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man Euff. ago in Wyoming.
lion. John "W. Hoyt, Governor of Wy-j
orning, in his message to the Seventh Leg
islative assembly of Wyoming, thui gives J
the result of thirteen year' experience
of woman suffrage in that territory :
tub ooveiinor's uemaok.
Ja.voaut 12, 1882.
Gentlemen of the Gsuncil awl lloute of
Rrpretrnlntivc-i :
In bidding you welcome to the halls of
legislation, I also otrer you rny congratula
tions; for you are convened under circum
stances mo-t auspicious. You, gentlemen
of tins legislative assembly, renresent not
only a larger contituency of citizens, in I
projection to imputation, than ii to be j
found elsewhere on tho face of the globe, i
but a constituency nearly half composed J
of a class everywhere in tho world regarded I
ai the most watchful guardian of public
hb well n. private virtue, and you should
be considered, therefore, as holding in
trust the guardianship they would exercise.
Woman suffrage, although resting on equi
ty supported by reason and confirmed by
ex'iericiico, Iihs hitherto gained but partial
acceptance ns u principle of political phi
losophy. It commands more and more of
public attention in many portions of our
own land and in other countries whose
'olitical institutions look toward freedom
of tho people. Hut to-duy the new terri
tory of "Wyoming is the only spot on the
earth wiiere the political privilegeB of
women are equal nnd identical with lhoi
of men. It win a bold and gallant stroke
on the tide of reason ami jutico long
delayed, that act of our first legislative
assembly ; and what wonder that the eyes
of the world have been on Wyoming ever
rince?
KUewhere, objectors persist in calling
this honorable statute of ours " an experi
ment." We know t in not; under it we
have better laws, better officers, better in
stitutions, better murals, and a higher
t-ocial condition in general than could oth
erwise exist; not one of the predicted evils,
Mich us loss of nativo delicacy and dis.
turbancc of homo relations, ha followed
in its train ; the great body of our women,
and the best of them, have accepted the
elective franchise as u precious boon, and
exercise it as a patriotic duty ; in a word,
after twelve years of happy experience,
woman MiH'rago is so thoroughly rooted
and established in the minds and henrU of
thi people that, among them all, no voico
is ever uplifted in protest against or in
question of it. For those reasons, also,
there rests on us the obligations to so guard
and elevate the social order as to uiako of
Wyoming an ever brightening star for tho
guidanco of this now, grand movement in
the interest of human freedom.
WTOMIMJ HPKAKS KOK UKKSKUr.
The Cheyenne Daily leader says :
The law conferring upon women tho
right of suffrage was enacted in 18GU, at a
time when the people of Wyoming woro
almost unanimously opposed to it. Tho
situation was accepted with good naturo
and u disposition to give tho law a fair
trial. At tho end of two years, Governor
Campbell, in his messago to tho legislative
assembly, expressed himself on tho subject
:1b follows :
"There is upon our statute book 'an act
trrantinir to the women of Wyoming Ter
ritory tho right of suffrage and to hold
omcc. wnicn nos now oeen in xorco m
two years. Undor its liberal provisions
women havo voted in tho Territory, served
on Juries and hold office. It is simplo
justice to say that tho women entering, for
tho first time in the historv of the country
upon these now and untried duties, havo
conducted themselves in every respect with
as much tact, sound judgment and good
sense as men. While it would bo claiming
moro than tho facts justify, to say that
this experiment, in a limited field, has
demonstrated beyond u doubt tho perfect
fitness ot woman, nt all times and under
nil circumstance, for taking a part in gov
ernment, it furnishes at least presumptive
evidence- in her favor, and sho has n right
to4claim that, so lung us nono but good
results aro made manifest, tho law should
remain unrepealed."
A two years trial, therefore, gavo tho
ndies nnother chanco, and whilo our logis
ators wero disused to dissent from the
governor, tho law was permitted to remain
on our statuto book.
Two more years passed by, and we givo
hero Governor Campbell's opinion of
woman suffrage and its effects, after an
experience of four years. Tho governor
rays to tho legislators :
"The experiment of granting to woman
a voico in tho government, which was in
augurated for tho first time in tho history
of 'our country by tho first legislative
uemhly of Wyoming, has now been tried
lor four years. I havo herctoforo taken
occasion to express my views in regard to
the wisdom and justice of this measure,
and my conviction that its adoption ha
leen attended only by good results. Two
years more of observation of the practical
workings of tho system have only served
to deepen my conviction that what we, in
this Territory, havo done, has been well
done ; and that our system of impartial
tuffrago is an unqualified success."
