The herald., 1896-03-22

pnblish each SUNDAY. for a limited time, con.
tributions from the public discussing the pro.
posed amendme mt of section l, article 2, of
the Cali foruia constitution. The amendment n t.,
which would give to women the same rights
Of suffrage enjoyed at present by men in this
state is 10 be voted on at the next general elec-
ton. Contributions to this department must
not exceed 500 words, written legibly, on one
side of the paper only.l
Too Much Law and Little Justice
EDITOR HERALD:-In the columns of
The HERALD Is a motto very suggestive
and impressive. 1t gives rise to force
that may more fully express the idea that
is pending upon the question of suffrage
for woman. The motto reads: Write the
truth as you see it: fight the wrong as you
find it. This motto is full of scope, so
much SO that it finds power behind it,
The present controversy between Mrs.
Benson and Mrs. Crocker upon this ques-
tion of right, of equal justice, has not been
of the most harmonious heart.throb IN be-
half of sex, the argument arising out OF
the right of suffrage in the statute laws for
woman. There is too much law and little
justice. Laying aside the statute law with
all of it's constitutional sections, there is
great room for amendments. where quail
fications of both sexes should be consid-
cred and defined in the governing status.
Whence have the best ideas of government
had their rise? From the highest inspira-
tions of man in some critical moment.
Such was the Declaration OF Independence.
and the constitution OF the United States
IN it's formula. But as time rolls on, with
its progress and development, fresh neces-
stiles arise and fresh inspirations are given.
Many suppose that this call arises from
desire for personal advancement and to
obtain liberty and security from oppres-
sion. 1t is true that this is one OF the OBJ
jects of the agitation, but it will be accom-
plished in a different manner and through
different means to what is expected. The
ideal, which is the real woman, does not
belong to Caesar but to God. Separate in
interest and in aims, which is the case in
all governments that are founded upon
force, all order save the despoic order,
that comes through force or fraud, and
proc.aims that peace reigns. 1t is impossi-
BILE for any government founded on force
to succeed. 1t must sooner or later fall
into chaotic conditions. Force is the SUI
premely masculine element and will go to
It's utmost limits, almost to the
destruction of the human race,
If it were possible, ere man will
invoke the mighty motherhood! Yet
everywhere speaking in his OWL soul is the
voice of the mother, il he will listen to it.
1t is impossible to treat this great question
of sex from the material standpoint. When
man and woman are joined they both con-
stitute one complete body, and all the uni.
verse is in u state of happiness, and all
tnlngS receive DleSSltiRs lTOuI tiiis peIlcce
unison. 1t is only comparatively OF recent
years that has unveiled to the American
continent ideas relating to this question
that has been SO prominently brought for
ward. The claims for rights are being
urgently made. But this question is one OF
unfoldment and development. Intuition is
not self-assertive; it knows, it declares, it
interprets. The divine fatherhood and di-
vine motherhood must be revealed in its
primitive, splendid, spiritual creation. in the
image and likeness of God. The knowl-
edge OF the true principle of q righteous
government has hardly reached mans COM
prehension in all its beauty and harmony.
Had it been understood, it would have mani
tested itself! 1t is mans most perfect and
latest attainment and its problem is not
solved at present. The brotherhood will
soon manifest itself before the world, freed
from much of the disturbing element that
exists at present; when that is accomplish.
I'd woman will cease to be revolutionary!
but the unrest of inharmonious elements
will more or less disturb families and ma
tions until that is accomplished. Through
the stormy centuries comes sometimes
mystic ray. cheering and lurd, then
glimpse of a changing current that vibrates
in some deep note manifesting itself into
better conditions. There is a brighter day,
For woman will rise in her primal condi.
ton co-equal and co-eternal with man, as
Is the Divine fatherhood with the Divine
motherhood. We must pause and consider
the surroundings, and wait little longer.
For the present time new light is beginning;
TO dawn, and the forces both material
and spiritual are in commotion.
Woman, by her tolls, her sufferings,
her humiliations, has worked out her
karma of the past, and gone beyond its
limits in many cases. The ideal woman
is not the artificial woman of today, whose
faIsties are sounding the death knell of
average man of today is like the real man
of the future. An:ntellectual giant, spirit
ually and with his affections dwarfed, is not
perfect man. We can form but little idea,
in our darkness and decrepitude. of the
future races. From the mothers womb,
from her bosom, are the elements of the
future created. When motherhood be-
comes divine, instead of less human, the
angels will rejoice then the full-orbed
sphere of humanity, equally balanced in
both it's hemispheres of opposite sex, will
sail harmoniously through tho heavenly
stars; the fierce world struggles will at
last be ended, and the great life tree will
blossom from the very central stem,
filling the earth with the fragrance
of the heavens. Aud this last great
flower will be called Harmony. There will
be no need of the cry. ARTICLE 2, section
1885," and the name enrolled upon the
great register to be deemed qualified
citizen of this American continent. We do
admire the high aspirations within the
heart throb of Mrs. Benson for her sex,
and congratulate the womanly spirit dis
played. We see today the attitude of mind
In which the woman question is looked upon
and which varies great deal from what it
did twenty years ago. Woman has hailed
the power that has placed her individual
and brought her deliverance, and with
enraptured gratitude has extended her
hand to help others. In doing this she has
bathed in the spirit of life that moves the
world. Respectfully,
Mrs. CECILIA A. Kendall.