SENATE. 
 
 Rkpokt No. :;!♦!», 
 Part 2. 
 
 in tin: senate of the unitkd states. 
 
 APRIL 23, 18*4.— Ordered to be printed. 
 
 Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Woman Suffrage, submitted the 
 
 following 
 
 V I B W S OF THE M I N R I T Y . 
 
 [To accompany S. Res. 19.] 
 
 The undersigned minority of the Committee of the Senate on Woman Suf- 
 frage, to whom iras referred S. Res. 19, proposing an amendment to the 
 Constitution of the United States, {/ranting the right to vote to the women 
 of the United States, beg leave to submit the following report : 
 
 The undersigned believe that the Creator intended that the sphere of 
 the males and females of onr race should be different, and that their 
 duties and obligations, while they differ materially, are equally impor- 
 tant and equally honorable, and that each sex is equally well qualified 
 by natural endowments for the discharge of the important duties which 
 pertain to each, and that each sex is equally competent to discharge 
 those duties. 
 
 We find an abundance of evidence both in the works of nature and 
 in the Divine revelation to establish the fact that the family properly 
 regulated is the foundation and pillar of society, and is the most im- 
 portant of any other human institution. 
 
 In the Divine economy it is provided that the man shall be the head 
 of the family, and shall take upon himself the solemn obligation of pro- 
 viding for and protecting the family. 
 
 Man, by reason of his physical strength, and his other endowments 
 and faculties, is qualified for the discharge of those duties that require 
 strength and ability to combat with the sterner realities and difficulties 
 of life. The different classes of outdoor labor, which require physical 
 strength and endurance, are by nature assigned to man, the head of 
 the family, as part of his task. He discharges such labors as require 
 greater physical endurance and strength than the female sex are usu- 
 ally found to possess. It is not only his duty to provide for and pro- 
 tect the family, but as a member of the community it is also his duty 
 to discharge the laborious and responsible obligations which the family 
 owe to the State, and which obligation must be discharged by the head 
 of the family, until the male members of the family have grown up to 
 manhood, and are able to aid in tin 4 discharge of those obligations, 
 when it becomes their duty in their turn to take charge of and rear 
 each a family, for which lie is responsible. 
 
 Among other duties which the head of the family owes to the State 
 is military duty in time of war, which he, when able-bodied, is able to 
 discharge, and which the female members of the family are unable to 
 discharge. 
 
 He is also under obligation to discharge, jury duty, and by himself or 
 his representative to discharge his part of the labor necessary to cou- 
 
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 Struct and keep in proper order roads, bridges, streets, and all grades 
 of public highways. And in this progressive age upon the male sex 
 is devolved the duty of constructing our railroads, and the engines and 
 other rolling- stock with which they arc operated, of building, equipping, 
 and launching shipping and other water crafts of every character nec- 
 essary for the transportation of passengers or freight upon our rivers, 
 our lakes, and upon the high seas. 
 
 The labor in our fields, sowing, cultivating, and reaping crops must 
 be discharged mainly by the male sex, as the female sex, for want of 
 physical Strength, arc generally unable to discharge these duties. 
 
 As it is the duty of the male sex to perform the obligations to the 
 State, to society, and to the family, already mentioned, with numerous 
 others that might be enumerated, ir is also their duty to aid in the gov- 
 ernment of the State, which is simply a great aggregation of families. 
 Society cannot be preserved nor can the people be prosperous without 
 good government. The Government of our country is a government 
 of the people, and it becomes necessary that that class of people upon 
 whom the responsibility rests should assemble together and consider and 
 discuss the great questions of governmental policy which from time to 
 time are presented for their decision. This often requires the assembling 
 of caucuses in thenight-timeas well as public assemblages in the day time. 
 It is a laborious task for which the male sex is infinitely better fitted 
 than the female sex, and after proper consideration and discussion of 
 the measures that may divide the country from time to time the duty 
 devolves upon those who are responsible for the Government at times 
 and places to be fixed by law, to meet and by the ballot to decide the 
 great questions of government upon which the prosperity of the country 
 depends. These are some of the active and sterner duties of life to 
 which the male sex is by nature better fitted than the female sex. If 
 in carrying out the policy of the State on great measures adjudged vi- 
 tal such policy should lead to war, either foreign or domestic, it would 
 seem to follow very naturally that those who ha ve been responsible for 
 the management of the State should be the parties ttt take the hazards 
 and hardships of the struggle. 
 
