The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-04
The Homan Suffrage uuesfio..

and variety.
The H0m0n Suffrage Question.
What was left alive OF this figment of q SEN
timent before the eruption OF the Beecher-
Titon scandal now lies dead before the elderly
enthusiasts who worried it into existence.
hatever may have been urged in defense Of
the woman's suffrage movement before, by men
who were constantly reminded that they had
mothers and wives and sisters, tho Disgusting
Inuddle IN which we find such women as Ellza-
beth Cady stanton, Susan B. ANTHONY and
others inextrcably mixed, strips the question
at once OF Its respectability and its Vitality
these women are respectable in their sphere,
alone by their unimpeachable characters sur
rounded the Impossible because impracticable
doctrine OF woman's rights and woman's equal
ity with glamour OF propriety. The thorough
nastlness OF the Iilton-Beecher expose has
however, prcked the bubble, and It hangs al
the end Of the dirtiest mbrogho the New York
world has ever known.
The freelove procliyities of all the parties
10 the Plymouth Church transaction we're ia
mllarly known to these women yet re ago. -
known OF and discussed: referred TO- doubt
less, over tea-tables. and anaIyzed with a.
those higher law notions which are supposed to
govern and glorify the illicit shortcomings OF
higher law terrestrals, living in the delightful
realm OF celestial higher plane. Whatever
there was OF responsibility IN this woman's
rights movement was vested IN Mrs. Stanton
and the leaders OF which she was one. Respect
ability followed them
Their miserable connection with the Brook
lyn scandal has killed it, 1t must shock oyery-
body. II ought to shock everybody. r. plocks
at the sacredness OF the marriage relation and
des oys all those beautiful Imageres which
surround home and the hottest ties OF husband.
wife, father mother, children-ali. Vhe bare
thought OF such system, covered up cutivat-
ed as 1t were by daily interchange of the most
intimate courtesles or social hfe, is so revolving
that we recoll from pursuing the thread Of the
argument to Its logical result-St. Louis Re-
publican.
EDITOR TRUE NoRIHERNER :--Y esterday the
above article was handed me with a request to
read and answer II, and as l sat taking notes OF
what effect it might have upon woman 3 outrage
AZ the polls this fall, and cogitating what reply
u give. and feeling somewhat dIsheartened
withal the venerable head of nce Josh peeped
silly over my shoulder, and, with eyes sparkling
with unusual intelligence, he said. I" That must
have been tremendous shock that cracked
that ar st. Louis man so, now. Didn't be know
afore this time that the wimmin all the way up
from the mornin' ov time and creation don't
know ennything ov themselves, only what men
tell EN-! Genisesvand st. Paul telle 'em to
obey their hust ads, and if they'd earn eny-
thing, to learn ov their husbands to hmm, and
to keep silent in the churches. Aud hold to
it in this age ov reason that il is unreasonable
to think woman reasonable being, when she's
been taught sch things from her babybood up
wards. And Nj. Beecber says, ssys he, Eliza
buth Tilton, yer have confidence in my ludg-
mont, amt yer: aud che says. save she, es,
Mr.. Beecher have. Yer my paster and spirit
ual guide, and I'm yer sheep And M. Beecher
says, says he, i look upon her as child
And it don't stand to reason that Ellaabuth is
to blame in the Brookln scandle aud don't
believe she is neither. nor don't believe Beech
or is neither. Ibe Beecher and Tiltop middle
is just like that awful tragedicol affair at
Washington OF Key and Sickles. >ickles thought
that Key was getting higher up in the perliticle
sky nor he was, and readin' in the Scripter that
he that exalteth himself shall be abased,' he
thought he'd perform a Coup deidi and get
higher nor Key was and TO abase him. he shot
him through his own wife. and killed em both
poor, inercent things; and IL Is gisi the same
with Titon he want TO vanlt higher nor Beech
!
would not lend him any more money, and he's
freeloverlte, and he's found bis 'fnity IN that
ar Woodruff. and to make room for her IN his
own house he throws his wife. Eiaabuth, st
Beecher, to kill her and get her out oy his way,
and abase him, but guess he II ind be'e got on
top ov that ar same identical animul that re-
buked the prophet Baalm, and BeeebeY and
Elzabuth will come out all right In tho end;ont.
THAT ar st. Louis man thinks wimin ant.
his eakle. Don't he know that when men put
chain round woman's neck. and cham her 10
the ground, the other end ov that ar same chain
is securely fastened 'round their own pecls P
And when men put their heel on 10 uoman's
brain, and crush and grind it into tho earth all
the way frum the fust day ov creation till now,
and then ask her to manifest as great an amount
ov mind, they'd get disappointe ed evIJy time P
But guess If men will take their heel off, ani
give 'em room, and open the way foT en- to
give an exabtion, he'll find his mother kpowe
enough no,o to give him sound spanking, (the
st. LOUIS man Imean)." And said 0pcie Josh,
"vinne. that Mrs. Stanton and anthony are
all right, God bless 'em! And now don't you
feel down in the mouth, nor worked up about
it, That ar above piece is onlys little harm
less thunderbolt and 'twont bust, nor scatter
nobody. And that ar st. Louis man that ie so
shocked and smashed up will md thai II vim
minis suffrage is dead and burned 40 IN the
Brooklin hot-bed ov n-WoodhuL-iree-love-
affinityism, it will phgnix on ele1shun day
Pm man. yInne, and I've experimen ,sl knowi-
edge ov man lntricacies and know iie ,oornas
instead ov religion that has moved that al mans
stomach to indIgnashun, and you gsi tell Bub
TO drink some catnip tea and go TO bedl and
he'll feel better about it in the mornin'n
And feeling reassured by Uncle Joshe en-
phatic assurance that womsns suffrage was all
right, laid my pen aside and went on my way
rejoicing. WINE
Some months SINCE conductor WIn. Earl. OF
Marshall, was the victim OF sunstroke, and at
last his brain became weakened. He was AT
the Battle Creek Water Cure for time, but