The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-10-01
Woman Suffrage.
BY NET VALENTINE.

We I've in an age Of mental culture ant
development. The time has been when n,
educated man was almost out Of the question
while an educated woman was almost n mir
acl-. Even in our early dayswe have hear
many father say. a don't want my gals to
study fggcrin' an such like. Ifthc, can OF,
~ larn resdin an W itin,' that's all they will
ever need" But as those old iogy notions
have, in some measure, passed away, people
ale beginning to learn iha. wouen have tai.
ent as we'll as mon. That God has not ere
"tcd her Tor a slave; but The is endued with
an intellect in no way inferior to 1 OF of her
companion. To argue tina, she is inferior. IS
10 say that Gcd degraded man when he
placed them together. But unlucLily it is
often the case that an int llisent woman is
mated for lie with man scarcely above
mcdiocritv, aud he, IL bis ignorance, insists
'hat she Is bound to OBJ, his Lru,is,, dictate
only because she is a woman. If there be
On! TAI mss or justice 10 ibis, let us hear IL.
Now, let us 60 G little way back, and we
n"d IL Is the c"stom Of heaIhcn nation, to
t'eat their women and llici, o. l.er property
about nike. They Keep their wives, chi K.
cns, hogs. cows, aud ia fact, everything. in
the same hut, or wigwam. They NAV bor
ness the wife with the brute to the plow.
And this is all lisht, isi'? You say, .'No!"
Well, M'y think IT, is. Bat we ara somewhat
enlightened. Look ~ the Indian t:ibe. Of
this country to day! The womanin y,ri,b,y
has the load strapped upon her back, her
form bending under its heavy pressure.
while the red man walks esurcly along, and
it'll he cares whether she is Tired or not. so
size is ready to do his bidding. Nov. we
undertake to say that !, is from those hen-
then nations we borrow our notions of wo-
m'n's inierioriv, and from no where else.
Look what custom does with us to-day! A
lady dare not propose 10 a Young man With
out she intends to throw him into fit ofex
citcment from which IL 10 doubtful. II h. re-
covers. But Won say thew dent wan, such
privileges ] happen to know better than
TO believe ssch stuff as that. Boys (poor
c'eatures) are often afraid to propose. and
thew will sit,icmb.ing when they think she |
NAV saw no; and giris ale debarred by the
'!rant Custom; and yet, no one can give a
reason whv.
And so it is in regard to her vote. She
must be governed by law. She must nav
her taxes according 10 law. and all without
having u word 10 say. Il there any fairness
here? And all because our mothers never
voted. pretty excuse, indeed! How long
has it been since our molIr rs never rode on
a Railroad? Is that any reason why their
daughters should not? Our mothers were
'Ot permitted to walk the streets with their
husbands Is that any reason their dauph.
ers should mott Follow this thoughl only
| Few years, and we again live before the
Hood; and !hc greatest Of all will be the
iood OF superstition with which we will have
o contend, to regain our present position.
80 we will not battle superstitioi from be-
lind, but turn to that which is before.
Says one, II want no juicy Of women to
IL to try me-" would answer. not If they
new YOU. You, sir, are like the Irishman,
Eho, being assured by the Judge that he
hould have justice, said, THAT'S list what
IN afraid Of" Another saws, Voting will
'uit her influence " Nonsense. That's like
= negro who duck ed his master tn make
i'm repent, and then drowned him because
hat was mis- best time to die, as he never
'ould be fl again. Yes, unholy men are
Ia 'med at the idea, because they knox
heir lives politically will he short. Here
the test. When innocence, as they are
leased to call it. takes the ballot, then po- :
'ical cor'uptien's dying struggle begins, :
nd they know IL. The men OF to-d,y are
shamed to speak against woman suffrage.
ut corrupt politicians know that il Is a
after of life or Death; and let me say, ,rem. c
le like Belshazzar; for the time will come
hen we will have our rights. 1t may not q
'me this Fail, but as sure as there is Col
heaven, who beholds the Affections Of his
eople, the day will come when justice aud =
quality will reign throughout the earth. e
Ellsworth, September. 1874