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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539743" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Women's Suffrage</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fellow men! why should the lords try to despise<br>And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise?<br>When they pay the same taxes as you and me,<br>I consider they ought to have the same liberty. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I consider if they are not allowed the same liberty,<br>From taxation every one of them should be set free;<br>And if they are not, it is really very unfair,<br>And an act of injustice I most solemnly declare. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Women, farmers, have no protection as the law now stands;<br>And many of them have lost their property and lands,<br>And have been turned out of their beautiful farms<br>By the unjust laws of the land and the sheriffs' alarms. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And in my opinion, such treatment is very cruel;<br>And fair play, 'tis said, is a precious jewel;<br>But such treatment causes women to fret and to dote,<br>Because they are deprived of the parliamentary Franchise vote. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">In my opinion, what a man pays for he certainly should get;<br>And if he does not, he will certainly fret;<br>And why wouldn't women do the very same?<br>Therefore, to demand the parliamentary Franchise they are not to blame. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Therefore let them gather, and demand the parliamentary Franchise;<br>And I'm sure no reasonable man will their actions despise,<br>For trying to obtain the privileges most unjustly withheld from them;<br>Which Mr. Gladstone will certainly encourage and never condemn. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And as for the working women, many are driven to the point of starvation,<br>All through the tendency of the legislation;<br>Besides, upon members of parliament they have no claim<br>As a deputation, which is a very great shame. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yes, the Home Secretary of the present day,<br>Against working women's deputations, has always said- nay;<br>Because they haven't got the parliamentary Franchise-,<br>That is the reason why he does them despise. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And that, in my opinion, is really very unjust;<br>But the time is not far distant, I most earnestly trust,<br>When women will have a parliamentary vote,<br>And many of them, I hope, will wear a better petticoat. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I hope that God will aid them in this enterprise,<br>And enable them to obtain the parliamentary Franchise;<br>And rally together, and make a bold stand,<br>And demand the parliamentary Franchise throughout Scotland. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And do not rest day nor night-<br>Because your demands are only right<br>In the eyes of reasonable men, and God's eyesight;<br>And Heaven, I'm sure, will defend the right. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Therefore go on brave women! and never fear,<br>Although your case may seem dark and drear,<br>And put your trust in God, for He is strong;<br>And ye will gain the parliamentary Franchise before very long.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><div class=q>
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And prohibit women from having the benefit of the parliamentary Franchise?
When they pay the same taxes as you and me,
I consider they ought to have the same liberty. 

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