Daily Republican., 1890-03-18

Hsfors the Conv entIon OF the womsn,s
National Liberal Union. Washington
D. C., February ~. 1890.

Nhuonht Lsuerei Ohions washington
D. G.. February ~, 1900.
MRS. CnAIRnAr, LADIES AND GEN.
TIEMEN;-I came ~ this convention
along with my vile, understanding that
IT, ostenslble object 10 TO promote the
cause Of woman sudsage. AT tue same
time II appears-tu BE- somewhat Of new
departure, inasmuch - 1t is move Of
that divIiion Of the advocates OF woman
suffrage known q liberal minded women.
This term, 'slibersl Minded" seems to
call ALSO for de6nittou. To US, pre-.
sumo, II mears thO1o who are willing to
take the natural and rational view OF po-
liticnl and religious questions, as dis
tiaguished from tbs miraculous, the bib.
lical AID the dogmafic.
The original Quaker reached about
the same ground when they formulated
the idea that the slight within"-ths In
tuitions Of the human mind as en-
lightensd ~ reason and knowledge,
that 10, the voice Of God In the SOUL
was superior IN authority to any written
word Of ancient Inspiration, so-called.
Let us 80, for lev minutes, whittier
We Will be led, touching woman suffrage
and other matters, BY adopting this
method of coming towards the truth.
Allow me- TO premise that the waters,
90 to speak, are being troubled on every
hand.
"And still the measure u our needs,
Outgrows the cFamping bounds OF croeds;
The mama gathered yesterday
Already ssvors Of decay;
Doubts to the worlds chiid. heart un-
known,
Question us now from star and stone"
The rank ephemsrai erowths IN our
country of Mormouism aud its liEc arc
but s,ckly suckers from the rott/n root
Of Bible-supporssd Judaism. Without
the false beliefs descending IRON this
| minds OF uncultuIed men, they never
would have even temporarily prevailed.
The chickering's over the changing OIL
creeds are rife 10 the air. The revision oil
Scripture causes yet more in the poet
eyes
THE letters Of the sacred Book
To slimmer and swim beseath our look. d
The lashing OF the watsrs by the eorely
harpooned whale OF the Romish church
makes Us back our oars and stand aghast
In wonder and dread rs to what evil MAY
come upon Us should her final agony
cauee beating unto hood Of the wild
waters Of the sea OF humanity. Yes,
ialse conception Of Deity and Of the ori
gin Of seeming evil 10 the world still con
tinue largely to dominate the minds o.
men. The reign Of miracle, Instead o
the reign OF Law. having been ground
into human e( nsclousness for thousandi
of years still strivos 10 hold It's sway. A
portion OF the Protestant churchts, feel
Ing the ground sliding beneath thei
feet, have organized In srtful battle; AMI
to protect themss yes from they scarct
tho sacred palladium Of our libertiet
and TO stab our country TO the heart II
the name OF God. It-is charitable to sup
pose they know not what they do.
But TO return to the one great question
OF woman suffrage: In government
protesting to DO ruled ''by the peopl
and for the people," why does TIL
strange anomaly 80 long contiuue-tha
one-half Of tie citizens have no efiestiv
voice IN gov,rnm. ntsl mattersi Hav
you not, ladies here preaent, begun t,
perceive At least one main cause of TIL
continued injustice to your sexs-if not
indeed, the very foremost cause Of tn
persistent wrongi
Are you not still partially enslaved b,
the sAcerdotal power Of the Judaism @
the Bible, a. It still mobiles and corrupt
traditional Christianity In the vedi
peri Of ancient India, scholars tell u
that woman was held In the highes
reverence and exercised all her rights
Amongst the writings Of those carrie
days We mud such maxim as these:
"Man 10 strength; woman 10 beauty
He Ia the reason that governs, but she /
the wisdom that moderAtes.
at was vt the prayer oil . woman tina
the Creator psr,ionrd man; ours bs b.
who f0rgcts II"
"Theie Is no crime more odious thar
TO persecute womsu and To take aivan
tage Of their wesknesses to despoil tue II
OF their pitriuony."
! "When women are honortd tho DivIni
ties are content; but when they are no
honored, all undertakings fail"
Such arc few of the maxims OF thos,
arcient days. But, following the time
wherein those prevailed over the mind
Of men. the frat resnlt OF the domination
OF the priestly order In India was tn,
AMUSEMENT and moral degradati5n o
woman, 20 hoBored durisg the vedi,
period.
The Hebrew Genesis corrupts the more
| AuCitut anu Ihh WOIo uohutiiu flluuOt
legend of .Adima and HsvA," the first
man and woman. In the original Hind &c
scripture, man was made the leader iu
d sobedience to Divine com mands. Heva
his wife, pleaded with him to f0rbsal
transeression; yet df,ifhe pot forsake hin
when trouble resulted; but followed ~ 9
luvilg comforter.
Then, says the old writing, the voice
came to them, in their sorrow, from the
clouds:
woman, thou hast only slnned from
love Of thy husband, whom commanded
thee 10 love, and thou hast hoped in me
pardon thee and him also for thy
aake."
But what did Moses? He reversed thu
order OF crlminaiity aud caused The
weaker woman to.te treated as the leader
In disobedience, that she might ever after
be made to bear the odium. FOR unto
woman (aod said) will greatly multi
ply Thy sorrow and thy conception: In
sorrow shalt thou bring forth children
and thy delre shall be to thy hubbard
and he shall rule over thee f"
THIS presumed primal Jewish law 1,
the Que which was carried out by thai
scmi-barbarous people in their lives, o.
sanctioned by the God they worshiped.
This, ladies, In the milds of modorr
chcrishers of antiquatad myths aud
legends Ia the Bible constitutional law
you still live under. II was proiessedly
uttered BY that same q whose name
the goody -Roody fools IN this country
would place 1t the head OF our Const.tu-
tion.
Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, for