The New York herald., 1868-05-15
THE @ ANNIVERSARIES.
The Equal Rights Association in
Council.
A Lunatic Asylum on the
Rampage.
The Polls to be Purified BY Placing the Ballot
in the Hands Of Women.
EQUAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION.

susan be Auth0nys Erneet1Nsj L. Rose, Col.
snel Hissinson and Frederick Ds~sIass.
The second anniversary Of THIS association was
held at the Cooper Institute ferdsS when alarge
gathering Of female championT, attended and gave
unmistakable evidence Of III cir determination to
support the movement throughout the greatest
interest was manifested In ne proceedings.
Mrs. ELxABETH CADY STANTON having called the
meeting to order, said 1t was now twenty years
since o few women met together In the western
mart of New York to Organize themselves into
Womans Association. they demanded twenty
years ago all that wss claimed today. At
that meeting the husband Of their venerable Presi
dent whose loss they gnourned was made the Presi.
dent Of that convention All the leading men, includ
ing many merchants, lawyers and Others took part
in the convention, and urged for equal rights. Az
though the press severely criticised the movement
botbsldes Of the water yet they iooked over the
papers Of to-day they would see what mighty ad-
vanoes 1t had made within very recent period. The
movement no doubt met with considerable dinicul.
ties; there was not national man 10 give 1t support
but also IL England But change s cha had II now % come
a. the once Of the women's organathe Repo'a.
IL p O% ss oS SsSs wa s
ceived daily, and not half dozen criticised the de-
na9ds .d now own, made The association nad advocates
h1s e British sSSn bS
Women $ss sdu % The snH susse Ssa sss1
cause can maxH9 sooa rapid advances v WonaIchial
ssd their psssss Il s1is County SC Of rep rspuScsn
insttuti2ns and democratic government Leading
minds an over the world were advocating new re-
hsv element 70 b recognized m the enlshtnsnt Of
she world. Should leading men, therefore, ip this
sss 1s s ~ aSs S ssenS sas ssa
b said IN the face Of the many petitions which
nanding their right to vote; she did not demand the
right Of suffrage Tor woman's aggrandizement alone
W. al shas should be the
grand bread idea Of equal rights for all Other gov
ern.nents had been TILED. and IN endeavorng TO keep
freedom ana equality on the great principles Of
etonal lfe. lApplsuse)
ceived, and read the following letter from John
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sqo.k beings III. eye Of the law and Of Rs
snS whe G. rsa. hs
soo naxon. There Is no true democracy where large
.1.A.: Evo sovsInmsa. which psrnsnensy divides i.
y and .sso
.Ssssassd sAs tSe people 9i The United STATE:
3 pc ssnsI principle. Democratic sovernmsnl only
c 90 EsasSo % npS 3D. good n
Gd syssm Of privileged orSe and aroaT disauahcatOn
-. ''-' ".0-'0' 'n'e'e'' 'no re'p'''H'' yGr s. MILL
she slso read letter from Rev. Robert Collier, OF
Chicago and Mrs. J. W. Julien, the former observing
that he knew no reason why the Presidency and Ar
chiepiscopacy should be beyond the reach Of women
suaAE B. ANTHONY urged the necessity Of practi
Sention 70 % express their Views It was " advisable s
that they should KNOW learn and instruct each other.
1t0 me one great barrier to the movement was the
lonctue In the state OF affairs should be well con-
tive Committee, snd advered to the great campaign
IN Kansas, whicht he said was mighty triumph Tor
society had made during the past year and observed
that there were mimy convincing proofs Of the ulti
nfss 1uT s o. sn 70 her
favor Ofor.ittng IN word "male from the sulrrage
clause In ,the Distrrf OF Columbia. She also men
toned that In her state New Jersey they had a
woman's state RigItss Association and had four
thousand v,.tes They had also Q State Rish1 Asso-
Colonel II veMAs HIGanssON observed that the facts
which nsd seen aIa peTse sSewaS ,as meeting isEm a
strength OF tke equal rights movement IN America
Il had been st ated that the movement was stronger
In England tbv1 there had been more progress made
larger vote wap Obtained IN Parliament than could
That impression was a mistake. The speaker IN
engthened addr advocated the strong claims OF
Ne movement and pointed ont the justice of hts OBJ
ht
airs. ERNKsTISE l. ROSE remarked that the question
temployment was one Of the greatest Importance;
u required more nme than could be occupied ut
1'nvention TO give II proper attention. II was
% lamentsbly true, that as yet woman had not
st taught hardly any profession. Why wac IL
sArse the laws Of the land refused to recognize |
~ equal 20 man. IL was because she never had |
- that men had. W hat was the whose enQrossipR
n um oi parents OF the present dayf Nothing but |
2 f their daughters married, Could not woman
nk Had she no depth o. feeling exalted seDti
M No. because dreaming alone OF rer skirt she |
ua mot lose her time IN the pursuit OF knowledge |
" ~ women dream OF skrtsy Just because /
NV wed It. Some few years ago few OF rhc rights
men sol snor, dresses from point OF health
,cn, dit as hmmodest derided 1t as low an d vul-
. hoe ttth in the streets aud sent boys after them |
lons kem In their walks But when the short
ger I,subseqnently introduced in Paris by a
~, ws Her ALI the press were IN favor OF 1t. Now
amy vesnan, sixteen or seventeen, goes to
ovns okOol Allshe learned what was cen
" auns ny -. At school she learned TO dress q Oh
nc sure ttt1 that she dresses and plays the d,l
p' 0gbter.) She dehed man 10 show any
.o,i w. u YItustness, any profession any state
.., o. ow broad or how deep, that woman,
,M sS NIse circumstances, with the same
tnces, couh 80 sr,. doy ,ras inst annroachin,,
T. liear, h. w.,,6 rsc ,os v,on,so 81 snnai y,
en the law 49," w. 's0's"' " " SS" "
N. Applaus ~t.a, introduced Mrs Ab,ue patio, |
snc a. cncs with the Hutchinson family, which |
= Ala ~ ,s,,H raa eject
rau ulu wlln @ gooa ~ came forward stating that she
- two ne,,,sna, sbe presented TO Congress which |
. . exnac,ad eys one present to Sign. One OF |
em referred ,oa, assure for the advancement OF |
asxociation An o. Mnbis and the other to certain
,sirable amendmen v ia. the laws regulating hus- |
md and wife In IN 'Dstrict Of Ceiuinbia the old |
,mm0n law stln pre- 'sueu that single marrleu
other had no legal ris w ovS ner shlidren. IN tne
a slavery times they r. Neinbered how their hearts
he'd when they heard tue save mother Delne
ere was not ST. Z. & IN all tee broad
public where the sfieu mother had
~, r,gbt 10 her childre Where the common |
" prevailed no married Spinan mad ans owner
~ ~, o,ves sfatcsmcn were Attempting TO recon-
,cs n, affeen millions of A. rean werRen, every
40 ~ than fs xed every one o. Inem tried by Jury
1s oi 'Dn, ssar the IA ia ar ttried fined ha,ped
1u - W.! NIL -,raa h.. Muse MNLnNn had