The Portland daily press., 1868-12-16

All APpca1 wen ana ~ ONl<
America.
We commend to the attention of the friends
OF woman suffrage tue following appeal by
Lucy Stone with its accompanying petition:
We are often told that, if women really
wanted to vote, It would not be very long be-
fore they would do so. We give below form
just sent out by the New England Woman
suffrage Association. A similar one was is
sued by the American Equal Rights AS ocia-
ton, at the anniversary in May last subse-
quently, also, by the Washington Universal
Franchise Association, and by Mis-. Stanton.
Thus early have these friends of equal hu-
man rights resorted to the one means at
their command to secure justice for woman.
1t it be faithfully used, our object will be &C
complished. 1t is probable that the next
session OF Congress law or constitutional
amendment will be passed extending suffrage.
If women are not included in this extension,
it should be by no fault of theirs.
Let every woman who reads this article
cut out the petition, attach it to a large sheet
OF paper, sign 1t, and get every man or wo-
man 10 sign it who is not satisfied while wo-
men, idiots,felons and lunatlcs, and men guilty
OF bribery are the only classes excluded from
the exercise OF the righ: OF suffrage.
Let the great army OF working women, who
a
days work, SIGN IN.
Let the widow, living on her "l.fe-use' of
the pitilul "tbirds," and ''allowed TO remain
forty days without paying rent in the house
OF her deceased husband" SIGN IT.
Let the vile, from whom the law takes the
right to what she earns and the power TO
make will without her husbands consent,
SIGN IT.
Let the mother who has no legal right to
her own children, SIGN IT.
Let the young man, just gone out from the
home wi ere his best friend and counselor has
been his mother, SIGN IT.
Let the father. whose little daughter looks
tIustingly 10 him for every good, SION IT.
Let the soldier, returned from battle sound
er in health and stronger of limb because OF
the woman'a hand who dressed his wounds
and mlnistered 10 his wants in sickness, SIGN
IT.
Let every man who regards his own ballot
as sacred, SIGN IT.
And, when the longest possible list of
| names has been secured, let the petition he
returned TO Mary E. Gage, Secretary OF the
American Equal Rights Association, care of
the Antl-Savery Standard, 80, Nassau street,
New York.
We will join them in one long roll, and
send them to brave Ben. Wade, whom all
the World knows as the avowed friend OF I'm
partial Suffrage tor women as we'll as man.
Then, If with such petition before them,
presented by such man, our Senators and
| Representatives can afford to place ballot
| in the hands of the late rebels, and refu:e it
| to the loyal mothers .or this county, women
can afford to wait until the American people
learn that the path Of justice is the only path
OF peace and safety. LUCY STONE.
10 the Senate and House of Representa-.
tipes of the United States in Congress as
| sembied:
The undersigned, citizens of the Unitet
States, pray your honorable bodies that in AM
proposed amendment to the Constitution
which may come before you in regard to suf
iraSe IN the District of Columbia, or any
territory, the right of voting may be eiveI
10 women on the same terms as TO men.