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1 Why Women Do Not Want the Ballot [vi] (1894)

handle is hein.peggy/whywod0001 and id is 1 raw text is: STATEMENT IN REGARD TO THE SUFFRAGE. i.-From time immemorial the responsibility for civil government has been confided to and been exer- cised by man. The reason is founded in nature. The ultimate reliance of government is upon force. Man is by nature combative, woman is non-combative. The responsibility for the maintenance of civil government rests, therefore, upon man. because some one must be prepared to fight for it whenever the necessity arises. 2.-The function of maternity is the peculiar attri- bute of woman. Her natural sphere is in the family, and love and not force is the source of her power. 3.-In consequence of these functional differences between woman and man, she enjoys certain rights, privileges and immunities which are denied to men. Among these may be enumerated the following: First, the duty of holding public office. Second, the obligation of jury service and the discharge of judicial.and police functions. Third, military service. None of these duties could be performed by women without violating the proprieties and safeguards of female purity and delicacy. 4.-The suffrage is a duty which can be exercised by women as well as by men, and it will doubtless be cheerfully conceded to woman wherever it can be shown that it will be for her benefit or will promote the welfare of society; but the burden of proof rests upon those who advocate this extension of the suffrage. The suffrage is not a question of right or of justice, but of policy and expediency. Heretofore it has been con- ceded only to those who can perform the duties which are inherent in the nature of civil government : shall it be extended to those who cannot perform these duties? 5.-It is alleged that women are subject to certain legal disabilities, and deprived of certain privileges, the injustice of which, the possession of the suffrage would rectify. The Legislature of the State of New York has already redressed all grievances brought to public attention, and if any remain to be redressed, the suffrage Reproduction by Permmission of Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Buffalo, NY

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