Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-05-29


property now. he believed women haC
some natural right to a voice in THU
government. The man had TO give We
men the right of suffrage, and would e.
evste suffrage in this country. Fifty
years ago 1t was though. to be beyond
all reason for women 20 attend politi
cal nesting; now they went to suct
places, and the result was to greatly I'm.
/ prove the character of these assem-.
/ blages. Their presence Insured peace.
Senator Flanagan was q new con.
! vert to the cause of woman suffrage
and was made q convert by the glorious
! efforts of tine women crusaders against
! intemperance. Women and women
only, through almighty God, could save
| this country from the worst of all evils
/ intemperance. Women could control
the country; men could not; they were
more directly interested In ali questions
of morality than men, and from this
| time henceforth he intended to be a
woman's man. Laughter.
Senator Merriman said be did not
yield in his admiration CT women to any
man, and by no act or word Of his would
he detract from her dignity; but he
claimed the right to be Judge together
with her as to what means were best cal
culated to promote her interests. He
did not believe woman herself thought
her happiness or dignity would be ad-
vanced by having all the political rights
of man conferred upon her, and the
strongest evidence of this fact was that
neither in this country nor in England
had women demanded such rights; the
number that had demanded them as
compared with the number that had not
was but as drop in the ocean. He dis
sented, with all respect, from revolu-
tionizing the construction, which the
senator from Indiana TMorton1 had put
upon the declaration of Independence,
and denied that it meant females as well
as males. The women had consented
to the government, because they had
never raised their voices in opposition
to it; and they had always the right to
memorialize congress as well as the
State governments if they thought their
rights restricted.
Senator Stewart said that in ten years
from now there would not be y man in
the senate opposed to female suffrage.
Senator MerTimon asked, "Why not try
the experiment on the District of Co.
iumbia7p
Senator Sargeant-We will when we
get a chance.
Senator ConklinS said that an amend
ment was in order to this very bill to en-
force women suffrage in the District of
Columbia. Ii his friend, Senator Stew
art, desired to try it as an experiment
in new Territory, why not try il as an
experiment here? Then the senator
from Nevada Stewart ought not to
finch if he [Conklingl could not follow
him.
Senator Stewart said he would only
ask the senator to follow him in this
little step to have woman suffrage in
the new Territory. If he should break
down there, be would never ask him to
follow again.
Senator Hamilton rNd1 submitted a
resolution providing that F. w. Sykes,
the late contestant tC the seat held by
g. E. Spencer, as senator from Ala
oama, be allowed the salary Of a sena-
tor from March 4th, 1873, to May lst,
1874, and one mileage each way; re-
ferred.
Senator Carpenter said ne would vote
for an amendment 20 confer suffrage in
the new Territory on women. He be-
lieved that in every condition of life or
society, women were beneficial. In
every place where she YVES found every
thing was neat and orderly. If our
wives, mothers and daughters 90 to
election places, there will be decency,
order and peace there. In the city of
New York, for instance, he would rely
more on women voting to bring about
peace and order than all the army and
navy could do. He wo1ld vote to es-
tablish woman-suffrage in Wisconsin,
or any other place he could, tomorrow.
Senator Ferry [Mich.l favored the
amendment.
Senator Anthony said he had no doubt
female suffrage would come in time. He
did not believe suffrage was q woman's
right or a mans right. 1t was not a
natural right, but political right, regu-
lated by the body polite.
Senator Edmunds denied that the
right to vote was essential to the protec-
ton OF the natural rights of women.
Under the law now IN many States
they had right to Go ss they pleased
with their property. The laws in this
country generally Disseminated in favor
of women.
Senator Bayard said it seemed hardly
possible that the senets of the United
States proposed such g change in the
very fundamental principles of gov
ernment. Such change as this should
be blocked, but as an experiment in ut
ter disregard OF the decree by which men
and women were created could hardly
be believed. The sexes were different |
and mentally; yet here was
this poor, puny attempt, in disregard of |
every experience, enlightened as it had |
been by divine InterpOsision. Such legis- |
lstion as this was irreverent, and in de- |
isnce of the laws Of God himself. 1t |
would give two heads to family, and |
there would no longer be that unity ana
required by christian mar
-isge.
After some further discussion, Senator
5argent's amendment was rejected by a
7ote of nineteen yeas 20 twenty-seven
nays, as follows:
Yeas-Anthony, Carpenter, Chandler,
Jonover, Ferry Mich Flanagan, Gill
pert, Harvey, Mitchell, Morton, Patter-
'on, Pratt, Sargent, Sprsgue, Stewart,
Upton, Wsshburne, West, Window.
Nsys-Allison, Bsyard, Boreman,
Buckingham, Clayton, Conk-
ing, Cooper, Dawes, Edmunds, Free
inghuysen, Hager, Hamilton, w. D.
Jones, Kelly, McCreery,
Morrill, VII, Norwood,
Isdu5OuY CdLlSDdEyg ECOJI,
sherman, Wadleigh and Wright.
Senators Dorsey, Spencer and Logan,
who would have voted for the amend
ment, were paired with BOgy, johnson
and Morrill, Me. against it. The bill
was then rejected, 19 to %.
Senator Morton, from the committee
On privileges and elections, reported
back resolution Of the senate, March
10, 1873, instructing the committee to
examine and report upon the most prae-
-icable mode Of electing q President and
and providing tribunal
70 adjust and decide all contested ques-
ions connected Herewith, with q
engthy written report, which was or
iered printed and placed on the calen-
lar.
The senate took up the military scad-
envy appropriation bill 80 that it might
be unfinished business tomorrow. Ad-
burned.
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