The Red Cloud chief., 1882-09-01

%; hes3e time In iisif, and he vsss 70
tority Of vpnea vili ss,esd 20 their family
and social sAAin H. me -eyloc, - tbs stats.
Us; ~ men Do % their individual inter
es;s- The virtu. n patriotism he .aSrras-
nate In nus; soai D. individual AID 1snHy
aggrandinsment A., to Goes, IL 10 not -
BE supposed tia; the ca. o: mea aov
elected oil resign % women their chances,
sad II they should 20 any eisni, the rec
essary number q women o. 81 the Offices
would make no apparent ehsngs In cur
social circles. II. Tor example, the senate
o! the United States should - entirely
composed Of women, but two in each state
would he drawn from the pursuit Of do
mesne happiness. For msny reasons, IN
der al circumstances, . comparatively
smaller proportion of women than men
would actively engage in politics
Qlit- as many false idea. prevail 49, 10
womaE's true position In the home ~ 10
her status elsewhere. WouAnhood IL toe
great fac; in her life; wifehood aud moth
erhood are but incidental relations Gov
ernment !egi.ls,s ior men We DO not have
one code for bachelors, another Tor husbands
and father: neither have the sccia! reis-
lions Of women any significance IA their
demand. for civil and political rights-
Custom and philosophy, in regard u NO.
mans happiness, are alike ta.cd on the
idea iha; her strongest social sentiment IL
the love Of children thai IN thu. relation
her soul nnds complete satisfaction. But
the love Of offspring, common 20 sll orders
Of women and all forms Of human life,
tender and beautiful ss 1t Is, can not rs =
sentiment rank with conjug~l love. The
one calls out only the negative virtue. that
belong 10 ia. spatheiic classes, such rs pa
thence, endurance, self-sacrifiee, ~enhausuhg
the brain forces, ever giving, asking moth
ing in return; the other, the ou;growih Of
tho two supreme powers in nature, the
positive and negative magnetism, the CEN
trifugal and centripetsl forces, the maseu-
line and feminine elements, possessing
the divine power Of creation, in
the universe Of thought and action.
Two pure souls fused into one by
an impassioned love-friend., coun.
selors-a mutual support and inspira-
ton to each other amid life's struggles,
must know the highest human happiness;
this is marriage; and this is the only cor
nerstone Of an enduring home.
Her rights are ss completely ignored in
what is adj Judged to be her sphere As out Of
it. The weazen, weary, wi,hcred, narrow
minded wife-mother Of half = dozen
children-her interests all centering at her
fireside, forms q painful contrast in many
q household 20 the liberal, genial,
brilliant, cultured husband in the zenith
Of his power, who has never given
one thought TO the higher life,
liberty and happiness Of the woman
By his side; believing her self sbnega,ion
to be natures Jaw.
IL is often asked, 'if political equality
. Sou'h ~ i'uSI ahhhN'Hfs" Sh"'Fh ~
senes?" II i, could be proved hat men
and women had been harmonious in all
iges and countries, and that women were
happy and satisfied in their slavery, one
might hesitate in proposing any change
whatever. But the apathy, the helpless,
hopeless resignation Of . subjected class,
cannot be called happiness. The more
complete the despoiism, the more smoothly
oil ttings move on the surface. In right
conditions, the interests Of -SBan and wo-
man are essentially one; but in false con-
ditions they must ever be opposed. The
principle Of equality Of rights underliss
all human sentimenb, and its assertion BY
anv individual Of class must rouse antago-
nism, unless conceded. This has been the
battle Of the ages, and will be until ell
forms of slavery are hanished from the
earth. Philosophers, historians, poets,
novelis,s, alike paint woman the victim
ever of mans power and seldshness. . .
A woman growing up under American
iUsas Oh iDtIhS .c'tthN"NHh IA aN'-
ion, having never blushed behind = Turk
ish mask, nor pressed her fee, in Chinese
shoes, can no, brook any disabilities based
on sex alone without a deep feeling OF an
,agonism with the power that creates IL
The change needed to restore good feeling
can not be reached By Remaining woman
to the spinning wheel and the content
ment Of her grandmother, but by eon-
ceding to her every right which the spirit
Of the age demands. Modern invention.
have banished the spinning wheel, and the
same Law of progress makes the woman o;
TODAY q different woman from her grand
mother.
OBJECTIONS TO WOMAN SUI
PRAGE ANSWERED.