The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-24

besides being less expensive therefore lOubu
themselves TO the movement on the principle that
the reformation might prove to them what godli-
ness hau MOTTO Wit, very great gam. The Two
classes OF women represented were. nrst those VINO
had failed OF matrimonial consideration; and, sec
ondly, those who had tried matrtmony only to COM
pare Is disgustediy to the SUD jtgatHa ire OF the
ancient RoIlans-the wrongs OF the unmarried con-
ssting In the fact that they had never been afforded
the opportunity; those OF the married IN the TACT
that their husbands had proved intractable.
Mrs. stanton acted the part OF the thunderer on the
occasion. Then waxed the battle fierce ana not ana
was opened upon the offender, Man. q musketry OF
adectives quite sufficient 70 have driven mad man.
ufacturer OF quart0 dictionaries In nutshell u was
proposed TO found social system-so ran the SUD,
stance or the resOutOns-ln which oil members Oh
.he convention should be afforded husbands as
matter OF right, and IN which It should inhere 70
The bill Of rights to henpeck ones husband to ones
own content, II not to his 1t was also resolved TO
petition the Legislature at Albany annually until the
ON OF rights (Which included surage) was granted;
But, alas for the Obduracy OF legislatures TO great
moral arguments, they have Kept penn0ning ever
since and nothing has come OF II, legislators as
well supported and nanked with financial. You
may batter one OF the clan everiastnYy with great
PAPER pellets or tomato pits; but exhibit The art
lery he appreciates and ne surrenders at once
which remark is dropped as . hint looking TO the
success OF similar petiu0ns hereafter. poem on
great moral IDEAS was then read, and Fred Douglass
was requested to respond, which he did by con-
ceding that men had no rights which women were
bound TO respect-a concession that eclted raptu-
rous applause, coupled with intersections OF "Ah
what . husband he'd make !" from all parts OF the
house.
Elated with the success OF the convention it was
now resolved to move on the enemys works and
hold similar convention In New York city, which
was carried out the ensuing year; and LOT Ten years
they held conventions In New York, and New York
listened and was vas amused pronouncing the whole
length, having enlisted In their cause, the ready
| sympalhies OF one Mr.. Teetotal Tiltem, Of great
repute as philosopher, though IN need OF medical
attendance for c1cCgthes lOQuead5 ct scribend, they
| took counsel one OF another and ended by making
the great Ttem standard bearer TO the lnefabe dis
that distinction. So the gallant Tlltem, his eastern
length Of tress parted In the middle went forth con-
| querlng and to conquer, Packer PinbOx and the
women constituting the grand army OF conquest;
while the Rev. Dr. Shayertongue OF Union square, and
| the great theological Napoleon OF Plymouth pulpit
did the skirmlshng. SO matters went on Tor fifteen
years, during which time the same old resolutions
were read yearly with slight variations Of adjective
and expletive; and yet the 0bdurate tyrant, Man,
! had not yleided-in fact, did not appear TO be
affected at all by any original combination Of adec-
tlves tnat could be suggested
Then in 1865, the philosophical ana laxative Tilt
lem and the great Pillbox and the Napoieonic Susan
B. Anthony and other apostles OF the movement
met together and declared they must have an or
gan-for, SAID they, the newspapers lampoon and
VIII treat seriously this great moral reform There
and visions Of annihilating the refractory daies
with whitening sarcasm lLted athwart the minds OF
sne M aposees ana 1aey LOOK courage &C
Revolution, Packer Pillbox being afforded edltO-
rial position, with the privilege OF evolving great
moral ideas as In eIteso as might suit his peculiar
mental activity. And now PlbOx was happy, and
cogtated and became the Brahmin or the sect Mrs.
Stanton assisting in the editorial duties
What ev0lutlons OF original ideas What anathe-
| mas on old ones What gymnastics Of syntax In
expressing an originality TO the expression Of which
plain English was incompetent In all respects it
was revolutionary enough to have satisfied the radi-
callsm or Phillips. Conventions were set on foot
everywhere, and 1t was resolved to petition Con-
| gress. National Woman Suffrage Convention was
held at washington; an American EQUAL Rights
Association was set on foot with numerous tributary
asSOcatiOns IN word, the movement was made
national affair ana at length, in the spring OF 1882
sixteenth amendment followed the submission OF
the famous fifteenth, becoming equally famous.
Mrs. Stanton Illuminated q proclamation to all
women, everywhere. Alas the obduracy Of egis
lators The amendment elevating woman to level
with the negro was tabled, and still lies pgeonholed
and useless. Then literature took up the subject,
and books pro et con were hurled at the heads Of
readers in rapid Observation-Disclosures Goodwin
Smith Gaping the climax and Angliclzing the
crusade
movements, and some said to Others, ''Behold, the
New York wing or the great moral reform too fond
q connecting with the democracy and ~ not the
tain quarters to secede and Lucy Stone, one OF the
four went with the secession, and great convention
OF women was called at Cleveland to disapprove OF
any cOquettng with the unwashed democracy. Thus
there are two bodies where there wa formerly but
one; and Cleveland convention Is to be held, to the
great disgust of the Twenty third street bureau and
the prOpretors Of 1t, VINO IN three years have
started over q hundred conventions and have been
instrumental In the organization OF sub-suffrage
societies in hundreds OF the cities and villages Of the
United states. The movement is now represented,
ton and the American Equal Rights Association,
with their various snbsoceties In different parts Of
the country-numoerng IN all about 100000 mem
fable and ends In stern matter OF fact-ends in the
organization of gigantic movement ramifying all
circles and in sympathy with the worklngwomens
associations everywhere; Miss Anthony having In
fact, done more than any other one person to make
the workingwom,en's movement successful ana bay-
ing been IN this city its actual founder
But IN 1858 certain women said among themselves
that the leaders OF the suffrage movement were
nnfn fhny,non
called convention at DelmonIco's to discuss what
should be done to save portion OF the glory These
the literary talent Of the SEX and nightly did they
quarrel as to the name thereof "Womans League"
though approved by Mr.. Dickens, was not the thing;
'Bue Stocking Club,n though expressive enough,
was not satisfactory; the .Urder Of the Pen" was
too pragmatlcal; IN fact, English was unequal to
the task. Now, 1t was not until after this discus
sion that anybody suspected the members Of Greek,
having had little reason to suspect some of them Of
English. Then "sore Rosesr was suggested, on the
tribe PANIED by the success OF the leaders OF the
National Suffrage Association In getting talked
about In the papers. But Greek had been decreed
and Greek must be had; whereupOn the poor
phrase went into the hopper, plain English 'Sore
and an SIC" In the first member and the dottinp of
an ''e'' to make 1t ~" IN the second member and
| dovetaiiing Of the two, nothing more nor
less than the good Greek sOrOsis. A greater
triumph in the way OF Siamese-ing plain English
phrase with classical erudition was never gained
though 1t must be confessed that the manufacture
partakes OF ingenuity rather than pathological accu-
racy; albeit the former Is the true root the latter
according to the facts. club founded, series OF
dinners at Delmonicos was at once instituted
for the success OF things OF the kind is supposed to
depend Intimately on dinners at Demonico's-
prandlal puns on good syntax were afforded ana
embraced teas being given to secure the attendance
moral purpose was difficult.
Can any good come out OF this Nazareth OF ismsY
Pernaps-ior the logic OF events s wiser than those
who would make history instead OF 0beying it. The
"Womans Parliament" springs out OF the SorOsis