The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-07-14
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- are proof envy nj jealousy and l.-
E appointment and detractiou and temptation
I and cEjme, but not otherwise
= what SHAH you do then have en-
deSYored 70 answer heretofore Force your
D way into the professions and business call
: lngs, aud the endless forms Of enterprise that
: open everywhere, and having got entrance. dt
faithful work and fight for places at the head
/ Of the column
, Let us now add TO the preceding The fur.
taer remark that after having been educated
snd trained and after having gained entrance
70 employments which occupy the world 5
workers, the concessions which yielded these
grounds VIII be barren unless woman.
IN her new place, Is accorded
FAIR PLAY AND JUST TREATMENT.
She has right to demand fair play in her
changed relations. II she Is 70 DE fr5wued ur
on. her work beHttlei. and herself elbowed into
the corner and held there a. an Interloper nd
intruder II has been merci:ullv wise t. have
kept her IN her state Of semi slavery aud new
er have permitted her to taste the sweets 81
liberty. Treat her in all her work and in all
her efforts to procure and deserve work. any
generous man treats his fellow man FORGET
/ pray You, your boosted superiority. aud for
get that the poor struggler at your side Is only
I a woman bagged in her pUIl-bsck. Begin TO
regard her a resi- human being, with like
: powers aud passions yourself. and animated
with the very l0ngIugs for happiness. indie
[ pendence AMI honor which burn in your breast
I Behold in TINS badIzzeued, befrizElej, tied-up
/ and pull-baCked bundle OF charming ridicu-
/ lousness the chrysalis from which shall
/ emerge a swttt-handed, strong L earted fellow
! worker. Bid her welcome TO your side and
/ bid her God speed in her efforts to raise her
/ self and benedt mankind. Give her full rec
! ognltlon of her right TO work and to win IL The
can, ana DO not cheat her by paying half
/ wages for her work, simply because she is
woman and VIII submit to the robbery.
/ Now, hen what remains Woman right
/ 10 such education as fits man for his work il
conceded; her right TO appear in all the vast
range OF ambitious desire or human enterprise
and contend for the mastery il conceded, and
her right 10 fair play in her efforts, and 10 re-
celvc fun compensation for her Ia Dor j. like
wise conceded Having these, what now is
needfulI What remains TO make woman our
equal and to keep her so What remains TO be
done TO insure her maintaining ia full posses
sion IN perpetuity, these rights thus obtain
ed
Do you say fortify woman on this elevated
vantage ground TO which she has been brought /
by investing her with civiland political r ghts I
hitherto not enjoyed by her Do you say ems i
Bile her 70 hold this advanced line by arming /
her with that weapon, potential for good or
evil the ballot
LET Us EXAMINE THE MATTER
and see i we can make the argument more
than tentative. 1t is to be said, then that all /
just government derives its power from the
consent Of the governed political maxim 90
nearly perfect as TO be universal in its appli-
cation. We lind in America % 100000 Of wo-
men, citizens Of the governed class We find
them possessing sufficient intelligence TO guaIi-
e.
we md them Of proper legal age. We find
them possessed Of those moral qualities which
lnhere only in citizens Of the best type--hon-
est, peaceful, industrious, sober, yirtuou5 and
slnguIarly obedint to lawful restraint We
md many of them, too, property -holders and
taxpayers. Then there is that other maxim ,
of political philosophy IN free America re-
celYed IN the creed of each of Us. that
there shall be no taxation without represents J
ton. This taxpayer UnTepresented, denied i
part or lot IN the administration of the affairs
fl1.a l. 4 Fl.rF r....
and moral CITIZEN just described az honest, /
peaceful, industrious, sober yirtuous and SIN '
gularly obedlent to lawful authority. viii Z
the male voter measured by this high standard f
pass TIA ordeal In fully half .he cases C.
