Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-12-16
W emen's Rights.
Mr.. GREELEY DENOUNCED FOR HIS LECTURE
On THE MWANAN nIrKsTIAN.'o

NIX. GREELEY DENOUNCED FOR HIS LECTURE
en- THE "woNAN QUESTION"
a larger crowd than any this season -.
sembled in the fourth story Of Union League
Hall last night, on the occasion of the regular
meeting OF the Universal Franchise Associa-
ton. Mrs. Belya A. McNali Lockwood, pre-
sided, supported on her right the most OF tue
evening by Professor ]. X. II. Wilcox. The
ladies, with a fair sprinkling Of colored PEG.
pie The affirmative side of the cues ion was
maintained by Mrs Archibald, Mrs. Jos 'phine
Gnffiug, Mrs. Lawson, MISS Jane HolmeS :, Miss
stanton, and Messrs. j r. H. Wilcox Lins-
more. Watson, Finney, Boyd, and Wolf They
were replied TO In the negative by Messrs.
GatcneIl, Kennedy, and DIR. Purvis. The dis
cussion was kept up till late hour, bat no
new ideas were developed in its progress.
Mr.. Gatcheil believed female suffrage was all
a humbug, and il would be degrading to the
sex 10 endow them with that right Look, said
be, at the mother OF Washington. she was the
cause OF our freedom, for she Instructed her SON
In his youth. and on this instruction he was
guided. Our President gained his education
from woman. Women Were good as instruc-
tors, and IN plotting they were very devils.
He recollected when a rebel woman came over
from Baltimore to Washing ton and rode arouud
with Il Union General. She even had the I'M
pudeDce TO show his (Ciatchells) wife a pair of
splendid carriers she had made present to her
by man in the Treasury Department
Laughter
Miss Stanton thought me remarks OF the op-
ponents OF woman's suffrage were rather in
arena cesspool of corruptiln; had also as
serted that Eve was the mother of all evil, and
that woman generally was up 10 all deviltry;
ana Vet they did not desire her to vote because
she might De contaminated by having necessa-
rlIy 10 mix with men on election days. ALI the
Talk abont the physical inferiority of women
was mere speculation, for they could walk as
great distances as men and II was an undenl-
l be TACT tina; they could lido double As much
talking as men could
Mr.. j. IL. Wolf severely criticised the charac-
ter of Horace Greeley and his late address on
Woman" at the First Conversational church
in this city. Mr. Greeley had, he SAID. seen
tit 10 use the columns OF hispsper and all the
eloquence be possessed against women's rights;
but lie was not infallble immortal or irresiSt-
able. He recol1ected many years since, when
he (WoIf) was mobbed in West Virginia tor
advocating manhood suffrage. Horace Greeley
was In ylted to speak at Wheeling on the SUBJ
Ject OF slavery, but after getting there hs skunk
away. and made a speech about books. He
was trimmer, trickstsr. and had always
been one.
Prof Wilcox also heard Horace GreeIey's
address, and thought il could BE- summed up As
follows-"Dear ladies, if you ask for the balIo:
we viii give 1t to You; but if you had mai
thirty years OF voting, as l have had, you
would not desire it," The lecture, he thought
was an entire dodge, and did not meet the issue
Dr. Boyd satirized Mr.. q reeley's philant hro-
ny as we'll as affected great indifference anout
woman suffrage. He sand that he (Greeley)
vas straw man: had truckled to the aidars OF
the rebellion IN Canada during the war; and
had since the war toadied to that ..miserab!e
rascal, Jefferson Davis, by Offering to go his
bail. Many years since, in New York, a wor-
thy widow lady had been made destitute by the
burning down of her house and furniture, anu
himself and two others undertook to get an ex-
hlbltlon 10 raise money for her relief. He took
advertisements to the Sun, Herald, and Tribune
offices, the two former of which promptly pub
ne salc, refused 10 insert them III the Tribune
without pay.