 Here again man is fitted by nature for the discharge of the duty — 
 women is unfit for it. So much for some of the duties imposed upon 
 the male sex for the discharge of which the Creator has endowed them 
 with proper strength and faculties. 
 
 On the other hand the Creator has assigned to woman very laborious 
 and responsible duties, by no means less important than those imposed 
 upon the male sex, though entirely different in their character. In the 
 family she Is a queen. She alone is tit ted lor the discbarge of the 
 sacred trust of wife and the endearing relation of mother. While the 
 man is contending with the sterner duties of life, the whole time of the 
 noble, affectionate, and true woman is required in the discharge of the 
 delicate and difficult duties assigned her in the family circle, in her 
 church relations, and in the society where her lot is cast. W hen the 
 husband returns home weary and worn in the discharge of the difficult 
 and laborious task assigned him, he finds m the good wife solace and 
 consolation which is nowhere else afforded. It he is despondent and 
 distressed She Cheers his heart with words of kindness; if he is sick or 
 languishing, she soothes, comforts, and ministers to him as no one but 
 an affectionate wife can do. If his burdens are onerous she divides 
 their weight by the exercise of her love and her sympathy. 
 
 But a still more important duty devolves upon the mother. Alter 
 having brought into existence the offspring of the nuptial union, the 
 children arc dependent upon the mother RS they arc not upon any other 
 
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 human being. The trust is b most sacred, most responsible, and most 
 important one. To watch over them in their infancy, and as the mind 
 begins to expand to train, direct, and educate it into the paths of virtue 
 and usefulness is the high trust assigned to the mother. She trains the 
 twig as the tree should be inclined. She molds the character. She 
 educates the heart as well as the intellect, and she prepares the future 
 man. now the boy, for honor or dishonor. Upon the manner in which 
 she discharges her duty depends the fact whether he shall in futuie be 
 a useful citizen or a burden to society. She inculcates lessons of pa- 
 triotism, manliness, religion, and virtue, fitting the man by reason of 
 his training to be an ornament to society or dooming him by bet neg- 
 lect to a life of dishonor and shame. Society acts unwisely when it im- 
 poses upon her the duties that by common consent have always been 
 assigned to the sterner and stronger sex, and the discharge of which 
 causes her to neglect those sacred and all-important duties t > her chil- 
 dren, and to the society of which they are members. 
 
 In the church by her piety, her charity, and her Christian purity she 
 not only aids society by a proper training of her own children, but the 
 children of others, whom she encourages to come to the sacred altar, 
 are taught to walk in the paths of rectitude, honor, and religion. In 
 the Sunday-school room the good woman is a princess, and she exerts 
 an influence which purities and ennobles society, training the young in 
 the truths of religion, making the Sunday school the nursery of the 
 church and elevating society to the higher planes of pure religion, vir- 
 tue, and patriotism. 
 
 In the sick room and among the humble, the poor, and the suffering, 
 the good woman, like an angel of light, cheers the hearts and revives 
 the hopes of the poor, the suffering, and the despondent. 
 
 It would be a vain attempt to undertake to enumerate the refining, 
 endearing, and ennobling influences exercised by the true woman in 
 her relations to the family and to society when she occupies the sphere 
 assigned her by the laws of nature ami the Divine inspiration, which 
 are our surest guide for the present and the future life. lint how can 
 woman be expected to meet these heavy responsibilities and to discharge 
 these delicate and most important duties of wife, Christian, teacher, min- 
 ister of mercy, friend of the suffering, and consoler of the despondent and 
 the needy, if we impose upon her the grosser, rougher, and harsher du- 
 ties which nature has assigned to the male sex ! 
 
