The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-02
Pleads for WOman's Work
at Home in Lynchburg
Speech
ST. PAUL QUOTED
ON PROPOSITION
Alabama Congressman Declares Bal
lot Women Are Hazarding Much
and Entering Upon Peril
Gus Journey

Lynehburg, Va, September 1.-Repre-
sentative Heflin of>.Aiabama flung an
other challenge TO woman suffragists to-
day when, in Labor Day address here,
under the auspices of the Young Men s
Christian association, he pleaded for
woman's work at the home instead of at
the ballot. He declared that lin the
mad clamor for the ballot women are
hazarding much and entering upon a
perilous journey" and warned them to
stop, look, listen.
'Ohio defeated woman suffrage by an
overwhelming majority" said Mr.. Hef-
lin. Michigan defeated it by tremen-
dous vote. New Jersey had woman suf
frage and, by common consent of both
men and women, abandoned it. The mill
liant suffragettes of England in their
rage of wild fanaticism are trampling
upon the laws of God and man. They
are committing assaults on English Off
cias and burning the churches of the
living God. Upon the home-loving, man
trusting, consecrated Christian women OF
the United States rests the safety of
our institutions and the perpetuity of
this republic
st. Paul Quoted
Mr.. Heflin quoted Paul's saving to the
Ephesians; THE husband is the head of
the wife, even as Christ is the head of
the church," and he added: Some of
these suffragettes have little patience
with Paul and the teachings of the Chris
tian religion. AT Birmingham, Ala, a
very distinguished former official of The
state asked a suffragette how she got
around the doctrine of Paul and she re-
piled quickly: Damn old Paul "
The Calmueks,' he continued, be
lieved that the first inha abitants of earth
We're divine and had wings and luminous
faces, but there was a fruit called shine
which was sweet and very tempting.
They began to taste it, but, alas, it de-
prived them of all their perfections.
Their wings fell off and the briliancy of
their faces disappeared Beware, my
good woman, there are grave dangers
lurking along this road of equal suffrage.
MY friends Just as sure as you live
and | live and God reigns. the harmonious
relations that have existed between the
sexes will disappear with equal suffrage.
Sex antagonism will spring up in Its
wake and sentiment between the sexes
will be destroyed. Create antagonism be-
tween the sexes, destroy sentiment be-
tween the sexes, and the American home
is doomed, and the American republic is
dead.
A Great Peril
This woman suffrage movement Is the
greatest peril now threatening the Eng
lish speaking people. In the name of the
American home, in the name of our loved
institutions, in the name of generations
yet unborn, aye, in the name of the gen.
tie. home loving women of America, i call
upon you to fight this dangerous, deadly
movement and to save the life of this ma
tion from the dangers that theraten 1t.
1T is neither proper nor necessary that
women should vote. The exigencies of the
occasion do not authorize or demand it,
A woman suffragist said. L am lighting
for my emancipation. The emancipation
she is seeking is emancipation from the
plans of nature and the laws of God. The
family is the social unit, the harmonious
whole with one head, not two heads"
Congratulatlng Virginia. on the fact that
woman suffrage did not exist in the
home of Washington and Jefferson Mr..
IIeflin declared his belief that "the wom-
an suffrage movement is not conducive
to the charm and gentleness of the high
est womanhood, that it does not inspire
and encourage the ideals of the Christian
religion nor make for modesty and refine
ment." He portrayed the mother service
as the highest and nobest mission in the
world and said that to train the voter
was more important than to vote.
II stand" he said. with uncovered
head at the shrine of gentle. modest wom-
anhood. The mother contributes sons and
daughters to the commonwealth and the
country. Her sons carry on civil govern
ment in peace and fight for its preserva-
ton in time of war. Her daughters keep
the fires of maternal love forever burn
ing. They are the golden links in the
endless chain of the Almighty's plan to
people the earth with beings whom God
with His image blesses. 1t is as true as
Holy Writ that the hand that rocks the
cradle rules the world
Mr.. Hefln closed by reading excerpts
from statements against suffrage made
by some of the women in suffrage states.