The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-03-18
To1rDo CORRESPONDENCE.

and Miss Susan B. Anthony, lcctured
III this city last evening, upon :. @
man Suffrage" Whatever views one
might personally entertain upon the
subject. the curiosity TO see and hear
two of the greatest agitators of :. Wro--
mems Right for the last quartertof a..
century, called out a very respectable
audience. The doors being open at I
O'Clock. and no announc ,ment for the
hour of commencing the'leeture, eve-E
ry one secured an early scat, and af-
ter waiting until all were weary. and
with patience nearly exhausted, we
were agitating in our own mind,
whether the time consumed in the
making of q woman's toilet was not
one of the most serious objections TO
her occupying public places, when the
clock announced the hour of eight,
and they entered the hall, attended by
a large number of the first ladies and
gentlemen OF the place, when Judge
Jones, presiding, introduced Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Mrs. Stan
ton is decidedly fine looking, large,
pretty, well developed, and withal a
genial mothefly countenance that be-
spoke good cheer. The old idea in
order for women to have her rights,
she must first don mans apparel, seems
to have9giyen place to the more lsensi-
BILE one, of securing the ballot, with
out ignoring the distinction in dress.
Mrs. Stanton's dress was unexception-
able. Indeed, everything was in ex-
quisite taste. Her dress of black silk
velvet, corsage low i'll front, with a
'kerchief of lace, and her hair of sill
very whiteness arranged evidently
with great care in wreath of curls
about her forehead and face, all car
ried one back as we see the pictures
of our grandmothers in the days of
the revolution. Whatever idea one
might formerly have entertained that
to demand Woman Suffrage, necessa-
rily involved a coarse, uncultivated
nature, all vanished. before the pleas
! ing address of Mrs. Stanton. The
early part of the evening she was
rather closely confined to her manu-
! script, but as she advanced waxed
earnest over her subject, and OCCASION
! ally laying aside her speetacles would
/ argue her cause with such ardor and
eloquence as to hold her audience al
most spell-bound. She said they had
tried in vain to interest the RePHbli-
1 cans in their cause, and had been re-
pulsed in every direction. Horace
Greeley told her fatty he would pub
lish nothing for Woman Suffrage un
til Negro Suffrage was secured. After
trying in vain In the Republican par
4 ty, they resolved to try and interest
Democrats in their cause, and accord.
ingly applied to the New York World
and she said that published more,fol
them in one week than all the Repub.
lican papers iii six imonths.i 1t was
said Republicans did not nominate
Grant because they wished 10, or, be.
cause he was their first choice, but be.
cause they feared if they did not the
Democrats would. Now, she said il
was so with Woman Suffage1 7 Un.
less the party i'll power granted il
now, it was probably their kfstchance
T as they must certainly fall to- pieces
soon, and then the Democrats would
i accord to woman the right to the bal
lot. She said it was an insult to the Wo.
men, and disgrace to the nation to ele
vate the poor ignorant negro, jus
emancipated from slavery above tn,
educated, refined and cultivated wo
men of the nation. She said the Re
publican party made. great pretension
but she had learned it did not make
so much difference with them abou
the house as it did who lived in it, anS
accrding to the old maxim, "Of tw,
evils chooseithe least and the leas
of two evils with them always was t.
keep in Office. The abolitionists
Wendell Phillips and his disciple
wanted this old house, only extend tn
roof little farther, just large enough
to take in the niggers, and this no
from any patriotism or principle, bu
simply to control their votes. Her ad
dress was candid and rather pleasing
and had it closed here, would hav
left very favorable impression. Blu
after her came Miss Anthony, and ha'
the whole United States been ransack
ed, 1 doubt if a more perfect scontras
g to Mrs. Stanton could have bee
:, found. A thin, angular, sharp visagt
repulsiye vinegar faced e old maid
attempting few off-hand extempora
, neous remarks. She only ,detracte
from the dignity before maintained
and confirmed l fear in the minds G
many the old saying that ga woman
: tongue never will cease to wag." TIL
!. audience, wearied by the lateness q
f the hour availed themselves of a brio
: respite, and as we reached the vest
e bule below, the voice of Miss Antho
: ny was family Observation-Disclosures tn
d hustle and confusion of the crowd
t Thus ended an evening with the reve
|. lutionists. -...... -, i'll. S. II.
S Toledo, O., March 5th, 1869.
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: a Lesson for the Day.
- A certain ruler was asked by til
. chief of the people to SIT in the receil
of customs. But the YScribcs an
;. Pharisees said unto hin, 's-r'his thin
;, can thou not do unless thou sella a
,f thou hast, @ 81, as. a. l,. e. i 1li5 3.,,, 3
: And when he heard this lie W!
!, exceeding .soRrewfpb for,he was yer
rich"
% And SO another received the GU!
Oms,