 If the wife and the mother is required to leave the sacred precincts of 
 home, and to attempt to do military duty when the State is in peril, or 
 if she is to be required to leave her home from da to day in attendance 
 upon the court as a juror, and to be shut up in the jury -room from night 
 to night, with men who are strangers, while a question of life or prop- 
 erty is being considered, if she is to attend political meetings, take part 
 in political discussions, and mingle with the male sex at political gath- 
 erings, if she is to become an active politician, if she is to attend polit- 
 ical caucuses at late hours of the ni ;ht, if she i> to take part in all the 
 unsavory work that may be deemed necessary for the triumph of her 
 party, and if on election day she is to leave her home and go upon the 
 streets electioneering for votes for the candidate's who receive her sup- 
 port, and mingling among the crowds of men who gather around the 
 polls, she is to press her way through them to the ballot-box and de- 
 posit her suffrage, if she is to take part in the corporate struggles of the 
 city or town in which she resides, attend to the duties of his honor the 
 mayor, of councilman, or of policeman, to say nothing of the many other 
 like obligations which are disagreeable even to the male sex. how is she, 
 with all these heavy duties of citizen, politician, and office-holder rest 
 
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 ing upon her shoulders, to attend to the more sacred, delicate, and re 
 fining trust to which we have already referred, and for which she Is 
 peculiarly fitted by nature | If she is to discharge the duties last men 
 tinned, how is she, in connection with them, to discharge the more iv 
 fining, elevating, and ennobling duties of wife, mother, Christian, ami 
 friend, which are found in the sphere where nature lias placed her I 
 
 Who is to care for and train the children while she is absent in the 
 discharge of these masculine duties ! 
 
 If it were proper to reverse the order of nature and assign woman t<» 
 the sterner duties devolved upon the male sex and to attempt to assign 
 man to th-e more refining, delicate, and ennobling duties of the woman 
 man would be found entirely incompetent to the discharge of the obli- 
 gations which nature has devolved upon the gentler sex, and society 
 must be greatly injured by the attempted change. But if we are told 
 that the object of this movement is not to reverse this order of nature, 
 but only to devolve upon the gentler sex a portion of the more rigorous 
 duties imposed by nature upon the stronger sex, we reply that society 
 must be injured, as the woman would not be able to discharge those 
 duties so well, by reason of her want of physical strength, as the male, 
 upon whom they are devolved, and to the extent that the duties are to 
 be divided the male would be infinitely less competent to discharge the 
 delicate and sacred trusts which nature has assigned to the female. 
 
 But it has been said that the present law is unjust to woman; that 
 she is often required to pay taxes on property she holds without being 
 permitted to take part in framing or administering the laws by which 
 her property is governed, and that she is taxed without representation. 
 This is a great mistake. 
 
 It may be very doubtful whether the male or the female sex, in the 
 present state of things, has more influence in the administration of the 
 affairs of the Government, and the enactment of the laws by which we 
 are governed. 
 
 While the woman does not discharge military duty, nor does she at- 
 tend courts and serve on juries, nor does she labor upon the public 
 streets, bridges, or highways, nor does she engage actively and publicly 
 in tin 1 discussion of political affairs, nor does she enter the crowded pre- 
 cincts of the ballot-box to deposit her suffrage, still the intelligent, cul- 
 tivated, aoble woman is a power behind the throne. All her influence 
 is in favor of morality, justice, and fair dealing; all her efforts and her 
 counsel are in favor of good government, wise and wholesome regula- 
 tions, and a faithful administration of the laws. Such a woman, by her 
 gentleness, kindness, and Christian bearing, impresses her views and 
 her counsels upon her father, her husband, her brothers, her sons, and 
 her other male friends, who imperceptibly yield to her influence many 
 times, without even being conscious of it. She rules not with a rod of 
 iron, but with the queenly scepter; she binds not with hooks of steel, 
 but with silken cords ; she governs not by physical efforts, but by moral 
 suasion and feminine purity and delicacy. Her dominion is one of love, 
 not of arbitrary power. 
 
 We are satisfied, therefore, that (he pure, cultivated and pious ladies 
 of this country now exercise a very powerful but quiet, imperceptible 
 influence in popular affairs much greater than they will ever again ex- 
 ercise if female suffrage should be enacted and they should be com- 
 pelled actively to take part in the affairs of Stale and the corruptions 
 of party politics. 
 
 It would be a gratification, and we arenlways glad to see the ladies 
 
 gratified, to many who have espoused the cause of woman suffrage if 
 
 they could take active part in political affairs, and go to the polls ami 
 
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 cast their votes alongside the male sex; but while this would be a grati- 
 fication to a large Dumber of very worthy and excellent ladies, who take 
 a different view of the question from that which we entertain, we feci 
 that it would be a great cruelty to a much larger number of the culti- 
 vated, refined, delicate, and lovely women of this country who seek no 
 such distinction; who would enjoy no such privilege, who would with 
 woman-like delicacy shrink from the discharge of any such obligation, 
 ami who would sincerely regret that what they consider the foils of t In- 
 state, had imposed upon them any such unpleasant duties. 
 
