Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-01-29
The Woman Suffrage Reiorm.--No. II.

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the human race and also in the lower an |
mals. the greater physical power of the |
male marked him as the natural ruler. |
Also that voting Is simply a test of force
and as governments are sustained by force
a vote which gives no index OF military
power would be unsafe. In the present
article shall endeavor to show some of
the
PHYSIOLOGICAL REASONS
why women should not vote. Children
inherit qualities from their parents. GEN
orally male children take their qualities
from their father or going still further
back males inherit the qualities OF their
maternal grandfather and females take the
qualities OF their paternal grandmothers.
This is..a very wise provision of nature.
For If boys derived their qualities from
their fathers aud girls from their mothers
then men would become coarser, rougher.
sterner and more willful and intolerant
with every generation. while women would
become constantly weaker and more SER
vile and submissive. To prevent this
state of things and maintain the equilibri-
um there is dis regular crossing OF quail
ties in every generation. Now modera-
ton, torbearance, paternal modesty. and
self-control are very desirable qualities.
! In fact person destitute of these qualities
would not be said to have well balanced
mind. But it must be remembered that
these are the natural qualities of woman.
and ii our sons have these qualities they
must get them from their mother. as our
daughters must get their fortitute, will and
audaciiy from their father. And so long
AS the sterner qualities given to our
daughters are soitened and smoothed
down by the nature of their sex and so
long as the milder qualities given to our
boys are hardened up by the natural quail
I ties peculiar to their sex, so long will so
ciety progress in the right direction. But
once robe woman with the qualities Of
man; diminish her modcsty, increase her
brazenness; diminish her moderation. in
crease her rashne>s diminish her Loyalty,
increase her naturalization diminish
her forbearancc. increase her Intolerance /:
let her desire TO rule and lead; let her
emulate with men in the cont est for pow
er and position: In word let her divcSt
herself of the milder qualities of her sex
and only cultivate the sterncr qualities
such'as fortitudc, Independence and in>ub-
ordination; let her transmit those quail
ties 10 her male children there t. he
strengthened aud reinforced by the naiur-
al tendencies of their sex, and the result
would be 4 generation of men which no
power on earth could govern. \ genera
tion OF men utterly destitute of the quail
ties necessary to make them good sons.
brothers, husbands and father or even
good citizens. \ generation OF men
characterized by willfulncss and hcad.ong
rashnesS; destitute of >clf-control. de-
spi>ing restraint, and knowing no power
but their own will
There il another thing which should
not be overlooked. Married women are
often in 4 condition not at all likely TO bc
benefited by the excitement Of political
campaign. Indeed such excitement could
hardly fail TO have 4 serious effect on their
ofsprings. And if ever the time come
when women vote and live for months in
succession in a state OF political excite
ment probably large percentage of the
children born soon after residential
election would be Of such nervous and
eNcitable temperament rs to be either
idiotic' or predisposed TO insanity. Has
the time come when we as a nation can
afford 10 run the risk of sacrificing the
children born every fourth year. These
are no busbearS. They are facts which
no Psychologist will deny. This proposed
reform + contrary to nature and depend
upon il whoever violates natures law must
suffer the penalty.