ieves in, he must
not be thus unjust to me.

The gentleman says he believes in Paul. So do I. When Paul
declares that there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor
free, male nor female in Christ, I believe he meant what he said.
The gentleman says he believes in Paul more than in the
Anglo-Saxon blood. I believe in both. But when Paul tells us to
"submit ourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake,"
and to "fear God and honor the king," the heavy tread of the
Anglo-Saxon blood walks over the head of Paul and sweeps away
from this republic the possibility of a king. And the gentleman
himself, I presume, would not assent to the sway of a crowned
monarch, Paul to the contrary, notwithstanding. Just as the
people have outgrown the injunction of Paul in regard to a king,
so have the wives his direction to submit themselves to their
husbands. The gentleman intimates that wives have no right to
vote against their husbands, because the Scriptures command
submission, and he fears that it would cause trouble at home if
they were to do so. Let me give him the reply of an old lady,
gray with the years which bring experience and wisdom. She said
that when men wanted to get their fellow-men to vote in the way
they desire, they take especial pains to please them, they smile
upon them, ask if their wives and children are well, and are
exceedingly kind. They do not expect to win their vote by
quarreling with them--that would be absurd. In the same way, if a
man wanted his wife to vote for his candidate he will be sure to
employ conciliatory means.

The golden rule settles this whole question. We claim it as ours,
and whatever is found in the Bible contradictory to it, never
came from God. If men quote other texts in conflict with this, it
is their business, not mine, to make them harmonize. I did not
quite understand the gentleman's definition of what is natural.
But this I do know, that when God made the human soul and gave it
certain capacities, He meant these capacities should be
exercised. The wing of the bird indicates its right to fly; and
the fin of the fish the right to swim. So in human beings, the
existence of a power, presupposes the right to its use, subject
to the law of benevolence. The gentleman says the voice of woman