 But should female suffrage be once established it would become an 
 imperative necessity that the very large class, indeed much the largest 
 class of the women of this country, of the character last described, 
 should yield, contrary to their inclinations and their wishes, to the neces- 
 sity which would compel them to engage in political strife. We appre- 
 hend no one who has properly considered this question w ill doubt, 
 if female suffrage should be established, that the more ignorant and 
 less refined portions of the female population of this country, to say 
 nothing of the baser class of females, laying aside female delicacy, and 
 disregarding the sacred duties devolving upon them to which we have 
 already referred, would rush to the polls and take pleasure in the 
 crow ded association which the situation would compel of the two sexes 
 in political meetings and at the ballot-box. 
 
 If all the baser and all the more ignorant portion of the female sex 
 crowd to the polls and deposit their suffrage, this compels the very 
 large class of intelligent, virtuous, and refined females, including the 
 wives and mothers who have much more important duties to perform, 
 to leave their sacred labors at home, relinquishing for a time the God 
 given important trust which has been placed in their hands, to go con- 
 trary to their wishes to the polls and vote, to counteract the suffrage 
 of the less worthy class of our female population. 
 
 If they fail to do this the best interests of the country must suffer. 
 
 It is now a problem which perplexes the brain of the ablest states- 
 man to determine how we will best preserve our republican system as 
 against the demoralizing influence of the large class of our present citi- 
 zens and voters, who, by reason of their illiteracy, are unable to read or 
 write the ballot they cast. 
 
 Certainly no statesman who has carefully observed the situation 
 would desire to add very largely to this burden of ignorance. But who 
 does not apprehend the fact if universal female suffrage should be es- 
 tablished that we will, especially in the Southern States, add a very 
 large number to the voting population whose ignorance utterly disquali- 
 fies them to discharge the trust. If our colored population, who were so 
 recently slaves that even the males who are voters have had but little 
 opportunity to educate themselves, or to be educated, whose ignorance 
 is now exciting the liveliest interest of our statesmen, are causes of 
 serious apprehension, what is to be said in favor of adding to the voting 
 population all the females of that race, who, on account of the situation 
 in which they have been placed, have had much less opportunity to be 
 educated than even the males of their ow n race 1 We do not say it is 
 their fault that they are not educated; but the fact is undeniable that 
 they are grossly ignorant, with very few exceptions, and probably not 
 one iu a hundred of them could read and write tin 1 ballot they would 
 be authorized to cast. What says the statesman to the propriety of 
 adding this immense mass of ignorance to the voting population of the 
 Union iu its present condition I 
 
 It may be said that their votes could be off' set by the ballots of the 
 educated and refined ladies of the white race in the same section, but 
 
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 who docs not know that the ignorant voters would be at the polls en 
 masse, while the refined and educated, shrinking from public contact on 
 such occasions would remain at home and attend to their domestic and 
 other important duties, leaving the country to the control of those who 
 could afford, under the circumstances, to take part in the strifes of poli- 
 tics, and to tsome in contact with the unpleasant surroundings before 
 they could reach the polls. 
 
 Are we ready to expose the country to the demoralization, and our 
 institutions to the strain, which would thus be placed upon them, lor 
 the gratification of a minority of the virtuous and the good of our fe- 
 male population, at the expense of the mortification of a much larger 
 majority of the same class I 
 
 It has been frequently urged with great earnestness by those who 
 advocate woman suffrage that the ballot is necessary to the women to 
 enable them to protect themselves in securing occupations, and to ena- 
 ble them to realize the same compensation tor the like labor which is 
 received by men. This argument is plausible, but upon a closer exami- 
 nation it will be found to possess but little real force. The price of 
 Labor is, and must continue to be, governed by tin 1 law of supply and 
 demand; and the person who has the most physical strength to labor, 
 and the most pursuits requiring such strength open for employment, 
 will always command the higher prices. 
 
