New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-28
THB wOMEN,s NATIONAL LEAGUE
Report Of the Executive Cemmitfce.

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"hiie, as women. we might not presume TO teach
men The mysterious arts Of craftsmanship and diplo-
macy We fer II duty TO coll the Laton back TO the
a. b, c # human rights
In hacking over the history Of the Republic We clearly
RI" Is sLAvERY the cause not only Of all oar political
ami haeia commissions, but II IKE terrible Rebellion
J d'~o'"iing our oCuniry ard our homes
| 10 Go this Was work OF time and money; and We
we're compelled to ossume dcbt Of FIVE THOUSAND Dol
LARS ~ starting the item Of postage alone amounting
to one heA'ond, all " which happy 70 say has
beer duly paid
oGr thanks are due 90 Robert Dale Owen Gent
Smith Eradhurst Schief,ln Wendell Phillips, Jessie
y Benton Fremont Frederick Douglas, Henry Ware
! leeeher and the Hovey Trust Fund Committee Of BSs'
Ton Tor t'r timely contributions and liberal words Of
cho'r hnt SUI more are we indebted 10 the number
Fss nancoss thousands Of The honest earnest children
"f toll throughout the country for thor responses 10
orr eall thsir words Of hearty G0d.speed and their
=. NIT offerings ranging from five cents 10 five
dollars
From these petitions thus widely scattered We have
already seat 10 tongIess the names Of over 10000 men
ana women demanding an amendment of the f"nsil-
non. AMI an act Of Emancipation And sil thousands
are returning Ia daily and hope To roll up another
I ooro tcinre The close ~ the present session.
ieaving then, All minor questions Of banks and minis
ahh puDIe improvements FIR Congressman TO discuss az
he rate oi .uC0a year. decided the irst york 10
he donc'was 10 end Slaverr nHd ring the death Encl Of
carte aud class throughout the land 10 This end a. 4
means Of educating The people, sent ont ~ 0o Eman
.iFaii'n petitions. with tracs and appeals into dite
eht districts OF the free States and into The slave states
wherever our al mics had opened the way.
/ The W3men's National League now numbers : coo
members And In the Wet, where we have employed
two lectniing arcnt-.Ioso phine s. Grifibg ana II.
Tracy Cut!'f-a large number OF auxta ar! Leagues
have been formed.
We have registered on orr books the names Of TWO
THOUSAND men and women boJs and girls, who have
circulated these petitions
We have ilc III the letters received from the tho
snnds i'm whom We have been in correspondence feel
ing thnt this canvnss of the nation for freedom "b be
important an Iaost inter esBg chapter ~ OuF uiHre
history These letters coming from all ciss's and III
hiitudes, breathe one PRAYER for the downfall OF
Slavery.
/ Massachusetts, noble senator Charles sumner. who
has TrNrICniiy received presented and urged PETS
tuns. las chccrcd with Kind mcsslcrs magnHllne
the Importance II our iabuIs. His eloquent speech
made ~ a., senate on presenting or INST nstallrn'-
iAe yrdgsT al AEEdT6d fhossaHd-we hayy printed ~
form and scattered by Thousands Throughout the
country We have worried the nation with letters and
appeals public and private and PIT forth every energy
{" The people Ia earnest persistent action against
Slavery the dradiy Joe Of all oar cherished institutions
We poposed 70 ourselves ia the inst moments Of On
ihusiasm To- at least iiion slgraiurcs-"ne-
iiricih Iart ~. our entire piDniinn. we thouth'
ibe trouhod warnings ~ c'niury-th. luhldi"us NJ
gressous ~ Slavery with it, v"iaons OF thc sh'i'"
Tght- OF babcas corpus, Tree scrch, and fre press
with lie riots cites. aud the council oi tie
nation striking down alike black men and bravo sen
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war-musi have rou,ed the dulort moral SENSE ana
prepared Tie nation heart 10 do justice and o'' eic!
but We mistaken. sank IA iubuIA corruption
and crimc-buTn aud bred INTO The gUuiy ph"htas!
that nan could hoid property m man. We needed tbe
clish vi arms, the ,annon- roar tie shrleks an gro"
of fallen hr.oes the lamentations ol mothers ior the.I
ir-. born, the angels trump Tie voices al the mFni!
