Arizona republican., 1891-05-24
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"As for Me, Give Mo Liberty or Give
 Me Death"
 With the proverbial shrewdness of his race, Solomon chose wisdom as the best gift he could ask for, perfectly we'll aware-the sly old Hebrew-that if he only had wisdom he would know enough to obtain everything else in this life that he wanted. It was his long headedness quite as much as his true piety that prompted him to make that choice, but since we cannot all have wisdom, then the next most precious gift to man, and woman, too, is liberty, the right to do ex- actly as you please, 80 long as you do not interfere with anybody else. That is the sole restriction that should be put on hu- man beings. The right to think your own honest thoughts; to proclaim them openly and bravely, fearless of all the world, knowing that no old monster of Mrs. Grundy will crush you under her juggernaut wheel for telling the truth; to dress in comfortable and convenient clothing without being hooted; to asso- ciate freely with people whom you like, and with no others; to have no nasty minded social spies on your track, no Miss Nancys of either sex to claw you; to write and print the truth as you feel it and know it. without hedging and trim ming and trembling; to live daily with out pack of bigots, critics and hypo- critics in cry after you; to follow no con ventionalities of fashion, society or be- lief that did not suit you; to wander out alone in the beautiful wilds of free dom; to climb the cliffs and breathe the sweet, strong air of liberty upon the mountain top-to gain such life would die thousand deaths!
 The other day I was going up Fulton street in Brooklyn in an elevated train. A young lady sat beside me, reading at tentiyely. In cars always look to see whether girls are reading novels or newspapers, and accordingly inspected this young lady's book. It was a re- ligious volume, and am bound to say she seemed profoundly interested. By and by she laid it down, and I saw that it's name was 1.-The One Thing Needful." In her lap beside the book were five pack ages of chewing gum, and she was man. ipulating the sixth as fast as her jaws could work Chewing gum was the one thing needful.
 If, after all, the fogy element in the Methodist church manage to keep wom- en out of being delegates to the quarter ly and general conferences, it will not be strange if large proportion of the ablest ladies in that denomination leave it in body and connect themselves with other Christian organizations that have more Christian views on the woman question. It will be strange, in fact, if they do not
 United States Senator Joseph M. Carey, of Wyoming, made an eloquent address at the late meeting of the Ma tional American Woman Suffrage asso- citation in Washington. The voting at the first election in the new state was done under the Australian ballot sys- tenn, and Senator Carey said: "What- ever objection man could have raised before to woman's going to the polls and voting was entirely removed by this system."
 No; we don't want men to take a back seat just because they are men, but we intend women shall have their share of the front seats from this time on. It is not the entering on this or that occupa- tion, or even following this or that line of conduct, that is insisted on in behalf of our sex. We would force nobody into any trade or profession. It is that we want the liberty to choose our own occu- pations and do as we please without be- ing forced either this way or that. Un- der the system of liberty for all each will quickly find his or her own level.
 Lady Florence Dixie tells in a manner that is altogether delicious how she evaded the words Glove, honor and obey" in the church marriage ceremony. She says: "For myself I am not ashamed to confess it. I did not pronounce them. l merely substituted CT, CT, CT, in low voice." Girls, don't forget Lady Flor ence's CT, CT, CT. Years ago, when be- loved girl chum of mine was about to be | married by the Methodist service, before the ceremony saw the minister at her request and asked him to omit from the | pledge the word "obey." It was sur prisingly refreshing to me to hear this good Methodist clergyman answer: ".Oh, never put that word in. No preacher that has any sense ever does any more."
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