The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-08
Editorial and Literary Department

sympathize with her. and together they
must cooperate with IL few sensible
men who can see both sides of case
ana stand ready to fight hand to hand
and heart to heart for the object In
view.
When they have gained that point
man will see his real place. his real
value in the world. and to keep from
being entirely ,eradicated. in n political
and constitutional sense, he will throw
away his lease on the primitive and
giving up his primal instincts, will
grapplc in the future for those forces
necessary for his preservation as "a
political and constitutional factor
When that time comes he will have n
hghting chance of becoming woman's
equal.
2. The disloyalty of the militant
movement.
When read in the papers of the
latest mnneeuvres OF the militants
| (English news, of course), | cannot
tell If the emotion l feel is contempt
or pity. Disloyalty, did | call it? II
| is right l make no mistake They
have proved themselves disloyal TO wo-
mans tactics, womans methods, and
have adopted the cruel, thoughtless,' un-
necessary warfare OF men. Since crea-
ton men have ruled the universe with
~
Does destruction of publi. and private
property, and even human life, win in
! the end? What of Sherman's march
to the sea? a trail nifty miles broad
F., laid waste by fire and sword. by
plumber and robbery, by brute force and
armed men. What of Napoleon Bona
partc? For many years the victory
was his. Kingdoms and empires fell
before him, all by cruelty and force
but he met his Waterloo, and SO it is
ttstt 1, In
with mans methods. 1t is impossible
and the militants will meet their
! Waterloo
| AS for the American suffragettes,
they must. they will win. AS free and
loyal citizens of a free republic. they
have chosen the right way. and back ell
by clear knowledge of what they
want. they are trying, not 10 upset
1 mems rights and become like men, but
to take an equal share of the burdens
! OF their country, and to minglc the
feminine elements with the masculine,
| so that the Drawn and muscle and nerve
OF man and the brain and wit and cour-
! age of woman will produce n heretofore
f; unattainable height of perfection In the
laws and constitution of a country.
A few mon with clear thinking
| brains, and who are broad minded
| enough to see where mistake has
been made in not granting equal suf-
| frage, have adopted our views and are
working among US for the cause. 9th
or men, more narrow minded in the
| disgusting conceit OF their manhood,
slur 1T them. but those objects of their
! scorn are the men to make n country
They have emerged from the print
| tive and are using brains rs we'll as
Drawn They have inverted mans un-
| written law of might being right"
and In spite of the sneering. knocking
ssion-infurintcd mob: they have
taken up the banner of freedom in be-
half of the mothers. wives. sweet
hearts and daughters.
They, and the women whose cause
they have enlisted In, have cast aside
the primal, uncivlized methods OF mill
fancy, and are lighting for an aim, will
this creed to guide them:
I'VE believe that right is might, and
we believe that the home should rule
the home"
Here 1 will end with n clause from
the Declaration of Independence: Ev-
cry little word may not be correct as
| am quoting from memory.
I'VE hold these truths to be self
evident, that all men are created equal
that they are endowed by their Creator,
with certain inalienablc rights, that
among these are life. liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. That TO secure
these rights. governments are insti-
tutcd among men, driving their just
powers from the consent OF the gov
crned"
composed by
HARRY CHADWICK.