▁power ; ▁a ▁mixed ▁constitution ▁between ▁absolute ▁mon archy ▁and ▁republic an ▁dem ocracy . ▁However , ▁L ett ▁stopped ▁short ▁of ▁total ▁em an cip ation , ▁fear ing ▁that ▁British ▁Chart ism ▁might ▁give ▁all ▁classes ▁the ▁vote ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁ignor ant ▁may ▁vote ▁for ▁a ▁reb elli ous ▁cause . ▁▁ ▁Made ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Ott awa ▁Tem per ance ▁Society ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 3 , ▁L ett ▁gave ▁r ally ing ▁speech es ▁including ▁a ▁str ident ▁address ▁on ▁The ▁En em ies ▁of ▁King ▁Al co hol : ▁The ▁Fight ▁between ▁Cold ▁Water ▁and ▁Wh is key . ▁ ▁He ▁wrote ▁a ▁temper ance ▁h ymn . ▁▁ ▁It ▁would ▁be ▁going ▁too ▁far ▁to ▁suggest ▁that ▁L ett ▁supported ▁the ▁nas cent ▁suff ra get te ▁movement . ▁He ▁pre fac ed ▁his ▁poem ▁Woman ▁with ▁the ▁widely - h eld ▁opinion ▁that ▁a ▁woman ' s ▁God - g iven ▁mission ▁is ▁to ▁pro create ▁and ▁train ▁her ▁children ▁for ▁life ▁on ▁Earth ▁and ▁in ▁Heaven . ▁However , ▁he ▁supported ▁a ▁view ▁that ▁in just ice ▁is ▁done ▁to ▁woman ▁by ▁public ▁opinion , ▁compared ▁with ▁its ▁treatment ▁of ▁man , ▁under ▁precisely ▁similar ▁ad verse ▁circumstances … soci ety ▁did ▁not ▁require ▁to ▁be ▁any ▁more ▁severe , ▁any ▁more ▁un char itable ▁as ▁respect s ▁women ▁in ▁this ▁particular , ▁but ▁justice ▁did ▁call ▁for ▁similar ▁treatment , ▁to ▁men , ▁under ▁like ▁circumstances . ▁He ▁defined ▁woman ▁as ▁"