Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-08
WoU,an's Suffrage.

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al frankly say, Mr.. President, that witch
strises ma most Iorcibis is iiie Erosa rsverance
Of tins proposition. ITS utter disregard ot that
DIVINE " Ill by which iaan and woman Were.cre
ated diftsrent, phl caiiy, iBtelies iuly and mor
ally, a"d III detanoa OF which W. are noR t.
have tils poor, weak, fufile aiiompt nf msn ~
set up his sehemes of smeliOIaiion in defiance Of
at that We have read, OF every Tradition, Of every
revelation, ct all human experience, eulisghtenet
as II has been by Divine permis SHOT" - Senat Or
bsyard.
No speech ever made BY Senator bayard hSs
been more highly compimehied by tho Demb.
cratic Press OF the country thau The one from
which the above extract IS taken.
When 1t ,s remembered that for eighteen hun
dred years and over woman has occupied her
present position in the church rs well as tbe
State aud that the proposition 10 bring her 70 the
polls 10 tug iast resort of ihe faction of party
that has been growing NJ unpopular as 10 be
conpcisoa ~ shratei issei. hss tie s,ssteoaAsaA
of pettcoats, there Is little wonder that the Dela
wara Senator should have referred 10 Divinity
and our christiaH faith apd customs.
.Mr Bayard has been violently assailed for this
by the advocates Of negro suffrage and women
suffrage; but Ne believe uniustly assaied.
1t is hardly worth Ehua TO 20 back to traai-
tionary history or consult defunct paganism 10
prove that woman has in few instances in the
worlde history occupied high positions. Such
references only show how hard pressed the oppo-
nents OF the Senator are TO ind something on
which 10 ground objections to bis course
The beuator bows to and aeknow ledgcs that
faith that had its origin in the birth and resurTec-
tiou OF Christ The Son Of God. Such as do not
beiieve in the Divinity OF Christ and respect the
records of the New Testament might, perhaps,
with sumo show of consistency, deny the posi-
ton Of Seuator Blysrd.
But It must be remembered that he has been
raised and bad his teaching aud irainiog under
that faith. He must therefore &c pardoued it be
warmed up little when LIE found the whole ca
reer OF the church secuted as well as the prsce-
dents ut all civilized natious assailed, and both
set aside by party iu ths vain hope to protract
their power and enable them to ride over and op-
press the people for another period ot iudefpi
time "Drocutaq men catch at sirGsc."
If Divinity in personal pressDce aigu'6ed aDy-
thing more clearly than another At was fiat svo-
man should be placed IN ibe background and
should be secondary And ffom the very hour
that she departed from toe presence Of the Cross
uniil this tame she has never dared to occupy sny
other position among those VINO EorshippeI at
its foot, believing in Him who died that alI might
be saved and acknowledging that lie was the Son
of Gpd-that He was God manifested a in the
1esb.
HIS admiration for woman was not less th an
those who live IN lhs day Nor was woman iess
faithful than nov. No indeed we hot told oi
SINGLE follower of tte female deserving their
Master And yet none OF tbosc who were iset TO
abandon the cross 5nh first at the tomb are pam.
ed by Hin as ihos4 who should bear the bur den
OF the work that was appointed unto The n weiye.
Woman WAS not appointed to presch, nor has
woman occupied any position in The cLnrk ex-
eePi that OF an assistant to the leaders ot The
faithful. Ii there is any exception it Lss al .seu
from cOnvulsivs revolution, all stands more as a
proof that the fumes ere out of POINT Than that
man had been acting coairsry 20 Divine ,eve-
-lstion. ..- %-- iafE a SO
We have not time 70 ssier TO ihi. Inaiter.fully
to-day aud shall probably return 10 ii,,u 1ltuIe
number OF the GAZETTE.