The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13

s-st Interests Ut our people. was /
n founding this institution uass ,
~ truly said that the statas 81 we
men measures the condit on and
grade In civilization OF every , ssl- |
among narharlsns woman - A slave !
and q drudge. Among - seui-Civ
iizca she Is secluded and ~1neduc4ted.
fail Development of civilization comes
onit when she II admitted into fuli
fellowship and equality with mar
tp - about ise years : as a
rule. wemen were ua~ducate' and II
educated their learning rarely wen;
beyond the arts Of reading and writ
ing In lsy1 Miss Emma Willard
founded the first college for girls NJ
troy. y Y When the agitation
began tie give women IN adequate
education IL created intense opposi-
ton II was prophesied that il would
be the end of marriage. for il was
forefoid that II women knew as
much as their husbands they would
be Insubordinate and Impossible. The
direct evils were predicted. But edu-
cation proceeded. though but very
SLOWLY. Still the seed WAS Sawn. Wo-
men began to think for themselvs.
and to boone a power in the State,
Then there arose the agitation that
wOmen should possess
lights Up to 1868 in this State upon
marriage ali of a ~cman's roper
became the OF her husband,
and she had not a dime out Of il ex-
cept with his consent. Ia is difficult
to how great was the indiG-
nation among the ruling sex when
Il was TO change this state
81 things. 1t was cOntended that "A
man and woman could not possibly
Ave together If she had the owner
ship OF property and could use it in
dependent Of his will. But the great
: evolution which was raising women
TO a higher and juster plane of ex-
2 lstence Went on. Ia State after State
D their own property. la this State this
took place. as / have said. in 1868.
Blu the courts Were slow to concede
= the full victory which the women
had won ard down to the last few
years it was held in North Carolina
; that the personal earnings of a wo-
I man from her own labor. and even
( damages which might be recovered
Tor injuries to her person, We're the
absolute property of her husband
d Nay, more than that. Up to fort,
y years ago the Supreme o. o.
< North Carolina held that a husband
: still possessed the right to thrash hi
wife with a whip no larger than hi:
a thumb" The Judge who wrote t1f
+ opinion said that this Was So because
it was his duty to make her behay'
herself" and if he could not chaStiS
l. mel, wives @Ouiu Decofflt lflSuDoI
dinate." 1t is just forty years sine
this change was made. What woul,
happen to the Judges of your Suprem
Court if they should reannounce sue
st a doctrine today?
is 1Hc Ballot For Women.
s. The slow. gradual. but Irresistible
~ evolution has thus brought about tn
"a education Of women of which this in
le %stitution is a noble instance. The
- came their acquisition Of propert
rights and the abolition of the hus
IL bands authority to chastise then
er With so much acquired it is impossi
III BILE to keep back that greater an
grander which in its wild
sweep is embracing nation after ma
e, ton and state after state till Woma
n shall be placed everywhere on tn
n same plane witt men, entitled nc
n only to education, to freedom froI
ne personal chastisement and entitle
d, to control thir own prOpert
IL but also to stand forth redeemed, re
of generated and disenthralled' by tn
te ultimate enactment that she shall NJ
At be taxed without representation, an
in that in framing the laws which sha
eS protect her children and insure TT
its enforcement Of regulations for bette
at sanitation, better morals and a bette
he life, she shall have an equal voie
ge with man and side by side with hi
IN shall express her WISHES IN caStlf
ITS the ballots which shall "Shake tt
at ~turretS of the land"
.Se After his great victories in 1tal
ed general Bonepart met the Anstrla
he commissioners to make peace
Ii Leoben. Thinking to please him thu
Ter put as the first clause "Austria r
cognizes the French Republic
re Strike that out proudly said II
al young %conqueror The Republic
oil, like the sun. None but the blind CO
IRE fail to see it." Whatever our prepo
sessions, all men see that compile
tn enfranchisement of woman is inevit
Of BILE and close at hand.
le- The Constitution OF your Stat
be when it was created at Halffax
lie 1875. gave to the people the right
on elect only the members of the low
a house Of your eneral Assembly. :
err vote for State senators IL was niece