon. Horace Maynard then presented
Messrs. Crawford, Armstrong, Nelson,
Spence, and Bearden,. of the Chi>Delta
Society, and Payne, of the Philomathe-
sian Society e. .eAgr Fgrsvrr .rgrP
Hon.. Geo. Andrews then announced, in
a few numerous remarks, that the major
ity of the Committee thought the merits |
of the argument on the question for dis |
cussion was with the affirmative. Loud |
applause
PrOI. Butler tnen announced That hon. |
W.. G. Whitthorne would address the !
Alumni of the University at Staub Opera |
House tonight the commencement exer- |
cises would take place in the same hall on |
Wednesday, at 8 O'Clock A. NJ, when adj
dresses would be made by Hon. Horace |
and Gov. John G.. Brown, and |
that the Institute exercises would be held |
at the same place on Wednesday night.
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Circuit Court.