New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-13
WOMAN IN THE STATE.
TRUE RELATION TO GOVERNMENT
AND TO MAN.
,,,cur1NC-WIIAT CONSENT OF THE
GOVERNED" MEANs-A PLEA FOR THE

ISOLATED HOME.
Editor OF The Tribune.
TO the Eur M, n controversiallst, and canno.
81. IN follow the windings OF every sup
uh'' document that misquotes OF 'hSul'ue'''"""'
posed want TO call attention to Few points
ni'.. main questions that are now raiSeu pun
on '"e women for the first time-the posSl-
licly ariO"s ,o, suffrage and its expediency.
billy VI Miss, Cassidy, in replying to my reply
Mrs w. Taoob, SAYS l deny fatty that the duty
70 "a zoe can be performed by women c"liinS'
0. suiiae - the fact that they already perform
10 u'' loss Of said duty satisfactorily oiu
more that they could perform the duty calmly
n0' w. -, discussing that question: ahd' WIN my
was .ne case, l should certainly say that she
Vie" " nsrformed less OF said duty and not
treau! Az 10 the satisfactoriness, the much-
more oxonple Of the State Of Wyoming cannot
alheu % amply TO conditions until wyoming
N s,,,Os that rival Chicago. New-Orleans' fhl'-
has ~ and New-York. where Anarchists Mana
soeip lions Homestead strikers and vast horues
oiss"..,crborn voters can gather to iomeht rio'
VI y, sr,orce political trlcKery. 49,. -
and eh'Ui dd saw TO DR. Jacob was: THE duty OF
WnA' .arnot be performed by women. because
tuH'"se IS q possible fighter" AS Mrs. cas-
ever! -, savs holding real estate once hNoNeu
so. ~ dutv" II II involved 1t to-day women
mi', 80, hold real estate now. And proclamation
eo u" through the ballot to-day Involves nhhla'y
Of "'" ord therefore women must seek o'ner
ou, Of presenting the ideas they hold' OF else
,o-n the military duty. Mrs oVa"'o" -
peru" a. vour columns. saying that suffrage
pone'' natural right. How can she prove
mhe ~ anfonca inheres as natural right ana
H. -,, term implies force to maintain IL. III 'he
!" ..v for woman 10 defend herseh against
0s 49,. "a 10 possess the suffrage theh she must
So q with all that it Involves But happiE
pO''. ~. race happily for the women or America,
w. soIfdefence Of society," at the present stage VI
ue ~.,,o, which is forced upon the men oF
''lhS@ =, erst Of all defence Of its women
sun'"e 80 Instinct as inherent as that or SELL
,A -bsre lies her perfect self-defehce' anu IL
.n zach her how best TO impress upon ,he
,.a-e NJ the laws they must MAINTAIN the ''s"'S
..., ,nhere In every mortal soul
The question continually deepens as we pohue'
!. zfrs Stanton Batch says: wv oman Is Hot Pi0-
!" - ,hrouoh chyalry. but because the men Know
u''eu 49,, women 70 the front is National sui
" vran,o,,s mart in war is not 10 wall ana
80 hu, 10 furnish the army for the future
rs.n there is 10 be an army for the fu'ure' oo'"e
r1,as4sts say that war Will cease "hen "'''''"
80, Was there no National suicide "heH oNv'
snr 900 men were put to the front IN ,he reDeii-
ian and more than $4,000 North ana south, ia,u
s..r ,,ar lives so that through the veins OF TINS
generation runs hardly one drop OF inc tdii""'
blood they spilled? Shall the fathers anu pos-
s,hIs fathers of the land be the only ones 10 me
:, ~. roo,hers and betrothed proclaim themselves
M longer DESTROYS OF being protected by such hsn
.acr,fce? II women cease 10 weep anu wall
,,,u mon not cease 10 be willing TO De lurh'sheu
nv them 10 the army? l am not taking Hsh'S,
and remember that speak not OF what men "ouiu
gladly d. but OF what they might De uil'eh "
Sn When In the rebellion. they shot each other
dov, IN spch numbers they realized that every
,ho, sent a pang of despair through some woman
sou, or darkened her life forever but still they
fought right on to the finish. Men DO not refrain
from fighting because they are chivalrous' nor
eght because they are gallant they fight because
they must do 1t 10 maintain the doctrines
they believe H. and they are oo'n cn''a'i0N' "''N
gallant in exempting woman
The ballo. is not reward 10 them for being
Sefenders II is the means they use TO prevent
bloodshed and to define Issues when prevention Is
no longer possible.
