Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-26
BILL ARP.
On Female Suffrage and Miss SOOsan
Antny.

On Female Suffrage and Miss SOOsan
Antny.
Mr.. EDITU-Soosan Antny amt nuthin
to me-that is nuthin partikler. No woman
amt excep Mrs. Arp; but when seed Soo-
san Antny arraigned up before the Judge
like konvict, was mad-mad with the
whole Yanky nashun. They raise belly
billoo over the old broken konstitushun and
mend it up 50 as to let the black babboons
vote in the rebel States, but If white wo-
man of sense and spunk dares to do it, it
shocks their pewitan modesty.
Soosan's eyes flashed little aneelik fire
when the Judge fined her one hundred dol
lars. She throwed hundred dollar bill
over 10 the clerk, and sed she would bet
another hundred that the money never
reached the State Treasury. She told the
Judge that If they would base the votin
business on morality, or property, or intel
ligence, or sll three put together, the women
would be satis6de; but they based it on
wearing bri'ehes, and drinkin whisky and
ehswin tobakker, and keeping one wife at
home and another sum where else. She
declared that she had as much rite to choose
her poiitikal masters as the Southern mig
gers OF the heather Chinee. Ls
If was king wouldent let anybody
vote who couldent tell whether General
Jackson was ded or alive, or who took more
than three drinks day as regular thing,
or who chawed tobakker after he had gone
to bed, or who was o meaner man than bis
daddy, or who believed in gosts or witches,
or who didn't put on clean shirt onst
week, or who dident earn so cents day
at respektabul bisness, or who shouted
at mite meetings more than two hours on
q stretch. / .wouldent let no unmarried man
vote who was over thirty years old; though
1 would let all SIGH justify by swearin that
they had tried but nobody would have EN-.
I'd make EN- name the gals In their sffldavy
l would let every married man and his wife
and ever wilder vote if they wasn't cut off
the foregoing exsepshuns. They should
have one vote apiece for themselves and one
for every child they had; this last would
elevate the Arpiad family about elektion
times shore. According to Solomon,
all SIGH ought to have heap of
privileges, for 1t amt no pikyune
bisness to raise big drove of children.
What's man worth to the State who
leaves no defender after he's ded and gone,
who pstronizes no Sunday schools or Mum
day schools-who buys no candy or baby
clothes, or balls or barlow knives, or long
stockings, or jaconet muslin, or hoop skirts,
or galluses? What intrust has he got in
perpetuatin great principles? Now Pm not
sayin word agin them married foax who
sumhow or sumhow else haint accidentally
been blessed with offsprings. By ny means.
They shew willingness to hav and that's
enuf for me.
Now don't want to be misunderstood
about this votin bisness. amt IN favor
of women mixin up with the skslawags and
trash at the polls. By no means. l want
the moral strength and influence Of their
votes bekaus they are better and purer and
honester than the men, but would have
EN- stay at home and let their fathers
or their next friend vote for them
as the case may be. 1t looks to me like
the time has come when the men have gos
to admit that woman is just as good IS a
man, II not better, in most everything that
requires more sense than. muscle. l won't
say she ort to vote if she Vbn't want to, but
! do say that no politician could buy her
vote with drink. BILL ARP.