, 1879-05-03
THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION.
Women Who h11slead Their Sisters, Their
Cousins, and Their Annts.
To The Editor Of Tbs Tribune.

women VINO hli8leau Their Sisters 1HeA1
Cousins, and Their Aunts.
To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
BLooM1NGToN, ILL.,, May III wish to correct
the following mistakes in my correspondence
OF April 19, read ssinnominable crimes" fol
"innumerable crimes ~; of april 20, read
"satanic dadinags " for Satanic 6andinaqe."
The wonan-sufFragists are spreading discord,
and their doctrine is leprosy to many. Listen
to "Florian Arcane": "Ho1ding one-half OF
the human race in social bondage because OF
being cursed with female sexual organ;za-
tion." This, Iady's ~ pronouncing d curse
upon her own style Of architecture is flying in
the face Of Providence, and, Of course, her
virus needs no further notice. Her name,
"Florian Arcane" signifies "hfddcn flower"
Verify, another case Of d 81 hidden flower" born
to bloom unseen, "anl waste its sweetness on
the desert air." Then there is '"Criss Gross" !"
with her platitudes Of Inexperienced gir;hood.
She says she sees me In my little niche. Well,
''Criss Cross" I SEQ you in No. 10 brogans,
pink trousers short skirt, and large straw hat,
standing on your inherited platform, the in
yerted wash-tub, haropgnn;g your sisters, your
cousins, aud your aunts, about the tyranny OF
man. Then comes i. E. Dickinson, who says
write OF those that 'ssucklc fools and chronicle
small beer" We'll. well, come to think, did
say something about her, but it is very unkind
81 her to accuse me OF 1t in SO PUBLIC manucr.
Then, in closing, she quotes proyerb. Well, it
! am not mistaken, one OF her ancestors, Adam,
followed that pioyerb, and the result was
very disastrous. thank her for her advice; !;
but then / always did think that those persons
who give advice unaskcd have not succeeded in
making the soft spot OF their head grow over
i soft SPOT which nll infants have. II these
three correspondents can write, in their lucid
Intervals. such wise ~ articles when the moon
is new, what will they bring forth when the
moon is full aud they get into their attitudes ~
Tho minds OF these correspondents, like the
soil OF Virginia, are "thin by nature and ex~
haustcd by cultivation"
Woman-sutfragists do not want woman to be
given in marriage, but they wish to be the
giyers themselves, and extend the privileges OF
leap-year through the entirc cycle The dish
which they serve Is wholesome to come, but to
business or weakness; but, il l may be an intel
lcc:ual invalid, vii! Eot have my dessert Id
yured with garlic
Tile seeds nj this libertine.pni}osophy-
broadcast in the poems OF Byron and Shelley, and
in the romauces OF Buiwer, George Sand, aud
Eugene sue-ure dcransiny many OF the GUS
toms of good sociery, and undermining the
corner-stones Of morality. I emphatica!ly say
that do not wish 70 court satYr society, like
the nymphs aud bacchanals, and hope no one
will cuueAV0r to foree it upon me, or up0n peo-
pie in general. II he docs shall fight back,
irrespective Of sex, race, color, or previous con-
diton OF servitude.
The won.au-suffraeists may fling away the
crown Of flowers Of wonanhood, unrobe woman
OF her graccs and purify. djsbaud her knights,
and tnlle her UP iuto the thin dry atmosphere OF
their philosophy, il she Will follow Them, bat
man wilt not pursue, He will still tell them
"that love is OF the ya1lcy"; that woman's
province is among the sweet charities OF life
and the sights and sounds OF home, where is
heard
The moan OF dcyes in jmmemorial e}ns.
And murmur OF innnmerable bees'
So long as this suffrage movement confined
itself within the limits Of pink trousers, snu.t
skirts, anu large straw hats, it was matter OF
amusement; out when womeu-suffrarists teach
that marriage, is yoke imposed by man in ~
ranny, and society BY this teachingi is endangered,
6mlrkiug barmaids are mighty different PERSONS.
1t is high time that this unholv onslaught upon
true and noblo women aud brave men be pp-
posed. Many have stood by and wated, relying
on the provcrb for relief which says: "Death
laughs when old women caper." But this will
not bring peace and pure homes. In no case
has this movement made women more noble, Or
made better sons and husbands. It has made
its wonlen-followcrs less noble, less feminine,
woman Of her prcrogatives, drag her down from
the exalted sphere which God has given her, and
uiakc her scheming politician: aud. WORSE it
unrobes her OF her feminine dignity and graceG,
dcbases her in the estimation OF man, deDars
her from beng the honored priestess of home,
disarlns her Of her gentleness, destroys her
soirit of philanthrophy, and world makes her
down the strongholds OF civilized customs, aud
lets anarchy revoIutionizc and destroy the in
stitusions which God has planted.
D. II. p1EGREY.