we examine, honesty viii compel US to an :
swer no Why should man, who can not en- f
dure the true test Of qualification for suffrage, b
pass, and woman, who admirably COMPLIES Z [
one answer me = Can any one answer me Is /
II because she does not drink whiskey, does 5
not brawl nor rowdy, and never commits a
crime Because she do not know how to ( :
buy voter, stuff ballot-box or alter n poll a
book | would to God that every voter IN this q
Mon were equally innocent and ignorant. L
She result might lie disastrous 70 partisans Y
and Wretched partisan politics, but the coun- g
~ and society would be the better. l beg my y
Republican brother v
TAKE THE NEGRO VOTER
by the arm and start for the polls Ignorant o
;redulous, mimi formed, dirty, offensive alike {
o sight and smell ana touch. ! beg my Demo- II
,ratic brother take his shoulder-h hitter picked q
up in the slums of the city, and start for the z
DOLLS; bloated, ragged, reeking with the fumes q
# last nights debaHch, violent and ready for "
Lnythlng except the proper exercise of the b
light Of suffrage. Blush, both of you, as you p
TX your tickets and you tools tickets. and 81
Prostitute the highest right of citizenship in a
.elpIug them detle, with their ballots the tl
eceptacie of the ultimate will of freemen. d
Md having finished the dishonoring job, W
lush more IN seeing wife mother. every n
way worthy of suffrage hustled from the polls II
nd ordered to give place while the negro and Ia
,ruiser save the country / challenge any IL
artisan to the trial of the fitness Of woman for a
uhrage, comparing her with the present voter. 10
viii not mock your intelligence and degrade W
Woman by contrasting her with the negro and al
take given number Of
women as chance may select, and with this ~
lumber VIII engage to put to the blush a III
Ike number of male voters selected in like ~
regard in the comparison ul
My 10 Intelligence, integrity and obedience to
o law-looking to those qualities alone which a.
ught to characterize proper voter. The only bl
ests applied to male voters are age, inielli- e.
cnce freedom from the infany Of criminal "
onviction domicile or citizenship. and. here
nd there, education or property Qualification. u
ow all the tests are perfectly met il she av- a.
rage woman. Why, then, exclude her from "
he ballot Why, Uniess because our fathers
id and we are the interiors of their preju- s.
ices! The same sex Judices-deep-sea
nd upyielding as race prejudice perAaps-is
,
cred, in considering woman's light TO perfect "
quality in the labors and rewards Of life. "
1t may be said, however, that womans en- "
rance into politics will be the prelude to her -,
wn speedy reduction to the 1emoralized state =,
the average male voter. The objection it. 4
elf contains two startling admissions: First u
hat the politics of the country demand refor- W
lAt0n ana second, mat the present voter 81
eeds publication and elevation Now. itmay OF
9 powerfully insisted that the Introduction ..
woman IN large force, into the politics Of n.
oil. al.
ormation and elevation. This you csncede a!
ut you ipsls. that woman herself. By the pro- 2
ess, may suffer defilement You ask with = q
ouch Of triumph in your VOICE, "Shali "a WON "
n touch pitch and not be defled ~ If you W
lean masculine pitch, IT may be answered Y
hat she has touched, for ages On ages this l.
cry pitch IN the family, society, in the u
hGrch. and has suffered no contamination. H
las she suffered diminution Of grace b. her j
ctIve labOTs in intimate conjunction with man /
the multi ipiIeI pbla nthroPfc aud be eVoIent Cf
Enterprises that distinguish our ageE Has she NJ
BY reason of her uCsparing and a.
work, side by side with men, in -
ne Church Of Jesus Christi No, forever and -
Jreyer, no. While blessing man in the mar e'
iage state, in society and in the church, she h'
as hereby nightly multiplied scourceH Of
lessings for herself If woman has it IN her r
over TO elevate the standard Of intellectual
nd moral life in the family and in society by
er presence ard participate in all the
"A Ks and works of both, and if she has il in CO
er power to bless the church, by her .ife and n,
lbors therein. wltn0utluJu Jury TO nerself-nay, o,
18th positive and perpetually increasing hem ~
fl to herself-why may we not reasonably d.
1nclude that I'll
q
LIKE HAPPY RESULTS o.,
Woman herself and TO society would also IN
blow her advent into some sort Of union with W
he politics of the day Who shall say that gr
er gracious presence IN the ranks OF the two / m
reat parties III t divides the voters Of the ma -
on might lot work the cure Of the accused 80
artisan ranc0r that degrhdes both Who "a
nall say that her presence may not, in some "a
easure. counteract many Of the hurtful ten al
encies of the politics of the day, and contri I WI
ute powerfully to the restoration of the spirit
+ the better days the republic? / have but
tile hope for our civilization and our free in
itutions If society becomes mongrelizei
ould not w6man's presence in politics in e
ire our remaining disunctively Caucasian Gc
Ia II .ga ono baarg ;vht no l,f