The Forrest City times., 1895-08-30

the success of elections. SO prevalen,
mas become the belief in the perpetual
necessity of ''ward-heelersn that a narrow
mind, capable of holding only one idea at
Time. associates women and ward heel
ers' and properly concludes that they
should not be assimiated. It is useless to
argue with such people for they cannot
appreciate the possibility of change in any
institution, and, realizing that ward
heeiers' eau never approach the level of
woman, they conclude that woman must
descend to his.
Ihe excerpts from the article in the
North American Review are very timely,
ana, while apparently. for the purpose of
showing that Woman's Suffrage would
undermine our matrimonial structure, they
out accentuate the necessity of Woman s
Suffrage TO preserve that sacred institution
LII 1t be true, land all know that it isl that
man has from time immemorial asserted
and maintained his so. called right to form
ulate the moral code of woman. should she
IN her efforts to escape his tyranny sub
side Ia her work at time when by legis-
iatlve action, without woman's consent
and against her wishes. polygamy NAV be
revived. We have no hesitancy i'm dis
aVowing the belief in such a possibility
Out the fact that it is a possibility which
womah cannot prevent by direct inter-
ference shows the great legal power that
man has over woman. The negro cannot
now be disfranchised (supposing the con-
Stitution permitted) without his own con-
sent. Woman has no voice in her own en-
reimbursement. Man has said to her. II
possess the inherent right to say whether
you may vote or not. Your wishes count
Tor nothing. your individuality counts for
nothing. You have no voice in determine
ing your own position. am your poliii-
cal guardian; if l do my duty, thank me !;
If | neglect it, you have no redress. The
welfare Of the nation is no concern of
yours ; the laws that govern your offspring
are no business of yours ; the legal relation
between your daughter and the world is
in my hands,"
Sensible women may appreciate this
unobtrusive dependence upon creature
whom she according to the Review arti-
cle) has been lighting from antiquity to Sc
cure the privilege of homogeneous mar
riage, but common sense aud prudeucy
tend strongly to the contrary opinion.
EQUAL PURITY.
iii her husband approximately the same quail.
ties that the man wants in his wife. Virtue
in husband, tho less often secured, is no less
valuable TO the wife than purity in wife is
to the husband. A woman likes to share her
husbands affections with other women quite
as much as the man is pleased to share his
wife's affections with other men. IL you
properly appreciate these facts, you will never
make the mistake of supposing that women
are supporters of polygamy.
Aisogamism draws few. # any, of its advo.
Gates from the ranks of Woman's Suffrage
We have yet to know of single instance in
which Noman's Suffragist has abjured mar
riage because of hostility to the system. The
opinion is very prevalent that the principal
objections TO marriage and maternity emanate
from those delicate dependents In whom the
virus OF Independence has never been inoc-
culated Our knowledge and observation
tend to confirm the opinion in our mind
The parting injunction to modesty would
meet no criticism, altho' such missionary ex.
hortations might be more profitably spent
upon the editors own sex. but for use of the
word dependent" which, advocated as a vir-
tue that women should embrace, renders it
dificult to discuss this question with proper
GOODNESS. II 10 an apt admission, however
and we think win do much toward aiding the
Woman's Suffrage movement, when woman
sees the place she occupies in mans esteem,
and reflects upon the great disparity of that
and Natures evident position.
A WoMAN's SUFFRAGIsT.