The Portland daily press., 1868-12-03
TAe pyeuress af Woman Suffrage.

AD progress 1E w On6n SanEm&Cs
The we.-informed Washington correspond
ent of he Worcester Spy presents to the read
ers of that Journal very encouraging review
of The progress made by the friends Of wo-
man suffrage ia different parts of the country.
He says:
Here, at the Federal Capital, there is an ac-
tive organization; two of them, believe, are
claimed to exist-thoueh only one has life and
vigor. Weekly discussions are held, and Ma.
tional Convention is called for the second
week in January. / believe that there may
be some feeling 10 your section against this
effort Blu, thIs is Il mistake if it exists. The
agit ton here is OF Importance and all inter-
ested ought TO aid it,
The chief hope of the managers is. believe,
lst-to present the question to the attention
OF Congiess by dlgntied and able convention,
and 2d-to secure now, practical benen!s III, III
Gazing attention to the incongruities VI ,no
laws mere. The common law pfe'alis. onuet
it no rights but those accorded TO the Vtf1est
slave exist Married women have no property
rights except thar Of" the third. Ihey are at
the m rev of the courts with regard to the
cus,ody Of their children. Divorce is limited
to adultery and de,erton. Congress has con-
troll over this District. The announce d Ma
tionai Convention can do mnch good by point
ing out during its debates the reforms needed
in the respect Indicated. 1t can do more for
its cardinal object by asking for the same in
;Jii,,' - =, Ht ~ ~ anu ~ oan q Peoiai'y
chisin all in His D;stict nnd in ,ha tnrrito.
ries. ! am strongly Inclined to the belief that
andrew Johnsoa would not veto such D,li II
10 heoin na,inrl .tban IN tba common
domain There will doubtless be a demand
as there should be-for the enfranchisemeEt of
all citizens, leaving out terms indicative OF
| sex altogether and trusting to legal in erpre-
tation oi The term, il it he objected that women
| are not included
| After carefully watching tbe action and scan
| ming the general drift of congressional seuti.
| ment, am satisfied that on the simple issue
| of woman suffrage. sustained by a demand
from tue sex itself. and preceded by a vigorous
| though rot long AGITATION q 3pojo1ity of tht
republicans i,a C0aggess noa,ld ,ote for the prin-
| cipte 4 few democrats would do the same
| but | think not a ialf dozen. II the question
| presents itself as an opportunity to clog aDd
embarass other issues, more Of the latter party
| and fewer OF the former would be found vOtine
| for It's measur =
In the Senate am convinced that larg,
proportion of the republicans would vote fo
the measure whenever it shall come as sue
eesi, ON lis own merits. OF the democrats
| Buclsalew of Pa, Norton of MIMI, al per
haps Dooittlc of Wis, would vote for it. Th
| latter would not object, as his church-th
Baptists-iave always allowed woman to Vot
| in their atfa'TS
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New hofh LINES gives t"e ioiio"ihS "ooooui
OF the pleasant manner IN which Certain
worthy citizens of Gotham amused themselve
| -. 81,
las ou'o'S'
On Sunday after noon an extraordinary at
tempt was made to murder man by Duryin
him alive on the kingsbrldge road Inc De
tails of he case, as learned from Sergt. w hlte
man, of the thirty-second Precinct Police, ar
as follows: 1t appears that about 2:oO O'CLOCK
Oh Sunday afternoon several men, more or les
into sicated, and all hailing from The neigh
borhood of SpuY!en Duyvil, made their app al
ance on the Kingsbridge road, near Kings
bridge, Weschester county, whenthey ,quiet