New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-26

time debating whether our school system
shall be touched; now, who has deeper
interest in this question than woman! Can
it be otherwise than that she should be
deeply interested in the preservation intact
of this great gift of our fathers And
deeper than all is the question Of the proper
handling OF the great evil of intemperance.
Who suffers from this as woman does
The history Of Christianity has been
history of the gradual enlsrgng OF the
sphere OF roman; and this meeting to.
nigh. is one OF the effects of Christianity.
AT one time only the son was allowed 70 re.
ceive liberal education; but all that has
gone by, and now there is a feeling that The
sister and brother shall pursue the same
studies. We stand now at the beginning Of
new century; the last has been one of
great development, and yet the very root
tact Of our national being les in the first
line OF the declaration. Wien we declared
ourselves 70 be a nation. we declared equal
ity for all men, and We never meant by
that, equality simply for all males. Jetfer.
son never had that narrow view OF human
nature. He knew it meant all the people
of America. Every one had right 10 life,
liberty and the pursui. of happiness, the
woman as well as the man.
have said that in the first stage of every
reform movement comes ridicule and COZ
tempt. When these begin to subside vision
AIRY and direputable theorists seek 20 use
the movement. and TO control it in the inter.
est of their wild or wicked purposes. 1t
was SO with tie anti-siavery movement; it
has been so with this one. But the American
Woman Suffrage Association has not been
implicated in these ioliies l. has steadily
refused 10 be involved in the discussion OF
side Issues. II has stood for impartial suf-
frsge; Tor wonans inherent right OF repre-
sentatlon. Woman is interested in all the
questions which come before the country:
sill she has no voice in their eettle-
ment. Who has 0eeper interest in
the school question than woMan-vho
has such an interes. in the preservation
intact OF this great gift of our fathers as
woman and why should che not be allowed
10 participate in it's preservation! Tie sub
lection OF woman l5 completely passing
away, and although America as yet de-
clines to put woman into power, every other
nation has done so. II they could put wo-
men into some of the executive offices OF
this country, they would not have as much
peculation as existed at present. He alluded
TO the fact that woman suffrage existed az
present in the Territory of Wyoming, and
he knew. from having himself visited that
community, that the giving OF the ballot to
woman was blessing 10 the Territory. lie
hoped that the heart OF this grea. city would
throb il harmony with the movement
II is said women can not rule. No nan
dare say that, alone, 10 his wife. Not rule!
look through history. Where are Cleopatra
and Semiramis, and Zsnobia and Catharine.
and Elizabeth and Nictoria' Not rule! Did
not Joan of Arc save France when the King
had cowardly fled. and the armies were
scattered, aud English soldiers did their
will in all that land? Well did England
burn her as witch, for she bewtcheG her
nation into hope, unity, zeal, courage and
mastery, until it had expelled every tr,-
umphant EnglishMan from its shores So
Elizabeth picked up PROSTATE nation,
lowest of the low. despised OF Emperor,
King and Pope. and made i. the sovereign
power OF Europe. So Victoria held back
Palmerston and Russell and Gladstone and
Derby, who would have plunged England
into war with us, and left us free 10 So odue
our enemy. Had not woman ruled Eng
land We should have had harder task than
We did by far.
Christianity has lifted woman % a level
with man. l. has made this audience pos
sible Ii has changed the thick veil when
hid the face into The thin one that height.
ems its beauty. |. has given her liberty Of
movement Of faith, OF life. l: also de
mands her political liberation. Mag thls
beginning OF our second centennial see the
perfection Of our political system in this
admission OF woman TO all the rights and
duties of citizenship. II has worked well
in Wyoming. 1t will everywhere, lie, j.
come.