Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12

edge that they haven't it themselves. More
over, they do realize strongly that the
| abuses of arbitrary power, against which
Abigail Adams warned her husband as dan
gerous, is here as prevalent for women, as
are the blessings Of civil liberty for men.
The Display of Patriotism.
! to read these speeches as published in THE
DISPATCH. Brother Holland, in his ora
ton, defined patriot as ga man who loves
his fellow citizens and is devoted to their
welfare" and adds that 'the thought of
benevolence, self-sacrifcing devotion and
inexorable loyalty to the principles Of
truth and of Justice enters into the concep-
tion of true patriotism. Consider this
moment, sisters How much true patriot
ism is displayed in this State and country
when by the exercise of despotic power, the
rulers infict upon their fellow citizens pre-
cisely such wrongs as those that lighted the
fires of '76? What is to be thought of the
Loyalty to the principles of truth and JUS
tice, when Mrs. Schenley, and every other
woman owning property, are taxed without
their consent and are denied any voice or
representation in the laws by which they
are governed? A Lord Chancellor of Eng
land has pronounced such taxing robbery.
The fathers of the Revolution entertained
the same opinion, and they refused to be
robbed by acts of Parliament in which they
had no voice.
But with all his talk on patriotism, and
right, and justice, there was no protest made
by Brother Holland as to this assumption
Of absolute monarchy by men and such e1-
ercise of arbitrary power. The fathers who
were so largely lauded and glorifed on the
Fourth because they refused to pay little
petty tax upon tea, would surely be shocked
to learn how their descendants, after the
manner of George I'LL and his "bloody
British, r" were robbing and taxing women
without their consent. Moreover, We may
say here in passing, that 1t Is somewhat
'cheeky" for Brother Holland to ask funds
and contributions from this community (ln-
cluding women) for the Western Unlver-
sity, which bars out the daughters and gives
every advantage furnished by such funds to
the boys only.
Wrongs of Women Workers.
In DR.. Woods speech he showed clearer
perception of the evil of "maudlin philan-
thropy" the worth ofbogus sentiment, and
the buncombe slush about the oppressed Of
all lands. He asks: "What about the op-
pressed Of our own land2 How about the
American mechanic and laborer driven
from their toll by the imported cheap labor
hired by the Unsuitable bond master and
corporationist?" To which we might
answer these have the law in their own
hands. What..is the boasted sovereignty of
men in this country worth If they cannot
right their own wrongs Those most op-
pressed in this country In the labor world
are the women workers who have neither
voice nor vote.
A recent writer in England says: II think
that one great reason why the religious con-
hoc ;-4a al io
because we have excluded women from poll
tics; and when you have excluded women
from any department you make over that
department to the devil" He goes further
and says that men who steal are unfit to
legislate for the protection of property, and
that men who violate the sanctity of the
domestic hearth should have no place among
law makers. So say we all.
In his speech Mr.. Trent showed himself
to be profoundly imbued with the regula-
tion democratic sentiments. He has the
popular idea What q pity he could not
sustain it by facts. He said: 'aTo-day the
to recount the glory that has been won-the
blessings which have been received"
False by just One-Half.
Did it ever occur to Brother Trent that
the blessings of freedom are withheld from
half the citizens of the Republic? He told
about IS, 900, 900 of free people-which shows
him to be away off in his fgures-not as to
population, but as to civil liberty.
"Our democratic institutions are making
despotism ridiculous" said Brother Trent.
This may be SO, but they don't seem to
make much impression on the despotism at
home. He holds that this is government
of the people, which everybody knows is
not true. Only one star upon the American
flag represents liberty, justice and righte-
business. Only in one little State-W yom-
ing-are women enjoying their equal rights
of citizenship. Only in that one little State
can it be truly said that women
Have Freedoms land beneath their feet
And Freedoms banner streaming DER them.
1t is to be hoped that the day is not far
off when the patriotic sentiments expressed
by our distinguished orators and beloved
brethren may be founded on fact, and be
stamped by truth. BESSIE BRAMBLE.