The Revolution, vol. 5, no. 15, April 14, 1870, p. 231

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An important witness to the truth of the theory and practice of Equal Rights bas arisen. He advoostes the suffrage for women not merely on the ground of removing dissbilities which are inconsistent with the principles of representative government, but as hikely to afford a positive strength to the moral tife" of the country which admits women into its councils as a portion of the body politic. This new confessor is the Rev. Frederick Denison Maurice. Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cagbridge, who is well known as perhaps the most profound and earnest of living theologians. He is one of the leaders of the Broad Church party—s party that unites s reverence for all that is sacred im the past with a respect for mew revelations from the discoveries of science. “It tesches," says an sable expounder of the phases of faith, “that the Divine Love is the great principle of the divime government, snd will be triumphant bereafter over sin and evil—that the shyss of love is decper than the abyss of desth. It teaches that buman souls—even the poorest, narrowest souls—are all of infinite value, loved by God and to be valued by men. It tesches s morality not appealing to hope of reward, or fear of punishment, but founded on pure love of God and goodness, and it nobly rebukes the ofher world inessvhich transtorms virtue into interest. In no party of christiars does religion assume a healthier type ; in mone has morslity tended to produce so noble a philanthropy. The Broad Church lbors to elevate men as men, improfing their samitary and social conditions. eduoating them to think for themselves, even on the highest topics, and so leading them up to religion. Spiritual, large-hearted, with purest othics and devoted hves, the Broad Church party olaims our highest respect. I have given you this little definition of the party of which Mr. M.urice 1s one of the distinguished leaders, in order that your readers may fully estmats the value of his testimony.

THE REV. 7. D. MAURIOE ON FEMALE SUFFRAGE. From the Spectator of March 5, 1870 St The question of Feomale Suffrage will shortly come betore Pariisment. The advocstes of it assert the right of women to share in the government of a coun try of which they conmstitute so large s portion. Teopponents of it maintain that the imfuence which wo en exercise in England is and sbould be domestic, not postical.

1 leave the first argument untourhed on the second 1 would wish to say s few words. Can any one pretend that the mfleomce of women over politios—over elee. tionser.ng politics, especially—is not very conmaersble nmow Suppose it is only domestic ifiuence that con tinually determines what csndidstes shall offer them selves, not untrequently wha candidste shall be slected. But notoriously, this purely domestic power is exerted, dsngerously exerted, on tonants, on shophepers. on all classes that form our constituencies. According to the maxims that are gepersity acoepted by thoughtinl men. is it not well thet tuis strictly politicall power whould be beld unders sepse o repon ality, with the scknowiedgment of it s a rust, not wislded orelensly to gratify some sentiment, to sustsin some porsonal favor. ite?Those who demand the soffrage for women are not vesily asking for them s power which they de mot poe eoy sre kin iy t power whi they do poseens may be ued eriousts with aer t ovo, wit ar of r t private partisiit se

y withholding the wffage from women on the ground tiat they ousht mot o be pottiin, we maks them, it seems to me, positicians of the worst kind We jostty al fominine. plo or aong pon mere rt faney in the weteton of twe corge th abuses to which those pless lesd. On the othe band, 17 the Lagiiature ranty amits wome to the rie o urage, wi. eleve, y tone of the whole land, by raising the tone of thowe

ertnti o. , are, rul, far more concienion ha en. Whe in sny sphere they are less comsnintions an bein to make men less conscientions. it is a ressonsie conjeeturs tht t this pere omting bes te om e the somse of responoibiisty. Mere logisiation is mot aie toefct mini tt. ut igi o upon s morsl theory and working slong with it may fo even greater mischi f.

1 would contond as carmestly as any ome for the 6omestic auties of s woman1 guestion whether you oe not crippie her in the porformance of these Gutis, and lower her comptio of ter r, w o t ber not to regerd bersolt as s oitizen. The mpotity of the bome is the safegard of the maion yo eor a separation between the bome and the pation, you afrm that one-balt of the mation is to be shwt up in home and exomoes rom y parncipstion m ige ttoresta, take oore that the ormaments of the home do pot become mere orpaments piotures to be gazed st and worshipped, not 1ving 1 owers to purify and ballow1 should like to see our Legisiature proving by thew aote that this is not thetr conoeption of s woman's function in the world; all the oomp iments which they pay ber are very hollow and contemptibles, if it is.

