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W. 0. ponaho & Co.,

Office Lamar Hotel building, Dallas, Offer
the following:
10 Trade 10000 first-class improved BUSH
ness and residence property in Northern
city, with highest character of titles, to
trade for Texas property, city of Dallas,
and unimproved lands.
10 Tradc-.A $4,000 ilrst-cluss Hotel and fur
nlture In u Northern city, to trade Tor Tex
as property.
To Trade-l0O of the very best Sewing Ma
chimes, some cash, to trade for Northern
Texas lands.
10 Trade -S5OO,OOo good stocks in Northern
Stock Companies, under high character OF
management, to trade Tor solid body Of
pine land, on river or railroad.
For Sale--Dallas City residences, business
houses, building lots, etc.
For Sale--Texas Land Scrip.
tJanl w. b. DoNoH0 n co.
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NEW YORK, December Sl,--Gold opened at
ll2Js.
Sterling exchange unsettled; short 81 IS
al Ss1a; long, 81 Sisi Sih.
Commercial, 81 SOgi NJ
l0:ls a. m.-Spots opened easy.
1880 q. D.-Gold ll3c. Futures opened
easy. January, IS 7.l6c; February, lSi4@ ID
S;iss; March ,s ls1aSis s,lsci April, l354e; May,
lO:45 p. m.-SPots firm; for low grades,
heavy and lower tosell. ~. u =
l2:2op. m.-Gold llS1s. Futures quiet and
firm.
ll:l7 a. m.--Gold 1857.
1910 p. m.-Gold ll3. Spots dull and nom
1880 p. m.--Gold 1885. Futures quiet Jam
nary, l3k@l3 3-l6c; February, 10 5. i0m lSIIc.
March, lSS-lS@l$Sc; April, Is ID le@lSfsc. 1877
1880 p. m.-Gold Il25s.
l04c; good ordinary, lie; low middiing, IL ii,
Ice; middling, l314c: mlddling Alabama, lSl,sc;
l37-l6c. ~ -
2,sop. m.-Sold ll'c. Futures closed quiet.
LONDON, December 81, 1890 p. m.-Consols
for money, 93 l5-l6; ON account, "a l-l8.
LIVERPOOL, December 81, 1880 D, m,--Spots
opened quieter. Uplands, I5-i6d; Orleans,
S.ibd. Sales 5000 bales; for speculation
Arrivals opened weak. tf.
2:3V.-Spots unchanged. Uplands, q l0-l0!;
Orleans, 1854. Sales American $500 bales
,GALvssToN, December Si.-Gold ll3@lli
Exchange-New York sight, 1@A per cent.
discount; New0rleans sight, VI per cent, dis.
count TO par.
Cotton quiet and demand limited; offer.
,nss Iree, Good ordinary, lie; low middling,
nc; middiing, i211c; good middling, lsIlc.
sales ,4ii bales; receipts, 1895 bales.
NEW oRLEANs, December Si.-Gold lI2I@
ll3c. >4Y
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Messrs. Buriord, Castor, Randall, Aldredse
Leonard and others:

Messrs Buriord, CASTOR, Randall, Aldredse,
Leonard and others:
GENTLEMEN-In response to your
communication of the 30th inst, ask
ing that l become candidate for the
Lower House of the 18th Legislature, /
have to say that cannot refuse to ac-
cede to request rendered me in a
manner so gratifying.
If through your votes and influence,
success should crown my efforts in the
coming canvass, 1t shall be the one
purpose of my life to represent in the
most efficient manner. this great COM
monwealth, and especially the district
which has honored me with this posi-
tion. l beg to return to you and each
OF you, my sincere thanks for the very
complimentary language in which you
have conveyed to me the wishes of
our citizens.
have the honor to be, your very
obedlent servant,
W. c. HOLLAND.
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A FRST-CLASS HOUSE.
Commencing tho New Year Ms IL Dc
serves see "SOmething New"

Mr.. w. L. Murphy, than whom
there Is not more wide-awake bust
ness man in our goodly city, common
-ces Alright the New Year, and filings to
the winds his banner on which is en-
blazoned the legend of Especial Bar
gains in all Departments" That he
will perform all that he sets forth In
his lengthy advertisement is amply
guaranteed by his former business ca
reer. Knowing to u dot the wants OF
this public, be has prepared himself to
fiji them at the lowest possible expense
to the purchaser.
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Nasty weather.
Happy new year.