dead tn ale NJ. stod nation from It's sleep 81 death
In circulating our petition mnny refused 10 slgh De
cause they believed slavery dhihc institution sad
therefore I'D hot With t. ,hanse the status Oh me save
Others who Ifo-ssed TO hate Sa, cry, DENIED Tie rsn
of Cuayrrss interfere with II ia the States ana
vel Others oondemn AL dicatOn or even suggestion
To- Congress the President They aid " N me P'0Pf
be- s and the affairs Of state Ia th" anHe emrn
of the rulers they. themselves have elu-ei Ana many
OF oul OLD 4 lsiitOnists believing mar Work dolei
mai the var had killed Sayery. Knocked the bottom
ont of the tub not ony declared our work one oi ~,
p.r.rogatOn but told W. that peitonBg, ~ mean, oil
edne atisg the people Oh mhIeho'hs |o'b"e'' "" ~
"a me obroete.
Under all these discouragemens, with neither Press
nor Pulpit to magnify our WORK without moh.y OF me
enthusiasm 81 Numbers IN rmpe hath, into tie bign-
xa,s and hedges, sent the Gospel Of Freedom and
A. 81 old the people heard with gledness. a very
large majority OF our petitoheIs are IRON ,I ' nn".
tered n asses. Ihoy who. Knowing nsnght oil the ma
ehneIy oil government or the riokeTy II politics. be-
Le,e that God reigns there IL Justice on the ."rtn
As yet Of our large cities have been iboI' ughy
oanyas.ed hut frum the sayHnnahs Of the south Dnd
the prnires Of the Wcstfron the lils 81 Ne" England
ard the shores OF our lakes and gus have ". eniVed
IN. soldiers Of Freedom: they who, when the Rebels
shnll ay down their with higher. hoher weapons,
must end the Through Us. two hundred thousand
d urofe--tne labor ana Nlillt VI ii'
spoken in our national capitol whose voices were never
I heard there before. -,
Tb,se npancustoned 10 balance influences who Judge
of m. Importance of movements by their apparent re
,nlts ma, deem our efforts lost because the Amend
ment and Emnn cipston bills have not yet passed the
House. but feel that our labors for the past ar IN
the circulation uf tracts and petitions and hppea-h
nur lectures aud letters public and private we have
done a. much ALL the Rebellion by educating the PEG
pie for the final blow. rs any other organalioh CIVIL
political military or religious, IN tue ahu' 49,
van hui read tie many earnest lnrllnR etuIf
We have received from sin pie men and women III theif
rural homes you would hays frtsh nope oi Tue s'sp
AZ out R.pubc; remembering that tie NE oi nation
depends on the virtue Of It's people and not ON the ug
nlty Of 1T rulers. . v,.. .io ,oJ L.,
her hus aud and oil her sons IN The WAL uateleu on
,oot over =, kHaar,d nils in gathering co hotsdnd
rnmt. Her letter hed with JOY that she goo had
been able do something for the cause Oh LiDefi'
Follow her. in imag inston through sleet ana snow
from house 10 house; listen 10 her worus marx te pa
ths Of her voice she debates tho question OF Tree
dom OF ells tale Of horror IN the hhu oi oa'ei!
or s-ks her neighbors. one by one 70 give te n"i'h
q, end such wrongs A side rom all she says the Jfcf
that he comes storm. on foot IS 10 all an argument
that is something wrong IN the hephp'' aen"d
ING haste aud action from every citizen
!" Snu who in crowded towns move masses by your
.loouence .corn not the slower NODES honenDer the
seeds Of enthusiasm you eau lor'h nave po' Pu ',
bnmber hands-by the freside. the Old arm chalf IN
the workshop, the pOw-whereyer man cohiinuhes
alone with h"u -
opr work for the past year-snd what must still be
our vOTk-nyoyes the VIA question Vi VIC un'~h
life For until the old Union with slavery be broken
and our amended ~ TO secure the eec
five franchise 10 all lis citizens who are taxed or Who
bear arms 10 support the Government, we nave no
foundations which to build True hLfobi
W. urge our couutrywomen. who have shown NJ
much enthusiasm In the war. in Sanitary and Freed
mems Associations, now to give themselves TO the
broader deeper higher work % iecont.suc.,on, lne
Nrw NATION demands the nohlest type OF "omahhood
/, il holy mission 10 minister 20 suffering soldiers In
amp and hospital and tho battle field TO hold the
heads and siaunch the wounds oil dying heroes Dut no
Ter sill by the magic word Of freedom. TO speak