The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1874-05-07
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Would yea consider thc conduct %
ibs.c crusaders iasiasb'e2 do-thor-
ongAy iostj6ah.e. They fud ibomsel,ct
voicelrss ia the making Of Laws and The
election Of officers 20 sxccntc them. born
With brains, born in tho country, ednca,
ed, having large interests At stake, The,
fus the r. tongues tied, and their hand,
leucred, while every ignorant, whiskey.
drinking, toreisH,boru savage 10 the
land may hold office, help to make the
laws, degrade the dignity Of the former
aud break The latter st his own sweet
will. They see their fathers. husband.
and brothers III inAnciy at home aud AL.
low The scum OF The country TO assemble
Al the primaries, uame The candidate,
tot Office from their own vile rauks, and.
unrebuked, eject them, They live ia the
midst Of country where there Is no end
to the laws aud no beginning to the exc
cation of them. Aud when the laws In
teuded to project thcir sons from destruc-
tion hy inlempelaoeo lio torpid aud with.
uut sikn # ite, wear after year, thoy re-
cog uizc that here Is matter that Inter
esis them personally, matter which
comes straight home to them And since
they are allowed to lfi no legal voice
against The outrageous state of things
they suffer under in this regard, | think
1t il no wonder that their patience has
broken down. at last, and they have tried
to persuade themselves that thoy arc jus.
'itiabje iu bleHhinp he law of trcspass
When the laws that should snake the tres.
pass ueede's are allowed by the voters
to lie dead aud imperative,
The present crusade, will, doubtless do
but ltlle WORK against intcmpcranee that
wiii be really permanent, but II win do
what is gs nuch, or even more, TO the
purpose, think. It will suggest TO more
than one man that if women could vote
they would vote on the side OF morality,
even IL they did vote aud speak rather
tranlcdil aud mriously, aud It will also
~aggest that wien the women once made
up their MUD, that it was not good to
nave the ali powerful primaries In the
hands OF loaiers, thieves, aud pernicious
ilule politicians, they would not sit ind0.
leulN at home rs their husbands and
brothers do now, but wonld hoist their
praying banners, take the field in force,
the holes aud sluuIs whep they belong.
aud ret up some candidates I'll Tor decent
human beings 10 vote Tor, dearly want
the women TO be raised to the political
altitude OF the negro, the imported saw
aye and the pardoned thiei, sud allowed
10 vote. II is our last chance, think. .--
The women will be voting before long,
and then if Il. f. Butler can still con.
tnnc to lord it in Congress; II the high
est offices IN the land can still continue 10
be occupied by perurers and robbers; if
another Congress, like the I2nd consist
ing OF 10 honest men aud 296 Of the other
kind can once more be created, IL Will at
last be time, | fear, TO give over trying to
save the country by human means, and
appeal to Providence. Both the great
parties have failed. | wish we might
have womans party now, and see how
that would work. feel persuaded that,
in extending the suffrage to women, this
country could lose absolutely nothing
aud might gain n great deal. For thirty
centuries history has been iteratiDg and
feiterating that in a moral fight woman
is simply dauntless, aud we all know,
even with our eyes shut upon Congress
aud our voters, that, from the day that
Adam ate Of the apple and told on I've
down to the present day, man, In moral"
fight, mas pretty uniformly shown him
sell to be an arrant coward.