The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-28

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courtesy Of the American Consul, Dul mol ~ ~
| American citizen.
Mrs. Ju II Ward Howe was next TO be heard, and
reau very ulleresll K AMI elegant ejiapvsiaioh Al
Was al eAnau5 I've and philosophical REVIEW VI tue
| Condition and rights OF women me eiitM sue has
on the wocli tue position her aaGAre aud oiSaaild
hon demand, and plea FOR her Delng made tue
elua oI man III every respect wages employ meat
eddcauon, privileges and voting. Mrs. howe AS
peasant facs almost round, lar comp eAion and
rudoy cheeks Her forehead Is ugh, aud aer auourl
hair was conoed strdl2at ulcx aai piece oi U acH
lace covered the most oil IL. ter Dress was Diacl
silk moaestly trimmed aud a broad linen coll
around her neck was c,asped by Iel PIN. ms pa,
apair oil Jet earrings, set OF Rian sleeve buttons
ard rug en- ner els hand were the only orna enLs
sue wore Her voice Is rather shrii out not unliea
SAINT, aud her reading was UNUSUALLY oistnct.
Mrs. Stone-BacAwell read letters from REV. Mr..
blanchard, ol indiana anu George I. downing, o
Washington ID. q.
committee 10 nominate officers reported the fol-
LOWING, which were duly eected.-
Pfssdet--I. w. nlxgInson, 0l knode Island.
SecreidrseS-Grs. MyIa Drauwel, vi lillIals; Mary
+. DAVIS, OF New York.
Pace Pres ds,ttS--uon. Nathaniel White, OF New
Hampshire; Mrs. Caroline A. severance, of Massa
cndsetls; Mrs Anna q. Field, OF New YORK; Rev.
Antoinete Brown Blackwell, OF New jersey; donn
Il. wnemar, or renusyivanla; Or. John Cameron. vi
delaware; Rev. Charles II. Marshall Oi Indiana;
hon j. b. Bradwe'l, OF Illinois; sev. Ii. h. Acooii-
Miss Lilly feckhaln, Of Wisconsin; Mrs. Dr. J. IA.
Jones. oi Michigan; Mrs. AIDA rlelia OF Mississippi;
Mrs. - hitler, OF California; Captain judsoa ID.
Cross OF Iowa; Henry r. Campbell, Oh rlorlua.
HdSaref'-Ni iam N. HUDSON Oh ONO.
Altee which the convention adjourned.
Afternoon Session.
AT two o'clock the hail was again filled with per
sons or ulnerent age Sex anu co.Ot, anu atcr lew
minutes OF business Rev. Mrs. P6sebe A. nanatord
was introduced, VINO spoke tnrsillugly for niii an
hour, closing with poem, winch she hal written
wane on her way in the cars 10 me Convention.
Mrs MARY II. DAVIS, VI New Jersey, came next
upon the door, and delivered good sensiD speech,
III pain, earnest manner. The audience we're
deeply a1ected At ner speech
MI. GILES Is. SlEBBlNs followed her. and Lucy
STONE followed hun. Both speeches were earnest
ana telling, especially that VI Mrs. ooone.
Miss ASrnoSi III This ulne mad been sitting In
conspicuous place upon the stage and now came
forward ana desired w say lew words. All We're
disappointed at the happy lurl OF her remarks sac
su sne could MOI ressL NE desire 10 speak because
Lucy Stoue had struck the keynote. Our iallers
undertook 10 elevate all men Iii the shape Oh man
hood To an equality; aud tne women must not cease
w demand sixteenth Amendment OF The eoassisu-
ton, giving suffrage to an Conditions VI men auu
women ASA OF the Convention, AZ sa.s cary ssags,.
not only to demand Inc iavoraOe action VI oLale
Legislatures but Oh Congress. clie not II this
ISOLATION snail rush cut the Organization OF which
am member, ana tne hetutssStuit, To walcn nave
given TWO yeais' iuoor, Tor II this association Iii
come up TO LIS grstt wosk, aaa aceonp.lsA 1t, 50
help me H1gn bcayen Will DC con.ent. tAppialse.j
lne consGt, Ut GA was READ 10y AZ. bLAGka ELL, ada
the Convention ADJOURNED 70 meet " seven ocock
Evening SCI sion.
After little discu ssion the preamo.e to the con.
stituuon WAS Adopted; and MIS-. NV -kMoaE noIlI-
mated nenry WARD beecAef as PRESIDENT VI tne ma
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Mrs. CUTLER Seconded TIE nvniination, and the
vote had tle opposition Oh oaiy one woman Miss
movement wds woilan's movement ana Lie asso-
cation q womaas association, aal u wouIaa should
De the president the. eol.
Judge bARDwElL, who has been spoken Of be-
lore, Was Introduced, AMI spoke quite ~ ieagrn,
telling the same Old Ltory II very ordinary way.