The legislative assembly, coinciding in
the governor's views, wisely refrained
Irom tampering with our election laws, so
lar as concerned women, and consequcntlv
received the commendation of their con
ktitucnts. Before the end of the ensuing two years
we had another executive, Con. .1" M.
Thayer, formerly a United States senator,
u gentleman experienced in public affairs,
and familiar with legislative matters. In
Jiis messago to the "legislature Governor
Thayer pays the following compliment to
the peoplo of Wyoming :
oman suffrage has now been in prac
tical operation in our Territory for six.
years, and has during the time" increased
in popularity and in the confidence of the
people. In my judgment its results have
been beneficial, and iu influence favorable
to the best interests of the community. A
right or privilege once granted is not easily
surrendered. In this ease it is difficult to
perceive any reason why it should be."
At this time woman suffrage had become
one of our popular institutions, approved
by all ; even its most bitter enemies had
been mado to succumb to its beneficient
effects, and tho boldest politician of tho
male sex had ceased to agitate a repeal of
the law.
WYOUtXQ SPEAKS AQAXX.
The Laramie City Daily Sentinel savs:
We assert here, then, that woman suf
frage in Wyoming has been in every par
ticular a complete success.
That the women of Wyoming value as
highly tho political franchise, and as gen
erally exercise it, as do tho men of the
Territory.
That being more helpless, more depend,
ent, and more in need of the protection of
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good law asd good jroTrmnt than are
men, they Baturally use the power put into
their bands to secure the retulu.
That they are controlled more by prin
ciple and less by party ti than men, and
generally cast their votes for the best men
and best meature.
That while women in this Territory
frequently vote contrary to their husbands,
we nave never heard of a case where the
family tie or domestic relations were dis
turbed by it, and we believe that among
the pioneers of the wrt there U more
honor and manhood than lo abuse a wife
benue sho dors not think as we do about
politic or religion.
We have never een any of the evil re
sult growing outof woman suffrage which
we have heard predicted for it by it oppo
nent. On the contrary, it result have ben
only good, and that continually. Our
elections have come to be conductd a
quietly, civilly and orderly a our reli
gious meetings or any of our social gath
erings, and the b-t men arc generally se
lected to make and enforce our laws.
We have long ago generally come to the
concluiion that woman's influence is as
wholesome and m much needed in the gov
ernment of the State as in the government
of the family. We do not know of a re
spectable woman in the Territory who
object to or n-glect to ue her political
power, and we do not know of a derent
man in tho Territory who wihes it abol
ished, or who is not even glad to havo
woman's help in our government.
OrrlCIAI, DEMOCRATIC TESTIMONY.
Hon. N. L. Andrews, speaker of the
house of representative of Wyoming
(democrat), in the lionton lust, says:
"I ciimo to this territory in the fall of
1871, with tho strongest prejudice possible
aguint woman suffrage, and decidedly op
posed to it in all it features. Vet, willing
to be fair and candid on the subject, I be
came a closo observer of tho practical re
sults of this innovation upon the rights of
man. I have for threo successive sessions
been honored by an election to tho legisla
ture of the Territory and twice as sjeaker
of the houe of representatives, and my
opportunities for seeing and judging of
this matter have not been rircumscribed;
and I can now say that the moro of it I have
seen the les my objections havo been real
ized, and the moro it hat commended itself
to my judgment and good opinion.
And now I frankly acknowledge that
under all my observations it ha worked
well, and been productive of much good in
our Territory, and no evil that I havo
been able to discern. I am thoroughly
convinced that it is tho only true, consist
ent und honest method of exercising tho
right of franchise undor our representa
tive form of government ; where wo boast
so much of intelligent freedom for the
people. Tho only wonder to mo is why
the states of tho union have not adopted it
long ago. There has been much said and
written on the corrupt state of jolitics in
all our largo cities, but no ono of tho many
political philosophers of tho ago has until
now been ablo to prescribe tho proper anti
dote for tho political degeneracy of the
day".
ANOTHER WITNESS.
Rev. Dr. Crary, presiding elder of tho
M. E. Church of northern Colorado and
Wyoming, says :
"Tho statement has been mado and
widely circulated, that at the lato election
in tho Territory of Wyoming 'no women
voted except thoso of tho baser sort.' I
therefore doein it but just to say that lam
well acquainted in Wyoming, having cha'rga
of tho Methodist churches in that Terri
tory, and that I know from many conver
sations held with women ot tho very high
est character; from statements made to mo
by ministers, und by the highest otQccrs of
tho Territory, and from my own personal
associations with editors, lawyers, teachers,
and business men, that all such statement
about tho women of Wyoming aro utterly
without foundation. Tho very best ladies
of this territory vote, and as thoy gener
ally vote on tho right sido of all questions,
the lies told to their detriment originate
with men of tho 'baser sort;' with de
feated demagogues and disappointed
strikers and the meanest kind of politi
cians, who hato tho majority of women
becauso of their pure lives and independ
ent ballots.
