The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-09

| ence upon man. It is this sentiment
which makes woman strong through
her weakness. 1t lay at the foundation
of all that was good in chivalry, and
lent to the darkness OF the Middle
Ages all its beauty and much of its
glory. The sentiment surrounding
woman. setting her apart as some
thing higher and better than man, is
stronger among American men than
any other, and in the United States
she is treated with more respect and
consideration than in any other coun.
Try. In this State the laws are made
almost entirely, as between man and
his wife, in her favor-going SO far as
not to allow her property to be alien
ateo from her except for her own ben
eft. It may be claimed, and the
claim is well founded, that all WON.
en- do not marry. That, in fact, the
number of unmarried women in
creases every day. This is sad
fact, and it BODIES no good to the
Republic. In discussing employ
ments for women Juliet Corson
says: The number of educated
women increases, and ali the profes-
sions open to them are overcrowdsd.
But the rank and file, the domestic
women, main without recruits; the
very class that needs replenishing is
the one that is dying out. a po:ent
cause OF existing conditions is the
identical training given to boys and
girls, young men and young women
OF the working class. All know just
as much as anyone knows, consequent
ly there can be no advantage of one
over the other. This equality in
| work and earnings has the effect OF
lessening men's responsibility for tax.
ing care OF the women OF their ia miles
When the woman becomes his com
petitor the man feels freed from his
obligations to provide for her in pro-
portion as she appro1imstes either his
superior skill or his ca oacity to earn
greater wages.
Il such is ths consequence of Wo-
mans great desire for independence
the consequnces will bs still more dire
VIXEN she undertakes her own protec-
ton by her own vote. Whenever a
wrong is perpetrated agains! woman
and it is called to the attention of the
men, they have bsen quick to redress
it, and institute any reforms in the
Law which are suggested for her pro.
tec!ion. But when she proposes to
protec! herself by her own ballot they
feel freed from the responsibility OF
protecting har. Nothing strengthens
mans character as much as sense
Of responsibility, or binds him more
closely to his country. Henry Grady
had this idsa in his mind when be
said: The man who kindles the fire
on the hearthstone Of an honest and
righteous home burns the best incense
to liberty" On the contrary lack OF
responsibility weakens his character
and causes him to become efemin ate.
No country has ever risen above the
manhood of its men and the virtue O
it women, or has survive the decay of
those qualities. '.Wnen vie is no
long ger content with taking her share
in the battle of life, no longer content
to recognize the fac. that there are
things which it better becomes the Wo.
man to do than ths man, aud vice
versa; when she insists onsaping and
sharing the foilies and vicas of the
man, on casting from her that modes.
ty and reserve which are Womsn's
greatest charm; when she splrns ma
ternity and domestic duties as trivial
or monotonous, thsn, indeed, the mar
riage state must fall into disrepute;
thea the fatherland must surely suffer.
It was This which led TO the horrors of
Imperial Rome, it vas the uusexed
women, toeir profigacy only eqlalled
by their audaclty, who were RESPONSE
bic as much as Nero aud Donitian
themselves for the downfall of r oman
civilization"
But it is objected that those women
who hold property in their own right
are taxed t. maintain the Government
and Taxation without representation
is tyranny" representation is based
in this country on population, not on
property. On the other hand, the
Government protects thu woman in
her right to hold that property, which
without that protection she could no.
hold by her own hand. She ought to
be willing to contribute her quota to
the maintenance OF the Government
for the sake Of that protection. There
are a great many foreign holders of
property in this country. Foreign
syadlcates own many of our railroads,
steamship lines and coal fields, as we'll
as large areas of land. I do not think
the most advanced sufragist will say
that either these foreign property
holders should exercise the ballot or
60 untaxed, yet the principle applies
equally to them as to women.
rhe right of suffrage carries with it
the duty OF personal servics and the
enforcement Of the law-nilitary, po.
lice, jury and road duty. It may be
claimed that woman is iscapable of psr
forming then all. So som, women
may be, but the majority of women
would not be willing to attempt to
perform them, and would consider
that the hardships OF those duties were
not compensated for by the exercise OF
the suffrage. How many of the good
women OF Fairfax would be willing to
exercise their police duties in putting
down the ga urday night riots by as.
slstlng in the arrest and putting in the
guard house OF the rioters2 Or how
many OF the fair ladies would enjoy
taking their hoes and their axes, their
spades and their shovels and spend six
days of the year improving the high
ways? Or how many Of the good
moLhess but would consider it a hard
ship to be compelled to leave their
homes and their families and spend a
week or two serving on juries2 Natur-
ally and necessarily burd7ned with
incessant cares and responsibilities Of
the family circle, would it not be in
| possible IN connection with the proper
discharge OF these duties for her to
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