80 long as magority of the male inbsbitants of Grest Britain were not reckoned in fhe constituency, it might bave beon a uselens weste of time to recommend that women sbould be represented. When boussbolders are admitten to the franchiss, thetr excinsion most str any one as anomalons. 1 do pot, bowever, ak to7 thewr admission as the removal of s constitutionsl anomaly, of which we tolerate so many, but sss positive strength to the moral life of Egiana. The Pints bave thrown ont on this uct ave e epan ed wit a more for in the writings wherein women bave piesdod thew own cause. Bat it may mot be wholly ussles for an outioer of the other sex to own bow their arguments beve im" pressed him, and to state on whst grounds ne coniders thet man of oli parties and all prosessions mas oo 7. D. MavmcH Oambriage, March 1 PAMPHELETS ON WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE

1 send you four new publicstions which desl specially with this question. The first. called Women and Politics, by the Rev. Oanon Kingsley, I have mentioned in s former letter. It has been reprimted from Maomillan's magazine. The second, enttled Women's uffrage, 1 the proceedings of the public meeung beld in Edinburgh in January. It gives the specches in entenso, with the mames of the subsoribers and executive commitiee of the Edimburgh Society. Third, A Lecture on Women's Suffrage. by Prof. F. W. Newmsn, is the foll report of the address dolivered in Bath and Bristol about two months ago, of which 1 gave you a brief account in my letter of that date. It is most walusble in showing the present and prospeetive issues of the religions besrings, and its wital mportanoe to the well being of our, country and of human progress in the highest sense

The fourth pampbliet 1 send puts the queson he Eercie of e Thi is sbly anewered by the writer, Mrs. Wilham Grey. who then recounts five ressons why women should bave o share in the government. whih may be th summed up 1.Because woman is physicslly weaker than man. and needs this counterpoise to ensure u tice. 3'Becanse woman bas quicker pereepio and more grace and bouty n a e sis nooded o a refining and elevsting infinenoe in the mational ife . Women is tonder hearted end pitiful and her yp are meeded in pobtion Womsn hes a strong semse of duty. wnd greater imfusion of morsl reponsility will be presonted by her presenoe in polsties life.

. Womsn is religions by maturs, and she will bring this clement inte the manenal councile

rs Grey oonein w w ountion—Let snother reform potiosl power to women. and men will st leng iol ompeed t t t t playthings, or userul Grudgen. but as the possesors of power which soety must, at i peri, tench tem o e or n e wonE A A Miss Garrett bas been admittod as member of the medical staff of the Eest London Hospital for chiloren. and was appointed one of the physicisns isst Wednesday. This the first hospital in Grest B.itain which bas reoognied in this manner the femsie medioal movement.

The agitation against the Comtagions Discasee Acts, which have deseribed in former letters, and which now extends to every large commomity and aimost every oemur of mteigene the kingdom, bes given rise to much discunsion upon the mediosl profession, and hes orested ort of ori in The neoesity for opening the profesmon to women bis beome more ohvious, and finds many fresh advoostes. You are, mo Goubt, sware that st present women ars exciuded by srbitrary rules from medionl exammations and degrees. A petition to Parlisment is being prepared praving thet these wmjust restrictions may be removed, and thet m an future legisistion Parhament will mnedon pe measure for the regulstion of medioal degrene which 65es mot provide for ther being grante not s matter of favor, but of right to all ndidstes alike who give evidence of the mesotu proficiency in me josl study; such degre being no longer contingent on sny condtions with which t is imtentionally made im-

Yours, very truly. REsmoos Moom

A BRAVE WESTERN WOMAN

In private letter to Miss Anthony. Mr. Governor MoCook, of Colorado (at present in Washimgton), thus nobly and bravely expreasee her sentiments Both Gon. MoCOook and mywelt would lis t be t your New York snmiverty, but we mow foar it will not be powsible. 1 wish to be oondered ooply itrd in ti reorf woman, and am pledged to ao everything powible to forward it. I bope by the nmext mest ing of the legisisture of Colorde thetwe shall be sble to ps the whioh failed by only three votes this time

My experionce m this matter hes been fol iowsNearly all the working women 1 hewe met the soboo and mus toer. op men and seamstrenses are in fvor of eouferand 1 ppot own se. Women oppons to the w men B is bad enough to fight the men whoare opposed. t w t int w the wo ow beey degradme. i r Poople are p As iwer t poiie nd yet be all e Whon teach them differenly