Mrs Cassidy mentions the disqualification for ser
. vice of men from certain classes mentioned ana
she greatly exaggerates their numbers. over TWO
million men on the Northern side alone were
found 50 well qualified that the recruiting sergeant
could pick with care and reject freely ms couiu
not be done in the less populous South General
Grant said In reference 10 Lees army. They nave
robbed the cradle and the grave" and yet he found
that those disqualified soldiers were powerful an
tagonis,s Striplihgs and those belonging - tne
classes thought least warlike-students, drygoois
clerks bookkeepers. tailors-were among the pts'
fighters. and city boys stood the campaigns even
DR.. jacob SAYS that we do not vote for war -
That lodges the question: we vote I0r NhAt ma!
enc IN war or rio so our cerinin canddates DIS
nnctly meant a vote for war, and every voter, wAeh
he cast his ballot knew IL.
Women M are expected to help the temperance
cause Suppose the measure 70 be voteq Tor were
A majority OF men against prohibition
minority Of men for pronloition
A majority Of women for prohibition. .,
rfsr . Nrr~N ~ 40 II TgrO
The grand numerical majority might then De ior
prohibition. but the. majority OF men wquI1 De De
the decree enacted by the minority Of men assisted
BY non-combatants? In the lquor-sellers rot tnat
might follow such a crisis great m any men over
forty-hve could prove most effective. This Is no
overstraned or fancy picture The burning cues -
ton Of the public schools suggests another o'caS
In which ineffective ballot majcries might preclpi-
tate bloodsted Are we ready for this? -,
Mrs. Stanton in her letter OF welcome 10 a1-
verse discussors printed in your columns. quotes
he familiar saying, as II It were an axiom Inat
eminent without the consent of the governed. ms
applies directly to the main question, and Is ap-
admitted Before l admit II l want 10 know what
means. Does II mean that each ana every m
every law that governs him? II so. any govern
men Is impossible. for there never ls SUCH unaniH-
y Does II mean that each one must consent TO
ee ruled somehow. by some scheme Of government!
II So We wrOnging the criminal ana the An
sa Ta ~h sd ne0TF gave bsn he saG The
OF the majority Is the natural Law OF every society,"
snn the only sure guardian or the rights OF man
Tnere could be majority essentially II It's VIII
could not be enforced the uncOnsenting II II
means this. accept H. II 1t means none OF these
things. what does II mean?
Again Mrs Stanton quotes as wisdom that. she
ssys must replace Mother Goose In anti-sufragists
nurseries. (Alas for the babiesD Taxation with
9et representation Is tyranny" and this also looks
IKE consideration OF the main question, and
tnould be squarely answered. When John Hancock
sz'd: Burn Boston and make John Hancock a
osggar. II the public good requires it, he was
eonerlng his taxed property 10 defend against un-
represented electors" Jefferson was when he
ssla; Can any one reason be assigned why a hun.
Geo and sixty thousand electors in the Island or
nsess Britain should give law to four millions In
me states OF America
rine property. even OF men. Is not represented.
r1nere Is no representation OF property whatever.
me TAX on property for tho expenses OF the Govern
meat Tails equally on men and women; the tax
The men.
Again Mrs. Stanton quotes the declaration: Uni
,esAl suffrage IS the first truth and only basis OF
senuine republic" and this. too deserves atien-
s ~ me suffragists not agreed about this
W,as themselves One OF the recent converts said
."neh we vote will vote TO restrict the SUI
sye OF the ignorant" How II the Ignorant vote
20, 10 have its suffrage restricted? II their
iaSe is based on their taxpaying, they cannot
sestricted. and II men extend the suffrage on