The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-22


The nation which gives the greatest
freedom TO women viii develop the
greatest national character. Not a
character. constituted la ruggedness,
nor . character without the martial
impulse and power. But a character
the most finely poised. the most capable
either OF yigor or Of restraint, and. In
tho moderation between the genius OF
energy and the genius Of repose, the
most enduring
There Is nothing visionary In such a
view. nor does it want both the phllo-
sophicai and the empirical proof. The
feminine quality tempers the rashness
whereby the male undermines his own
progress. The feminine instinct sup
plies the prophetic discernment which
the training Of masculine reason fails
10 compass. And this. whether woman
has the opportunity Of practical par
ticipation in the affairs OF state or
whether her sphere remains within the
walls Of her home and the assembly
room of her church and social club.
Womau's influence over the nation
begins within the disposition OF men. not
within the sentiment. Woman moids
man by her affection, she directs his
personal. his political, his business con-
duct by the silent persuasion which
kindness cannot resist. bat deeper ana
more fundamental than these inf,u-
ences are those which proceed from the
psychological position I'm which man es-
tablishes woman In his thoughts ana
emotions.
Left to himself man becomes the
creature of the resolute and the rigid
Prevailed upon BY woman. he naoalaas
the resolute into the prudent the rigid
into the reasonable. As IL IL with the
individual. so II Is with the community.
The reasonable prevails. when /. does
not. the reaction arises. ard reaction in
the small is revolution In the gross
Woman conservea. and a nation must
be built upon ifs earaeity of con.erva-
ton Woman POUNDS her politics. how
ever little her interest In politics am
she POUNDS her sentiment aad her
philosophy. upon the Individual. Her
solicstude remain. with the individual.
seeking his safety, has weli-being, his
progress, she iuteues s,atecraft with
the fine perceptions - individual ius-
tice. she sraspe the proba bile with the
same flvmness that she grasYss the
righteous, because she feels The ina
s,inct of others which underles the
reason. she knows the intent. where
man knows only the result. and unnn
this ground she touches justice with
the mercy which makes fren love n
perpetua;e the law
Not that the affirmative II ali with
woman. Woman anlisz ~ the right.
gees 10 limits beyond thy. conception -
man. Woman crusl "a Woman ~ tha
conduct ~ the Meisci Woman via.
dics'ye f. the apotheosgs ~ the ra'en,.
less Eat she iesensfty ~ the evil Is
but the opposite role Of the intensity e
the right In the keenaezs ~ iss~fxhs.
In she wide scope = The appropriations.
IN the supreme cons LsUSnesS - tha,
which should BE-. In ooatva llsgsnctiaa
20 that which Is. lies in wonas a p,-
sency which nsvss make at nation. IS
II makes az snan that witch IS xreat-
est ard beet.
That this potency aAsv have SIS sway.
that u may nat Ne Tep,eSssssf within the
ssiseunseusnssnt - asq%nf y sns sub
nrstgnasisn weaaan's freedom snxs' hs
q. ilseras az Ire shtvair, az SIS arpre-
eiatsus raH rsesHrs. The vrcaser the
sssssssAs The greater :he good - TIE