The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-02-05

Among the opponents Of this
Suffags movement, we and all man
neF Of objections. many Of them. the
most On fact, weak and vapld. Il Is \
eomHsratlvsly new subject to the
masses, and numbers Jumped at the
right conclusion Immediately.
what & the character Of this num-
berS Isn the common, nnedueated.
uBcaltared class, that have taken
hold Of this work. BOT by any
means. II is the reading, thinking,
logical women OF today and
among them, the purest. best men Of
age. There are great numbers Of In
tslllgent women, good wives, good
mothers, who wish 10 do the best for
themselves, their children and pos
terity, who have never taken the
matter home 20 themselves and con-
sidered Il. My unbelieving friend at
my elbow says, ''the majority OF
WOmen cannot consider. nor could
they solve anything u they did," 1
have greater faith In women than
that, and I am q woman. This goodly
number only need q little light, q few
suggestions, and they see their way
clear g the side Of Equal Suffrage; 10
the side % right ana fustice.
There Il another class Of women
conservative, inclined TO be prudlsh
who Rad and think and believe
themselves 90 be broad, yet live and
move year afleF year Ia the same
groove; nice, pleasant people, that
enc like 20 meet, who could not 20
into the cause, even could they adj
NIT its claims, for fear they would
come ca contact with something or
SOMEONE, sOHietiHiC, that would be OBJ
IecifOunbls sOnlch0lu. It "a q little
amusing. when those same women
se1d-and are glad 10 do sO-their
children 20 q common school; 20
themselves % public gatherings,
where AL classes cOngregate-even 90
9 Clrcus, where the worst classes
meet We are sorry for them, for
that grain Of sellishnesa, and that lack
81 phllanthFOphy, and wish tor their
oEn uakes that they needed the scrip
tnre, ''a9ded wisdom as they multi
plled year, Fortunately their num-
Der b net legion, nor their influence
hefc1lean.
Tns cry that the ballot will degrade
woman, 4 absurd. IL she % Be any
le@ q wife, any less q mother. any
lem q houeekeeper 20 cast q vote? 1
Il she 30 Be less honorable, less virtu. |
ous, lees self respecting2 Is abe 20 1
adhere les strictly % principles Of j
FiEht and luEtice3 Mol Women are |
ar more conscientious On their lives |
than men, and there are great num-
bsFB more good women than bad. i
Why3 Il e the laws Of man that /
make them sol No, it q the higher /
hW-God's law, and what the women /
% 20 day want, is little more Of that
Codis law 30 benefit mankind.
Another cry goes forth, that Il is
only Disseminated, dissatisfied women
Who want the ballot. I hope no
sudfaRe Woman viii deny that. We
oTs discontented snd dissatisfied we
here q right 20 be the wonder u that 1
We have % long held our peace.
Every man wants what belongs to
hlm and gets &C, often much more.
He q satisfied. cOntented fully, 80
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conscience nay sometimes prick his
bump % seldshness. Every woman
wants what belongs 30 her, and does
not get u and u not satisfied. Why /
ahould she be 2 Could she be and re
spect herself2 Notwithstanding all
sorts % Fldlcullng, carieaiurinF, and
opposing, the cause has gradually
developed 20 q strong, healthy body,
and nothing now will materially re
lard lts further Development. Il rolls
and rolls and with each turn aug
nents itself IN g very substantial way
which must Be especially gratifying
Do those nohie, patient women wha
have labored 30 long and 80 earnestly.
The dawn u breaking, and the day
win have much In it 10 purify, ele
Ente and equaliEe humanity. God
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