The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-12-02
WOMAN
he Rev. Themas DiIon's ncasons for Con-
demninG II.
IpI HvsTSp HARPHR.

0emnfnE IT,
To TIN Enron OF THE SrN-Si,. A word
IN reply TO nv female critic who attack. NY
recent boston lecture on The New Woman
To begin With. Or Anna saw did not cav
ANYTHING shout being oor pelled 70 -desoend
into depths. IN orr Joint debate in Vow York
Upon the other hand she was immensely released
with her evenings work and came back in
two weeds and hllNd our pulpit on my invita-
ton In the Academy OF Music in the most cor
dial way possible
The point | made about monogamy Was
s,nrl, this: TIE male IL in his rntutored
normal instincts polygaInors. the female nor
mally HOMOGENEOUS Monogarny il the crea-
lion ~ woman. and Is tho present unit ~ the
State. society and civilization. We begin
tho study % International law. for eIannnle.
nv trarng the evolution % mono samic mar
ria 70 AZ the unl' Of the state, nation ana social
organism. on which int! national Law rests
The woman sIrrare movement seeas 10
destroy this dual unit. man-wonan, and
substitute instead Of the family, 'ho individual
man or woman as the unit Of society and tho
State II II succeeds it will DESTROY monoramy
as the basis Of the state, ard the ballot and
family life. a, wa Ind.-stand it, can not survive
two centuries Of slCh n regime
This statement Of historic sociology make. a
woman suYraF st 80 furious ne invariably censes
n reason and b~Yirs 10 say things Hear her.
sMr Dixon IL challenged 10 produce ono. iust
one gifted exponent II the female, bPllot in
MS country who declares marriage unnatural
and the family hateful
might quote volumes ~ matter to rrove
nv Statement will give n 'ev sentences
onlv from the chici opponents ~ the wornan's
suffrage NOV pmente IN tho modern world
In mi. con ntry- ms noting 70. Dr., with it
-, - - at EERfsnl 3 - AfNaFiRn-
nrithcr will 7 Init the answer.
Robert Owen sa,s: In tho new. mo-al
rGrcnt and @@hid Hi so icl-i NJ mr-c -.
Chi'drnn VIII undoubtedly 70 Tho T-ore-'v or
VI Bcfo- p,S. IN HE book. "Outloo5. From
The Now stand clint" rnrc ic3. Sn's. sup
pose that IN I'gseia ~ cl.cw5erc \ syt'er 40
,,rcen- demand for r-r'y -'r~ose. o-o.o. md
that much hung on its hninr i''nodi'tcl- sa'-
. so-oIn ,rer,her a.. 40 'tr-y worc, wiz .rt
tie NONE, roeded. would not 'Nis 70 \ COM
mendsh'e oc'' - snv. '"S;" Where
&. tic home and anil m" with thi' cod" of
Wilisr, Mo--'s-,o whose rrnr-r,rGa Mics
" M'r Y, 4, mlls Q ''Gsslr 5 ~ c 60 hrIrg PC, VIZ
eNie'inr cordi'ians. Hrd 'le fHwilv, about
Which so much 'waddlc is taltnd. il hateful ="
,,nuc-t,c,I ~ ro,',y ,'rrIcyst, 'ii,r Wi. The"
h7vo givcn N'',s cviGrrcc 'he' oven va "nr-
" understand tho 'h'osorl'c ard eocin' im-
accIse tlcrl ~ undor tHndirr 7 accuse ter,
or p r-o7ter cr'~c.-rot urdc-rr"din- f., Nd
'ot 'orriny IL on 'hn huo' n.y. oi1' = shrrn-
Thew rosc "a No chnN1~ior" or 80 howe 'rf
living in d"ed and truth tie : - or'cs nd i6eals
and ,o' ''ov rrc we, ic-'ro,iny tie mono
ra~-l' unit - tlo S'.to IN vhi"N r'a'o Sur-'Fe
~ - u would 10 fnnn" ""ro II rc' = r-eat
traced
Itravnl cycr, ,ear Ill over no S,a,oe ',ia sIdc
tho Pongv Muin'".ns 'rcl"Nnr = 7loraio 0rd
N,nvlnw SNf ~ IhrnrNr'lEn - cor fl~f