The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-01-21

scnemer, utOater ana agitator, then Is
size degraded beyond all precedent.
The turbulence. corruption and obscene
strifes of political contests would
destroy the purest feminine charac-
ter. and bad woman is ten times
worse than bad man. Fired with
the demon of ambition, when she
once lays aside that peculiar
character which God has given her for
glory and u browning, and attempts to
assume the character aud play the part
of man. instead OF raieiDg manhood to
the skies, she only sinks it to the level
| of the brute or demon. The Bible fur
nishes two notable examples: Jezabel,
and her daughter Athaiia, for whom no
child was ever named, tried to make
themselves men, aud succeeded only in
making themselves fends, aud their ex-
ample is as full Of warning as it is of
woe. Let not American women be
| filed with a miserable ambition to be
| aud do like men. Remember, she is
hnman--susceptible to temptation aud
no stronger than man. and sad will it be
for society when she exchanges the all
pervading influence of retired. refined
and modest womanhoOd for the mascu-
| line boldness, fora ardness aud coarse :
ness of the modern political woman.
But it is asked Since women are
governed. why should they not share n
the governments and since they have
property and pay taxes. why should
they not vote? These questions are
the offspring of the sheerest Individual
ism. ami aa entire misconception of
what is meant by representaeion.in the
State. Man aud woman together make
acomplete aud perfecs anIty, AID by
blending their various natures and ca
pabillties they create. develop aud per-
petuate ham4u society -"these
two are ons." Representation ard
government are based upon tn is unity,
Civil governm sat is not for the indr
yidual. but TOR society; and the unit III
society Is not the Individual, but the
family. TINS uait Is REPRESENTED al
ways aud every where In our Gbveru.
ment when the has1and aud the father
utters the voIcs of tue fanny ut the
polls aud ia the councils of the nation.
Women do vote. They are represented
IN the most effective way. They vute
as all our people vote, for President
They choose tneir elector, or he is pro
vided for them by one of the most
prec lous ordinances of God aud nature
mari .ge. Tns husband votes for The
wife and the father for his uum .rried
daughters as he does tor his mIuor
sous. Ii the wife and daughters can
not coatInue to repose this trust Ia the
husband aud father, then woe TO such
iamilles, ami woe To the land Composed
OF such families. When the dome slic
foundation bscomss as rotten as this II
makes bat htti5 d.fereace wuas the
Government Is or wno admins ers It,
As 10 tnJ SO who are widows aud own
property aud pay taxes. il Is msotor-
tune. perhaps. ut the property does
not vote but not 50 great u misfortune
as to have the sex 20 out OF their 81 here
aud sser political life. Wensae's En-
pire is her home, and her God-gisen
MISSION Is to bs mother and former Of
| "a II the character of oar race. Let her
be the Q teen of home--its~ ceuter. its
| light aud glJry. Home ID the beiwark
of society, aud won Al Its Dlslnely ap
pointed guardian:' May Heaven help
US when woman shall abandon this
sacred 'rast! o. do not drag her down
from her noble sphere of usefulness
and power. Do not make her, from
the highest form of beauty, hateful
/ monstrocity--a thing of loathipg and
disgust. by disroblug her OF her
womanly nature aud clothing her will.
the attributes of man.. No! Let her be
woman still. Caerish her. love her,
protect her; but let her still be wife,
mother, sister. Tnrn not her loving
compromising into strife. discord and
disgust. Leave, y, leave Us home- =