halt
not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt
thou eat of it all the days of thy life." Now, permit us to be in
the relation that Adam and Eve were originally. It behooves the
male sex to answer the objections of the female sex--not that we
wish to combat them in public; but it behooves us, as a matter of
justice, to put the question on a right foundation. It may be
necessary, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, that the ladies
should be here, but in the hundredth it may be necessary that man
should say, "Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther." You see the
original cause of sin was because man, being placed in the
garden, gave way to woman, and the curse fell upon him; the
original cause of sin was because man gave up his judgment to
woman; and it may be, if we now give up our rights to woman, some
great calamity may fall upon us. Had woman only sinned, perhaps
we might still have been in Eden. (Great applause).

My second reason why man should vote is the law of physical force
over the woman--because man's strength is greater than woman's.

The third reason is, because if women enter the field of
competition with men, it may lead not only to domestic
unhappiness, but a great many other ill feelings. And I will give
another reason why men should be dictators. If woman says she
shall vote, and man says she sha'n't, he is in duty bound to
maintain what he says. If he says she sha'n't, that is reason
enough why she should not." (Cheers and laughter).

ALEXANDER PARKER, of Philadelphia, rose in his place, and on
being invited to the platform, spoke thus:

Adam was the first gardener in the world; he belonged to my
business, for I am a gardener--a business I took up myself, so I
should have something to say about the garden of Eden. Well, I
have often thought about the fall, and I have often pictured it
in this manner: the very moment the charge was given not to do
such a thing, that was just the time they wanted to do it.
(Prolonged cheers).

It is often said that woman has a great deal of curiosity, and no
doubt it was whispered into her ear, that the moment she ate of
the forbidden fruit she should become a god. Now, I have seen
more reason this morning why women should vote than I have ever
seen befo