New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-01
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
AN ANSWER TO DIR. jacob.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENJOYING SUI
FRAGE AND POSSESSING THE ABILITY
TO FULFIL ALL THE OBLIGATIONS

forth hV no BROOKLYN
them I offer the following considerations as 'ep'S
T. her arguments, which quote:
go rccause suffrage IS to be regarded not as a
privilege to be enjoyed but as duty to Dc per-
"SmGraee is certainly duty 20 be performed 70 tnc
state as well privilege to be enjoyed ana a, Una ,ha
d dGES''
The duty of suffrage cannot be performed by
women The duty OF suffrage Is tho duty not mere
Is OF expressing an opinion out Of bearing arms IN
support Of the resulting law. Every voter must oe
a possible fighter. You cannot separate the privilege
Of voting from the duty Of voting. ana the apa-
tbet,c har' o. the population are not ready TO
shoulder musket
'2 Because hitherto the women OF TINS S Si
have eniovcl exemption from this bGriensoHle d'iS
ana no a4equaie reason mas n'sh a'S's'''' '''
~ the population Of free state genrra:y con.
siderel the franchise bnrdsns'mG "t ~ r Zen
hat women can be made to swallow this statement
when presented In ellded pm ny me. r., nerns
go rany viii remain serious menace 70 me iei"d-
nence Of democratic institutions IN free state
Women think It no shame to accept tho courtesy
Of exemption from military duty. and hold the duty
and the privilege OF exercising an intelligent moral
influence the ballotinE Of mon a. all the more
| stringent because she now help the cause OF
freedom in the way suited to her nature AMI her
position I'm society
80 .. Because comforting suffrage upon tIP "VNlch
who claim II would lmios" sunfaHe upnh lht uhny
women who neither desire It az privilege nor re-
/ gard as their duty
Suffrage i. imposed upon m one not even on the
mon who possess this privilege. dcar-bousnt WIN
Al present those who choose can ALWAYS neglect H.
ana would do 50 II they were Nomen II Is donbf ,l
however. u women would 80 often neglect tnS h'sh
privilege d1 they once possess H.
That Is to say: Dr. Jacobs husband has one vote
and my husband has ono vote. She asks TO nave the
privilege OF doubling her husbands vote, and II |
20 not Ike +, | can remedy the matter by simply
leaving my husbands vote to contend slnsly with
! that double vote,
a. because the need Of America is not an in
/ creased quantity. but improved quality. or me
vote, AMI there is no adequate reason to beHeN-
that woman suffrage. by doubling the vote viii I'M
'Tnques,onabiy the noel Of America Il an improved
quality Of the vote. Ia thu constant evolution or
! society The immediate Now resource at hand for
mirroring thai quaAiy is 70 enAst the iht!. @!'
whose force has been hitherto largei latent Il y
he yo;e 81 thr.r husbands broiaer- or sons Taey
| nothing AMI en- know nothing be"ausr WIN tnen
trey have nothing - j.. ami thelr influence II a.
| ~ mel ling hy gnorlmuses with matters OF which
| they necessarily know nothing"
n :. were true. ~ Dr jacob SAYS 1t 's. that
women cl~n1t Influence n concerns II which they
/ know nothing ana can know nothing because WIN
them they have nothing - d." ihcp c"rta MY She
pr yves iho statement sae prrrsssos 20 ectha' 70
/ d,lbl, %, vote VIE no. improve the qualify Bur
/ a.. sf~ -tvs I'D tae constant 'yo,ut' - society
IN" imnoilite BOW r.-'ur'" AZ hand for improving
/ rit. qai'y Us - calls, tte lo,errs' sympa'hi"1
,,. 49,. 40 .
/ AM '"'-''.'' "' N'"'. D." .'''' '''"''' '''
arouse AMI quicken an INTELLIGENCE whose f'rr- f1s
been hitherto .arge.y latent" N,'hiu- bur d revo-
i4tonary scr IA. talt ~ forcing the sinrAse upon
u,n e,n s.i fti' evolution. Women io r"'
form g. U.l4s. each class ls male up - h.'h men
anl women. an1 20 political. as in domestic Afr.
''- E...-.c ga. L0,i.,hOi u,t tn. Individual. IS
.h ,,,''. ,f ,r. S,,,. ,ri IN. Vas. minority -
WI 10 are .,. 49,. -, ,b ,,'' , ,. So ami -
". ..ii..',' ~ .,t'r ",, or cl...on !, t,s
ae,l = q a'use 49, extra REFRIGERATION for fh"
w"'" ~ h'' amy A''i'-'n- 20 1'r ,a'n'p, '" Wa
S.,h.r. .iay.. h,.l,r4 liif no such system exists
nov % ie- tn.''! states
,.-.e u.,h pr Jacob. thar The household is ~.
t maj. - ~. STATE. n,i, h.r r.s.renc. 20 %. tw.
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,-t..y ~ ,,,,.-, t,sr rho r-.s.r. r4p-.son,t,l,n
...t,..l b., -...h.rr states ln Congress ana -he
f-..-,t ,.,..... 1 ,c.oi!r. ~ th. admitted fac,
,. a ,,r, ,r.f,rtlr " th. m, A.. population South
re,uv hay. nj, vote In law hoy have ~ fact they
h,,. mn. SHINY BECAUSE tho, are no, able 20 en-
! fore. ,hei- rights Would tho women ~ the LAM
be- any better OF r the men chose that they should
M, hao yvl,, v.r,I orf rec their yotee
"'
sc li.cafIe. tho women not So represented SUI
e.r d., rrlc,cl .uJusflc. which giving the suitcase
viii rem, lS'
.Gri.I.r. differ a. & what constitutes 'uracfr,i
iriisf.rf To those sensitive 10 the arE. motives
fi,t t,r..l - fr,. citizens BE- free state Sul .s
SION H. ,;o,.ruul.rf Wh,rr others not NOR. uuaI-
a.. sb,r. I'm the Government IL a very practical
iniustirc Never until the establishment, ~ Inivcr-
al suffrage did 10 happen that all the women IN a
community. no matter how WILL born ho" mi.il-
h'ta'i ,,.r ,d,,,.J th. nclfi.oi Interiors of ri,
The men no matter how base born how stupid how
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