Tho women of Wyoming aro an honor
t their sex, and deservo tho respect of all
who wish good govornmont."
Beport of the TJ. S. Senate on
Woman Suffrage.
In the early part of tho session of Con
gress just closed, both branches created a
standing committeo on woman suffrage.
Tho Scnato committee, to whom was refer
ed a resolution "proposing an amendment
to tho Constitution of the United States to
secure tho right of suffrago without regard
to sex," made a majority and minority re
port, tho majority recommending tho
adoption of tho resolution. 1 lio report of
tho minority was to tho effect that the so
lution of this grave question should be left
to the states respectively. Tho'report of
the majority was as follows :
Tho gravity and importance of the
proposed amendment must be obvious to
all who havo given the subject tho consid
eration it demands.
A very brief history of tho origin of
this movement in tho United States "and of
tho progress made in tho cause of woman
suffrage will not bo out of place at this
time.
A World's Anti-Slavery Convention
was held in London on the 12th of June,
1840, to which delegates from all tho or
ganized societies were invited. Several of
the American societies sent women as del
egates. Their credentials wore presented,
and an able and exhaustive discussion was
had by many of the leading men of America
and Great Britain upon the question of their
being admitted to seats is the convention.
They were allowed no part in the discus
sion". They were denied seats as delegates,
and, by reason of that denial, it was de
termined to hold conventions after their
return to the United States, for tho pur
pose of asserting and advocating their
rights as citirens, and especially the right
of suffrage.
Prior to this, and as early as the year
1836, a proposal had been made in the" leg
islature of the state of New York to confer
npon married women, their separate rights
of property. The subject was under con
sideration and agitation during the event
ful period which peceded the constitutional
convention of ifew York in the year 1846,
and the radical changes made in the funda
mental law made in that year. In 1848
the first act for the more effectual protec
tion of the property of married women,"
was passed by the legislature of New York
and became a law. It was subsequently
amended so as to authorize women to en
gage in business on their own account and
to receive their own earnings.
Laws granting separate rights of pro-
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Pf.mr.nU to wUle this question
UK been made lo ock manner a
conviction to she mind of farm
Kwllr, which It i b-st to tcp
"jrjj4ij, brye or txxsall cmw.
pertT, and the right to transact fcul ,
similar to tbce adoptM in Xew York, have
been enacted in many, if not in most, of
the states, and may no be regard! as the
ttld policy of American legislation on
the sabjecL
After the enactment of the first law in
?few York, as before tUtJ. and in the
m- . -v.-., -..w. -, - -
month of July 1849, the ant convention '
demanding suffrage for women, wo teia
in Sneca Falls, in said state. The same
person who had been excluded from the
World's Convention in London, were
prominent and instrumental in calling the
meeting and framing the declaration of
sentiments adopted by It, which, after re
citing the unjust limitations and wrongs
to which women are subjected, closed in
these words :
Now, In view of this entire disfran
chisement of one-half of the people of
this country, and their social and religious
degradation; in view of the unjust law
above mentioned, and l-caun women do
feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed, and
fraudulently drprived of their mot sacred
right, we insist that they have immedi
ate admission to all the rights and privi
lege which belong to them as citizens of
tin United States.
In entering ujon the great work before
us, we anticipate no small amount of mis
conception, misrepresentation, and ridi
cule; but we shall ue everv instrumental
ity within our power, to effect our object.
Wo shall employ agents, circulate tracts,
petition tho State and National legisla
ture, and endeavor to enlist the pulpit
and the pen in our behalf We hope this
convention will bo followed by a series of
conventions embracing every part of the
country.'
The meeting also adopted a series of
resolutions, one of which was in tho fol
lowing words:
Rewired, That it is tho duty of the
women of this country to securo to them-
the elective
United States, then governor of Ohio, rec
ommended to tho legislature a constitu
tional amendment on the subject.
