The daily gazette., 1881-01-25
From Yesterday. L... E....,o-
For the Gazette.
itls Rather Prem ature."

For the Gazette.
itls Rather Premature"
Under the above caption the BOSS
Of the Nescs, of January 21st. inst,
blows of his opinion in regard to
woman suffrage; he says, "a good
many men are deprived of the right,
and until they are permitted to enjoy
it, it seems rather progressive to give
it to anyone else" He is firm be-
lever in oligarchy, but he must be one
of the few, when the Constitution of
United States declares that we the
people--and the Constitution of the
great State of Delaware, caught up
the Vibrations and sang out, We the
people--certainly our iorefathers must
have meant daughters as well as sons
we're included in people. Ii he will
take the trouble to read the Constitu-
ton of some of the original
thirteen States he will fiud that he
and she were required to vote an open
ticket, In fact the words free white
male citizens were not inserted in our
own Constitution until the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-one, and of the lndepend
ence of The United States of America,
the fifty sixth. One half Of the peo-
pie of this State were not consulted,
one half not even represented, yet he
talks about the ''righis OF a good many
men," good many men don't want
to vote, they are sons of women, and
imb ibe o. inherit the feeling, and q
great many men won't vote their SEN
timents, or have none to vote, uutIl
their palms are tickled with guinea.
or greenback; all men don't all vote
to day, and before the war there was
a religious sect in New York that
would not vote, because The Constitu-
tion of the United States upheld
slavery. Only few days since mail |
carrier was to have his bread aud but
ter taken from hlm, because his rellg-
ion would not allow him 10 vUte, aud |
yet This free country allows US to
worship God according to the die ates
Of our own conscience. Then he says,
The proportion of women who are 81 |
aud over is remarkably small, and
would perceptibly decrease if Obliged |
TO produce tax receipt and admit |
they we're over that soft time of life;
some men ought never wear their hair
any style but parted in the middle, In |
order that they might smooth it with |
both hands every time they take off |
heir hats; good, common sense wo-
nan would soon ascertain his heart |
vas not the softest part of that BIZ
ped; he prophecies a depression
u the matrimonial market
4 women by voting honestly confess b,
ballot they are old enough with discre- |
lon aud experience enough 10 help do
'he Guvernmsnt housekeeping, and last
d al he wants them to stay al home, be
sourted as Of one aud twenty or even
iounge: by several years! Oh, Horror
)t Horrors 7! this gray haired knight OF
'le gull advises our women " deceive,
ne aud cheat. Is ii any wonder our leg
slators are harrassed with divorces! our
Courts sitting day after day listening to
tale OF woe, that sickens the heart OF
An honorable mai? Is il possible his
gray hairs and experience have not
Taught him that the way of the traus
gIessor is hard, ! deplore his selection
ot women, If these are the ones with
Whom he associates, Aad pity his cal
Amlty. fear his gray hairs will 60 down
70 the grave Ia truitless SeaIc ch for
honest women, If he thus teaches with
his pen. All the Coloaists did not
want freedom, all the negro men did
not want the ballot, an unanimous sent
lment is all inpossibility, therefore let
honest women vote if they wish.
DNR