The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-30

oOmmlCte6 060 aug IL up. Sue pelleV6u
that the institptionpf sl1vesy might have
dragged his l9ethsqme length alonR for
an a1e. had i not been attempted I'd
prov that God wss the Yaathor Of
slaysry. So Che thought that tthegpre-
sent efforts oG the CLERGY 10 slow that
under the Gospel woman is not free
human being, will hasten the day Of her
liberation. a-r g.
"It is an old objection that husbands
and fathers will provide for their wives
and daughters and defend their rights
better than they can provide for and de-
fepd themselves. This objection is an
swersd by all the statutes that have been
enacted in respect to woman, The prac-
tice of all our State Governments, from
the formation of the nation, shows that
man is not secure depository of the
rights of woman. Women must have
the means Of self-defence, and these
means in every free country are the pri-
vileges exercised by the voter.
"Oan any one say why women should
not be allowed to vote for the protection
of her person and her property as well as
man for hisp The agitation of woman g
rights has effected much reform for wo-
mans benefit
"Already we behold the colleges open
ing their doors to women, and those who
live to the end of this century will see
the ballot in the hands Of women"
Miss Anthony said that they were not
going to wait until the close Of the CEN
tury. We are holding these conventions
for the purpose of setting before Con-
gress sixteenth amendment, forbidding
any State to disfranohise people on ac-
count of sex. We want Congress to pro-
pose the amendment, and then we will
stir up the States to its ratification. We
expect TO get the ballot within two years; years;
and in 1872 some of us will be up fol
Congress. Applause
It was then ordered to take up the re-
solutions Seridtin, for discussion and
adoption.
Miss Anthony said that for G. 900 years
woman has besn taught to look to man
as her superior. All men believe more
in men than they do in women. This is
the result of the education of ages. 1t
will be found, however, to be true on
natural principles that under equal rights
women will be more disposed to follow q
white man than to follow q woman OF
equal brains and information. On this
subject of woman's suffrage. the women
are yet in q state of semi-barbarism. We
have been for thirty years becoming
more civilized, and many important
changes have been made. BY and by we
shall become educated up to the level of
our rights, and we are trying to enlighten
you, gentlemen, on the subject of hu-
man rights.
Some funny sparring had occurred be-
tween Miss Anthony and Mrs. Liver
more, but the latter here brought the
house down by attributing Miss Antho-
ny's notions about following the lead OF
man to the fact that she had not (as she,
Mrs. l.. had) followed the lead of man
for twenty-five years. The audience
seemed determined to coll Miss Anthony
to another trial of wit, but she said that
though the joke had gone far enough,
yet she would say that we sometimes fol-
low leaders uery far of'-a joke which
was mildly taken out of regard (per-
haps) to Mrs. Livermore's feelings.
The fifth resolution being read, Mrs.
Blackwell took the floor. Among other
things, she alluded to the difference in
the public treatment of man and woman.
For example, when o wife dies, all the
papers say, died, such person, "relict'
Of Mr.. So and So, as if she were not any
thing more than an attachment to the
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the papers should say died Mr.. So and
So, "reiict" of Mrs. So and So, his very
bones would manifest his manly indigua.
tion. So when a girl is born, the papers
say that daughter is borni to "Mr. Sc
and So, as if the mother had had nothing
to do with it. Great laughter
Mrs. B. continued to expose the re.
markable features of our legal system in
reference to woman, her person, her la.
bor and her property. She happily illus,
trated her points by examples of how il
works under our laws: Il am her hus.
band, and her dividends belong to me-
In all respects, as wife, mother and
widow, the laws are very different from
those pertaining to man, as husband, fa.
ther and widower.
Mrs Blackwell spoke of the constant
cry we hear for Impartial suffrage, -
meaning impartial suffrage among men.
A little girl at school seeing partiality
extended to the boys, said: ''I think
partiality a good thing, but it should be
extended to us all alike" What we want
is impartial suffrage alike for woman as
for man, and in order not to be mistaken
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