 Ladies make excellent teachers in the public schools; many of them 
 are every way the equals of their male competitors, and still they secure 
 less wages than males. The reason is obvious. The nu nber of ladies 
 w T ho otter themselves as teachers is much larger than the number of males 
 who are willing to teach. The larger number of females offer to teach 
 because other occupations are not open to them. The smaller number 
 of males otter to teach because other more profitable occupations are 
 open to most males who are competent to teach. The result is that the 
 competition for positions of teachers to be filled by ladies is so great as 
 to reduce the price, but as males cannot be employed at that price, and 
 are necessary in certain places in the schools, those seeking their sear- 
 vices have to pay a higher rate for them. Persons having larger 
 number of places open to them with fewer competitors command higher 
 wages than those who have as mailer number of places open to them 
 with more competitors. This is the law of society. It is the law of sup- 
 ply and demand, which cannot be changed by legislation. 
 
 Then it follows that the ballot cannot enable those who have to com- 
 pete with tin 1 larger numberto command the same pricesas those who com- 
 pete with the smaller number in the labor market. As the legislature 
 has no power to regulate in practice that of which the advocates of 
 female suffrage complain the ballot in the hands of females could not 
 aid its regulation. The ballot cannot impart to the female physical 
 strength which she does not possess, nor can it open to her pursuits 
 which she does not have physical ability to engage in; and as long as 
 she lacks the physical strength to compete with men in the different 
 departments of labor there will be more competition in her department, 
 and she must necessarily receive less wages. 
 
 lint it is claimed again that females should have the ballot as a pro- 
 tection against the tyranny of bad husbands. This is also delusive. If 
 the husband is brutal, arbitrary, or tyrannical, and tyrannizes over her 
 at home, the ballot in her bands would be no protection againt > uch in- 
 justice, but the husband who compelled her to conform to his wishes in 
 other respects would also compel her to use the ballot if she possessed 
 it as he might please to dictate. The ballot could therefore be of no 
 assistance to the wife in such case, nor could it heal family strifes or 
 
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 dissensions On the contrary, one of the gravest object ions to placing 
 the bailor in the hands of the female sex is that it would promote mi 
 happiness and dissensions in the family circle. There should be unity 
 in the family. 
 
 At present the man represents the family in meeting the demands of 
 the law and of society upon the family. 80 far as the rougher, coarser 
 duties are concerned, the man represents the family, and the Individu- 
 ality of the woman is not brought into prominence, but when the ballot 
 is placed in the hands of the woman her individuality is enlarged and 
 she is expected to answer for herself the demands of the law and of 
 society on her individual account, and not as the weaker member of the 
 family to answer by her husband. This naturally draws her out from 
 the dignified ami cultivated refinement of her womanly position, and 
 brings her into a closer contact with the rougher elements of society, which 
 tends to destroy that higher reverence and respect which her retinement 
 and dignity in the relation of wife and mother have always inspired in 
 those who approached her in her useful and honorable retirement. 
 
 When she becomes a voter she will be more or less of a politician, 
 and will form political alliances, or unite with political parties, which 
 will frequently be antagonistic to those to which her husband belongs. 
 This will introduce into the family circle new elements of disagreement 
 and discord, which will frequently end in unhappy divisions, if not in 
 separation or divorce. This must frequently occur when she becomes 
 an active politician, identified with a party which is distasteful to her 
 husband. On the other hand, if she unites w ith her husband in party 
 associations, and votes with him on all occasions, so as not to disturb 
 the harmony and happiness of the family, then the ballot is of no serv- 
 ice, as it simply duplicates the vote of the male on each side of the 
 question, and leaves the result the same. 
 
 Again, if the family is the unit of society, and the State is composed 
 of an aggregation of families, then it is important to society that there 
 be as many happy families as possible, and it becomes the duty of man 
 and woman alike to unite in the holy relation of matrimony. 
 
 As this is the only legal and proper mode of rendering obedience to 
 the early command to multiply and replenish the earth, whatever tends 
 to discourage the holy relation of matrimony, is in disobedience of t his 
 command, and any (mange which encourages such disobedience is vio 
 lative of the Divine law, and cannot result in advantage to the State. 
 Before forming this relation it is the duty of young nam w ho have to 
 take upon themselves the responsibilities of providing for and protect- 
 ing the family to select some profession or pursuit that is most con 
 geuial to their tastes, and in which they will be most likely to be suc- 
 cessful ; but this is not permitted to the young ladies, or if permitted, 
 it cannot be practically carried out after matrimony. As it might fre- 
 quently happen that the young man had selected one profession or 
 pursuit and the young lady another ; the result would be that after 
 marriage she must drop the profession or pursuit of her choice and 
 employ herself in the sacred duties of wife and mother at home, and in 
 rearing, educating, and elevating the family, w hile the husband pur- 
 sues the profession of Ids choice. 
 
