The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-02-16


1t is with sad misgivings and deep regret that l.
read the signs of the times and see American Wo-
! men being brought to the front in politics. Be 1t
north, SOUTH east west, it is all the same to US,
for we claim allegiance to but one flag and know
but ore government.
Oh, woman. pause before you enter the political
arena, and think. Can you ever stoop to accept
political equality? is the day arriving when the
sex so far forget their womanhood as to Pc
titon for national degradation?
We want no political equality, and to the man or
woman base enough to offer Us such a tnns we
huri it back with all the strength of the thousands
Of years since creation, when God gave to man
the law making power. To the true woman the
platform and the hastings ofIerno laurel, but
crown OF degradation she can never stoop TO &C
cept. ,.,... :, ~ .,;o
what they mean? Free TO be jeered and scoifed
at; free to accept the scorn and contempt OF the
world; free to iningle with the political bosses,
and have far name banded from mouth to
mouth OF our character discussed by the scum of
the earth, at every street corner saloon EquIi
with the lowest OF Gods creatures; wv, VINO oall
hood to sell their liberty for glass OF peer on
election day; equal with the God torsaken wretch
who buys mems souls and losses them iiifo the
ballot box, that he may perpetrate some gigantic
fraud or make some unjust law. WA, a,o
''Tho crown OF creation is woman "ili she
throw herself from the Hottest pedestal on winch
the Creator could place her? Her crown OF virtue
and robe OF purity have entitled her to the hlgheoo
! earthly throne. and placed within her hand q
| seepter OF influence and power that none can
| withstand. ,..
Equality? Her name IS 100 sacred LOT poi!tlCS
and her honor too high for state intrigue. W III
she barter her birtlright for mess of pottago?
| vii! she cast aside her mantle OF Wonanly reserve
| and unapproachabeness in order to herd with the
| vulgar crowd. mess OF pottage! Not even til'1
| wou d be Ter share.
| But granted that her influence is needed in pol
| itcs; does that recessitatea public expression OF
! her views OF that she shoUd appear at the polls?
| Her influence for truth and purity is needed ey-
| orywlere and at ali times, and its beneficial eT-
focts have been denied It is the God given
I right that nothing but her own seif-W'liad deg
| radiation can ever take from her Who DOUBTS
that motherhood gives her the power to ruio the
! world, and hold the balance for good and evil?
| Her cbildren's brains are plastic to her every
| thought and word, and she stamps each with her
own individuality, reproducing her personal char
acter and convictions in every soul that she sends
| out intO the world.
If woman must take.a part in The political srrug
! ole let her thoroughly master the questions Of
| the day and be competent to form an unbiased
opinion With the subtle intuition CHARACTERISTIC
! OF her mind, and her natural Impulse to defend
the right she will not often be found on the wrong
side, and what an incalculablc influence she can
| WELD! But for humanity sake use that ihlu-
ence ina laGyile way and do not SOCK 1t by ioc-
| turing from the political platform or casting q
| vote. The day that sees American woman at the
polls witnesses her moral and social degradation,
and the removal of that sanctity that causes man
| 10 honor and revere her good name, and to pro-
tect it with his life. Give the sex equal social and
| educational advantages, but in the name OF the
| southern woman protest against admitting her
| to the hastings, the pulpit ana the bar.
| Oh, daughters of America, whose Eeroism none
! dares dispute, whose intellect acme can excel
| whose moral character is unimpeach&5e, can you
in the face of your religious creed and your innate
! modesty, demand Voice i'll your countryS gov
ornment and a right to become Political a5pl-
| rants? ANNIE LEE GLOVES i'iiEcAiiENp'
| Violet Hill, Albemarle county, Va.
|
| fI feel that cannot praise Hoods Sarsa-
! parilIa half enough" says q gratefu! mother
whose little son was almost blind with scrofula,