West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-08-26

political factor. Her power increas.
es with the increase Of her intelli-
gence and purity. The hand that
rocks the cradle moulds the world
Out of the wrongs and wretched.
ness that the rum traffic has pro.
duced forth from its tears and heart
aches shall come an influence that
shall redeem the land. That par.
ty that boldly inscribes upon its
banner "No Prohibition in Ours"
is doomed to defeat and disgrace
And the party of compromises,
magnificent in promises and mea.
gre in performances, the party Of
straddlers, will find the chasm 50
wide that it will be compelled to
take the side of Prohibition, or be
rent in twain, and it's dismember.
ed parts will disappear forever in
the depths Of the crevasse. But
this is phase of the question to
which I shall return. -.
2. I now remark that ON all NOR.
all questions, aooman's instincts are
truer and quicker than mans reason
ING. -.. .-.e. 49,.
I am not called upon to dis.
cuss the question of woman's intel.
lectual equality with man. The
cause | advocate is too important
to be freighted down with non-es.
sentials. Her claims to the high.
est powers are but little endanger.
ed by the men who seek to refute
them. For the present speak on,
ly of what may be called her NOR.
al instincts. Of these / am requir.
ed to offer no explanation. The
facts are plain. On these ques.
tions, there is obviously, with her,
a short road from premise to con.
clusion. The path of man leads over
the difficult sleeps of deduction.
The process is slow and painful
Pitfalls lie beside land many a by
path leads to the wilderness. We
lose our way and are compelled to
retrace our steps, and when,a last,
weary and worn by the effort, we
reach the goal with the Eureka
upon our lips, woman is the first
to greet and welcome US. She has
been awaiting our coming, and
wondering at our delay. While we
have been battling with Difficult
ties on the plain and on the slopes,
she has unfolded the wings of her
intuition and sped straight to the
summit. The reason for this lies
partly in the difference of the two
natures. Woman is Gods last
earthly creation. She is the apex
Of the pyramid. Possessed ola more
refined organism, her perceptions
are clearer. She is the seer of the
ages. Being more refined, she is
more religious. The ex-
istence of God is a truism. Re-
ligion is the first and most imper-
duties. That which op-
poses the divine kingdom is an I'M
mixed and unmitigated evil. 1t is
a wrong to society and sin against
God, Therefore it deserves no
mercy at her hands. On moral
questions woman is not given to
compromises, Confident of right
she holds tenaciously to her pur:
pose through all opposition and
all defeats. Like the daring sail
Or, she holds ner vessel in the teeth
Of every opposing storm, and in all
tempests drives on to the haven.
And this will explain another fact.
On these questions, woman is less
affected by her environments than
man. Woman is not a politician.
Man is. Woman asks what is right.
Man inquiries what is policy. And
hence, man has contempt for wo-
man as a factor in politics. He
deigns smile of pity, and says
"She is only a woman; what does
she know?" And yet, what is the
essence of this superior wisdom, OF
which man boasts? What but
compromise, which is only anoth-
er word for surrender? To the
many definitions that have been
given of man, I offer another. l
think it is truer than most of those
with which we are familiar: Man
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