The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-09-23

overpopulation rather than from the
lack of it, this energy could better be
turned into other channels. 1t is not
only an unnecessary waste, but him
ders the development of woman and
thus Of the entire race. 1t fills our
charitable and penal institutions and
gives problems that the yet unborn
must solve.
Every one knows what childbirth
means to u woman. inconvenience,
i'll health, isolation, long hours Of
gloom and fore boding and, at TIC last,
that torture, that agony indescribable
which every woman must endure when
she becomes mother. There is
nothing that can compare with the ter
rifying horror of it ell. Surely if
there is anything on Gods green
earth that should be decided for ones
self it is this. Surely Of all things
woman herself should be allowed to
say when and how often she shall be
q mother. 1t is she alone who must
suffer. 1t is she alone who may die.
No man has right to- say to the
frail woman wao SO bravely faces
death: "Th;s great suffering you must
carry ell your life long" Even the
husband, no matter how honorable or
loving he may be, in this matter can
say no word. How much less right,
then, has an outsider to declare what
che must do? Roosevelt should at
tend to his own public dutiee and let
these private affairs of the home be
decided by chose concerned. Yet he
hastens to add that those not holding
his views lie "holde in scofn and CON.
tempt" I for one, am not fool
enough TO vote for man who 80 re-
CARDS me.
| It seems strange that man cup.
posed to be broad-minded enough to
fnihlI the duties Of president should
find it intolerable that moral and in
telligent people should differ from
him in any way. Is he our reason,
our conscience, our mentor in all
things?
| It seems to me that grown women
is quite as capable as Roosevelt in
deciding as to what her greatest
honor and glory consists I'M o religion!-
how many crimes are committed in
thy namel But it may be well to re.
member that, in many cases, many
children represent, not religious duty,
but animalism. What an enlarged
idea he has of the Importance of his
sex since he believes that half the
population Of the earth cannot attain
unto their "greatest honor and glory
without being associated with himl
In glancing backward over the. ages
and contemplating the achievements
OF mankind, does he exclsim ont Of
the 1ullness Of his heart: '"A mans
greatest honor and glory consists in
being g husband and Yather?" Oh,
no, indNed! That would be too ridiou-
Ions. ha well knows that it 10 not
the number Of children chat has 60
vitality Influenced the world, but the
thoughte he has thought and the
deeds he has done. But a. woman
he evidently regards her in the light
Of a human incubator. She 10 not
expected TO act. Her greatest honor
and glory consists in being wifs and
mother
No matter how astute q president
may be, nor how strenuous, one hold
ing suoh low estimate Of woman is
not fit to stand before our children
and represent, or claim to represent,
our glorious year of 1904-progressive,
humane, purified. In his conception
Of woman he is un-American and
hundred years behind the times.
a welcome, prepared for mother
hood, is very beautiful and preciors,
bus on undeSired, inopporsune mater
| nifty 10 shane and disgrace to any
woman and 80 each and every man
that advocates is.S And this man
wants and expects to be our chief
iruler. This man, having mo tender.
ness for woman's frailty, no pride in
her progress, no thought for the help.
less, innocent little ones, axcept, that
more asd more shall be- born, with
no rapturous love to greet chem, and,
Eoftimes, perhaps. to. spend, their ten
der years cold and hslf.oloshed and
hungry. .s
Roosevelt can make ne law, but he
uses his syass influence 20 TIE detri-
i nent of the home and its inmates,
and I consider that his nomination
would be sninsuls TO every woman,