The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-10
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Proceedings Of the Woman's Convention
at Newark, N. j., Observation-Disclosures
ing Addresses and a Spicy Discus.
sion-The Venerable Lucretia Mott
on the Qui Vive-Resolutions
r1d Election Of Officers.

| Yesterday the New Jersey State Woman Suffrage
Association resumed the proceedings commemora-
tive OF the third anniversary OF the assocatious In
| aucuration which were commenced at the Opera
1 House, Newark, on the preceding evening. There
| were three sessions yesterday-in the fore
| noon, afternoon aud IN the evening. the
attendances at the days sessions were
rather slender the afternoon one being however. a
vast improvement on It's predecessor. At the after.
noon meeting 1t was remarked that quite consider
able portion Of the audience consisted OF certain
stand by families who are always identified with
any new movement be 1t progressive or rctrograde
So anxious to be present were few members Of this
class that nothing would do but they must bring
their babies along, and q consequence there was
now ana then, IN the forenoon as in tho afternoon
inlante opinionatve expressions were given in a
style and manner more honored in the breach tnan
the observance" What the meeting lacked In num-.
pers was fully compensated for in the harmony
which prevailed as well as the highly interesting
and In many respects instructive character of the
proceedings.
THE MORNING SESSION
was commenced shortly after ten O'Clock, tho Pre-
ident OF the association, Mrs. Lucy stone being IN
the chair. After prayer by the Rev. oscar
Cure, OF Vlneland Mrs. Stone explained the
order in which business should be conducted.
committee Of Blk on officers, nominations and
business was appointed on motion OF Mr.. Cute as
loows:-H. B. Blackwell R0seville; George Pear
son, vinelard: Mrs. Collins Huzzy. Orange; MIS-.
W. c. Ravenhill, Newark; A. J. Davis, ORANGE John
Whitehead, Morristown.
Mrs. STONE then addressed the meeting. She said
It was no child's pay-tns work OF woman
suffrage. She believed that the great body
Of intelligent people who were present last
night felt that the sense of the meeting, as
expressed by the speakers was just. She
called the attention OF those present to q num-
Der Of petitions which would be submitted. First,
1t was asked that woman should vote; second that
the law OF the State should be changed 40 as to
give women the right to make will. the same as
men now did; third, that the widow should be
allowed to inherit her husbands real and
personal estate, the same husband now did
that OF his deceased wife, fourth that women shall
have equal right IN the possession OF her children.
| The present law, Mrs Stowe SAID, was unspeakaby
cruel and wicked IN the premises; that woman
should have right to use her earnings "a she
deemed de su best not o, as the caprice or win
| TONS were submitted two years ago
| to our Legislature but. AZ the signature or
| cued the whole subject. She the speaker now de-
sired that every woman in the State, II necessary
should sign the petition, ami exhored those present
| to circulate them and obtain signatures. In the
| opinion OF the amab!e speaker there was to-day
Mspa @ Woman ah s
| be enabled without e, or hlndrance legal social or
conventional, 10 enter any fed OF labor tnat was
| with men, She spoke OF herself how that years ago
| when school teacher she only received dollar a
week. Her brother III the same school got sick and
| she took his place aud did his work satislac-
| toriiy, but, beng woman, she could only obtain
one dollar per week. wnile ncr brother had received
| much larger remuneration. Things were changing,
| happily. Now we mad women printers, ana she was
happy to that they received IN some places equal
| rates OF wages for the number Of ems as did
| men. There were women teegraphers women
| artists and women physicians. There was now
lady doctor in Brooklyn. she was reoiced to state.
| VINO had q practice OF fifteen thousand dollars
had sS r ea
| ago the 1rst woman preacher. outside the Friends
entered the field, and now there were MANY.
scnoolnalo OF hers, the now Rev. AntolDete l..
| Brown, made up her mnd mat the world out
place for her IN the preaching Of the Gospel sne en-
| tered ana was now sertled over parish IN Cen
trai New York. She commenced at q time when peo-
pie seemed willing TO go to he'll rather than be saved
/ by woman's preaching. And now there were
men sea captains too: and she cited instances in
| which q woman, the wife OF q sea captain, WHO In
| consequence OF the death OF her husband on the
passage TO san Francisco from Boston was lett in
charge OF the vessel called all the crew aft. and
asked them IL they were willing that she should take
| command and they all said yes she brought the
vessel safe 10 Boston and was handsomely and sub
stantalY c0mplimenGed by the underwriters. III
like manrer she cited the similar case OF ars. Cap
| tain McGuire,swho now commands a vessel out OF
| Boston which she had saved when her husband was
lost.
speaker She could not she said fefrain from stat
Ing that she struck with The great ignorance Of
tho woman suffrage question pr 50. she spoke
women whom she had met. She knew that
women had tnat tenderness and sympathy
| which would enable them TO assist the 20 900
fallen women who were now Ia the city OF
New York alone Did thoss women OF intelligence
| education aud wealth who abound in the land
Know that these poor creatures from lnelr infancy
| wereRoing down and down and down until they
es On ns % Of saving 4 g
| FORTH Likewise were there In the same city
lily thousand Young women who 10 forth to their
| daily labor. pale-aced, with bleeding hearts and
| bleeding feet and who obtain the nerest plttance
for the most toilsome and weariest Of work. on
naked, gloomy, awful truth be exposed, how
many hearts that now are glad would be
! Ing. Then would the demand he made that such a
stale of affairs should no longer exst--no longer
would the wives he defrauded by law OF their earn
tngs their purses and tnelr children. Mrs. DAVIS
| entire address was full OF finely worded sentences
| brimfu OF feeling and deep pathos
| Then came the venerable Lucretla Mott, who was
| received ia the warmest possible manner. 10 see
seventy seven years OF age, atred In the neat and
simple dress OF the Friends, one would tie ex.
peck TO md such earnestness such perseverance,
sucn well balanced views and such large vitality In
awoman OF her age. Mrs Mott spoAc OF her al
tendance at the Worlds Convention In England
twenty years ago, which she visited delegate. but
was refused a seat because she was q woman She
took retrospective view OF the past and saw In its
| experience the unquestlonabe promise for bright
future Science was not the steep hill 1t was repre-
| sented, but was now found to be open to the wo-
| man. l.0ru brOugliaHl Salu the law regarding the
| husband aud the we was disgrace to the country.
| Mr. Blackstone, defining the law, mace husband
| and wie one person, and that person the husband.
She liked the good old name, ''Woman's Rghtsu
| She did not want the name changed to ''SuiIrage
| Movement or TO Equal Rights.- She expressed
! herself ashamed when she went into dry goods
stores IN New York TO see men behind the counters
| measuring out dresygoods, tape, &C. Emancipation
| to the negro had Given her renewed hope that che
| women, too. would sooD tie recognized.
| Mrs. BLACKWELL read the following amendment to
the constitution OF the ASSOCIATION and the preamble
/
| ferred Tor action Till the afternoon meet,ng-
All citizens of New Jersey men and women NAV becon.
members OF tho State Association by paying
exceeding dollar annually, life members By paying
OF ten dollars tue money expended leg.
| maie pnrpogcs OF thA associatlon.