During the same year a favorable report
was mado in tho legislature of Wisconsin,
from which we quote the following:
" Wo believe that political equality will,
by leading the thoughts and purposes of
tho sexes to a just degree, in-to tho same
channel, more completely carry out the
designs of naturo. Women uill bo jos
sewed of a positive power, and hollow
compliments will bo exchanged for well-
rounded rcsxct, when we see her nobly
ischarging her part in the great intellect
ual and moral struggles of tho ago that
wait tholr solution by a direct appeal to
tho ballot-box. Woman's jwwer at pres
ent is poetical and unsubstantial ; let it bo
practical and real. Thoro is no reality in
any power that cannot bo coined into
vote."
Tho effect of theso discussions and ef
fort has been tho gradual advancement of
public sentiment towards conceding tho
right of suffrage without distinction of
sex. In tho Territories of Wyoming and
Utah, full suffrago has already'been given.
In regard to the exercise of the right in
tho Territory of Wyoming, tho present
governor of that territory (lion. John W.
Hoyt), in an address delivered in Phila
delphia, on the 3d of April, of the present
year, in answer to a question as to tho op
eration of the law, said :
'Tho experienco of Wyoming has
shown that tho only actual trial of woman
suffrago hitherto mado a trial made in a
now country whoro tho conditions would
not happen to havo bean exceptionally fa
vorable has produced none but the most
desirable result. And, surely, none will
deny that in such a matter a single ounco
of experience is worth a tbn of conjec
ture." A criticism ha been made upon tho ex
ercise of this right by tho women of Utah
that tho plural wives in that territory aro
under tho control of their polygamous
husbands. Bo that as it may, it is an un
doubted fact that there is no" city of equal
sieo on this continent whe're there is less
disturbance of tho peace, or where tho
citizen is any moro securo in his person or
property, either by day or night, than in
tho city of Salt Lake. A qualified right
of suffrage has also been given to women
in Oregon, Colorado, Minnesota, Nebras
ka, Kansas, Vermont, Now Hampshicre,
MassAchuseets, Michigan, Kentucky, and
New York. Of tho operation of tho law
in the last named state, tho governor of
the stato, in a messago to the legislature
on tho 12th of May fast, said:
The recent law making women clici-
Mo as school trustees has produced admir
able results, not only in securing the elec
tion of many of them as trustees of
schools, but especially in elevating tho
Jualifications of men proposed as candi
ates for school boards, and also in stimu
lating greater interest in the management
of schools generally. The effect of theso
new experiences, is to widen the influence
and usefulness of women.
So well satisfied are tho represen
tatives in tho legislature of that
state with these reults, that the
assembly, by a large majority, recently
passed to a third reading, an act giving tho
full right of suffrage to woman, the pas
sage of which has been arrested in the
senate by the opinion of the attorney
general that a constitutional amendment
is necessary to accomplish the object.
In England women are allowed to vote
at all municipal elections and hold the
office of guardian or tho poor. In four
states, Nebraska, Indiana, Oregon, and
Iowa, proposition have passed their legis
latures and are bow pending, conferring
the right of suffrage upon women.
Notwithstanding all these efforts, it is
the opinion of the best informed men and
women, who have devoted more than a
third of a century to the consideration
and discussion of" tho subject, that an
amendment to tho Federal Constitution,
in analogy to the fifteenth amendment of
that instrument, is the most safe, direct,
and expeditious mode of settling the ques
tion. It is the question of the enfran
chisement of half a race now denied the
right, and that too, the most favored race
in the estimation of those who deny the
right. Petitions, from time to time,
signed by many thousand petitioners,
have been" presented to Congress, and there
are upon oar files seventy-five petitions
representing eighteen states. Two years
ago treble the number of petitions, repre
senting twenty-five different states, were
presented.
We think the time has arrived for the
submission of such an amendment to the
barker.
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selves their sacred right to
franchise.' "
rrom mo mowomcni wins uiaugurawu, nb,e ftnJ n ln wh,cl mcn are
conventions have been held from that time . crrfelM , U1, .Vwnimoih are instituted
to tho present, in the principal villag,-,, anmnq mt dtrthtir u,t ,,,
cities and capitals of the various states, a th, confent o (h, or(rn The ,TlXefIl
1 ISr,1 .f,,,,tal.f 10 at'."r- ,x ,, f rej.re.,enutive government tb-v i'naug
In 1857, Hon. balmon P. Chase, p'f rBt.sJ can onlv bi" mainlnlned an3 rt
Justice of tho Supremo Court of tho ,,,.. . . n .11 ,ir-. , ;. ,i,t
home, rxnm ax fMnttx
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twar iho pu,U fros the Unmlnr,
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!r5ktarJ of U stats. We know
nrelnr!lri Mrh tha nnrtgual for tc
fraje to all, without regard to ki, had to
encounter from the Tery out;t( prrjudic
which still exist In the minds of many
The period for employing the weapons of
ridicul aad enmity "h sot yt r-d.
