Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-02-24
8emuttatit Nartflmrst.
WOmen's Rights.

God. possessed with su internal percep-
tion. which signifies celestial. Man was
created possessing the principle OF the un-
derstanding. aud woman was created
with the will principle, and those princi-
niles when conjoined constituted a mar
riage. But alas, man fell and has been
getting lower and lower ever since. But
10 the subject. The word woman has
high Specification in very many places; IN
the Word of the Lord it signifies the
Church. will only refer to one, Rev. IL,
and there appeared great sign in heaven,
n woman clothed with the sun and the
moon under her feet, and upon her head
n crown of twelve stars: the sun signifies
love, and the moon faith, and the stars
signify intelligence and wisdom.
The principle of affection is deeply i'm
planted in the majority of women, but it
never becomes fully developed until they
become mothers, it then gushes forth
like an overfowing fountain. My moth
or was the mother of sixteen children; l
loved my mother most intensely, and l
know that love was reciprocated, and al
though dead, she yet speaketh; for be 1t
known a good influence never dies, and
rice yerSd, a bad influence is always dye
ing, but never dies. l wish not to be
misunderstood in relation to the rights
of women. No man has a greater respect
for the rights of women than myself; but
when hear the question agitated as it is
at the present day, that women should
have the right to vote at our elections,
and eyen 90 so far as to claim the right
to a seat in our Legislative halls, do not
hesitate to say that it is contrary to sound
reason, and it appears to me that there IS
n great lack of common sense. am glad
however in saying that there are COM
paratively few women possessed OF this
masculine principle.
But again, when we see few men ana
women claiming the right to mlngle
with our municipal, political or ecclesi-
astical laws, can but think such women
do not understand the nature of true wo-
manhood and such men are lacking OF
good common sense. l believe that st.
Paul when he said let your women keep
silence in the churches, for it is not per
mitted unto them to speak. l think that
St. Paul had reference to ecclesiastical
affairs. I cannot think that good old st.
Paul could have been so far beside him
self as to forbid the sisters to speak in the
social prayer meeting or class meeting, II
they had any such in those days.
But some presume will say that we do
not propose to elevate women that are
raising families, we propose to elect
Young women; we'll, that may do Sup
pose then we elect one half young wo-
men. and the other half young men,
would not that be nice place for the
Young officials to select a good house.
wife r.
A few short anecdotes and will close
for this time,
The first viii be pill for my lntidel
friends to swallow. In whose principles
said the dying daughter of Ethan Allen
TO her skeptical father shall die? Yours
or my Christian mothers? The stern old
hero of Ticonderoga brushed away tear
from his eye as he turned away, and with
the same rough voice which summoned
the British to surrender, now tremulous
with deep emotion, said: in your Christi
an mothers, child, in your mothers.
Benjamin Franklin was accustomed to
refer to his mother in the tenderest tone
of filiaf affection.
Scotland, with her well known rever'
ence for motherhood, insists that "an
ounce of mother is worth more than 6
pound of clergy"
Napoleon cherished high conception
ofa mothers power, and that mothers
would shape the destinies of his beloved
France.
Mahommed expressed great truth
when he said that Paradise is at the fee
of mothers
John Randolph was once heard to sa.
that only one thing saved him from athe
ism, and that was the tender remember
ance of the hour when devout mother
kneeling by his side, took his little hant
in hers, and taught him to say, SOU
Father, who art Iii heaven"
That pure writer-T. S. Arthur: Fo
myself am sure that different motha
would have made me different man.
When boy l was too much like tn
self-wiled inevitable c.; but the ten
Gerness with which my mother Away
treated me, and the unimpassioned bu
earnest manner in which she reprove
and corrected my faults, subdued my un
ruly temper.
Henry Clay, the pride and honor of hi
country, always expressed feelings Q
profound affection for his mother. A
habitual correspondence existed betwee
them to the last hour of life. Mr.. Cla
ever spoke of her as a model of femal
excellence; and when this great state.
man came to die, his last words wei
mother, mother, mother.
When was boy and resided in tt
city of Boston, a young man was throw
from a fractions horse and was much il
jured; a crowd gathered around hin