Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-06-20
Woman's Suffrage and Prohibition.

Popular prejudice is slowly giving
way, and the day is not far distant
when Woman 5 morals, tastes and IN
telligence, injected into the. ballot-
box, will counterfeit the vices and
drukenness and brutality OF men.
No peripatetlc whisky-keg will then
have seat in Legislative Halls, and
the world will Be infinitely better
and more wisely ruled than it is t.
dav. Women will then incnlcate
political morals. as we'll as religion,
and wiser and better class ofyoters
will be reared. The time is coming
when women shall vote III all the
States of this Union. a woman is
to he member If the next British
Parliament, and there is no reason
Mhv. in the near future, a woman
NAV not be Governor Of Mississippi.
nder the leadership Of the greatest
intellect that was ever dominant
within the borders of the Common
wcalth-that of Gov. Alex. G.. Me
Mutt Mississippi repealed the me-
di;eval and r0bber-barOn codes of a
thousand years ago and made women
aud men equals and distinct individ-
uals in the eyes Of the Common
Law. Prior to this, when u man
died, the wife could have life-cs-
tate in one third Of his realty; but
when A woman died, the husband
took all she had. She was a nonen-
tity in the courts. Her very exist
ence was absorbed in that Of her
husband.
McNutt changed all that and gave
the toiling, suffering, buried-allve
wives and mothers of the country
the right to breathe and live and
think. This was the beginning Of
the Woman's Rights movement in
this country. Its mission is not yet
fully achieved, and can not be till
We have 50 educated onr wives and
daughters that they may be induced
to demand the concession OF every
privilege OF citizenship.
Women are paid one-third less
for the same service rendered By
men, whether in schools, in business,
in government clerkships, or else
where, simply because men can
vote, and they who fix salaries are
reckless of the good will Of the sex
who have no votes to be won. Wo-
men are certainly rs wise and capa
bic as the uneducated hordes Of for
eigners and Elacks that are perlodl-
cally driven to the ballot box.
Women would aid the cause of Lo-
cal Option. They would advocate
Prohibition. They would fearlessly
burst political parties asunder, il
necessary, and finally induce every
county to expel every vendor OF
/ whisky from its confines.
1t is said that the politicians are
already frightened out Of theil
wits. They don't see how they can
straddIe the fence, and they can
tell on which side lies official safety
1t would be great pity, to be sure
ii the State in winning emancipa.
ton from corner groceries should
subject itself to Republican sway
| Bnt bad as this unquestionably
would be, it is more tolerable thar
the absolntism of the corner gro
cery.sa k a
! The cost Dfgoyarnmentis is lessenet
more than oae-tAird in MarylaAt
wherever local option prevails. II
i Annapolis the Recorders Court. ant
the Criminal Courts are closed for
aver, and, litigationfis reduced one
] halfin volume. uhird-rate lawyer
curses the, laws the common people
rejoice that it is irrepealable. Pub
Ilish these and like facts to the peo
pie Of Mississippi sand inaugprat'
the millennium on the. ruins OF wins
ky y'sIehesen empireE 7iL - s
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