The Arizona sentinel., 1885-02-28
Woman's Rights.

marks on Gen. Wardwell'.
 "Woman Suffrage Bill," made
 in the Lower House of tho
 Territorial Legislature one day
 last week. MT. Purdy's speech
 was in refutation of MT. Ward lwell's remarks in support of the
 hill:
 l MIR. SPEAKER: The noblest oi Eall Gods cretures isa pure woman;
 the brightest star in the firma.
 ment of human nature is a,moth-
 CT; inc kindest, fCndest and most
 sympathetic consoler in the trials,
 troubles and tribulatiOns of life,
 is the sister; the greatest treas-
 ures on earth are our children.
 And sir, it is the pure woman, the
 mother. the sister and cur chil- dreu, that create that mos, blessed haven of rest-a home. It is for Us, perhaps, of the frontier, to understand and appreciate to a greater extent than 0th CTS, the soul absorbing delights of a h home. for 10 most of us It is paradise of the pasta lovely visiou connect tug the worldly aspirations of to- day with the purer thoughts and surroundings of our youth. Iu the universal struggle to obtain position on the ladder of prosper> ity, there can be none of us who do not retain upon the camera of the brain a fpicture, however i'm distinct, Of a once happy home presided over by a mother, whose loving face and tender care sooth- ed our childish troubles, and whose devoted mind and heart bent their energies but in the one direction of our future welfare. There can be hut few of us whc cannot recall the peaceful solem- nifty of the nights spent among sisters and brothers, listening to the cheerful yet awful words of the great Author, as they fell from the lips of that mother. A home, sir, must be all peace. The outside world has ever proven an irksome and tumultaous struggle. It is the women that create and preserve the homes-it is the men that must face the struggle out side, with no hope of a greater reward than that found in the sympathy of wife and mother, sis ters and children. From the first moment when the bride enters her new home, with trembling but earnest determination 10 be a helpment to her husband until the time when she IS the happy mother of growing children, the woman becomes the honored and respected queen of a realm richer than any kingdom known, be. cause her treasures are directly from the hands of God and bles. sed by nature. Her scepter con. sits of a heart inlaid with the in- valuable jewels of maternity, and her throne is made of that mys> terious and God-like element, emanating from nature, but une- qualed except, perhaps, in Heav- en-a Woman's love.
 It is proposed, sir, to introduce into this home the distracting influences of politics. It is pro- posed that the arguments of the professional debater u>urb the living truths of the bible. and the minds of our children be warbed by mother s example and cou- versatiOn; from the precepls Cf christianity and society, into a groove made up of political mis- understandings and bickprings. Mir. speaker, I cannot con>ent. Women have a nobier and hlgher duty tn perform than men. They are the exponeuts of nature Tn the reproduction OI human kind, .and it is their mission and duty proclaimed by the laws Of God. to devote their attention to tn" rearing of future m 'n and women; to carry on the irri,istible de. mands of progress. This duty must be an individual one, or it can be hut hald done. A woman cannot neglect her home and children and be true wife, mother or sister. Sine cannot en~ ter the mire of politics without such neglect, aud without being stained by loss, to a greater or loas extent. of that purity of