The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-10-28
Miss Susan B. Anthony


man suffrage addressed quite res
pectable audience at Mozart Hall on
the % inst. Everybody was anxious
TO see her aud 10 hear what she had
10 say. She was escorted TO the stage
BY Mr.. Anderson, the gentlemanly
manager and appeared in a neat
black dress, and upon being intro
duced Immediately launched forth
upon her subject. She began III a
low and scarcely audible tone, but
warmed up as she advanced, and at
times grew eloquent. She spoke two
solid hours, and the audience listened
with marked attention throughout.
She put the best showing possible on
her subject, and adduced some very
fair arguments, morein fact than we
thought could DO advanced in favor
of woman suffrage. She claimed that
woman was classed with lunatics,
idiots. and criminals in not being al
lowed to vote, claimed that the cause
of morality, would be advanced by
her acknowledgements. for women
would vote 10 unit for The abolition
of the whisky traffic and other kind
red evils. Argued that women were
forced to work at the same kinds OF
work as men, such as Touching ETC.,
and receives half the remuneration.
These are fair samples OF her argu-
ments, and we leave the reader 10
Judge oftheir strength. In the course
of her lecture she put the vote to th'
house on the female suffrage question
and it was overwhelmingly negativet
5y first the men. and then The ladies
Miss Susan's face flushed for mo
ment but she quickly recovered he
self possession and observed, "Wel
all | have 10 say for the people OF thi
town is that they haven't studied ihi
question as they ought" She was ell
Enthusiastically applauded at interval
, throughout her speech. She PR
dicted that she would live 10 see III
women of America vote, and perhaI
fill the highest offices of the govern
ment. She made but little imprei
sion upon the people. Our pcopl
4 don't want woman suffrage, The me
a don't want the women aabbling
!. politics, and the women themselv
!. don't want to vote. They have
business with the ballot. If q W
man stays at home, makes il hapl
. one. raises her children right, al
70 faithfully perform the duties of
- wife and mother she has no time
"a meddle with politics. AS for the U
married ones none Of them would
as much as 81 years old, till tn
:, we're too old to take any interest
L. politics.
10 Woman, TESTING aside. has
sphere and 10 true woman will W
TO get out of il, and into the corru
ing Influences of the political are
ri God forbid that the day will e
come when our mothers. sist
a. wives and daughters, will be TO
a., In the profane and vulgar raj
around the polls, elbowing their
through crowd of greasy negr
or white men as rude and fiji
.,m whooping and cheering for
m favorte candidate as they apprt
the polls, 10 exercise their inesiim
wv right of suffrage. 1t may be
W. some think otherwise, and that
can't run the government wilhou
aid of women, but no pure VIC
'"o" ought to have such aspirations.
10 " has managed TO run the governm
wv" of the world thus far and we
VI u reason TO believe he can still d
SUP As general thing there is We
II" at the head of every domestic III
hold COVER hmeni, and she ong
be satisfied with this. We obje
. .ua woman suffrage because we be
Il to that she was intended to occup
aid the sphere of mother and wife
not 10 be q politician. We
lives want her TO vote, not that she hf
ed sufficient intelligence but that
take her from her legitimate 81
and transmit her to one, TIN
sinai whose corrupt and blighting. I'M
eek ces few men pass nnscalhcd.
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