The national Republican., 1869-01-20
,eeded to read letter from WIN. Lloyd Oar.

support OF the convention thhn WVsa ~ -
tained from the entrance Zee, and also am
nounced as the speakers for me eyen,nE mrs;
Susan u. Anthony, Miss Slara bsrton, ano
Mr. r. hIn,Sni nnssnl6n ns upon pom tSe manner IN
which woman had been kept down since the
uay, oi M mnph nWsphaway, Of Boston, said she did |
not n fopo,e 10 make a speech, for she was not |
a ,peeob. sker. She came here asa working |
woman she spoke Of the condition OF the
tsSiT rights. Even in the South It had been
claimed that the child followed the condition
Of the mother this she considered but Just
and right, In Massachusetts, last year there
was paid for rum t2,7oo,ooo, and the women,
who had the will, were not allowed the right
to close the rum shops. They were further
criminals and paupers, She looked to the
time when these wrongs would BE- righted.
Mrs. Mott said that owing to the condition
and taught man was master. male mouths
had spoken for the dumb. She believed In the
general goodness Of the human heart, as shown
the II @ adysnse nee which had been made In the cause,
paying tribute to Its prominent sdvocstes Of
past days, and alluded TO the prominent wo.
men OF the bible, showing that woman was
Ms. Wright announced that they had Ap-
pointed Finance Committee, who would now
@ pressons Of the sympathy Of the audience.
Mrs, Minor, Of Mo-, simply rose to tell them
how deeply the women Of Missouri sympa-
thiTe0 Win tnem. In mlhhOuTl Nut Chutt was
gaining, although they had until recently met
with much opposition from tho Jewish and
German element In their population. In .
ns 'hsy Snd SHpS seoa 81 %
pfMsh Mrs. shrsSibsid, Of Kansas, wa, happy to
,h.s shs came zen s,as k,sss Ss:h She sse
/ was also proud to say that she was one Of the
pioneers who went there to establish the
time 10 be present when the border rutiiaus
invaded the state In 1885, and drove the resi-
dents from the polls and established the lie.
nat de Thes we're
their assistance was required they were not
told this ls not your sphere. They labored BY
brothers, and thus became politicians, and
now they felt they had q right to participate
In the Government which they had helped to
sotte Convention in isS9, which was strongly
| Republican, they were told to walt; the party
was too young. They had waited till that
not In the scar and yellow leaf, and what had
they gainedi Now they were told they must
wait still longer They must stand aside till
| She alluded to "thAt harlequin, George
Francis Train" in complimentary terms, pro-
nouncing him "good.looking man" She
spoke against class legislation, and In the reply
to the claim that there were too many voters
now, urged that the restriction be applied
to all classes alike; and let woman have her
| Bible, the grand charter OF human rights and
| the grand charter Of woman's rights, and to
/ II she was willing to trust their cause. Allud.
| ing to the history Of the creation, she said
| God, when He created man and woman, made
them In his own image and gave them dominion
over all. The only instance In the Bible where
| the husband commanded his wife was the
| case OF Ahasuerus, and the wife very properly
refused to obey. PAups commands to the wo-
shown not TO TsIs ssn nsas
after which she proceeded to examine the
character and position OF great number oi
those who doubted woman's rights 70 read the
! last chapter OF the Book OF Proverbs.
III At 3 o'clock the convention adjourned unit
Of delegates came forward and registered thei
| names.
EVENING SESSION.
The convention met at 7 o'clock, the hal
. being compactly filled.
Senator Pomeroy explained that the presi
dent, Lucretia Mott, was detained, and hat
requested him to open the meeting, which h,
, did by Introducing Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton. She commenced her address, saying th'
Republican party took up Grant as measur,
OF policy. Had the Democratic party been Al
! polite and taken up woman suffrage theI
! would have swept the country. She said sh'
i was opposed to manhood suffrage for si,
reasons, and II any woman can give six gooC
reasons they should be needed. Mrs. StantoI
then proceeded to give hei six reasons, which
were as follows:
l. Glass and caste suffrage cannot stand
The empires OF Europe are trembling, and oul
own republic 10 pronounced by our wisest men
and the colored men Of the South are being
enfrAnchised, think you the daughters Of Han
cock and OF Jefferson will not demand it,
f.thep % would % driys % sls % dfuuSep ZEN % son from hi,
door and leave him TO wander In the storm and
frost and snow. DID mother ever do that
She would take him In and warm him, and
thaw out his feet, and bestow upon him a
mothers love. To keep a foothold here wo.
man must conform mans ideas. When the wo
have a pureT and better theoioKy than W.
have now. She would not place man above
woman's head, nor beneath her feet, but she
would draw a line halfway between Dante
and Blackstone, and place him on level with
her. She protested against the enfrAnehise
ment OF another man until enough women ar,
del q oe OF men. Hester Vaughn, charged with
s as n he hiSs Tss m nGs
Pennsylvania, while her betrsyer walks tn,
earth, free. This poor woman thus suffers
while Generals Cole and Sickles, who shot tn
paramours OF their wives, are caressed ant
.. Because It is an open and deliberate In
suit to the thoughtful wives and mothers o
this country thus to be set aside. The Repub
lican party, Immediately after the war, placed
( the word finale" where 1t had never beer
before, 1.-THE fourteenth amendment) When
ment she was received with the greatest
honors. In this country we have many womeI
wiser and better than Queen Victoria. Mrs
stanton then paid her compliment to the Hon
Henry Wilson, alluding to his remark that h,
had had courage to vote down woman suf
frage In the Senate" She related that wher
ter, N. Y, demanded increased pay, It WA
given them by taking twenty-five per cent
from the female teachers. She referred 4
study OF anstomy In the sughter.houses, be
| cause refused admission elsewhere, and he
success as an artist Miss Hosmer's sculpture
nd ha n Va nN laAl a.
showing that women 70 were the equals Of men 70
I. Because the history Of American states
: manship for the past hfty years does not In
sp!re her with confidence In their ability t,
, rule Alright. Mr.. Washburne, in speech
few days since, showed us the corruption o
our legislators Mr.. Butler showed their ig
norance of fnaneei and others showed thei
want OF knowledge OF political economy, juris
prudence and government. This Governmen
was rotten to Its core.
BeSsTsS opposed to al the 6Gvsla ,h,
science recognize the woman element IN th'
state to which we are progressing. AlludinJ
to the clviliZing influence shown by the ad
/ vent Of women into California, she asked Il
that effect would have been seen had Ah IL
: load of cOlored men been sent there.
o. Because II raiIeAh more deadly oppositl oil
to the negro than he has yet met. 1t place
him in anfsgonism TO the women. To lift tn,
negro above the woman-to make him he
legislator and her judge-whate can you expect
l. was this that defeated negro suffrage Il
Kansas, and the Republican party was stronglJ lJ
In the majority, and making negro suffrage !
party measure, II was deteated-slmply be
cause they refused to include woman suffrage
The same reasons that John Bright used IL
favor of the househo holiersj the same reAsoni
the Republicans used for the negroes, were the
reasons she used for woman.
Mr.. George T. Downing asked permIssion tc
she would Withhold from an Intelligent indi
yidual a right which he had never done any
, ling to forfeit and cited the case OF Robert