Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-11-26
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fr.oe Is nearer its contamination to-
5sy than ever it will be again. And
lie emphasized the assertion with an
air that betokened superiority OF
Judgment and power that made his
saya tiral;ty. / do not agree with
him. Fifty years ago brave old
1arner-schooi director and justice
of the peace all in one-said to a
school teacher who asked to have a
class Of girls in his school go beyond
arithmetic in their studies:
aSir, you are lacking in common
sense. You might as well ask wo-
man 10 ride the tail of comet on a
side saddle as to suppose her capable
If pretending higher mathe-
MATES" Time has proven hin mis-
taken.
!" No woman can govern school
az boys was the ''ipse Dirt" of
college bred people, city school di-
directors and wise men generally
forty years age.
Practical demonstration has shown
their folly.
"There can never be railroad
bui,t through Ohio" said Judge
- 80 years since. II has been
done successfully.
ssThat Atlantic cable stuff is sheer
hunbug," said great stateman.
Isito
Negro slavery will stand in the
Tinted States while it remains a
government 1t is the very iounda-
tion Of our freedom" said spout
ing Governor Of free State less than
twenty years ago. Was he a true
prophet"
"When negro votes / will quit
the country" said an intlationist
Democrat-a lawyer of great city
nine years since. He thinks differ
entity to-day.
So YOU see good friends, time
brings about many changes to many
men and many things, and brings us
Familiarity into positions and har-
mony with that which once was en-
tireIy obnoxious to our tastes and
beliefs.
A learned French Able Of the 18th
century wrote treatise which was
received rs almost absolute authority
by the French nation, against women
learning the alphabet; if she was
permitted to do so she might become
a. wise az men and could not he
managed. His reasoning was better
than he knew. Iowa can boast OF
10000 voters that do not know the
alphabet to day, while there are ten
times that number of women that
do. that will not consent to this iilit-
terate management in the by.and-
nv. And let the Iowa women see to
it that that time comes speedily.
Tt is often said, "If majority OF
the women of Iowa will ask to vote
they will be allowed the right to do
so.n No doubt this is true, and why
do they not SO ask Because their
attention has not been called to the
subject; because they have been
grossly misinformed as to the objects
and interest of the movement called
the suffrage movement.
Men tell us the right to exercise
the franchise involves the necessity
to do more labor, to become corrupt,
to 90 to war to fight battles, sail
ships, manage railroads, till farms,
butcher cattle, etc.
Does voting expose any OF these
trades or callings upon any man that
does not choose to follow them
Think of the matter, and see If suf-
frage need change one rotation OF
life as it regards duties and cares.
Horace Greeley said if woman has
the right to the ballot she must fight
her country's battles. Horace voted
yet he never fought. Bad women
will vote and make things worse
than they are now" says my lady
friend. Do not good women stand
in a majority over the bad in al
communities five to one? .! doubt
ing friend, count your neighbors and
see how many in any one hundred
you can find that would favor a H.
cense for selling intoxicating drinks
in her neighborhood. How many
would license gambling and betting
How many would destroy, If they
could, the public school system.
need go no further. A word to the
wise, thoughtful, should suffice.
Let me entreat Of you, readers Of
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