Nasty weather.
Happy new year.
No paper will be issued to-mor-
row morning.
The Criminal District Court meets
again next Monday.
The new year was ushered In by a
heavy, binding rain.
Receive your friends to-day. 1t Is q
beautiful custom and should be OBJ
served.
The hall over Wheat's store has
been rented by the Young Mems
Christian Association.
Everybody is invited to attend the
mass meeting at Fields Theatre, this
afternoon at half past two O'Clock.
Seats free. f4 4
-0ld Probabilities certainly has
spite against the fire department and
military companies. The parade is
again postponed, and this time indefl-
nitely.
The several churches of Dallas
bave arranged to observe the week Of
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W. ", LYTE e. Co. real estate agents, No
100 Lamar street, beg leave 10 call the utIon-
ton OF persons wishing 10 purchase real os-
tate 20 the eKtenslve.lists.Of property ON their
bulletin boards In and outside of their Office,
under the respective heads OF "Improved
city Property, ""Vncant City Lots ""Farms"
and "Unimproved and Wild Lands" en-
bracing business houses and vacant lots In
the commercial center Of the city. Also,
building lots, and anumber OF very desir.
able residences situated IN every quarter OF
tho city, Also, large tracts OF wild lands In
Dallas and other counties ofthe State, besides
a number OF farms of various sizes, includ-
Ing several large and highly improved plan
tations within tiyo miles Of the city OF Dallas
auE25dtf
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Personal.

Messrs. Eldon w. Smith and Clifton
Scott, two of Dallas most popular
young men, are back to this city after
an extensive trip westward, and will
enjoy themselves among their friends
for few days.
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Tho Directory of the Dallas Real Estate
and Building association will receive sealed
proposals for the sale of business property
Mt tho Office of the Secretary, till Wednesday
January 8, 1876.
y. ADAMS, President.
Il. p. BARRY, Secretary and Treasurer.
janlto5d
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II you don't want to buy a pair of good
boots, you had better notgo to stanford's, 407
Elm street, for II you 20 and examine his
stock and prices, you are almost certain to
buy o pair whether You need them or not
fact, certain, decl0-dtf
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Absalom, who met with great mis-
fortune while travelling through the
woods, 10 which he answered "that he
didn't have any man by dat name In
his Rcquaintaince.V
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Wanted.

Everybody and all their kinfolks to know
where to buy Boots. Shoes and Clothing, and
where to get the full worth of their money.
Stanford's, 4O7 Elm street. is the place, be-
You'd question.
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lature:
III A McCollum J T. ID BLADDER
TT ID Andrews N Nj Burford
EPLy NJ Virgins
p G Meriwether G N Aldredge
Zac Tolliver n A CASTOR
G Leftwick AT Wild
G Helvetius q Beaumont
ST Williams II Il Cowart
j Wheaton J A Harris
ii ID LaCossitt J q Eblen
w II Weston ] } Brooks
Il Harper J Il Peyton
\ NJ Thurmond J : Stewart
Hamilton Il Co DR. Il b Walton
WMalone A Mcqueen
Ben Calm A THensly
A Calm j Greer
j Baum I'll Coin
G Doelling G IL SchoelkoBf
J II Caldwell Il NJ Miers
ID NJ Nicol WI Walter
Alfred Kent w III Beaumont
II Beaumont jr 5 5 Klngsbury
w A Rodgers w w Weston
RF Z Floyd A ii Steagall
w Lyle J p Murphy
J II Bryan A Q Terry
Pc Swor III X Leake
JD padgitt VT Bond
1T Moore G Rush
Il McNar BIZ Griffith
CT Tucker RW Goldtwaite
J NJ Williams J Sonnenberg
j Il Leonard J ID Kerfoot
A Marshall Ii Page
w IL Johnson J Lehenstein
j G Mcconnell j II Jetlries
Huey n Philip RH Waggener
s A Mahon SD Douglas
Il G McCloskey w M Edwards
III G Sale Nj Y Pierce
s Lathrop w Webb
Y A Sayre w + Morton
J Menczer Il = Reaves
A Block M lUlman
II A McMurtry A f Grimes
L Fletcher TIC Boluware
y Il Anger & Schwartz
Il w Emanuel w A Brown
V B Shumaker II Chegsall
Nj NJ NewsOn w Il Hughes
ID Greslin III Foat
G Nj Wheat J Wallace
w G Conner Kerr
OIL Williams SIR Spencer
Nj Tollver Il McKahn
Nj Shuts & Wanderson
II y Barry w X Cornish
j w Roberts ID w Fawcelt
j L Pipton A Griffeth
II J Johnson j A Bowman
Nj A Cornelius ID w Momard
g G Beeler Joseph Cotter
RPAunspaugh&Co j NJ Dram
G Michel w Il Murphy
II Il Ervay JL w phares
w II CASTOR JY Field
G NJ Swink w II Cocker
Il Bennett M Wohl
II Whiteman w Keefer
A NJ Beal A NJ Beal
w ID Anderson VIC Gordon
w j McCollum Hollenbeck
S Craddock CB Welborn
l. Kraft Williams Il Youn
TIP Randall &c Collier
w G Randall G Rick
J w Pendron re Patton
IT Hoskins J w Thompson
w III Howell e A Bohne
j Boil J S Dickinson
J Loeb j McCarty
M Loeb ii Calm
} Strauss Bob Smith
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CITY BUSIN ESS.


