, 1869-02-13
TIE WONRn's CONVENTION

Do,h the Women's Convent Ions al.
j. urrcd Inst evening, after q Two d.Vs'
sstsicn, ard both, VIC believe, are sstis.
ti*d with III. result atta,red and the stena
that lfd tn it. Both formtd a Sta.e
Society, the constitution Of one OF which
re publish in another columu, but arc
con pei,t'l 10 omit The other because OF its
]sncth. Tic purpose of esch, Of course, Is
to secure, by concerted eG,rt, the right OF
srflrnpe fer women, std this they hope.
10 do through these organizations. Pre-.
ctdipg the Rltsinment Of suffrage must
ccms free and full discussion, by which
wcmen ge1eraily sre to be made
TO feel wa1m interest in
the sn1icct-1hich certainly they
CO mot as }c,--and men are to be con-
v;ncso-a hich certainly, as yc', they arc
uc:. Such discussion, after all, is the
rssl object Of o1gau'zatiop, ard it il,
atsrefore, Of comparatively little inpor-
tsrcr whst is done, or what IL .v3ied,
Lat tEat MUCH shall be said ard sad wise.
j.. T;4as much has been ss!d upon the
1ssl-s ard the wrongs Of woman, at both
utetirEs, wi.hia the last two days, he
would BE- bold maE who should ques-
ton; e1d Us the 1ad'es themselves arc
satisfied that that much has also been
said wisely, no one else has q right
20 be dissatisfied. Nor do we know
that aoyhcoy prottsEcs IL be. The
,ntclil rs have attracted large, aut1, evi-
,.r3t1Y, dlcply interested. audiences, and,
al CIT OF them, st least. many OF the best
recplc Of Chicsgo, both men and women,
including mos! oi The clergy Of the city,
we're il aueElxnce from first to last.
How tnr anytody wss convinced Of the
truth Of the "Wuman's Rights duc1rint"
by thu arguments ADVANCED or the lively
discussions which we're held, We, OF
cumse, ha7e I'D means of knowing. But
there csp, a. any tatc, be no doubt that
many pcupie hs7s been led to
think urun the subject who never
csvc ii much thought before.
ard If the vtfcbs of argument and cou-
rtuueutly the weight oi conviction lias
,.cct, upon ,hc efHc Of The alyncstes oi
vnusn, tluse who du nut agree With
tktm have rn'y themselves 10 thsnk fol
lin, ,,s,,F. II they wRntt1 H expected
= disl.tcnt rr.. they shrulj have put fur
rh,l thusr Il! In vt'tld l'n rsp7ble ,f ttn
.'u"iue Il 1tlsA ttnlssft TT shy thai ettn
rrn Il" ~ lIafi'i r" lnhn ny ttn'li fs fnl
i,trIu r,,int'at IL! but tlttti u u equally !
,t!,,,. stusts Ia l.,"st.st ta lMs'ii Aptat(
n t!tr spstss 1t In triumphant. Tiss
up,.slu. III tht tights NJ nnmtn iH niln i
,h,fr 'iimtnstnht, atl '9hst'Ht! '"ttn5hls
t1rtp l., .Hnnm "pm shs tNs"1e 1T Ill
.",hsIY, htt Ut allri "',llnifits, II II
Ii,t.M ahssH s.es nfH wt"Hs. s'srts!n
hti lAnh-lnoktng will hever shl ths'
sigh'. ihr rtertht them !t"n hayln
,mi, Why. 'fhns3 whn t.'bk tInn Nrn,
an,.t tths t',u tinn',it III aisnw that III,
ntr ~, IT ihry I'npe I" esnm 1lIe lido
,his movement, Mil They must ''n "
e"nt' l4t'te way than by lectures li,t
nl'''tif4rs, Nnt Il II n very vim. I'M
queslIon wl.rtlsps all tia! Ia TN
't3 the w"mau'a tlgtlle pe,t
n siw+Ys III p"'l tasln,
rketLsf TIN real uass'Im HIS alva
way ths,ly It, thetf t,7'n minis, I
4ass - '}sas thete IL q l'tsst1ssHtssaai vtl
.it,Ic nj tstun ni1oh will w"tl ltsalf !
a. 1ns'. ah'1 a itl,u tesl,:tran nhlY l,u
,sin1 t'. tuil, ttnhh es'1 at'!p 'la
ainu in sut as sih whlueA Afn att''iefA
tAfy ln1a MI Ftnsht III complain |
Hwy hAet Mas. {n shtss conventions,
tle iaell1 l,teuy sM.ict Ia themselves.