WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.] Sin,—As the Spectator is always fair, even against itself, will you permit me to point out that the Clergy of this country have long possessed and exercised the Franchise, with perfect pro- priety, and with advantage to themselves and others, though debarred by their office, as women householders will be in like case by their sex, from "entering Parliament and the Ministry." Our foreign policy commends itself, but the home-sense of women needs greatly to be brought to bear on the domestic legislation of the nation, which is tending now more and more to be regarded by those engaged upon it as a mere "field for politi-
[Our contention is that the indirect representation of women through men is a far more effective and complete representation than they could ever attain in any other way,—indefinitely more effective than any which could possibly be attained by giving votes only to the small class of women householders.— ED. Spectator.]
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