The herald., 1896-06-07
The Que, ton Of Equal Rights

Although an inhabitan OF sister
state l cannot refrain from expressing
few thoughts in behalf of the women
of the Sunny Cline" among whom l
have found many true and loyal friends.
God speed the day which will give them
their free-born rights!
Education is the solution now being
offered for many of our national prob
lens and we are rapidly awaking to the
fact that in the great question of suf-
frage and social purity ignorance is an
enormous factor, which must be elm
mated if we would wipe this wrong out
of our land. One blessed feature of the
civilization of the nineteenth century
is that ignorance on the part of parents
does not necessitate nor in any way
predetermine ignorance for the children.
Where the law of the state does not
compel them to attend school there is a
law which says: IF q man Will not work,
neither shall he eat" If machinery has
SO taken the place of manual labor that a
man or woman without some head
learning must needs struggle hard for
a bare existence and not infrequently
goes under in the fight Thus by the
very demands of the case the children
are pushed through the open doors of
our public schools, and with the teach
ers rests large responsibility for the So
tuition of this problem. Our hope is in
the children and we believe that it is
the little ones of this generation who
are to lead this crusade on to it's final
victory in this our grand republic. Yes,
we must educate. We have good, grand
laws but there is a crying need of legis-
1atureS that will enforce them, and
where shall we find such, if we do not
educate the future members? We have
laws that are shame to any nation;
shall the women not protect their mem
tai, moral and material estate by join
ing noble manhood in sending out from
the ranks of our Christian colleges just
and pure men who shall frame new
laws in accordance with the divine law?
We want more ministers who will never
be afraid to tell men and women of hid
den evils, who shall tear aside their
cloaks of hypocrisy, exhort, rebuke.
teach, plead, waL1i. We need physicians
who will dare to face public scorn and
hate rather than wink at sin, that they
may grow rich thereby. We want fathers
and mothers, who, understanding the
laws of life and health, can people the
world with such men and women as
these. 1t is because of the children
whom we mean to educate to a knowl-
edge of the whole truth that we dare to
look forward to so fair a future and
republic where all shall be citizens with
equal rights. Citizenship is a natural
right. 1t is the Gift of God and should
not be man-bestowable. Human claims
Will never be vindicated, civilization
never be perfected, philanthropy will
never be triumphant until woman en-
ters into her full heritage. Suffrage is
woman's heritage because, equally with
men, women are parts of a whole, and
suffer and enjoy the results of all good
and bad conditions, whether in family
home, society or government. They
therefore, should have an equal share
in all that pertains to the regulation
Of the same It matters not whether
women desire to be emancipated or not.
that has nothing to do with the justice
of the question. When convict's term
has expired the law does not consult
him as to his preference of liberty or
imprisonment; he Is set free, Mothers
Of the noble state of California will you
not join hands with the. teachers to so
rear, educate and influence the coming
generation that this our republic shall