The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-09-05
WOMAN'S PLACE IS At HOME
SAYS MIR. HELM IN DENOUNC-
ING WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
in Clamor for Ballot Women Are
Hazarding Much and Entering on
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LYNCHBURG, Va.-Representa-
tive Hefiin of Alabama flung another
challenge to woman suffragists 10
day when in an address under the
auspices of the Young Mems Christ
ian Association he pleaded for wo-
man 5 work at the home instead of
at the ballot. lie declared that lin
the mad clamor for the ballot women
are hazarding much and entering up
on a perilous Journey" and warned
them to stop, look, listen"
ohio defeated woman suffrage by
an overwhelming majority" said Mr..
Heflin. Michigan defeated it by a
tremendous vote. New Jersey had
woman suffrage and, by common
consent, by both men and women,
abandoned it. The militant suffra-
gettas of England in their rage of
wild fanaticism are trampling upon
the laws of God and man. They are
committing assaults on English Off
Gals 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"
Quotes From Apostle Paul.
Mr.. Hefiin quoted Pauls saying 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 the suffragettes have lit
tie patience with Paul and the teach
ings of the christian religion. At
Birmingham, Ala, a very distin-
guished former official of the state
asked a suffragette how she got
around the doctrine of Paul, and she
replied quickly, Dam old Paul.
The Calmuts,' he continued, be
lieved that the first inhabitants of
earth were 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 deprived them of their
PROJECTIONS. Their wings fell off and
the brilliancy of their faces disap-
peared Beware, my good woman;
there are grave dangers lurking
along this road of equal suffrage.
MY friends, Just as sure as you
live and l live and God reigns the
harmonious relations that have exist
ed between the sexes will disappear
with equal suffrage. Sex antago-
nism will spring up in its wake and
sentiment between the sexes will be
destroyed. Create antagonism be-
tween the sexes, destroy sentiment
between the sexes, and the Ameri-
can republic is doomed.
Greatest Peril of the Age.
This woman suffrage movement
is the greatest peril now threatening
the English-speaking people. In the
name of our beloved institutions, in
the name of generations yet unborn,
in the name of gentle, home-leving
women of America, l call upon you
to fight this dangerous deadly move
ment and to save the life of this ma
tion from the dangers that threat
en- it.
| 1t is neither proper nor necessary
that women should vote. The ext
| gencies of the occasion do not au-
thorize or demand it. A woman suf-
| fragist said: 1 am fighting 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"
Mr.. Hef1in declared his belief that
! the woman suffrage movement is
not conducive to the charm and gen
tleness of the highest womanhood,
/ that it does not inspire and encour-
/ age the ideals of the christian relig-
/ ion nor make modesty and refine
ment." He portrayed the mother
service as the highest and noblest
mission in the world and said that
to train the voter was more import
tant than to vote.
Il stand with uncovered head at
the shrine of gentle, modest woman
hood" he said. The mother con-
tributes sons and daughters to the
commonwealth and the country. Her
sons carry on civil government in
peace and fight for its preservation 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. "