The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-04
WOMAS's SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.

The regular weekly meeting OF this association
TOOK place yesterday afternoon at their rooms In
East Twenty.third street. The assembly numbered
forty.
The meeting having been duly organized, Miss
Susan B. Anthony read an interesting letter from
the s0cfety's foreign correspondent Miss Emily
Faithful. IN London. John Stuart Null, Charles
Kingsley and Professor F. W. Newman were eulo
gized In the letter. and the writer added that such
names guaranteed success. A vote OF thanks was
enthusiastically transmitted to the foreign CORE
spondent
The name OF Mrs. Kate n. Doggette, OF Chicago,
was added TO the list OF the representatives at
Berlin.
The speech OF the afternoon was made by Mrs.
Norton who first read letter from Mrs. Love,
which, from the colo reception 1t met with, was
Love's labor lost.n The upshot Of Mrs. Loves let
ter was that she could not cooperate with the asso
citation so long as they made no distinction between
Papists and Protestants. George Francis Tram she
said, was IN the service OF the Pope. Four hundred
negroes were being educated down south for the
Roman Catholic priesthood. The funds were sent
from Rome and were In the bands OF eighty priests
What could we expect when black women got the
suffrage under such influences but the ful1ment OF
the thirteenth chapter OF the APOCALYPSE
A good deal OF discussion ensued after the reading
had done with the sectaran subject she was allowed
10 proceed. And proceed she did in well considered
ana very admirable terms as far as composition Is
concerned Her style throughout was ironical. and
this greatly detracted from her eloquent and we
doubt not truthful essay. She told strange story,
One night she found woman on doorstep, intoxt.
Gated, near her own dwelling Seeing the marks OF
sorrow a. well as dissipation on the poor creatures
face she took her home, fed her and supported her
for three months and learned her history One night
wesried WIN Twelve hours OF work the woman sat
down and fell asleep at ST. Jonn's Park. a
OF her entreatie5 took her to the station house.
During that night she was ravlshed by three police.
men, her two children meanwhile waiting for her
coming. Intimidation from the internal rufrans ana
threats OF Backwells Island made her silent before
the Judge. Hencerorsh she took to drink.
The mora, drawn by Mrs. Norton was that at every
police station and every prison won an Should gnar1
and protect woman, and more than this that women
are the only right adjudicators upon women. In
furtherQnce OF this view the lady moved the follow
ing rather nondescript preamble and resoiution:--
representing US The Senate The jury boz and al the BAL
allowed only the Of ourselves In crime and
thai nG' o usc u re- and
the ernns dock also aud the punishment for our
eIe1u OF our graces
The meeting was altogether a serious one and
nothing occurred 10 divert the acrimonious current
until Mrs. Bake, like Deborah Of old, mother
IN Israel, denounced Horace Greeley. Out West,
said Mrs. Bake, when thing appeared In the paper
al wSo wrote ssos ne 70
last week the Tribune had poked dastardly fun at
the Womans Suffrage Association: She would not
say "Shoot horace Greeley, for he was old and
morally blind' but she would move the following
resolution
Resolved whereas endcavons by malicious representa-
saaIsss Horace Greeley fslse to all the phi.nSrCpio
Q, ME me and traitor 20 pledge he has
Hereupon DR.. Hoeber jumped up and defended
. 70 DIS knowledge ne had not writ
what reporters said Horace Greeley was not respon
sD y vote Of me meeting Horace Greeley was
After the transaction OF some ,unimportant bust.
ness the meeting adjourned.