Tho members Of Tannehill Lodge No, 80,
A. H. 4 A. M arc hereby requested 10 meet at
tho Masonic Han nj 10 o'clock 0, NJ, for the
pnpose Of making arrangements 10 bury
the remains OF BRO. John W, Billiard. All
Mosons In good standing are invited to AT
tond. IL, BOIL, W. M,
lQulult
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* IA &9Il per day. Agents wanted. All
w " Wv classes Of working people OF both
sexes, young and old, make more money at
work for us, In their own localities, during
their spare moments, or all their time, than
at any thing else. We offer employment
that Will pay handsomely fol, every hours
free. Send us your address at once. Don't
delay. Now IA the time. Don't look for
Work OF business elsevhsre uutii you have
$500 s59als1 Th Nina 70 onsr' 70. sTrrsSS %
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PREFERRED SPECIALS.


Tho place TO buy good and cheap Bools
ana Shoes ia stanford's, iO7 ELM street
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Holiday Goods , Holiday Goods |

4. 7. Lyle, 5O7 Main street. The largest
and finest assortment in the city. Ladies'
work boxes writing desks, order and jewell
ny and dressing cases, gold pens and pencils,
picturesand picture frames, poems, miscel-
laneous and juvenile books, and in fact eve
rything suitable for all. Il. p. LYLE,
dec20dlm 507 Main Street.
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Al Bogel's, Leerand hotel those diamond
earrings win positively 90 railied on on sa.'
urday evening, January !, 1870, NJ O'CLOCK
d. N. Ticket-holders will please take mo-
tlce aud govern themselves accordingly
dec3ld2t
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craddnok,a Billiard haII

Seems 10 be the great center OF attraction
here of late. Guess the people Of Dallas nave
MI had n taste of that Old Monarch Bonr'
bon, which is acknowledged by all to be the
best ever put over the bar In Dallas d29tf
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the bold arm of the sea, These salt
marshes are being reclaimed in various
places along this coast by flooding them
with fresh water Teton from mountain
streams by means Of sluice gates. We
noticed that one field in two years
time had gained two feet of black, rich
soil "Our home friends would be in
credulous," said the Bishop III we told
them that on the third day of Deem
Der the weather was warm as June, the
young grass was anklo-deep, aud llocks
and herds were browsingo on the foothills
that we have driven past hedges ofroses
have seen ripe fruits, corn, pumpkins
and potatoes in the field, peas ready to
stick, and young onions and rNdishes.
That the lilac, our springs iorerunner, Is
budding, and the dNhlia, our autumn 5
layorito Is blazing from the garden, The
magnolia blossoms rest their pale petals
against the crimson cheeks of the mourn
tain ash berries the scarlet pomemanate
and yellow accacia mingle their foliage,
Spring llowers summer vegetables, win
ter fruits, rest side by side with the
gathered nuts Of autumn time" There
Is no sign Of winter in earth air, or sky;
no bare twig, save the almond bough,
Even the uncultiyatcd hills and road
sides clothc themselves in new dress,
and appear in the most vivid green OF
the aliilleria, native herb, which has u
leaf much like young t0nsy, smells like
musk, and is the iayorito grazing food
Of focks.
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Professor Scales with a full corps OF ell
oIent assistants, will resume the exercise
his school, 0il Elm street, on Monday next
January I'd. uo'-"
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Do you want nice, neat, and at the same
time durable shoe, for your little girl to wear
to school? Stamford at 4O7 Elm street, has
just the shoe you want. Call and see II 1t is
not 80. decl0-dtf
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Mr.. ]. Lampis Laaer Beer Depot,

At Jacob Grossmons Beer Saloon, corner
of Main and Poydras streets, has Just re-
ceived II car load of their Celebrated Lager
Beer, both bottled and In kegs. Orders Will
be promptly attended to-
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A large stable and lot, corner Market and
Carondalet streets, opposite Planters Wagon
Yard. Dallas. Inquire at this office, or Mrs
Bertha Scbadell. dec23dtf
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Wanted.

