Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1891-01-24
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. SATURDAY, JANUARY "a, 1891
Vol. uI.-No. 49,.
come into possession of their birthrght which true

colne hto possession OF their blrthrlght which true
democracy guarantees to all the people.
In the course of the address Mrs. Henry Says
"Woman suffrage is not question that can be
met with prejudice or mere objection 1t comes
into our civilization armed and equipped with ar
guments that have been unanswerable by Ameri-
can and English statesmen for half century. 1t
is not a question as to the wisdom women would
display in the use of political power. 1t is not
question as to whether women are weaker, more
dupable, more purchasable than men, 1t is not
question as to whether or not women have fitness
OF body, brain, heart or tendency, 1t is not
question as to whether women know enough to
want to vote, or the use they would make of it if
they possessed it. 1t is exactly this simple
question as to whether the ballot is useful to man
kind as proper instrument to guide human af-
fairs the guardian of individual rights, interests
and liberty, whose fidelity is answering. The
grandest statesmen of the ages have proclaimed
that the rights and liberty Of the individual are
always safest in his own hands. II this is true
then the ballot is as useful fer women as for the
stronger SEX, and is their right and responsibility
On all grounds which make it such for men. Will
our Kentucky statesmen be so short-sighted as to
lock the door against Kentucky women and throw
the key away, and compel progress at the COM
mand OF national law to force the portal and teach
them what true democracy means?''
The American Non-oCnformist published at
Winfield, Kan, is authority for the statement that
the members-elect Of the people party Of Kansas,
are virtually unit for woman's suffrage
This is as it should be-. The peoples party is
necessarily composed of those who have indepen-
dence enough to break away from old influences,
and old party ties. And every move in such
direction is a step toward breaking loose from the
old conservatism which for thousand years has
kept mankind enslaved to false and tyrani-
cal ideas; and everyone of those ideas that has
fallen at the hands Of those who can rise superior
to the old prejudices Of their forefather, marks
as milestone an advance of mankind upon the
highroad OF improvement, and towards ahigher ele-
walton Of civilization and justice Thus when surf
dom was destroyed among the best advanced ma
tons, it was move in the right direction, brought
about by the independent thought and action
of few. Slavery fell by the same cause. When
the "dvinity that doth hedge king WIS dis
puted first, no doubt it was looked upon by the
conservative portion Of mankind as little short of
blasphemy. And when the idea Of manhood suf-
frage was promulgated its advocates were con-
sidered as sinners, cranks and traitors. Yet it
has and will triumph, upheld by the courage of
few men, who scorned the bonds that had for cen
turtles held their ancestors in thraldom.
The pioneers of woman suffrage have been for
years urging on their conservative neghbors to
make another move towards the total enfran-
chisement Of mankind which surely will fol-
low the advent of woman suffrage. No one but
themselves know their trials and disappointments.
But light is at last dawnlng, and the peoples
movement west Of the Alleghenies marks the first
hat nd uio ~ tha