The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-02

OF the mOIner, sne HOIus ttic mss hCF's
office In the world; she contributes
both sons and daughters to the Com
monwealth and the country.
In Peace and War.
'Her sons carry on the work Of civil
government in time of peace. and night
for its preservation in time of war.
Her daughters keep the fires Of ma
ternal love burning forever on the
hearthstone. They are the golden
links in the endless chain of the
Almighty's plan to people the earth
with beings whom God has with his
image blessed. 1t is as true as Holy
writ, The hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world Be 1t said to her
credit and everlasting glory that all
woman has done for the good OF hu-
mainly has come through the social
side of her nature. through womans
work Is woman's sphere.
what thoughtful man or woman
would have the American woman ex-
change the robes of gentleness. and
modesty and refinement for the gar
ments of boldness and officious pa
rade? Who would change her from
the sweetheart, wife and mother. with
the halo of feminine sweetness en-
circling her brow and with the CEN
ter of gravity on the home side OF her
nature, into a political being to do
with the fret, and the fever. the tur-
moil and strife of politics? 1t VIII
be sad day for the American home
when our women pay more attention
to ballots than to babies.
"If the daughter Is to be taught
that her brother, her husband. and
her father are unworthy or incom-
petent to do the voting for the house
hold, where will this faith be found
in a few generations from now? In
stead of trying to shake woman's
faith in man, we should encourage
and strengthen the blessed ties of
that filth for upon the solid rock of
womap's unfaltering faith In man de-
ponds the happiness of the home and
the safety of the republic. In mans
faith in, and love for woman, rests
the dearest and best things in life.
Break Up OF Families.
my friends continued the Alaba-
milan, '.just as sure as you live and
I live and God regins the harmonious
relations that have existed between
the sexes will disappear with equal
suffrage. Sex antagonism will spring
up in it's wake and sentiment between
the sexes will be destroyed. Create
between the sexes, de-
stroy sentiment between the sexes and
the American home is doomed, and
the American republic is dead. This
womans suffrage movement Is the
greatest peril now threatening the
English speaking people. In the name
of the American home, in the name
of generations yet unborn, in the
name OF the gentle, home loving wo-
man Of America, I call upon you to
fight this dangerous, deadly move
ment and save the life of this nation
from the dangers that threaten 1t.
1T is neither proper nor necessary
that woman should vote The ext
gencies of the occasion do not au--
thorize or demand It. One suffra-
gette said: But we will do areat
things for politics. And Judge Davis,
of West Virginia. said: 1T Is not what
you will do for politics. but what poll
tics will do for YOU Another wo-
man suffragist said: I am fighting
for my emancipation. Ny friends.
the emancipation that she Is seeking
is from the plans of nature and the
laws of God. In the family as unit
with the man as the head Of the
family lies the source of our national
power and greatness The family is
the social unit. the harmonious whole
with one head. not two heads.
Beware, my good woman, there
are graves dangers lurking along this
road OF equal suffrage and If you
persist in the journey you will lose
much of your feminine charm and
sweetness The argument advanced
by the suffragettes that as a mother
has the training of the children. she
should be allowed to vote IN order
to safeguard their interests in civic
affairs is a reflection upon the father,
the head of the family. IT Is an i'm
parchment OF his love OF his children
and an Indictment against his fitness
to represent the family at the ballot
box. and a reputation of him as a
fit and proper person to represent his
in governmental affairs
.Arraignment of Men.
''It is an arraignment OF the hus-
band and father as a person incapable
one who feels no interest in. or love
for, his own offspring. II would shift
the responsibility from the shoulders
of the father to those Of the mother
and compel her to do that which God
intended he should do. IT would In
the long run cause her to neglect
home duties and rely more upon
regulations for the govern
ing of her children than the training
God intended she should give them.
Every good man in the world today
Is the flesh and blood representative
OF some good woman. She was the
and hers the guiding hand
that led him up the rugged paths
OF youth to the plains of mature man.
hood.
Upon the home-Ioving. man-trust-
ing consecrated, Christian woman of
the United States rests the safety of
our institutions and the perpetuity of