, 1874-11-08
...,. NJ the 1llserics Of Women With
'8 Husbands.
,ron, Mrs. SwissheIm to Women
w. Out Of Work. !.

Ware Suffrage.

o. o =. , 6rurehcad, and the Ha1d-and-soft'
pe1a"'o -, .hst1use for tho masscs, and the
Mons, - ~ n The people will not admit of the
ptelhgeosc cLn,,h NTH State, it il not impossible
tbat rExux SUFFRAGE
..ha tb. uain point At ISSUE
n,1 ea.e -,neh. It the e1nancipated negro
oos oostrnnebised sr him, solely for tho purpose of
soo . s4a..nr its Own interests: and it il not IN
Pe,tth PERI t,,t tho ether viii at last fall back on the
1ke'' '1 - hoes. them into power. And why
Foaeu ~. int the sons Of Ham have had q
p''. ~. .by not girs the daughters Of Japheth =
'ehauce! o,;~v;, t,o.. o,a n.no-
. snoss heads are just struggling to the
t,o. s fos tbs third and last time. il they would
h ...h ,t this Woman Suffrage plank drifting past
.4.m O. 70 gods! how quickly Mrs. Stanton
..1 I'm Viz, Anthony would shoulder the party and
..-;. into Washington triumphant.
rs.,s h,s bseu no httlc said and written about
voHAn's MISSION;
.h.t ths Lord designed her for, and what He
x5r,t desien her for Whatever tbs plans Of
~. ,,m;chty we're, 10 fur her work has been to
~. .1n.- ~ .fter man aud right his wrong: to re-
.oHs mt ho has broken; to pick up and put to-
ps1s ps,r xhat he has undone; to rcplace #Eat he
g.IaxtroT.d: g.lsa to build up What ha has pulled
u Ind now that men have ruled this
se,,ntr, 40 long, aud made such IN Internal mess
~ Il xhr not let the women take hold and right
i 10, il they can? . ...:..
-,morous for the rights Of suffrage, or aoyth,ng
- tIst vii be OF assistance to them N gettns
tieir bread OF LIE many thousands OF worxing
1mnan. educated, refined, and intellectual. III
81. s;ty how many can provide for themselves
~ families the comforts Of life even. TO say
,otbin0 Of the Injuries? While positions OF
nnbic trust are filled With Ignorant inefficient,
fsorrnnt n,en. who voto themselves into easy
ehsirs md muniEcent salaries. ....
EYe.v year increases the number OF women
nrpxspEyr on THEIR OWN ExERT1oSs
fr livelihood. It ia necessity, not choice, that
hu forced women to the front: Iney arc con-
srions thxt they labor under disadvantage. and,
n bopes to remove it. have struck out blindly for
sutfraro. Tic Legal night to deposit bit OF pa
ner ia the ballot-box, the first Tuesday after the
FFr.r Monday in November, viii prove
ny no means the grea. highway to aff1u-
.nce and happiness, Is some Of the eangulne
ones appear 10 think. But, without doubt. it
would BE- step gained in the advancement Of IN
dussry. Public officers naturally select thelI
@A~AF~A
them into their positions, and those whose votes
vii help 70 Leep them there. OF 400 employees
in tie Chicago Post Office, ton are women
among tue many clerks in The Board OF Public
Yorss. Comptroller's Office, Treasurer's Office,
etc,. there sre only three ladies,-those in the
Is1-Comnlsaioners office; in the Recorders
o1sce, majority; in County Treasurer's Office,
ooe, and. to use the Ireasurer's own words, "The
politicians kicked against !" eEea that. OF the
4ao clerks 70 be discharged 1t Washington, $50
Ne nomen. The reasou il obvious: Three
hundred and sixty men lees meaus $50 votes less
IN tho oomping campaign. 1t is not much Won
der that the majority OF womauklnd imagine
That the ballot Is the
EEI TO ALL THESE INEQUALITIES
Its quite true that, il women IRE allowed tho
]ega1 night to vote, bT tho exercise Of that right
ttey mar be able to pull themselves up trife.
But there is another side to the question. Does
tte end justify the means2 Can they afford to
snn The risk Of the foul contamination of the
kres that rsises them? Men have made OF poll
tn troubled aud dirty pool, and the right OF
tui1lsge will bring with it many other rights
hut she5 have not counted upon, and will not
u.e for Tn: Tie right to be abused, misuu-
is:stood. and maligned, by the press to mingte
si1h sud b eneered at By tho lowest elements OF
toaety; 70 .ssociate hand in hand with the
sert Of men. whose very glance is T.
Night. They will be obliged to clothe them-
selEsa with double-faced armor Of resolution; to
uoTd hack III timidity aud eenstiveness; to
xak side BY side NTH men in the harness, in
Es1 of sending them ahead to throw out the
harp stones; 10 suppress their natural inc1ina-
aon to o1y, and cultivate disposition to swear
instead.
:Jus. .ko, in proportion rs women advance.
It il advancement,
= nS WILL pEIER1oRATE.
Man u like ba]kr horse he will do the whole