no end to the smart speeches and the witty remarks that may
be made on the subject. But when we seriously attempt to
show that a woman who pays taxes ought not to have a voice
in the manner in which the taxes are expended, that a woman
whose property and liberty and person are controlled by the
laws should have no voice in framing those laws, it is not
so easy. If women are fit to rule in a monarchy, it is
difficult to say why they are not qualified to vote in a
republic; nor can there be greater indelicacy in a woman
going to the ballot-box than there is in a woman opening a
legislature or issuing orders to an army.

To all who are more serious in their opposition to the movement,
we would remind them of the words of a few distinguished men:--

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who
assist in bearing its burdens, by no means excluding
women.--[ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

I believe that the vices in our large cities will never be
conquered until the ballot is put into the hands of
women.--[Bishop SIMPSON.

I do not think our politics will be what it ought to be till
women are legislators and voters.--[Rev. JAMES FREEMAN
CLARKE.

Women have quite as much interest in good government as men,
and I have never heard or read of any satisfactory reason
for excluding them from the ballot-box; I have no more doubt
of their ameliorating influence upon politics than I have of
the influence they exert everywhere else.--[GEORGE WILLIAM
CURTIS.

In view of the terrible corruption of our politics, people
ask, can we maintain universal suffrage? I say no, not
without women. The only bear-gardens in our community are
the town-meeting and the caucus. Why is this? Because these
are the only places at which women are not present.--[Bishop
GILBERT HAVEN.

I repeat my conviction of the right of woman suffrage.
Because suffrage is a right and not a grace, it should be
extended to women who bear their share of the public cost,
and who have the same interest that I have in the selection
of officials and the making of laws which affect their
lives, thei