The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-09
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Tha, QuadrupIex Report aud What Y
Purportp.
Palr Woman as tho Fiugerer OF a
Ticket.
Something yerl Larnes, and Appropos'

NJ sc,,'S rommittee ON judiciary % |
which was referred the ioiat resolution PFC.
nos,nr an amsL dment 20 the 90 hliiution o.
the Uniied States extending tho flghI on
suflfaso 10 women, submits tho tolo"lhs
fhe rleht Of suffrage 10 not and never has
und,r our sysiem OF government, been one
of the essential rights Of citizenship. Lake
othe, rights, whether founded Ia natural
law or not, the right 20 vote has alvey
been treated in the practice OF civilized VA
tions ts Is HirlcIly civil right, pnfely oellYe'
tive from aud regulated by each 80 iyty &C
cordins % Us Own circumstances ahu inter-
eats, Certain classes, which Nill readily &C.
cnr 10 tn mind, have been almost uuiYet-
sally excluded nom tho privilege
Tn constitution OF our Federal Union d'l
not assume 10 interfere with the lhollins U
rule ai local rights and class excursion, by
the origiual constitution ~ lieJ ne Whu'e
orgenism 81 each body polite Participating
in federation, aud Wlioh. az = COLONY uE
state. form d one of the coll,iluerts o. the
Union. was ioi. 10 llselL Whist claes or p9f.
tion OF tho whole people OF any stale should
DO admitted 10 sutirage, aud SHOULD, py VT,
the q. such admission, exert the ac.lVe hNi
potential control in tho direction oi i,a az
isirs, was question reserved oXclusiVely
for The determination OF the stale. Chefe
was no Limitation placed upon toe power OF
the stats except Whist may ot lnittiou Hon
the coufti uuOnh requirement lhht NV
United States should guarro Tee 10 eaCn
state republican form OF government. X
has neycr neon seriously insltted upon ihai
this guarantee involved the power 10 reSu'
late suffrage IL formed states WIN re-
publican form Of government when atIloI
civil Is well az political rights 10 a lhIhe
mats of its population. IL formed states
where!u the mass o. It's people were held ln
bondsge "a slaves. Tho guarantee OF a. -
nnblicsn form OF government % each ate
did NOT requIIo the United stntS5 TO elevate
slaves 10 condition Of freedom, Or o',lsI
upon them the condition OF suffrage ihi.
princinle OF independence prev iltd not
slone Ne 10 STATE governments, but even ~
To snfffa2e wheR exercised IN lhe election 81
representatives 10 congress. -,
IL IL claimed that there Is very crosse
apalog, existing between tho pFesehf COZ
dition % women denied the plli,lcai ptl'I'
lege OF suffrage snd thet % .ne 's -lt9e,,
alsygs. and mat the same reasons Wnloh
operat-d 10 induce the adoption oi me
smendments placing q limit on the oflglna'-
Iy exclusive right Of each s'ete u IebuInte
sufiragp, should no MADE % apply W Nnc1
is commonly kn1~l and cal, q woman sun
rage. Indeed, tho expressed oplsS ~. y, ~
nov rs of The state Ia the premises by Tor
bddiug shat sex saould be . baifo the eA-
ercf OF suffrage. ,i,o.
like reasons support the proposed Gmehu-
ment Rs were successfully urged III VIC 49,, 80
of tho flave, your committee deny. wien
the Thirteenth amendment was auopien Dy
the states, declaring slavery at an emo u"
act. not OF the Uniied States, but OF tue sew
eral states retliying the same, undtr 70
terms OF tho constitution, new cohul1i0n
of things arose for which the states proViutu
new amendments. The civil rights OF tne
newly emRncipated race were secured py
the fourteenth anne ndment prescribing N4-
its 70 state power, and tho tNo races, Whlcn
had hitherto stood on unequA gfouhus uu
der and before the law, Wsi0 plsoeo upon
plane Of civil equality. All civil pghts aua
priyiiegea accorded to one were 'hus guar
anteed 10 both races.