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to prejudic and the br psloas oi men
The inthm. "wm betide the hand
which plockj the witard brd of hoary
error " is yt employed to deter men from
acting upon their convictions as to wht
ouht to be done with reference to this
peat question. To tho who are
inclined to cast ridicule upon th move
ment, we quote the answer mide while one
of the early convention w in seion la
the state of New York-
"A collection of women rgulng for
political right and for the privileges usu
ally conceded only to the other x, one
of "the eaiitt thing In the world to make
fun of. There u no end to the imart
ipor-cbe and the witty remarks that may be
made on the subject Hut when we seri
ously attempt to show that a woman who
pays" taxes ought not to hae a voice lu the
manner in which the taxes are expended,
that a woman whose property, liberty, and
person, are controlled by the laws, should
have ni voicn in framing thoe laws, it Is
not so easy."
It bat U-cotno a custom, almost universal,
to inviti and welcome the pretence of wo
men at political anemblages, to listen to
discussion in volved if! theennvat. Their
pretence has done much toward the eleva
tion, relinemenl and frevdom fnm Insin
cerity and hypocriy in such dieuion.
Why would not the same result r
wrought out by their preence at the
ballot. box ? Wherever the right has
been exercised by law, both in
and in this countrv, uch has
Kngland
been it
effect in tho conduct of election.
The framers of our vtetn f covernrnent
1 embodied in the Declaration of Inde4nd-
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ciit-u tuu Bui;iiicufc turn uj rvus7 iuq fut
which are therein declared to be inalien-
content through the mvdium of the ballot
box ; the only mode by which the " con
lent of the governed '' can be obtained.
To dunv to one-half of the citizens of the
Kepublic, all participation in framing the
law by which they are to be sjovernod,
simply on account of their sex, is itoliticai
despotUm to those who are excluded, and
"taxation without representation" to such
of them a havo projxjrty liable to taxa
tion. Their investuro with separate
estates leads, logically and necearily, to
their right to the ballot, as the only means
afforded them for the protection of their
proiierty, a it is the only mean of their
full protection in tho enjoyment of the
immeasurably greater right to. life and
liberty. To bo governed without such
consent, is a clear denial of a right de
clared lo be inalienable.
It is said that the majority of women
do not desire and would not exerciso tho
right, if acknowledged. The assertion
rcts in conjecture. In ordinary elections
multitudes of mon do not exercise the
right. It is only in extraordinary cae,
and when their Interest and patriotism,
aro apealcd to, that male otcrs are with
unanimity found at the polls. It would
doubtless bo so with women. In the ex
ceptional instances in which the exerciso
of the right has been permitted, they have
engaged with zeal iu every important
canvass. Even if the statement were
founded in fact, it furnishes no argument
in favor of excluding women from the ex
ercise of the franchise. It is the denial of
the right of which they complain. Thero
are multitude of men whose vote can
be purchased at an election for the small
est and most trifling consideration. Yet
all such would spurn with scorn and un
utterable contempt a proposition to pur
chase thoir right to vote, and no consider
ation would be deemed an equivalent for
such a surrender. Women are more sen
sitive upon this Question than men, and so
long as this right, deemed by tbem to be
sacred, is denied, so long tho agitation
which has marked tho progress of this
contest thus far, will be continued.
Entertaining these views, your commit
teo report back tho proposed resolution
without amendment for the consideration
of the Senate, and recommend it passage
E. G. LAPHAM.
T. M. FERRY.
H. W. BLAIR.
H. B. ANTHONY."
The Bible for Woman Suffrago.
BT RET. J. W. BAStrrORD.
The convictions of the great mass of our
people aro grounded Uon God's word.
Many reforms have been greatly hindered
by falso interpretations of this book. Our
opponents generally go back a far a
Genesis for arguments, but even then
they do not go back far enough. They
stop with a true account of the false rela
tion into which man and woman was
thrown by sin, and quote this account as
the original charter for mankind : " Thy
desire shall bo to thy husband, and he
shall rulo over thee." If they will only
go back to the creation of Adam and Eve,
and to their natural and divine relation
before the fall, they will fail to find a
sentence which bints at the subordination
of woman. Woman wa not made in
man's image, neither was the dominion of
the world committed to him alone On
the contrary the record plainly savs : " In
the image of God created He bfm, male
and female created He them, and God
said: Let thexa have dominion over all
the earth." So far as the superiority of
cither might be inferred from the account
of their creation, that inference is plainly
in favor of woman.