10 yet board at good private house Tor
man and wife and child. WIN furnish our
own furniture. Address H. craddock
through the Postoiiice, or apply NJ Crad-
docks Billiard Hall, Main street dec20tf
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A new or secondhand express wagon
Also. horse and harness. Gall ~
DALLAS CORN MILLS,
docaldat ON Patterson avenue
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the committee on the Festival at the Ger
man M. E. Church hereby notify the public
that on account of the weather the Festival
will DO postponed. BY order of
lanldit CoMmliiEE'
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kept OIL hand at g. NJ. CoDnolly's, l07 Market
street. novI-dtf
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rrInnAILY HERALD

an bo found ON sale BY the news,
boys an all trains ~ me Ieas
stands ni The Legrnnd, k"n Ja"i"'"
and Lamar hOtcih,
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sianford's, 4O7 elm street, is tho place 70
buy stylish suits, oveicoan ana uen@
Furnishing Goods, ut extremely low nBure''
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For bargains In Hats, the people 20 10
Btnnfords n, 407 Elm street,
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For Ladies', Misses ana ChildrenS shoeS
40 10 stanford's, lO7 Elm street.
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No Misrepresentation of goods at stand
fords, 407 Elm street. decl0-tf
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You Can Save Money
BY buying YOUR Railroad Tickets from Fred
Manget. Ofilcc Ia LeGrand hotel.
baoQ.tf
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ConIi ConIiI ConIil

Hot ana cold baths az Wilson's, M,
All Elm street docl5d2m
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DALLAS, TEXAS

SATURDAY MORNING .;;;;MN. I.
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correspondence.

DALLAS, December no. 1915.
W. q. Holland, Esq;
SIR-We, the undersigned citizens OF
Dallas county, having full confidence
In your ability and integrity, aud APP
preclating the fact that the next Legis-
lature will be probably the most I'M
portant one that ever assembled in
Texas, and that that body should be
composed of our best material, respect
fully solicit you to become a candidate
for the Lower House Of the Legis-
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Cheaper than any other fuel, In unlimited
supply, ana for sale rs followsi
McAl lister Coal (the best In
the markeD (or dH purposes" $40 20 per ton
Arkansas sem l-anthraeltO..,., 10 20 per ton
Car load lots at lower prices at
II. V. ToMPKINs',
Corner Lamar and Commerce streets.
doc2Bdtf
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Call on Fred Manget, at the Learand hote
dec3-tf
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NEW PRICE LIST.
CARPET DEPARTMENT.

The New Price List in CARPETS are lower
than sold by any dealer In this or any other
call mt your earliest convenience. They are
selling rapidly at the New Prices.
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Are the best the world produces. They are
planted by million people in America,
splendid Vegetables. A Priced Catalogue
sent nee 70 all who inclosc the postage--a Q
yick's Floral Guide, Quarterly, Is cents
eyeM Nlcks Flower and Vegetable Gar
DEM 30 cents, with cloth covers 85 cents. Adj
dress s;ss q, JAMES WICK, Rochester, N. Y.
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BLOT and SHOE DEPARTMENT
HAT DEPARTMENT.

The New Price List on HATS viii lndu "u
quick sales as they are much cheaper '''''
are sold by other dealers. Feit"
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TELEGRAPH MARKETS.

NEW YORK, December Sl,--Gold opened at
Sterling exchange unsettled; short 81 IS
a. Ss1s; long, "a si@i SihS.
National Republican., 1876-01-28

