Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-04

q large number of vomaa members ol
tue profession and seeing tast they
themselves have no preseripsiy4 right q
honor because of sex will feel stirred &
/ q greater activity and 81 continued pr,i
gsess- While for the young Eoman se
| ginning her work, what encouragement
u would be for her TO devos. to il h-i
best pog1rs, aad What reflected homo
vould her position besr
| There is not an intelligent youth in
the C, suntrv w@o il not emboidened "a
earnest endeav " b. the thouRhs that ne
svenne of haubr or u~ful ess il closed
| To him, aud Z will It bs With oar girls.
The platform We st md on ennoAle les a.
when 1t II even the 10 Sest step towards
an unorstructsi hight. Th-n do Not
EnfImid ate by idle fears and mDsk mod
eat seif-depreciatiuus mel who, with
large brain aud generous heart. are VII
coming you 20 the new duties and hon
ora OF tn. new citizen. the WON IN Who
works rell for any public cause, helps
not oniy that but the cause and the
work of women evefywher-. When no
other clearly revealed dnty stands in
vour way, accept eanh new resoons bill
ity that CONS 10 you, q HI q nly 10
the spirit OF p striots for RsS op,ortuni-
ties TO serve your g-neratioa. In this
connection take tee liberty of saying
that the wav you have entered uppu she
duti.s OF Jurors Is n great emo ,usaRe-
ment to the friends Of woman's = ad
vauoenent. Whether that duty b "A
beea forced upon YOU TO mske year cit
izsnship irksoIRe. and hoping to wiring
from you some cry Of comp Amt or re-
belli0n that could be used against NO
m an suffrage else shsre-oR whethsr, a
shown in the noble address of JudQe
Greene 10 the jurors which was recently
read, it has besn laid upon you az the
chrism Of service TO your oountry-as
Tar a. ! am informed you have not been
unwilling to respond 70 the demand.
Doubtless some women Of your ac-
quaintanoe have made the duty harder
tor yen By their total iask Of sympathy
with any high pQep0ee. and BY cutting,
unlady-ltke insinastiona shat y0n were
terribly humiliatsd by this acf, yet bs
fore 0sd and men you have shovn .
fortitude. Q self-osntroi and heroism
worthy the revolutionary mothsrs. You
do not 90 70 the court Of justios q 10 o
festive hall. bat With o spifit Of detes-
mination 20 do y ~ daty; which makes
yoa bold 70 endure eli thinap vhieh
may came - you in the oeTvIos Of yOaI
oo1ntRy. lhavs always naintained that
even when the tav does not reqliRe %
men 10 sit - jurors, s&iil wherever the
vronaed OF eRrlae vemao = eompellsd
20 70 10 eeok redress. or b judged Of
hW fault. shsse shoald the Ohsistisn
woman dare - 90 20 protect BY her
psBeea,s the unfortunate. II yua %
women jurors can obtain q surer pou-
ishmens for erime. te you can aecuss she
court room against o0arseneak p10tNp
ity and bad cir. you will merit the
thAnks Of your fellow citixena.
Ono suhjsot oau but mention. bat
it may veil bs q mattes Of serious Es-
heoti0n on y0aH. part. Thou srt thy
sisters keeper, 10 the voice that speaks
to you today By all the ills that come to
society from she wrouRed and negiectsd
GLASSES, aud especially from those Of
whom society says yon shall pass BY On
the other aide. A wrong d00e 20 the
weakest member Of society acts and re.
aots through the community Ia thous-
and ways, and Q terrible vengeance is
wreaked, upon our Christian oiyilz ,tiou
for its neglect and ssorn. Iusufiicioat
pay, hard ohances. inherited tendonoies,
wicked mon and cruel women. and
more than oil an unequal standard Of
morals given t. one offender the smiles
and good cheer of society, while to the
other it said hopeless, helpless, dessised.
All thsss and many more causes have
contributed to fortify and entrenoh an
evil which, perhaps, the very fact of
woman'a enfranchissnaent will ampha-
gzs and hold up 20 the iignt of day.
You may. perchance, n,eat at the polls
women TO whom society has closed its
doors. 1t is your duty to see that the
better elements of their natures are
appealed 10, that they be led to act
rather in aoucer. with you than as
tao tools Of I'D. Designing men. And
tha very fac. that bore they are your
tqa Ia, nlay stiaan ate yoGta help them
20 : bet eT !ifs. n9s aiaa,. vita tai.t ~
strt stioti, eaaouya sanmnt and svmp y
! thy walea is u ssoas - ssea duty 90
| offer, s,at Nth tas strong aYm Of tle
law. wEieA vii sasbIo yoa 20 rastr nu
sIt4 eoupsi Man IA sd 3 msefiaiss az
/ dealing with this pT5His;n. which nAv9
| proved inslisesasl. q ssFleass caiige-
| tion aoS rests ou YOU ia ais .,,tis <.
| Too loGg has ihs taua. been ia {, AZ
ua ths.s .a e9ra only auout sagl4 ts.iiea
III AZ, While car coda s3 so"sF& i,Iioa
women prevents ser tytara 20 nostue
| Tho We ice cf ely sisters hl,p,d ct.stn to
thee from the ground. and IL mly be
that tue Eew essfz the Is hat o. the
preseat-~hss /" come .so her Aaagd otl
/ fof such time a. this
But sesi d rance, oisiei alt,utr api az
oiai ;assssig ges are ba. psEtina!tr ont
groYths of that spirit of psiriotis.a and
esp1ssibisity wniel it is your high
| privilege 10 bring - bsar OIL all that
concsrns home. sociaty and State.
Yoar coas try needs that all the la.snt
activities of yoGr being shall be CALLED
into exlstenee. Ii you arc truly loyal
and worthy 1T your citizenship you Will
| respond TO the demand That man who
says that pslitics muss necessarily be
corrupt. that offsnses must need exist.
il q traitor 20 his country; but that wo.
man wkuis indifseent about tha public
veal. aud Who cares uct though the na-
uon perish, ID also Q traitor. Thcse are
the dangerous ctssses: not those alamo
uho are ignorant and vicicus: not thoae
Who openly sin. sbe vefy naRrAnoe Of
theif o6snsee aesiust good oeder eausss
4 roaction. and . cofreapondina viQi-
lance % avert tbs evil. Bat, they are
ehe truly dangerous vAo elalm tns1 the
evil y inevilahle, and ~ mue1 n1bmio
- ~ enefoeokmenok 6he d tho dAn-
gero1s voman uho IL eout1ut - ijvb bel
paxrow soand ef oDlnnhnew, fsiv ~lity,
and tuo6pouaibilify. Thon who do ues
sxpooo NJ hiahoe4 and beli8so il ~
FEASIBILITY, theee m ~ tsAt1Dsa
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b imnostal, ard tososoe seneU T.
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