If the order of creation mean anything,
if we find God gradually advancing' in His
work from the inorganic earth to the
mineral kingdom, then to the vegetable
kingdom, and thenotbe animal kingdom,
and last of all making man, the fact that
woman is made after man suggests her
higher qualities rather than man's superi
ority. There is no marked difference
between the sexes. The Bible doc not
represent Adam and Eve as separate
s(cies. The highest qualities belong to
humanity in common. Christ i as much
the typical woman as the typical man of
the race.
Now when Adam and Eve descended
from the sphere of spirituality to the
animal sphere, whea they turned from a
life of faith to follow appetite, God said to
man that even nature should rebel against
his animal life: "The earth shall bring
forth thorns and thistles." The history
of every drunkard and man of lost proves
that nature fights against him, and con
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(knC larx faatUs.
4wyyscw U eWfcrter
&?. it tt aits an teitrswuw
- Wui
. Thr are mxmt
-U-i &Urow, wklcJi
" 4ai&. sm tsW
-, ,, wrT. lT2&9JtZ
vassis lail in tin lover aaituxl Ti; wlti
man s!i vxruld b coastasUy worsted:
"Thy dlrr hH be thy hobad, aad
U snail TV.U ever the.." Six liaJui
years of hUtory have proi temUe
truth of this proptcv
And yt this declaration ef weasaa's
subordination which doe nM lsis at
all to the account ef her criminal crsttoa
and which Is directly do to , and
which we sprang from lh very aatara
of the two and from the nafal xoli a
which they then entered It quoud re-r-tily
as the divine declaration of tha
ideal stal of the ie, aad w are Cos.
staatly told that any attempt to chaeje it
is a r.lUoti of the disioe catUluUn.
As well mic&l eoo dlr that the tWss
and brier which GM Sd the erlh
tbould bring forth on account f tnaa's la
are an ci predion of the ideal attitude f
nature toward man, and that we nlat
the divine rorutltulton in tilline. the ol
and improving it prioct
Again, the whole effort of Cbriit wat U
rrstore to mankind what dm kt In Adam.
" For a in Adam all die o in Christ shall
all be made alive." If ChrlilUakty it
completely to restore that which u lott
in Adam, how can it Up short of com
pletely aU'luhiag the lubordmallan of
woman, which th Bible declare to b the
direct reu!t of tin, and of leadinr u back
to that Kdcnic proclamation : " Lei them
have- dominion over all the earth 7 '
As u Paul, hit Setter to tho ConnlhUiu,
and all hts other leturr, wu written, nt
fr-m the platform vf rtshu, but (rn the
higher platform ot lovr He declare In
the ninth chapter that he ha, from lh
standpoint of iulicc, a clear right to par
meat for hi labor, but refute it , sayt ne
ha a plain right to cat any kind of meat,
but declare that if meat cue hi brother
to offend be will eat no meat while the
world tUnd. He ask the Jew and
Human wh- may lx- In Corinth, not to
contV- Christ in Hebrew or Latin unle
an interpreter 1 preent, tnll th women
to kep ilence iu the mrMtinm and obey
their hutbaiid. forbids the slaves to con
tend fr their frredoui. but to cbto
service rather He eren says
man s-ck his own but everv
Let no
man his
neighbor's good," and the argument ntly
culminaU in iho marvelous exaltation of
love iu the thirteenth chapter
After reading Paul's letter a a whole,
who would dream of affirming that Paul
is writing, not an aithris of love, but a
magna charta of i-runa) right? At well
might we say that the fact of hit taking no
compensation it proof that be had no right
to comjnation for hi labor, that hi com
mand to Jews and Roman not to confea
Christ at Corinth is proof that they had no
right to confess Christ in Hebrew or Latin,
and that hi prohibition of any man lo
seek hi own is proof that a man has no
right to his property, as to say that Paul's
command to women to kep silence In tho
churches, and to oby their huband, is
r i roof that they had no right to speech or
Ibcrty. But s'till more, as if Paul forraw
that h'i words on the subjection of women
might bo tortured into falsehood, in this
very letter to the Corinthians, after men
tioning tho historical fact that man is the
head of tho woman, he adds, "Nevertheleis
neither i tho man without the woman nor
the woman without the man in the Iord,"
and in Galatlans he declare unqualifiedly
' There i neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither bond nor free, there is neither male
nor female, for yo are all one in Christ
Jesus." Our children will be as much
astonished that we could hold to the
divine subordination of women in the face
of this last clause, a we are now astonished
that slave-holder and Jew could hold to
the divinely ordained subordination of
the African "and other races In the face of
tho first two clauses.
