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az voter, not in making the laws by which she 10
judged He tells the audience what nice little
woman s waiting for the return Of her lord and master
10 give him dofe OF publication that his sullied mind
cannot feel What bright mother this must be, and
what bright son Is hers for bright mothers always
bright sons unless they take after their fathers regret
that Roebuck is not here, face to face that
may arraign him But ! win do the nsxt best
thing will say what have to say in the presence
my words to him, the wings of the fight
Dipg AZ quick as / speak them. MRS. Ross
seemed TO forget that the Transatlantic telegraph Is not
yet fact Whenever any human being Is deprived his
rights the custom Ia TO etter him or her or ACCORDING
to the English language to softsosp him Why did he
not admit the hight Of women to vote? Because he
afraid OF public opinion Cowards and tyrants always
take refuge under expediency. lie says woman would
lose oll Der feminine qualities and become recreant to
her own nature No doubt he felt that II woman knew
ber rights beter and asserted them she would his
BIDDING and minister his passions and folles Suoh
are the lofty views that British statesman has Of
woman He thinks that the same sun of freedom that
warns the heart Of man cannot warm the heart Of
woman also 1t is inexpedient TO allow her to the
polls The Turk keeps his women in a harem; Niche
las Of Rrrsa keeps down hungary by force Of arms;
and Louis Napoleon with the bayonet in one hsnd
and the ballot box in the other, compels the pee
pie to elect him. These tyrants can all give tho same
reasons as Mr. Roebncks expediency Justice Ia not
In their vocabulary But the question Of exps
dency hey have not atom Of ground to stand upea
The only objection have had against womaps po
ticai equality is the per ct corruption Of political par
ties in Congress- and out Of IT, No can approach
them without contamination. The evidence OF tho cor
ruption comes from members of Congress themseyes
What be done9 Shall we leave the stagnant poss
Hoace Mann calls them in the condition which We
find them? Shall we leave politics in the hands Of men
who have corrupted them! No; expediency calls for
woman to purify them. The legislative hall stands
more IN need of publication than husbands at hosae
oman again required to soften the rude and unciyn
lied nature of man Eve did that of Adam by mailing
him eat OF the tree Of knowledge IL she possessed
rights she would be far afectionate q WIFE and
would not only give her husband repose her boss
when weary but would give him the aid of her counsel
and make him far happier than il Is possible her IN
state Of slavery (Applause)
Miss LYDIA A. JENKINS boomer then addressed tho
convention She said tyranny always endeavors tter
the tongue from free uterance and all hsmperDg OF the
tongue is tyranny. The greatest thoughts without
speech would do man kind little good He Is Q cravsn
who will not allow truths to be uttered because
not prepared to hear them Miss Jenkins then went
70 iDcucafe the cultivation Of womsns moral nature,
md to dprecae the contest for wealth that absorS
everything At length she said there not sufficient
xygen in the atmosphere Of the room to sustain hSr,
10 she must conclude
Miss RosE's resolution then adopted, and It was
rdered that the subject of organization be taken up ~
morrow.
The convention then adjourned.