Under the influence Of Just ieEr inst
without suifsage as n protective power 10
the newly-scquired rights and privileges
guaranteed 10 the former slave ne miBnt
suffer detfiment, ana WITH Inns uonlln u b
motive in view, originated the nitebntn
amendment. It will be noted that oy this
later amendment .tbe privilege o! suffrage
is not sought TO ~ conisreu on eng GLASS
but an inhibition Is placed upon me s.nIes
from excluding from tho privilege ct Gun
rage any class on account OF race, coIef or
prsvious condition OF ecrylsude. OIner
limitations not trespassing upon these II III
bitions might and do continue 20 exist 10 an
the states The dangers epprehended and
guarded against by constitutional enact
mems at tins time Of the adoption OF the
amendments cited are embraced IN the me-
fory of our day, and are bsyond the pale ot
doubt or dispute. TWO neteroReusous
races, wholly separated In social position
nv previous historic relations, and without
Kindred sympathies, would naturally be 90
antagonized in interest that power commit
ted exclusively TO the hands oil one might
be abused to the injury OF the other. IN
order. therefor, that each might be self
prnf artan. no yer wa given 10 DOtn.
Such. in brief, Is the history OF tho later
conetitutional amendments, the motives
and circumstances which comprised their
origin, and the theory upon which they
root. Tire co edition OF slavery, alleged as
existing ia the case Of woman, ia wholly
without ioar dati0n in fact, unless the con-
ditiou which nature assigns TO her 10 10 DC
40 construed aud considered. Her iunctiona
In civil society are CO ordinate with those oil
msn, differing m their sphere OF acton, put
not nptsgonistic. Woman Is not tho slave,
but the companion OF rnan. Her duties
are Us noble as his, though widely differing.
Her true sphere lie not restricted, but 10
boundless IN resources and consequence, 20.
In A. rhe may ernnlov every energy OF tnt
mind aud every affection OF the heart, while
within It's liaitless compass, under PfoVl-
dence. emo exercises power ana innnence
beyond iii other agencies for good. she
trains and guides the life that Is, and forms
IL for the eternity aud immortality That are
to be. From the rude contact oil I've, man
Is her shield He Is her guardian from Its
copillcts. He is the defender Of her rights
in his home, aRd the avenger OF her wrongs
every ghere. In the shadow OF this defense
not onlv Is she shielded and protected, but
in IL man hmEelf is permitted 70 play his
most exalted part In the eocial economy
The Christian eystom conServes the peace
and harmony OF their home, and invests
with sacred solenmity their relations o.
man aud wife. To the husband, by natural
allotment, in such homo, fsli the duties
which protect and proyide ior me mouse
hold, and to the wife the more quiet and
pecluded, but no less exalted duties o.
mother TO their children and mistress Of
the domicile. To permit sthe entrance o.
political contention into such home would
Be either useless or pernicious--useless II
man aud wife agree, and pernicious II they
differ. In the former event tho volume o.
ballots alone would be increased without
changing results. In the latter, the peacc
. md corifentment OF home would be OK
changed for the bedlam OF political debate
and become the scene of base and democrat
King intrigue. The exceptional cases o
unmarried females are too rare to change
The general policy, while expectancy and
hope, constantly being realized In marriage
Arc happily extinguishing the exceptions
and bringing ell within the rule which gov
arms wife and ma,ron. :,
II respect 10 married women, 1t may vel
b doubled whether the Influences which
roeult from the laws Of property between
MN and wife, would not make II improba.
ia mn the woman should exercise her suf
frSee With freedom and Independence. This
~. In csspite OF the fact that the depend
~ Of woman under the common law hos
bosn almost entirely on %, ny ststu,
-S ~~~I "a v,esu lawn tn carYv woman aud.