Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-19
CORRESPONDENCE
A Strong Presentation From
Dido in Favor of WOman'S
Suffrage.

Bon jour, Monsieur SenYdtront-
Gus i! Comment rous parley cous!
Pardon me if l fail to thorough
ly diseect your jeremiade. One
reason is, that it comes in busy
time; the garden is to hoe, water
melons to Re replanted, potatoes
to be set out, besides sewing, cook
ing, milking, tending the baby DC,
&C., and another is tina! repetition
would be tiresome and boreing to
the readers.
| tried to express myself intelli-
gibly and have nothing to retract.
May | visit your home, if the op-
portunity offers? l would love to
meet with such people ''as you read
about" where man occupies mans
sphere, and woman reigns supreme
i'll hers, as prescribed by custom,
and where dwell sentiments hun
dreds of years old.
This world is growing, Sem
phronicus, yes growing rapidly,
and in the history Of the times
suppose you turn over a new leaf,
and
Hear with charitable heart the rea-
sons of an honest judgment,
For thou also hast erred, and knowest
not when thou art most right,
Nor whether tomorrow's wisdom may
not prove thee simple to-day;
Perchance thou sharply reprovest what
thou wilt be hereafter"
Your assertion of NEGLECTED
homes by screeching high-fiers,"
is an unjust accusation, and ex-
poses an ignorance excusable only
in youth, and lack of knowledge Of
woman. You would find those
homes to your surprise models of
neatness and comfort. l do not
take you for all infidel; were l to
pass judgment 1 would take you
for lineal descendant of Eliphaz
the Tenamite, or Bildad the Shu-
hltc. Your sympathy for those
suffering from ravages made by
The liquor fend partakes of the
nature of the above mentioned
sympathizers of Job.
Would you 20 into the jungles
of Africa and put lace muzzle
over the mouths of it's most dan
gerous animals? Or use moral sua-
sion against the bite of its most
venomous serpent?
Do you understand the laws of
hygiene and heredity. If SO, then
YOU can understand how the inno-
cent victim is often the keenest
sufferer. The Bible teaches that
"the inquiries of the father are
visited upon the children unto the
third and fourth generation" +"
Now what are you men doing? You
hold the reins of government i'll
your mighty hands. The sum ex-
pended IN the United States for
alcoholic drinks, tobacco, opium.
tea, and coffee amounts to nearly
81, ,6O0,000,000 more than $50 an
nually for each man, woman, and
child in the country. AS fifteen
dollars year supplies my family
of eight with tea and coffee, and
yet you say only 20 per cent. of the
men are Incorporate! Make your
own calculation and see how much
they consume. l would suppose
that they occasionally Jathed in a
small vat full to get rid of it.
Washington statistics show that
5000, 100000 are annually spent in
this country for malt and spiritu-
Gus liquor and only 20 per cent.
drink! In Chicago the estimate is
one baker for every four hundred
and seventy families, one grocer
for every eighty-nine families and
one liquor saloon for every thirty
five families and yet only 20 per
cent drink !! Later Col. Switzer
OF the National Bureau of Statis-
tics said that the annual consump-
tion CT strong drink in the United
States averaged an annual cost of
SAT to every man, woman and
child. Now what can be said of
the intellectual equilibrium Of so
per cent of nation who permits
that amount spent upon an abso-
lutely unproductive Luxury? 1t
has been estimated that for every
missionary who goes to Africa
$4,000 gallons of liquor are sent to
that country. You kneel before
your Father and pray all right,
you stand in his Sanctuary and
sing all right, but you 60 to the
polls and vote for men who license
instead of prohibit. Doyou or any
sane man dare tell me that Gods
commands as quoted by you mean
submission to such government as
that? The Highway robber de-
mands your money or your life,