The national Republican., 1869-01-21
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

vention, IL was NOT caheu W oIuer uh'i h''
Prof wilcox read list Of over hundred
names OF delegates.
Mrs. susan b. Anthony explained that any
one who desired could come forward and regis
ter themselves as selfappointed delegates to
this convention, and urged the women to
come forward and show their interest In the
Prof. Wilcox offered the following resolu.
tlon; 49,
Resoired, That we denounce the proportion
now pending in Congress to abolish elective
govefnmentin the District OF Columbia m
tends to make the disfran chl lsement OF the
5000 women Of. the District perpetual
Mrs. hathaway made a few remarks explsn.
story 81 her speech ys,t ymount ot I'm mosey e psid
oeetSS Sr tSuSs %s, tobssso, and the third the social
snt sy Do md rTy Ky Oh. ,@S s would dsSRs sSRS
Woman suffrage would lift the world out Of
the perdltIon into which 1t 10 sinking.
delegates, stating he was happy to announce
the temperance element was represented by q
delegate from Fountain Lodge Of Good TEN.
plsrs, Of this city. Quite number Of ladies
rose in the audience and asked their names TO
be recorded as delegates.
Miss Anthony read the resolutions again
that all might understand the subjects before
The question was then put upon the hr.t
resolution, as reported yesterday, and adopted.
fence Of negro enfranchisement. She would
not ask the negro to wait for her. She be-
ileyed his necessities were ere greater than hers
Mrs. Mott thought the question was not be.
fore the convention, as the resolution could
not be ,S %
equal rights" to-day did not mean what 1t
did two or three years ago; then 1t meant ne
The exclusion Of the negro. This was the ne. e
saffrsseHeishty per cent. OF the Repu6iissn
papers Of the country favored it; while not ave
his movensnt was what they called IN Penn.
ds IN on ,Sss sSoaSsr. o he Ster
Stanton, In AMI elaborately prepared speech,
last night, opposed the enfrauehisement OF
Mrs. Mott wished to correct the speaker
saying he misrepresented what Mrs. stanton
Mrs. Anthony also asked his permission to
MT. Davis. "Certainly," I want to be cor.
reeted all the way through.
Mrs. Anthony. You need 1t all the way
through
Mr.. Davis went on to say that this was the
time to press negro suffrage; and 4 Congress
race, they would fail to represent the political
sentiment OF the country. Referring to the
speech M Of Mr. Pusyis last evening, he said that
9uence Of Mrs. Stanton he had allowed his
feelings to mood his judgment, and the hrst
man W COuBThtulhtt hrs fUTNlb on MS speech
was Tom Florence, a Copperhesd. George +.
action OF the nOOlitlon!sts for the past ten
years by this woman suffrage question.
Mrs. Mott called the speaker to order, say
Ing the committee had decided not to permit
this latitude OF debate.
Mr.. Wolf rose to point OF order, that he
was not speaking to the resolution.
Mrs. Anthony hoped he would be allowed to
Mr.. Davis resumed, but was called to order
BY Mr.. o.. S. Baker on the ground that he
(Davis) had refused to allow his name to be
mol entitled to speak 10 the Convention.
Considerable discussion and some confusion
followed, after which Mr.. Davis resumed in
opposition to the resolution, as 1t placed the
ban upon the colored man. He favored equal
rights, but could not support one cause at the
expense OF another.
Mrs. Anthony then moved that the speeches
be iimttedto ten minutes. Adopted.
Mr.. George 7. Downing obtained the floor
and said he appeared in something Of rep
formal meeting OF the national executive
committee of the late national colored con.
yention. and offered a resolution as a substi-
he subsequently, withdrew.
Mrs. stanton said the hrst words of the
Ee,GlGtion were that the privilege wa, an a.
last night. She alluded to the degraded con.
dltion Of the women 10 China and Germany.
hood. She wi was % opposed to to eI having irnopsnt W
Chinese, German, Dutch, Irish, Scotch, and
negro men rule over her She would not yield
to Mr Davis in devotion to the cause OF the
negro. So long as he was below us we were
willing to work for his elevation, but we are
not willing to place him above US to legislate
this country, and what can we expect when
we place the Chinese, Germans, negroes, and
swiss over US. The political parties OF the
time when new national party, based Upon
universal suffrage and sounder financial
MFa AnfhnnV sal hnk a
last night that the meeting would take a re-
cess at half.past twelve. She now moved that
,9s ii%e be aIaOagntsly p9sPpned and the
Mf. wolf claimed the moor, and deprecated
me range The debate had taken; Ma s ,ss org
and fully understood, this pickering might
have been saved. The point Of order was
raised that the amendment was not pertinent
Mr. Downing admitted its want OF pertinence
and withdrew 1t. The second resolution was
then adopted.
Mrs. Anthony then proceeded to read the
other resolution. Considerable discussion fol-
lowed the reading OF the fourth resolution
M ISt Mr. IL Tsbary p M h%SSn %f. M %1HS
Mr.; Downing. The resolution was In relation
to ignorant men legislating for intelligent
women.
Mr. Hinton severely denounced educational
suffrage.
Mrs. Anthony said she hoped that when Mr..
urge negro suffrage, he would labor as earn.
estly for the forgotten half OF humanity there
as he had labored for the negro here.
Mr., Davis asked II the resolution did not
mean that ignorant women should not rule
over Intelligent men,
Several voices. "Certainly.n
Mrs stanton asked II the men OF this coun.
Try would be willing to be governed by the
Ignorant men OF the Old World
Mrs Grifing said man and woman came into
the world possessed of equal rights to the air
and the ground we stand upon. Man said,
give us these rights for the rights we will be.
STOW upon you. Woman agreed to this, ard
now man failed to give them the rights they
were entitled to. Woman had been told that
kitchen. She had just received letter from
Harriet Beecher Stowe, In which that lady
said, "God grant that the time may soon come
Sahia. %heP woman shall be educated to business
mltted mat In the organization Of men and
women there were differences which required
In deciding questions In court and elsewhere,
tion.
The rcsolution was then adopted.
debate,
The 9th resolution, asserting the object OF
the woman's right movement was to throw
additional safeguards around the marriage
and fAmily relations, was then read, when Mrs.
Dr. Walker obtained the moor. some little
opposition was made to her speaking, but
turning to the president she said, ~ Will not
say anything about MYSELF She proceeded
to denOunCe the laws, which would never be
made Just to woman until woman had a ballot
lows
Resolved, That as the Democratic cry Of
white mans government created the antagon.
Ism between the ltlshmAn and the negro, cul-
mlnating In the fearful riots OF July, 1865;
the hepnbllcan cry OF manhood suffrage
creates me same antAgonism between the |
cially 10 the Southern States, where vioience |
Is the law OF life In greater in justice towards