The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-01-22

An eminent opp0ser Of Woman's
Rights aud Of Wuman's suffrage es-
pecialiy, in a recent popular lecture, ia
duIgts 90 some remarks which should
not be received as final upon a sub
Jeet Of such vital impOat Indeed, It
Is but a polite appeal, and panders TO
yitiated public sentiment. The con-
illusions sought. sustain but slight re-
lations 10 the premises he assumes.
Assumption first consists In the fact
that, because "a little girl sings her
little song Of seven times one and
the Toys must be 5ovish. the man
manly" therefore, woman should
have a voice Ia determining her des-
tiny, and should submit TO just such
fate as man, her controller, may
mould for her. A more inconelusive
statement could hardly be made. AS
well inferior no argument il given
that because one man Is a poet, an
other an artisan, aud another a hunter
or a husbandman, 80 born. the one
sings a song. the other blows q horn
70 keep each 20 his vocation, bat let
the poet make the laws. and compel
the hunter to range the forest. Such
statement furnishes it's own sufficient
refutation.
Assumption second is that "Obtiu-
Give women on the platform with false
standards Of wOmanly position, in
stead Of exalting, debases her SEX
yet though the cOBstraint and apology |
Is offered 10 two leading women-a
poor and thankless boon-for the COLI
strained exception vitiates the whole
Of bis spacious statement.
The objections urged in the lecture
as 10 the sphere OF woman are the re-
suit Of q mere matter Of taste, and
depend not on a principal Of Inherent
right and "a iity. Agaiu. this lectur-
eF-emiHsRf for assumptions
mere matter ofeEpediency, is opposed
20 Woman suffrage. de thinks there
are 90 many voters already, aud
Limitation Rather than al Increase Is
the demand Of the age. This surely
discovers the pruclivity Of his speech.
II the voters may 50 elect, suppose
they consider tile eminent a. one OF
the surplus materisi aud c1msign hIm
20 tie age OF disfrauchIsemeut. The
utterance uf such a sentiment remauds
him 10 the schuOl uf un ollgarcny or
despOtisIm-
Il. Ms a rule. to give the ballot to
woman would be % open tile occasion
for pniitical competition, a. the emf
aeHf lecturer u-seTts-a grutuitIuu-
implement surely so also would uc-
casiun be furnished fir the elevation
OF the STANDARD hy the refined stnu
meat and eie, ugiug influence oi
woman. And. 10 al home she Cat
quirlly ss-ert her queeuly sway a.
moulding the characters 90 her Snus
auu tudictring use vote o. her hu--
band or father or brother, ~ uls,
could ~h- d-lrl-it hrr sentiment o.
the ballot box ~ we'll. Furthermore. /
her dsug hters ulso cunning under the
influence at their two fld power.
how wonderful the evaiuiiun it would 4
bling either fur evil az gnud The D
man who has hut little love fir, aud
no faith ip wouan vail -, for evil
but the une of fail faith Ia her inirg-
rity, AMI blending nf pity aud love iuf
tlrl Mlll ralN NNl evil AllA ENtAA NllAA 10 ! p
the aggregate can RESULT hy aprniug q
beiure her all possible oppofiuniiie-
Tor duinE Entid. Guild slie lrss than
man be false to principle and uu-
worthy ~ trust, aud traignr 10 not I
Dniy The htsi Interests at her nwn sex e
bat 10 that 81 husband aud sohs a.
Weil2 The iusinuatinn that she s.
lC0uid or might j. ladened with au y
uugTacinus tome, and is alnsnst 81 u
Insult Ia every womaniy impulse, and "a
IN asrersiun upuu the rerOrtls ui "A
ruth and devuIiun, her forbenranep / 90
under the long sufitrings oflbe uges, u
and the seli-sacriheing iubors which e
her history unfuius. AN rules have
their exceptions. hut her record bears q
aeuinst the spirit Of the leo q
lure. lie premises are not strictly I u
rue. and Us conclusions are the ~ u
nit Of illogical Inference !
While We do not grant all that our / p
lUffrare friends claim touching their | $
agency in the Industrial advancement
u woman. q is unquesiinnable THAI 8
much 81 the wonderful change ID that /
particular which the last feN decade a
ave seen Sc due to the agltaiinn % b
be Woman Sudragisis. r. Ctieag0
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