Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. President, the Senfrom Maryland has made an inquiry as to the law of NewJersey in reference to women voting. There was a period in NewJersey when, in reference to some local matters, and those only, women voted; but that riod has long since passed away; and I F. think authorized in saying that the womeu of NewJersey today do not desire to vote. Sir, I confess a little surprise at the remark which has been so frequently made in the Senate, that there is no difference between granting suffrage to colored citizens and extending it to the women of America. The difference, to my mind, is as wide as the earth. As I understand it, we legislate for classes, and the women of America as a class do vote now, though there are exceptions from the peculiar circumstances individuals. Do not the American people vote, in this Senate today on this estion? Do they not vote in the HoRep So the women of America vote by faithful and true representatives, their husbands, their brothers, their sons; and no true man will go to the polls and deposit his ballot without remembering the true and loving constituency that he has at home. More than that, sir, 99 out of 100, I believe 999 out of 1,000, of the women in America do not want the privilege of voting in another manner than that which I have stated. In both these regards there is a vast difference between the situation of the colored citizen and the women of America. But, Mr. President, besides that, the women of America are not called upon to serve the Government as the men of America are. They do not bear the bayonet, and have not that reason why they should be entitled to the ballot; and it seems to me as if the God of our race has stamped upon them a milder, gentler nature, which not only makes them shrink from, but disqualifies them for the turmoil and battle of public life. They have a higher and a holier mission. It is in retiracy, to make the character of coming men. Their mission is at home, by their blandishments and their love to assuage the passions of men as they come in from the battle of life, and not themselves by joining in the contest to add fuel to the very flames. The learned and eloquent Senfrom Pennsylvania said yesterday with great beauty that he wanted to cast the angel element into the suffrage system of America. Sir, it seems to me that it would be ruthlessly tearing the angel element from the homes of America; and the homes of the people of America are infinitel more valuable than any suffrage system. It will be a oday for this country when those vestal fires of piety and love are put out. Mr. President, it seems to me that the Chris tian religion, which has elevated woman to her true position as a peer by the side of man, from j.she was taken; religion which is a part of the common law of this land, in its very spirit and declarations recognizes man as the representative of woman. The very structure of that religion which for centuries has been being built recognizes that principle, and it is written on its very door posts. woman, it is true, was 1st tempted; but it was in Adam that we all died. The angel, it is true, appeared to Mary; but it is in the God man that we are all made alive. I do not see that there is any parity of reasoning between the case of the women of America, entitling them or making it desirable that they should have suffrage, and that of the colored citizen of the U.S.