the last ten years acted in cooperation
with these Southern advocates of white
mans government.
To our mind there is no vital difference
between these Confederate White Liners
and the Northern White Liners. The Con-
federate claims, as we have before stated,
that Mississippi should be ruled by white
men. The Republican White Liner claims
that the United States should be ruled by
white men, through.a white mans Con-
gress, white army and navy officers, white
judiciary, and white officials in all the de-
partments Of GoVernment-political, legis-
lative, diplomatic and executive. These
so-called Republicans are thus running
the same line of race division through the
National Government which the Confed-
crate White Liners are running through
the State governments of the late slave
States.
There must be an end to this White Line
policy On the part of the Republicans for
the sake of the party as we'll as Of the ma
tion. The Republican party cannot exist
as white mans party any more than can
the nation as white mans government.
a reconstructed South, based on negro
reform, must prove as fatal to the Repub-
lican party as to the republic. Sooner or
later the Republican party will have to face
about and meet this Confederate Democ-
racy on this White Line issue as national
issue. Sooner or later the nation which
has decrced emancipation and the civil
equality of all men before the law, will
have to face about and confront the old pro-
slavery party, reorganized within the Union
for 4 renewal Of the old conflict for mas
terry. We had better, therefore, meet the
enemy now. and meet him on the bloody
issue which political fraud and assassina-
ton in Louisiana and Mississippi present
so clearly to the country. The first step of
the Republican party in this face about
in the White Line issue is to seat the negro
Senator from Louisiana. The second is to
refuse to seat the Confederate White Line
Senator from Mississippi, representing, as
he does, fraud, murder and political assas-
sination Upon an issue, as thus Joined,
we can appeal to the nation and make our
appeal one Of the living issues Of the next
Presidential election. If Republican SEN
ators present the frmness needed to make
this issue the people will sustain them.
We shall thus reap moral victsry and ac-
complish q moral result which will inaugu-
rate under happy auspices the era Of moral
reconstructioniupon which the nation is
now entering.
National Republican., 1876-01-28

A MILEsIAN employed as special police
man at the Capitol has, it is said, invented
system of book keeping which, it is be-
lieved, will be adopted by Senator Davis,
of West Virginia, rs i substitute for the
method inaugurated 10y Alexander Hamil-
ton, and used now in, the Treasury. The
fact that nobody but the inventor compre-
hends the invention will of course be as
nothing to the gigantic mind of Mr.. Davis,
who toys with financial subjects as an in
FAINT does with a tooth speeder. Mr..
Davis mind is of the Webster, Clay and
Douglas order, and he will doubtless reach
higher niche in the temple of fame than
was ever known to either of those dead
statesmen. Midnight oil and the careful,
greasy grooming of the New York World
enables the brilliant Senator to slip over
and through the vexed question of finance
in O manner 10 fill his friends with aston
ishment and his enemies with envy. Long
NAV he wave!
National Republican., 1876-01-28
WOnAN SUFFRAGE.

The proceedings of the National
Woman Suffrage Association at its an
nual meeting yesterday, will be found fully
sketched elsewhere, and they are certainly
worth pcrusal. They are supplemented
by a carefully-written argument on the
other side, which is also worthy the a:ten-
ton of our readers. 1t may do no harm to
remark, en- PEASANT, that it never seems to
have occurred TO our correspondent that it
is one of the most powerful arguments in
favor of woman suffrage that its exercise
would have humane effect upon all classes
of men, and possibly succeed finally in so
refining and elevating them that the use of
physical force in impelling obedience to
law would be no longer necessary. The
voices of good women are always in favor
Of peaceful settlement of difficulties, and
who knows but that if they were infused
into our Government the only wars known
thereafter would be those Of the intellect
and the affections, 10 the expulsion of
physical force. The lawlessness referred
10 as having existed in California, and
which was forcibly subducd by the vigi-
lants, may have been and probably was in
a great measure due to the absence rather
than the presence Of refining female infu-
ence. Had the sexes been equally numer-
Gus there at that time, the elevating,
refining and Christianizing influences which
always accompany yirtuous women of cul-
ture would most undoubtedly have prevent
cd the necessity ofYigilance committees Is
it not fair to believe that the beneficant in
fuences of woman, now so universally ac-
knowledged to sway the conduct OF good
men by indirection, would be measurably
increased by giving them the ballot? Isitnot
the fact that men who express fears of the
degradation of woman through the ballot
are inspired by q knowledge of having lost
some of their own selfrespect by mixing
in political affairs And is it not evidence of
the imperative necessity of reform in our
political morals? How can this so well and
naturally be effected as by the infusion of
purer element? Does outlawry thrive in
good society, composed Of equal numbers
of both sexes? Do we not estimate de-
grees of good and evil, of impurity and
purity, by contrasts rather than by any fixed
standard? If, then, we fear to drag women
down to our political level, as we say, by
giving then the ballot, do we not acknowl-
edge their present superiority? Is there
any good excuse or any real necessity that
any act should be done in political man
agement that ought to make it improper
for women to participate in! Is there any
good excuse for man going anywhere in
pursuance ofa public or political duty that
he would be ashamed to meet his wife or
daughters? Ifnot, and our political meet
ings arc not now fit places for them to
attend, ought they not to be reformed? q? |
Would not such a reformation be beneficial |
20 the country?