 It may be said, however, that there is a class of young ladies who do 
 not choose to marry, and who select professions or avocations and fol- 
 low them for a livelihood. This is true, but this class compared with 
 the number who unite in matrimony with the husbands of their choice 
 is comparatively very small; and it is the duty of society to encourage 
 the increase of marriages rather than of celibacy. If the larger number 
 of females select pursuits or professions which require them to decline 
 
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 marriage, society to that extent is deprived of the advantages resulting 
 from the increase of population by marriage. 
 
 It is said by those who have examined the question closely that the 
 largest number of divorces is now found in the communities where the 
 advocates of female suffrage are most numerous, and where the indi- 
 vidualitv of woman as related to her hushand, which such a doctrine 
 Inculcates, is increased to the greatest extent. If this be true, and it 
 seems to be well authenticated, it is a strong plea in the interest of the 
 fnmilv and of society, against granting the petition of the advocate* of 
 woman suffrage. After all, this is a local question, which properly be- 
 longs to the different States of the Union, each acting for itself, and 
 to the Territories of the Union, when not acting in conflict with the Con- 
 stitution and laws of the United States. 
 
 The fact that a State adopts the rule of female suffrage, neithei in- 
 creases nor diminishes its power in the Union, as the number oi Repre- 
 sentatives in Congress to which each State is entitled, and the number 
 of members of the electoral college appointed by each, is determined by 
 its aggregate population, and not by the proportion ot its voting pop- 
 ulation, so long as no race or class is excluded from the exercise ot the 
 right of suffrage. c*i 
 
 While the undersigned would vote against female suffrage it theques- 
 tiou were to arise in their respective States, they admit the power ot 
 the States over the subject-matter. Entertaining these views they pro- 
 test against a constitutional amendment which would confer the right 
 of female suffrage in all parts of the Union, without regard to the wishes 
 of the different States at any time after the adoption of the said amend- 
 ment They believe that the noble, true, good women of the country 
 Should be heard, and as an expression of their views there is hereto ap- 
 pended " Woman's Protest against Woman Suffrage known as the 
 Lorain Memorial against Woman Suffrage, presented to the Ohio legis- 
 lature and signed by a large number of the most thoughttu and intel- 
 ligent women of the cities of Oberlin and Elvria, Ohio, including lady 
 teachers and wives of professors in Oberlin °° l te||; pH B BBO w N 
 
 F. M . OOOKRBLL. 
 
 WOMAN'S trotest AGAINST WOMAN suffrage. 
 We acknowledge no inferiority to men. yVe claim to have no less ability to per- 
 form tin -duties ifnieh God has imposed npon ns than they have to perform those >m- 
 
 P< We SfftevetSl God has wisely and well adapted each sex to the proper perfor.n- 
 
 ft Te1eUeve^nr be as important and sacred as any that exist on earth. 
 
 We believe woman suffrage would relatively lessen the intluence of the intelligent 
 ■md true and increase the intluence of the ignorant and vicious. 
 
 We7«l that our present duties .ill up the whole measure °* ™^ ^£2* 
 and are such as none bill ourselves can perform. Our appreciation ol hen impor- 
 : 1 i res us to protest against all etlorts to infringe upon our rights by nn posing 
 1 /s'thos,. <.bl.Jn.ons whuh cannot be operated Prom sn, , u w inch 
 
 think, cannot be performed l>y us without the saenhee ot the highest interests 01 om 
 
 f Tfclt^ husbands, and sons who represent us at the ballot-box. 
 Our fathers and our brothers love us: our husbands are our choice and one ^hM, 
 „u mill are what ,n make. them. We are content that they represent us iU the , Ol - 
 MdTSTSJ battUeld. and at the ballot-box. and we 0,e,n m these boo broom a 
 
 ^ -tablish - won.au 
 
 SOAnage" in our land, Ot m any part ot it.