Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-06
Prom tie \. \. journal Of Commerce.
Women Suffrage Not for Pembina.

IL Tie woman's right people are NOT uneOn-
mouly dull Of discernment they will not lie
cheated by the cheap professions OF sy mpAthy
put forth BY Messrs- Morton, Ste an SARGENT
and some other members OF The SenAtr. These
Senators, with all the other men in Congress
who affect a regard for the woman suffrage
movement, had fine opportunity 10 reduce
their feelings to a practical form when they
incorporated the Territory OF the District oi
Columbia. They could then have demanded
| the adoption OF woman suffrage in place
where there arp women in plenty, and where
The experiment could have been made on
satisfactory scale OF largeness. But they SAID
nothing about the voting rights OF women
when II al question was up And they say NTH
ing about It nos in relation TO the Distinct oi
Columbia, although IL Is entirely IN orde: 10
propose To amend the law Organizing that ler-
ritoTy No! they are evidently mol willing 10
let their wives, sisters and dang hters vote, as
residents Of the capital. but will only consent
ID at the measure shsll I've tried On in some fsrs-
way, sparsely settled region like the proposed
Territory Of Pembina This shows thai they
have no faith In the reform, AMI that the wods
Of cheer that they speak IN lis behalf ale bot
mockerv. We are glad that majority Of the
Senats-27 TO 19-had the good sense and can
dor TO vote down Mr. Sargenls QniXotic amend
ment OF the rembns bill giving the right OF sui
frage 10 women. II women are 10 be allowed 10
vote anywhere, they should have that doubtful
privilege in sone Of the older and more popu-
lon. regions, where the operation Of the new idea
could be seen in its full effect, AMI not in Sii-
derness where there is only one woman TO fifty
men. Woman's suffrage sanctioned ia femlhna
would prove nothing whatever, as the women
there are so few in number and the experiment,
If made might be quoted a. 4 success OF isil-
ure according to the prsjudices Of those who eI-
amined the results.
Before ntroduc Ds the reform 10 that out-ofthe
wayp lace We should prefer 10 have il tried right
| under the shadow Of the great dome, within sight
and hearing Of Congress, 50 that they might
know for themselves, and all the world might
know, what good or evil came out Of 1t. But Of
conrse. We would not make the experiment ia
Pembina or The District Of Columbia, OF any 9th
er territory, TO please the han.lfol of persons Hbo
ask for il, when the scheme is opposed by the
vast msjority Of American women Woman sl-
| iTage Is dYindling cause. IL reached lis max
imum Of growth about three years ago, and has
since then been failing badly. II now make
| DO new converts among the women. The same
dozen or twenty female leaders sit on the plat
forms at the anniversary meetings here and The
| languid audiences half Gil the body OF the hall
| that were seen 40 New York in 1870 The fact
Of its TetTogression is the death knelI of women
suffrage, as the reforms that succeed never go
backward Within the last three years the op-
position Of vast majority OF the sex to the
| movement has taken an active forB Petitions,
| signed by many thousands Of women OF high so
cis position and Influence, against woman sui
frage have been presented 10 Congress aud Stale
| Legislatures II there was 10 other reason for
opposing the measure, that one is good enough,
and Of itself justified the large negative vote 10
the Senate on Mr.. Sargents amendment As
Senator Merrimon ssd-"ihe number that had
demanded them the rights Of sufffage as COM
pared with the number that had not, was bat a
drop 10 the ocean and that was his chief ress-
on for voting "Ne" Now that the pretended
friends OF the women suffrage in the Senate have
shown their wtakness on a a test vote we hops
We may hear NJ msre of this particular folly
during the present session, and that they viii
proceed TO the important business Of the country
which sadly waits