| Show FEM LE SUFFERING marriage Mar riago is that partnership upon which t tl s 3 right order of society 1 and the right to perpetuation of the species depends the th 0 question is whether each each partner shall keep to that line of labor abor which nature has I 1 marl marked out or whether of woman shall b be e demanded not only her own 8 share h a re 0 of f the labor but also a large part of that which belongs to in man a n JF F C oret r W us notice that while iam it may ay be granted that woman woi nah has phy physical capacity io cast a ballot men has not na the physical capacity to bear and nourish children nature has made it t forever impossible 4 tb a the s sauld nou d perform that tha t office if t therefore ho he d demands ema ads of her that s r she bb ee ss shall bb aa participate in those external a and n d general duties such as labor for the support of the home borne and tor for the direction of the state which his natural constitution physical and intellectual fit him for while ha be cannot hy by any ability relieve her of those most necessary offices and duties which nature demands of her he commits a palpable and monstrous injustice nor does it help the matter to say as you do that because womans comans nature is purer and nobler than mans the state would be benefited by her participation in political if men are not capable of managing the affairs of the state according to the highest and best ideas of the th race that is of both men and women will you permit me respectfully to enquire what proper and adequate share of this worlds work they can perform what jr their natural place in the order cf f society are they mere hewers of lf wood and drawers of water they cannot bear citizens they cannot care for baem in infancy and rear them to manhood it if they cannot govern them with wisdom and justice when they are produced ready made to their hands what is their reason for being when a man stands up in the united states senate and makes such a statement as that in regard to the men of this republic it appears to me that lie he compromises his own self respect and the respect due to the dignified and honorable body to which he be has been elevated |
