The morning call., 1891-07-17
HUMAN RIGHT.
A Correspondent Replies TO n. L. 2. IT'S
Recent Communication.

A Correspondent Replies TO n. L. 2. IT'S
Recent Communication.
Editor Womdn's Column. Morning Call:
In a communication to theiWomar'S Column,
your correspondent n. r. L. T. makes a
few statements upon which III. present
writer, being woman DESTROYS of doing
her whole duty in that station of life, etc.,
would like some enlightenment.
n. r. p. T. speaks so positively that it
must be she knows whereof she speaks. and
therefore will she proceed, for the good OF
humanity, to establish for us less wise ones
the assertion that society and govern ment
are the product Of the home, and to explain
what Is that "divinely appointed sphere"
from which she is opposed to woman's
march" and how she is so sure that it is of
divine appointment? n. r. P. T. asks:
"What can the suffragists, or any other lists,
do with the sex liner"
Yankee fashion, that question may be
answered with another, namely: What Go
other creatures do with the sex line in the
ordinary pursuits Of life? 1t has nothing to
do with the question. Human beings are
first humanity, then men and women.
In all the realms of logic, Of justice and OF
common sense n r. p. r. can ind not one
fact to bolster up her sentimental talk about
divinely appointed spheres, either for man
OF woman. GOu Illdue woman Il human D6-
ing, with human duties to perform; with
human rights TO maintain.
lie made her. also, female, mother, but
man. by the right born Of might, in the dark
ages of brute force, took away from her
her humanity and lett but her femlninitS and
this, developed through countless gener-
ations, has made woman what she iS-an in
complete being.
What shall we do with the sex line in poll
tics?
What do we do with the sex line in all
thu other merely human relations?
Where is the sex line in brain?
In the name OF sense, what has sex to do
with justice? How is home to suffer be-
cause woman takes an interest in those out
side matters that concern il vitality?
All of humanity cannot be governed by
half of 1t and the cause Of right and justice
not suffer.
Let a man learn the virtues at home.
from his mother, liz childhood" Yea, let
him do this, and then go out into the man
governed world and put these virtues into
practice. Many good, earnest, prayerful
mother, believing devoutly in her 'diyinely
appointed sphere" has brought her boy up
TO clean, pure manhood, and sent him out
into the world, only to see him shipwrecked
among the evils that men, the home pro-
tectOrs, have suffered to grow into mighty
power just outside those home doors. Is it
any wonder that these suffering mothers.
driven to desperation, desire TO bring the
light OF their dearly bought wisdom to bear
upon the darkness that clouds the situation,
and 10 have hand in this government that
so closely concerns the homes over which
they preside?
This, however, is the purely sentimental
side of the question, and, like the questio
OF sex, has nothing to do with the real issue.
which IS one of human right
Can n. r. p. T. give any good reason
why system should be pursued that even
seems to put the burden of goodness on
the women and give the credit of achieve
ments in business and government to the
men?"
Such state of things does no good, and is
productive of boundless mischief
In reading her argument one cannot doubt
n. X. 7. rs sincerity, or the kindness of
her intent, but one would so like to see her
produce some logical defense Of the stand
she has taken. Perhaps she will do So
San Francisco. July 10. 1884, A woMAN