BECAUSE.
ilT KKAKMUft M. O0KKKLL.
Woman sutlrago ought to receive the
earnest supjMirt of every citizen :
1. Because, by the birthright of existence,
women, as well as men, are endowed with
the natural right of life, liberty and hap.
pines, and the protection of those right
is the first duty of government.
2. Because the constitution of the
United Slates declares that women are
citizens, and all citizens are justly entitled
to equal political right.
3. Because women aro governed, and
the consent of the governed is the source
of power in a just government.
4. Because women aro taxed, and taxa
tion without the privilege of representa
tion is tyrannical.
5. Becauto all adult citizens who are
morally and legally responsible to law
should bo allowed a voice in making the
law.
6. Because woman's intelligence, purity
and patriotism are neIed in the state (a
collection of families) a well as in the
home circle.
7. Because woman ncds the ballot to
protect hor life, liberty, projcrty and bp
pines.
8. Because it receives the upport of the
intelligent, progreive and fair-mindd.
9. Becau- male suffrago alone means
an aristocracy of sex, while impartial suf
frage means a true republic
10. Because the tenure of reason,
right and justice, under which men claim
the elective franchise, will apply with
equal force to support woman's demand
for enfranchisement.
ABBY SMITH'S COWS.
Taxation Without Bepreaentation.
Tho Spirit of 73 KeriTed.
r "rata flat."
Believe it or not, there is arising within
the breat of American womanhood as re
bellious a spirit against the injustice of
taxation without representation, a ever
swayed the feelings of our revolutionary
fathers. Illustrative of this spirit is the
famous ca of th Mite Abby and Julia
Smith, of Glastonbury, Conn.," among the
larcest property holders of that town, who
in 1S73 ithe one-hundredth anniversary of
the memorable " Boston Tea Party," when
men, disguised as Indians, threw 'the East
India Company's tea overboard in repudi
ation of the same unjut requirement, and
out of repect to the same republican prin
ciple,) refused longer to pay taxes while
denied a voice in their assessment aad ex
penditure. The result of this refusal oa
their part has been, year by year, the seiz
ure and public sale of their property to pay
delinquent taxes.
In the beginning they alto complained
that in the apportionment of taxes they
were treated with great unfairness, asd
that they were denied their share in the
benefit accruing from the expenditure of
the public money in road improvement,
etc Their first xs.aaifelo was made at a
town meeting. Miss Abby obtaiaed per
mission to pretest a stats sa act of their
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rescv or xtu ii a. smit.
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vtltu - vtiU& all! tAJ tout
ing, bat we had t ether y sf x ;
beiW li e f the U w Hi. T
Belhbur. t aa eiessssJaia mr ealiT
th-aa we (U. witlfcjQt ,j-rV4 a .rJ,
whea ihev Ouak lh.w wfc-s twee thes
rule with iajuiOc Ust ar sl
uaJer the law U )aJ a tWy -
w are wWlIy ta the f U'
hae MSI U aid e. i Ytwt hate Ue J e
er ecr tur rtrty t take H Sst
whenever yu CSK.-, atad ia
la the Ur nk-at. i a
what (hall be de with ll, 4 J"
ta appeal U. we are rftly Je.
Caa y4 wosdr, ts that w twJd i
to tf.k tl . PfsjfU 4 ai ctt.
ally h4d pvwir wilttt . it. ai
lh ito eiffrtx' it d af ar t
the lrt sdt -4 U teUe TV tmUf
era lavMldfr os5y -! ifce
tnxc that ye has to rwW vfr .
Mlapp d.''le wwtsW tar erf hit ,
I havo guv hits vtritB)it , 1 ae tie
lave aad he it tit WaiWtf . sW Ve
pl.iaTtve htm lest lathe " TV tlare.
hUr really ifeougttl he had dta awh
for hi lats they wsmsU l"l teare Ves
when the grral eutttdrratiNi wa Us tlate
wantrl the cwairol of Itts o ertsr
and dsy cterv Unua Va- -.4 mh
rightfully b
tioag
l
him. We so teal
Ut'lKi the meet at the town thtaV ther
hatr dn much fur tt that vWy have
a right U lake tr oey whea they flee.
