Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-06-01

ter the very best influences of human educa-
ton" You will have family with GwO heads
"A "hOuse divided against itself" You will
no longer have that heathful and necessary
stlbOrdination Of wife to husband and that
unity Of relationship which s required oy a
true and real Christian marriage. You will
have substituted a system of cnIiteDtian and
difference warning against the laws Of nature
herself aud attempting by these new tangled,
petty, puny, and most contemplate cOntriyan
ces. Organled in defiance Of the best lessons
Ot human experience, to confuse, impede aid
dl@aTrange the paipable will OF the Creator OF
the world. can src IN this proposition for
female suffrage the end OF all that home HE
and education which are the best nursery for
nations virtue can see in all these at
temptS to invade the relations between man
and wife, to establish differences TO declare
those to be two whom God hath declared to be
one, elements Of chaotic disorder elements Of
destruction to all those things which are after
all our best reliance for I good and "a pure and
an honest governments.
AS said, Mr.. President, / rose simply to en-
press my establishment that a measure OF his
Kind could have received the assent which IL
apparently has received from the Senate OF
I'll. L nte,l States IN The vote just recorded.
lhe subject is too broad 1t is too deep it is too
ious to attempt to discuss it unprepared and
within the time which is now allotted 10 me.
! sincerely hope that If this subject Is TO he
acted upon it Will he after long, seIiou severe,
Close consideration. | et all sides OF the ub-
jet he viewed in all its vaatnrs, and far reach
ing consequences. Let Senators consider Iht
results, and let at least their aims ia this mat
ter he something higher than meir poliiical
| and PARTISAN considerations, which fear have
animated much of the discussion Of which We
have listened.
MI. President, trust sincerely that TIA. Vo,s
just taken, indicating the refusal ot the seuale
10 luy tins bi on the table, uIiy not Indicate The
Will ot the Senate IA Respect of thus amendment
| Wa have no night to subJect this or any other
portion ot our ieiiow-cIlArus 10 sad, - uIt,
| ward, So unhappy an experiment as Is Lele pr
posed. have sat Ia this Chamber and se, II
avs leveled with the most setiuus aud cruel pei
| hltrs against class OF people pfactlcIng poiyt-
| amy III the Territories. What VIII tins law do
Wlll II not III fact sever those relations to which
| have referred as being essential Tor the virtue
| and safety Of State, What Is your Stale uuIe,s
1t Is founded upon Nttuous ana happy homts
| Aud where eau there be ylrtuous aud happy
home unless Christian IulIIaJe shah have
| consecrated il:
| No, Mr. President, trust that this amendment
Will not be adopted, that We shall not lIihe ia
| this way with the happiness ot large portion OF
our fellow citizens, That We stan not set what
must consider tnls iGdeeorous example OF govern
ment; and | trust that the vote OF the Senate
most empuaticaly viii step here. and trust
viii stop permanently, even the suggestion OF
granting tho political franchise u voting to the
women OF -AmtilCa. Ihty 40 hot utCu 1t, sir.
4 cannot OF course speak Ior all, but | EnGN |
eau speak The s:utiu,eut OF IuAuy when | say
that 10 them tbs pICposttIon Is aihOIreIt 10
take lhem Hun the retlemeht where theIr
sway is So admitted, - benehccut, So eltvatlng
and to throw thtIA into another spuere tor
which they axe totally untitled ana where all
that at preseut aaorns anu pTuieess ihtIn must
3 be taken away by The rough and vulgar contact
Wlth those struggles whcn J,5 much
= better bited 10 meet No, sir; .Ee relations OF
"a, Inn
under lie Laws ut this country havo produLed
happy and stable Government, or at least are
I no. Iesp0hsible ioE tho evil features winch va
witness. Tic Iest protection isr the women Il
/ Amencl Is la the respect and the love which
1 The msu u huitICa bear to them .ery man
c3nyersdnt with tue practical attalIs OF lie knows
that tAc iact, that the mere llc that 1t Is WOMAN
who eeehs her ilELte IA ! court OF justice al5ue
$ gives her an adHaBta e over Aei contestant
which lev lnen AZ aLl' 10 res,st. / would put
1 tho question Ia any Lam who has pra,tll ca
o law IA the court ut tins country, let him
stuhd htl'fe Iuly tuHposod only ot IICu, let The
: ,ast Le t.el Only BY ulrn, let all tho witucsse
= be men and the plaintiff 81 the doltudaut b ),
I wun.In, ani II lou choose To- add lu that, eveG
70 uiulr unprotected thin ~ anrn eenrtailY ale, a
4 widow ot Az Orphan, aud does not every ULt
Il eco5uizs Inc dtlneuity, uat Ia hnd pIuteeue Ia IL
her nEhts, but thr dlncuiiy tu lndu.r the int Il
II Nuo compost tue tInes ot AuIelfI e. hai4 Ihl
balance OF luslIce stcudliy ruCugh L. lusuie M 4,
/
. lois yWpAthy II. htg srX: Thee az Common
lev ~ day iuCs .Attlas. LEY could l. idt p,i.
:, la ar. 4.BDl.
i Mi President there never Was greater
n | mistake, there nei was a lalser TACT stated
o | than that the Mouieu ot AmeIitl need any
=, protection luther ,han the love borne To then
# by their fellow counttymen Every right every
,t privilege: many thlt men do not attempt
many that men cannot hope for, are their
most ttcei4. DO not impeTlt The advantage
| IL IN 1l If n la ~
u Ill cUnsldcI,d shallow way Ia interfere will
the relations which are founded L pom the law
o of nature herself Depend upon IT, Mr.. Presl-
dent, mans wisdom Is best shown by humbl,
Is attention, by humble obedience To The grea
= laws of nature, aud those discoveries which
- have led men Ia their chictest enjoyment ant
= greatest advantages have been from ihe grra
% minds o: those Who did lay their ears near til,
L. heart of nature, listened 10 its beatings, anG
- did not attempt Ia correct Gods handiwU or K
r by their own futile attempts at improS ement