The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1888-05-04

lie bears in His bosom Away;
And In the bright mansions Of glory
Which the blood of His sacrifice won,
There is room Tor the rrodIgal Daughter
As well ms the Prodigal son!
Official so lac salem
County w. q. r. L..
In appointing me your Superintendent
of Franchise | feel that you have conferred
upon me a great honor, but also with it a
great responsibility. The Franchise De-
partment OF our w. C. Il. u. must become
one Of its most important departments.
Suffrage is the key note to that grand tenn
perance march that we are all keeping
step in. When women have the ballot
they can indeed grandly connt in this
work "For God, and Home and Native
Land" Susan Il. Anthony, Il true states
woman, for two years worked zealously
for temperance, but with great p%enetra
ton she saw that prohibition mus come
about through the ballot for women, and
turned all her energies in this direction.
| She says that she has. no time to dip out
vice with a teaspoon while the wrongly
adjusted forces of nature are pouring it in
by the bucketful.
BY the Constitution of the United States
the people, native born and naturali2ed,
nave a right to vote, and the Government
is said to be ''of the people, for the people,
and by the people" What are women if
they are not citizens of the United States?
IL they do not form at least one-half its
people? The morality of our nation de-
mands that women shall take part in poll
tics. We all know that to the mother is
given the moral training of her offspring,
but the mother element can never have it's
broadcast influence until it is freed. Our
boys will never yield us their fullest re
spect until we are politically the equal of
our husbands. We are degraded while we
are taxed, tried and imprisoned by our
''political superiors'' instead of our peers.
Taxation without representation is I'M
lawful and unjust. Liberty we know
lis a burden not a release to vote a re-
sponsibility, to shirk this solemn duty,
however, a greater. God is speaking to-day
within the hearts Of right thinking men
and women demanding that His daughters
shall step in to save this land of freedom
from the terrible rum curse.
Morally the ballot needs us, itu-
t~ionally We have the right to vote, what
then hinders? Ignorance and prejudice.
1t becomes our duty then TO abolish these,
to let in the light Of diligent research upon
this wall raised by the hands of man. Let
each local union enter upon a course of
study with this end III view. Subscribe
for such papers as will help Won do this.
The Woman's Tribune, .Msttia, and the
Woman's Journat are the best; further,
start a library. Later | will name a few
books advisable to secure. In our state of
New Jersey we Gts women) are specially
disenfranchised, certainly in direct violation
to the true rendering of the constitution of
the United States, and according to Lille
Deverenx Blake Gas published in Mont
TOR of April eth, which should be pre-
served for reference) in direct violation of
our own original State Constitution.
Discuss state law within your Unions,
forin civic clubs of men and women when
possible for study and debate. Endeavor
at all times to secure the cooperation of
men, and the press. Interest outsiders
among the women, invite them to Join with
you for study even if they are not white
ribboners, they may become so later. Study
~, fIn l.a1;,r. ,,,If.s,oI ;,,,,. xf a.. H.
and argue about them, in short educate
yourselves to the ballot aud so make it
come to you.
Lose n time, please, in appointinga com
petent, energetic woman as Superintendent
of Franchise in each local union. Let her
communicate with me as soon as possible,
that We may get our department in good
working order. II you can find no one
capable within yonr union, look outside
and try to secure a new member as well as
a capable Superintendent by so doing.
The grand Intcrnational Council has been
pronounced a great suffrage meeting and
ind ced it was so. The solution to all the
questions brought for discussion was the
equalization of the sexes and the ballot for
women. Therefore, dear sisters, let us
push work in our Franchise department
this year and bring Salem County well to
the front for advanced views and true
thinking. | Will help you as | can. God
speed the day when all men and all women
shall admit the truths Of equality and jus
tiec for women. Fraternally yours,
LAURA NJ. L%fPPINCoTT P~ANCoAsT.
Co, Supt. of Franchise.
p. O. Ad. lIarriSonville, Glouces. Go. N. j..