SYLLOGISMS OF THE STUMP.
(Selected—and condensed—from recent Platform "Arguments.")
There is no principle, no precedent, no reason why, if the majority desire anything, a Legislative sanction should not be given to their decision.
The majority in Ireland desire Home Rule.
Therefore, it would be an outrage to the minority to give Legislative sanction to that desire.
The influence of Women in politics must be elevating and refining.
That influence can be most effectively and legitimately exercised by and through possession of the Electoral Franchise.
Therefore it would unsex and degrade women to give them the Parliamentary vote.