New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-08-01

chronicle small beer. The agitation Of the
6ANAotiRn nnsoaa fnon AMl1iaeTWhere aAQm.
Der Of turbulent women clad themselves in
bEeechee and called themselves Boomers.
EqkstA0 ION gave n eis attire" said
Smollett, sbecause they found it did
that male attire was not proper. and that
| the th0racicy abdominal and fundamental
develeSment OF the sex protested against
| it." "Sir," said Smollett, in q fine attempt
at W{theri1g irony, sit is sind that woman
is the real bre14 winh1k, and but for he r
| the husband would go to the Jail, and per-
haps to the gallews. Notwithstanding, how
ever, that woman is the nobler vessel, she
is rifed, robbed snd plundered by that
wretched fellow, her husband" Byron had
said THAI women set their minds on God
knows Wat; were he livingnow, he would
find that women dreamt OF The ledger fran
chise. Mr.. Hope spoke of the measure as q
fantastic bilI," and Mr.. Newdegate pro-
| claimed that eve need. no women to teach
us our Duties"
1t will be observed that the preponder-
ance of arguers, if not Of argument was in
opposition to the bill, yet il received the
handsome vote mentioned. This was due.
undoubtedly, to tho thoroughness with
which the m6aeure.had been canvassed out
side the House, and to the social character
and intellectual force of the zen and
women. especially the latter, who had per
sistently, eloquently, and intelligibly
urged it, Unlike the bulk Of tho people
who favor female suffrage in America, the
English supporters of the. measure are
mostly pefsons of recognized social stand
ing and mental worth. Above all they are
moderate in their demand.
There are two prominent reasons why the
movement for female outrage in the United
States has lost the slight ground it gained.
One was the faint Of free-loveism, and,
where not SO bad as that, the bizarre char
aosss or 5om the and %amsDea who ,ho
measure. Tho other was the sweep.
ing nature of the demand. The
first was enough to condemn any cause
The second arose from the general convlc-
ton that already suffrage had been extend
ed beyond the point of safety. This con-
viction widens and deepens every day. 1t
is especially strong after municipal elec-
tions, at which the irresponsible masses,
men whose money is to be expended by the
million. Who that witnessed the town cleo
tons in this city some weeks since would
EOt restrict rather than extend the right to
vote! Enfranchise women to the extent
that men are enfranchised, and, in Chicsgo.
you necessarily give the ballot to 5000
strumpets. Add them to the turbulent mass
dI tuo tOWu SdLutrlDgS anu Inc scene WO0lO
be an orgie awful to contemplate, though
the result of the election might not be more
disgracsfpl. {
The collective wisdom of ages, to which
one orator of the House of Commons re-
referred as being against granting the right
OF suffrage 80 women, is not always the
safest guide. At sny rate there is grow
ing sentiment that the principle involved in
the proposal to extend suffrage to women,
even than in q larger degree than is pro-
posed in England, is one of justice,
though its recognition may not bel expe-
dent. 1t is not a difficult proposition to
accept, that if woman pays taxes she should |
have voice in choosing the body which !
levies the tax. And if in England. single |
woman may vote. why, in America, whose |
avs as to the right Of femme cocert to |
hold property in her own name 60 beyond |
lny English enactments, may not her mar
led sister
Yet, while the abstract right of WON An
o control her property, even to the extent |
# voting upon any public question me-
lately or Immediately affecting it, is ad-
nitted on many sides, such. 10 the general
md constantly augmenting disgust at the
esults of too free suffrage, that it is
loubtful if she shall be confirmed in that
light until men are similarly restricted.
he dawning Of such day might be aus
icious for the republic, but ere the sun
ises it must set.-Chic0go Times.