The UHAIaMAE tod "iittle storyn CONCERNING
MS3 Miriam Al. Cole eJitre5s OF ile roma ela upu-
cde, aud introduced her 10 tne anuence grec,ei
her neaftiiy sue ~ aver good- ooAing young lady,
seems ABOUT thirty-1ve years old has sharp lea III es
and isnt. curry hair; sue was dressed Ia q garnet
SILK dress, Trimmed itn velvet ol the same color;
black velvet Jtcna, lace Collar and cuiIs. She real
IN sweet voice, plainly anu o4uenly, an address
winch held the fln aLseution "a Jue eutlre auuioce
Tor tnfee-luarter5 oI al nouI,
DIR. LEES. OF England, Was tn ught to be In the
audience was caed los and SPOKE the gallery
concerning tne progress Of III; wumaus cause nj
MS country. Or. Lees Is temperance lecturer OF
some note and has made tour ,lrougn this country
during tine past summer.
Miss LILLY RlCknAM, OF Wisconsin, was the next
speaker. and completely captlvaled the audience Ny
brilliant eAtenpore speech, Delivered III wnlins
manner, WIN the mOst peryecS eIuncation. she was
one OF the youngest PERSONS preselI, Of the
prettiest she dressed Ia plack, WIN blue trlI
mInss, and wore no Jewelry Dut isnL walcn Cham
AT ner belt.
! The CHAIRMAN spoke for few minutes tearing
the poiicy and platform Oh President Elliot o
Harvard College, lor the greedy minds VI his oppo
| nents TO deyour.
FRANK b. sANEoRN. OF the Springfield Republican
| followed with a bfiei aud Happy speech.
The CHAIRMAN spoke again, Telling an interestin.
anecdoe OF the ARMY lie OF AFs. t,enei al Lander
and Introduced Mlss LIvEaMoRE, OF Chicago w.it
was already u favorite VI tue aulieace. sac Is q
large, noDe-lookilg woman VI, perhaps, forly-lye
years. Her face Ia unwrluKiei aau her hair GOA
black. She was dressed III black SILK, slightly
trimmed with olack TRUCE and lace co,lar. she
spoke with womany eloquence, IN strong, Llaiu
voice. having tie entire atGcuuon OF the hearers
VINO were already tired with Ihree hour disc ussioa
Miss Lvermore's speech Closed the evenings exer.
clses, and the Convention adjourned 70 meet al ten
O'CLOCK tomorrow morning.
Thursday's Meeting-Election OF Omcer,-
Resolutions offered and Speeches Mude--
Great Enthusiasm for the Cause-NIiss An.
vention.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 26, 1869.
Thursday morning dawned pleasantly upon thu
debaters OF "womanityn and aroused them to action
more vigorous Than any before. The Convention
convened at ten O'Clock, and the constitution
brought up for consideration, which was the folio
ing:-
CONSTITUTION or TIN Ax1Rioks WOMAN SUFFRAGE
1ssVGfArIoS.
P,e1-eThs unaertiEnsa hsoas Of woman suffrage as
seno.ed 10 convention IL Ceye nd o5 NovenDeI
pape so1os any 1sra. s-lsrla tA4i ,iy represent.
I've na'i9aa o1a zatioa 10 decided for The Or4ery
encen ppsecr.ior q tne woman suffrage movement /.
smreA wgleh sn4u eaooay tns eelioerae sctoa I'll,
STATE and ocs organizations aud shal carry VIA ii the
Iniea -sisEs ~ Ssefy iorm tns AercxD suffrage
me American y oman Suffrage AssOllaL4cn.
AGI Z--Jvec-tik oaycct ehGu De 10 concentrate IN,
efforts OF al tie advocates % suffrage IL tLs Unite
ktztse.
sscrros !. 70 form auxiliary State association, IN ever,
ftate where nont s3-n now exist add 10 c9Oyefate
tlOse arezdy rlsog wllcg thG declare
larry Deore the bra, day " oi
auxiliary eoceses eiBg Recognized 80 their
Tea ana tnsar plans oesg pro4ao.sd ~ every
power.
sgo. g. To hold annual meeting O, delegates for IL
tansactop OF business the election officers for
ensuing year ALEC, naOuai conventions for tn
advocacy OF woman suffrage.
sEc 10 pubsl tracts. documents an other printed
mastsr iof we supply 81 sae and local societies
| vuuals at actual cost
$40 To prepare and circulate petitions TO State lezsa
tes 70 Cong cas- or 10 constitutional conventions in 6ehal
81 me legal ana political equality Of women employ lee
tres ai agents. and ~ take he
committee may think Ct the obi scts OF he
| cation. - - -'
AbI O.glHts1'ton--sEoTtoSl The officers asso
eaton snnl pe president eight vice presidents large
chairman Of the executive committee, foreign
nag secfeary corresponding secretary recoriug
tarics and treasurer, all Of whom shall o, mem or
tf the executive committee also president and
member OF the executive committee from state an
territory and from tho District OF Coumbis afterwar
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