, 1873-12-28
W0nAA'slhPlUENCEYS vs.. WoNAN'S RIGHTS


clio Ind something to say about 1t once before.
We can't alt DO tho original invontor Of tho
wooden nutmeg, md tho "Doyo-l}ock Toa-
Party" provokes this. aln sick al Womnlt'B
T" Rights" From tho timo whom, in tho grny
dawn OF the young worlds morning, Eyo, with
tho blush Of sllamo deepening tho carnue Of
her fair, round check, l,or purity stained md hor
Innocence eullled by contact with sin. hold ont
to Adm tho temptation benoath which lo foil,
to this dny and this hour. wo1nans intluonco, for
good or evil, has been the mighlicst power man
has over known.
I'll not In motherhood alone-holieat and most
honorel position though 1t bo which she can
ever 1ll-that her influence IL folt, but I'll every
relation ale auBtains, ns friona, wifc, sister. In
private, social, domestic, or public life; III tho
world Of lettors in tho line arts oven III tho
strife and btttor autagonisms Of politics, her In
duence Inns weight.
Do you imagine, because sho does not
stand In tho halls of Legislature or Con-
gross to plead for the Right with words
whose persuasive cloquonco might movc
nation to toars, or rorso II to revolt and
plunge world Into rcgn Of terror; bocauae
sho may not bc au Elizabeth of England, with
the power aud will to sond to tho scafIoll who
ever stood in her way; because she Ia notn Joan
Of Arc, to lead her armies to victory beneath tho
anow-whito banner upon wloso Bilkon folds left
augors Ind wrought tho bluo lilios Of "La
Uelle France;" becauao here III our most glori-
ous Of MI fair 1andH that tho sun over kissed, hho
may not tranp with the jostling crowd to tho
ballot-box, Bhc has no power?
Do you think, because she Ia not an oil}co-
holder, or oft1co-Roeker, ehe must ba Indifferent
Or ignorant whether the land wo love is lashel
BY deBpots or cursed by laws TINT mark our
voters fools and our rulors lpsyoa or whether
..oso %no als III .'sm p.ae.s 'ose Jae.loo Ahu
tememper MorcyE Ihat aho nus Pohslchl IN
huenoe ia but too well nttested by tho records Of
our late war. every bloody pago Of which bears
witnesa and did mt Wanlinrtnn uxarn, IN
thosa ,,r,, da. ,.,t, -,,a, -, ott;ao.t, ,r,,asa
,'.n ,uuse va. uase' "4sn'o' ~ posN'o"ss' Hnoso
1nnuence but too often, alasl cost our country
its treasure OF tears, and blood, nnd gold7
Samson was not, unfortunately, tho last man
to whom somo vo1vct.1;nnc1 Dol;,oh ,yhinnaro1
.s;.r. .s.a oo ,,..'tI', 'ep,a An "I1epol'u' "
a hoar t9ats ~ r. n9l a na oyes ahd e,enao ~
nave @ so!a % r. a'. wherein Ma, ty strength la5 ~
Ill tno "ollu loohs oack aumiilne1y at tne DON,
esaKe ap. P.o"gss o. Aask Ah.honS oot aoos y
=; ~ VIII IT. .no sn 9. !roptcai
nso senup5 5 u Inc iaannce OF her hIarEy eyes
ut.s%toa i Anu lea cap1l'o auis man Win hes su-
pe1p p,Sau,y ~, ana st.tonstn ol lnteileet.
co,,a.a,,ti ~! .nro1ga iong AGe, IRON
-NN@"''9,
ame Au.. ast o. tno byzantine Emperors. net
~ w., 1.ot ;dai VI IoliS!o's Luiofinef-
wn,,n,a mnS NY 'n n.sea py' e tne vl'1lm o.
tsn Muu'a1s ns,,', .nlluence; ;.,, HOY was II WIN
%{uatinia9 q viii Alboin, Kias Of W ito
iona WIZ laia ~ uo",i MS Aingaonl, MS
ar i nna ~ lass M MS nte, Iof woman, whose
S;,,, ~ 'oo sssons LOT n'th TO feslss Aod
,nu",co 10 na nave s m ' od 5oteo n9h me world ner
.1 ~ .ss " asco tnsonga otnor pufer,
"- Ely ~ 1e ior, pa ner 70 INC polls.
oes 81 her coma ANN m rcop" aeu oSGy
La 49,. ~ ~, r.. i Mm ieuoso ~ tnn! tnileaes
tSo ve @ os hoI m anY ,Y Or every position under
aa.tas III ano. Mna'o ~ VIII s'ss nee ltoeaom Or
ft,at 10 Won,na ms 1.t ~ aar ~ can 1uoge
Vii ,o,sa o T., ~ s.oo ~ ti, sr
s t ~" u ..es ~ .no ea'ee u tne woEla icaV-
ing nor name by-"ord, and hor aim mark for
eonmtemps; ,,u,,
~ mo1nan . ~: isgnts naYocates steer at CUR laws
pves av3doncs ~ a%tv % ao ~ nnror tmuy rols sas
laey sneor at society. NJ ns corruption anu dis
npa'lun Maaat ar2 lucy ao'ng TO purify or ele,
shse iss Iuey ai aenonnco hs leslrletaons and
for confidence tat rba o Taa1 nas e IL
!saslon u ~ no!u upon 1ne1n! Wnat 1s their
tInuenco I'M out Sae! po'son tnan ever atahg Inn
"no VIZ toucnea tho g snlf5 Or Nossast What tho re-
laaamorabie pandora's Boxes @ VII whoncs sus swarm N
'ne oloon .a u. gsiis S1e u! tnoy nave Bpai%Sneat
alo.o suan ua.. lno "longs' lucy assert that
%oman su4era we're conceived III tue brain OF
ths CLASS. VINO, most guilty OF ail incendlarlcs,
Build hres IN tic heart or imagination Of the
mass of tho women Of America, heap up tho
fuel Of fancied wrongs and abuse, and deliber-
atelv light the funcrnl~pyro Of peace and happi-
1ess IN m9ny homo. They .prato for Woman's
lights; they clamcr for political equality; they
rlve because they do not hold government Of
fees. md move heaven and earth with remon-
shances against what thoy nre pleased to term
:leir hondago,-their abjcct slavery; they ask
70: the ballot as u child cries for t0y-taey WHO
ha7o not enough Of dscernment and far-sightcd
Judgment to seo that, when they overlook
wohan's iniluonco,-an 1t il not half the power
IT night be but when they overlook it, oven Us
II Ii now,-in ther heatlong rush to secure
Wonan's Rights, they 1ay down blade Of Da-
11nscus steol. strong and hnolv tompored, to
takeup a sword Of tin.
Wtman holds to-day clio lighoat poHitlon to
whicl her foot Gun ever climb. because there s
l.othi,g higher. except In intoloctnal or mornl