But lhn thre It alwari eieu.o etarh
when there l .,er Thev ay all ta
properly ta tho tons ihutilu Uil Sr
the siitxrHte f the Un, awrdtag Mt
valuation , ad a Utalia without rere
ntation I wrenf, thy glc jreltsn
t a part tf then owner t ta vital ralM
atlon thall m made and how the tsney
can bt be applll Cor tbesr Ute4t They
meet Ugelher t ctull wh aaeag
them thall bate Ib atSrei of the ten
and what alry they will i;ie lhe All
I done withMilever tMnmitiag orallwdlrv
to tho other part of the owner f this pro
perty But they las the thr ewner and
lake from them" Jut what amount they
pleat. We had two hiindml dollar takn
from u In thi wav th jt tear, by the
same Jwrr the robber takre his Htttne.
But the robl-er would hae the t.,. em
munily agalntl him, and he wUI nt le
apt to come but once , but from the ws f
our town we are never saf they can sxtme
in and take our money from u Jut when
they choc, Now, we cannot e anv
juttice, anv right, or any rcaton In thf
thing ' cannot why we r nt
Jutt a capable of axittlng In managing
the affair of the town at the men are W
cannot plblv why we have not Jut
as much intelligence or Information r a
much capacity for doing butlne, a they
have. Are we not a far-eelng, and dr wt
not manage our own affair, a far as we
are permitted by the law, a well a they
do' I it any more jutt to take a woman
property without her content than H l t
lako a man s property without hteonttt
Manv of thote whom Uie town jut over ti
are the very dreg of society, tht who are
making the town and their faraille
tinual expense and trouble, for which w
re liable, and the authorities make the
town pay the nxpnae of meeting to take
off their poll tax, for they can't pay a dollar;
and they havo taken om from the mane
retreat and kept them in a barn over night
to vote the next day. Now, all the thing
clearly prove how much more ihew lawle
men are valued by the town than such ill
Izens as we arc, who never make it the
least trouble or eipcn. Such men a
these are set over us and can vote awav
our proj-erty ; indeed, our property is liable
for their support. Now alt we ak of the
town is to put us on an equality with th
men, not to rule oTcr them a they rule
over us, but to m put on an equality with
them. Is this an unreasonable request 7
Do we not stand on an equality with them,
and every man in thi astern bly. before
th law of God 7 God is a God of justice ;
men and women stand alike in hi ighl h
ha but one law for both. And why ihoitd
man have but one law for both, to which
blb shall be accountable alike Let each
rise if they can by their own ability, and
put no obstructions in their way 1 it right
b$cute mn are the strongest that they
should go Into women's houss and take
their money from them, knowing ther
cannot resitt? It is not physical strength
that make a town prutper, ititmi&d, it
is capability to guide the phyieal
strength and put It resource to the bt
EKibIe advantage- You are rejecting iul
lalf of the very element you ned You
well know that a man and hi wife mutt
counsel together to make tho affairs f their
household pro rr ; they roust be one in the
fcusine, and if they are one, I cannot
how the one can rate over the other, from
which idea comes all the disturbance be
tween tbm. Aad ought not thi town to
represent one great family, all equally la
terested in it government? The motto tf
our government Is, "Irclaim liberty v
all the inhabitants of this land, and here,
where liberty u so highly eiUJld and
floried by every man in it, one-half ibm in
abitanU are not put under her law, but
are ruWl artr by the other half, who can
by their own laws, not hn, take from
the other half all they po How is
Libertv pleased with such worship?
Would she not be apt to think of her sn
sex?
Is not this the great law of nation, that
compensation shall br md whn rooTwr
is tacen from women as well a men ? But
instead of compestation it is takn
from u and every other woman in !
place to ttrefigtbca the power of tho-r
who rule over us. It is taken to pay lie
men for making Laws to jrovern uf by
which they themselves would sot be gov.
ernd under any comidcrailos. Nethtr
would we, i we could help it. i cf ii
is given lo bur votes which add to lb?r
power, A man's wife told me they gav
her husband four dollars, which kept him
drunk for a long time to abuse his imlr.
His wife said it she could vote, tar rote
would be as gtrjd xjJmt hrcsbead's, asd the
men which came after hiss to crrj his v
the polls would treat her a well a they
treatI him- Her hard earnings couid Bt
be taken for hi drams. And soase of tho
saostry is takes for the ssiheritiee f tin
town 'to aaeet at the diSerest hoUlt la it,
to make voters aH take off the ;U tax of
all the poor vagabesds, that thej mj tot
thea the asthoritiea wast to et za eotJL
salt what wwsld be saost for the adva&Ue
ef half the inhabttasrts ef the town, who da
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