Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-12-08
The following is from the Arkansas Churchman ::


cit is woman's position in the church and the
holy books accepted as authority that make politi-
cal equality so difficult.
"The above quotation from Mrs. Elizabeth Cadv
Stanton, which we copy from The WoMAN's CHRoN-
IoEE OF Little Rock, is about the only thing we
ever read from the pen OF that misguided lady that
we could endorse Yes, it is quite true the Bible
and the Church of God are much in the way of the
so-called woman's rights movement. Thank God
for that blessed obstruction. Will our charming
contemporary, the WoMAN's CHRONICLE, take
ofense if we express the regret that its gifted and
lovely addresses should put their noble talents to
such sad use as advocating movement which so
far as it may be successful can only unsex women
and teach them to be atheists" M ..L
The following is from Henry Ward Beecher
eve need the participation of woman in the
ballot-box. 1t is idle to fear that she will meet
with disrespect or insult at the polls. Let her
walk up firmly and modestly to deposit her vote,
and if any one ventures to modest her, the crowd
willswallow him up as the whale swallowed JONAH"
This from John Quincy Adams:
''The correct principle is, that women are not
only justified, but exhibit the most exalted virtue
when they enter on the concerns of their country
of humanity and of their Cod .a0
This from Prof Borden ?. Bovine of Boston
University:
'sIn regard to woman suffrage, know of many
prejudces against it, but of nothing which deserves
to be called reason. The reasons are all on the
other side.'
This from r. Dewitt Talmage:
81 am and always have been in favor of female
suffrage. The government Of the United States
ought either to free women from paying taxes, or
else give them the ballot"
This from Hon. Henry S. Washburn:
''There are bad women as well as bad men.
But the preponderance of women is in favor of the
good over the vicious, and the majority of the votes
of women would be PROFESSIONALLY in favor of law
and order, of justice and humanity" ..u. lll
And this last from James Freeman Clarke:
II leave it to others to speak of suffrage as
right or privilege; speak of it as duty. What
right have you women to leave all this work of
caring for the country with men? Is it not your
country as well as theirs? Are not your children
to live in it after you are gone? And are you not
bound TO contribute whatever faculty God has
given you to make it and keep it pure, safe and
Happy lanu HU.H ..I .s.l Hf..I.
Women are not supposed to know everything of
truth, many Of them are like Socrates, they know
one thing, and that is, that they know nothing
But when the doctors disagree who shall decide?
Who, indeed, save time and woman herself?
The object of voting is to give voice and prac-
tical effect to the wisdom, knowledge and virtue
diffused among the people. Do men possess all of
these which is worth making use of? Five times as
many boys as girls are in reformatories; more than
five times as many men as women are convicts
more than twice as many men as women are pau
pers, and about seventy times as many men as
women are engaged in the manufacture of liquor
the nurse of paupersm and crime! Is it not clear
that the average woman, with equal opportunities
for education and development, will show about as
much wisdom knowledUp and virtua hp averaup