The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-21
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Miss Anthony, and Others.

The Brooklyn F. X. Association held meeting last
evening in the Academy OF Music. Miss Anthony
and Miss Anna f. Dickinson were the speakers
promised. Miss Dickinson failed to appear, tele-
graphing that she couldn't come The very large
audience were papably disappointed, and the mana
gers decidedly blue. The stage was crowded by the
fair women who love their rights, and was pretty
Mrs. Burlegh opened the meeting, introducing
Miss Anthony. Referring to the absent Anna as
low, and her manner listless Suddenly she turned
to Mr.. Beecher with characteristic shrug:-"Mr.
Beecher. can't speak; the spirit doesn't move me.
1 can face a lions den-wak through it-but can't
speak here Tonight Do get up tght-then perhaps
Mr. Beecher, with happy facility sprang to the
rescue, declaring that this confession OF Susans was
competent to take of themselves and if he had
been asked to point out the woman who could do
this with the greatest ability, he would have named
Susan Anthony. This unexpected burst OF modesty
and dinidence ought to delight the old fogles. After
all, however though women may put on the airs of
men, they're not men, While men are oaks and
pines, women are beautiful, twining vines. He ex-
pected to be called TO account for these
views views nevertheless he oiao felt that woman was
creature. SO it must be, and ! hope for one it
always will be. He could not concur in this move
ment If it was to make woman unwomanly--to make
her man. We have enough men already. What
we want are women of noble moral elevation, of
rich and pure affectonal sensibty, of delicate and
sensitive perceptions, who will intelligently bring
these qualities to bear in public affairs 1t has long
tent to control and direct. Do you suppose that
any one could give such noble counsel to young
men beginning life as Lucretta MOtt-a model
woman mother? It's disgusting to unsex
q woman, and make her a man, as II would be
to make woman OF a man; we don't seek to
change womans sphere-only to enlarge 1t, to in
crease the breadth of her functions. She must stay
these tides OF brutality, these tides of selishness
that afict both the civil and social worlds. He spe-
cially opposed, he SAID, the social PHILOSOPHERS i'm
ported from abroad, which tended to dlsorganze
the household. Because he advocated the liberty OF
woman to exercise all her powers, he didn't believe
that 400 out OF every 500 women would become
public speakers. Is every man an orator? II
God gave woman power as artist or preacher,
she should exercise it; but this doesn't imply that
more than one in a thousand Will do II. He adyO-
Gated the fullest and freest education for women.
To make woman good housekeeper, he argued,
she should be made intelligent. He held that 10
place row OF pins stralghtly on paper IL bet
ter to have colege-bred man than q duard. II
the day shall come In which woman shall be released
from these thralls that now bind her. we will 1ud
that they'll have grander children make sweeter
homes and have brighter, nobler influence than
the world has ever known.
The audience applauded Mr.. Beecher enthusiast
cally. Miss Anthony again attempted TO speak,
speech-naking, but agitation. She prepared the
way for others. In explanation OF her "dIhdence,"
she said that the audience was dreadfully dsap-
pointed that Miss Dickinson wasn't there 1t scared
her out of her seven senses She declared that
ried women were at the bottom Of the whole thing
AS long they voluntarily give to another the
Hgs OF their hands they degrade the labor OF all
other women. Retiring, Miss Anthony said, soto
rocs TO Mr. Beecher, ''Isnt that good pluck eh?"
The audience was pleased, attentive, and not par
tcularly enthusiastic in the direction OF suffrage.