The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-16


who were not. Mrs. Patria sage sent three SONS 70
the war; one was imprisoned for months lie came
home starved aud all the pursing OF months could
not proven. his mother laying HIM in the grave. sne
took up the ballet and she said that that death had
earned her right TO vote; and she wenI ALONE
to vote; 1t was not counted. Next year liz women
went Dy her side to vote, and this last time 22l wo-
men went with her TO VOTE One clergyman and hls
wife desired to vote together, and they LOOK tne
baby with --Qaughterl-- was in vneland,
Cumberland county, n }. In combating tue aTRu-
ment that woman was represented by man politi-
caly she said that there was not a man
VINO would consent 10 such representation lor
himself; ne would not allow the merchants 70
represent the lawyers. Mrs. Stone referred AT some
length 10 the disabilities OF widows 10 the tune 9
widow can STAY In a house after her husbands
could stay as long as he pleased. There was no
State in the country where sue could exercise ner
Jersey they, could own property, but they
could not dispose Of IL. Imagine husband
nn na 70 "a, az with ms asnsl property
would be dreadful Illumination To him, anu II was
an equal Illumination to woman. There were,
however 50 many good husbands, and SO nuch
generosity on their part. that this injustice is not
lett IL otherwise would be. But Ihcre were ten
thousand husbands who were nos generous , All All
the side OF the TACT tnat woman couiu
not own her children. Inc only motaets wo eo nn
Then they we're told that women did not Know
enough to enable them 10 exercise the suffrage.
Men entrusted with the suffrage, whether they
were ignorant, or whether they were native born or
all men would have the right to the suffrage.
Women ought to know something, Tor they
been Long u Tune II cD the soo ares s11e e
laratlon OF Independence men could look women IN
the face and say they did not know enough PATRICK,
who could not read knew enough. Karl, who did
noS speak the language, knew enough; but the.
author OF .uncle Tom Cabin" did not know enough.
lUheers.) Then there was the opinion that women
would vote as the husbands did. She
had heard clergyman IN Massachusetts
"A 1ay n Il
IN the land than ms. Why, the woman with a mind
Of her own was infinitely better than the woman
woman man must be more SATISFIED. When -
woman wanted her husband To vote she wished
and and W." II she knew OF dainty dan that '' she
could put on the table that sne knew
he liked !, would be sure to be there Cheers.l
great many more women who wanted to vote, anu
they had sent mites OF petitions to Congress asking
Tor q vote, and they would send them again until
they got IT, and they would get 1t day. laugh
and cheers.) II this country, with its grand pos
siDities, was really to be
The land OF the free, the home OF the brave,
let the laws know no distinction either of sex or
color tCheers.) Women had been taught to be-
Heve that she mad no concern In poiitics. Wen, II
That were so and women had no concern IN It or
care fer Il, then she was degraded far more than
anything she could say would portray her. Woman
took place by the cradle and the boy girl she
rocked III that cradle she Influenced, ana her son or
daughter was moulded TO the mothers influences.
Mrs. stone concluded by describing the happy time
when women should attain ner rights, and Dy lnanu-
mental demonstrations The nation woulo show Its
gratitude to those legislators who had made the con-
cession. In that day women would wear that beau
tlui aud precious crown ana she would be free aud
ennobled ana be little lower than the angels. loud
cheers.l
The Rev. HENRY WARD BEEcHER responded to
the calls of the meeting, and said that he did not
think II far TO ask nim 10 speak after the
ladies had spoken.s lie did not think he could
do SO well. He would ask whether women
could not speak to .edicationp He would ask
them whether woman laid aside her refinement Of
lug for an hour and half In appeals to It's uncer
standing and to lis moral senses lie might be told
that III tins respect the company mad been picked.
III one sense that was SO. The ladies who had
spoken mad been trained so to speak by practice
There were, however, before him scores OF women
who could speak as well II they had mad the
practice. In hls own congregation he could pick
out u hundred women Who would DO as well as these
mad done That nglt. About the voting there were
two fears One a muddy, murky fear that q vote
gwen TO a woman would interfere with the gentle
ness, the afecton that grew up IN the fanny, and
that much OF It's pureness and Its weakness would
be gone. Then there was something that
WAS asd as an ohecon oom ana
ought to know; he had seven hundred wives and
three hundred concnbmes. ti.augnter.l When me
the fnal words 10 be taken from Semitic nation
and from king who had seven hundred wives and
the fear tnat tho women would be unseXed
and unwoinanized In Athens no women
a a% poery npes
women were deprived by law from learning these
things. All tfat was changed to-day and she stood
foremost in all these things and she had purified by
her genius our literature, and had by her genius
achieved a renown IN every other department OF
thognt Did they think that II they put the soil
tary pine OF Norway In a richer ground 1t would
grow INTO an oaks No; itwoud grow larger, more
beautiful. more erdnring ana OF grander dlmen-
sons No. woman by her larger development would
have richer power OF imagination and OF
executive skill, ana she would then be a better Wife,
ana consequently she would have better children.
Mr.. Beecher then showed at length the advantages
of unity OF the sexes at the same educational
institutions Then about this voting, why, II
woman went ten times day to drop letter IN the
post nobody thoughJ aoouG It, but If she went once
IN six months 10 drop ballot IN a box, why,
1t was very dreadful. tLaughter.l After a
very loyal and fattertng reference To England and
the queen, lie SAID tbar there was an objection TO
women voting, because they would take great deal
OF feeling Win them. That was what lie wanted TO
sec He should Ike TO see men 90 TO the polls with
their hands their hearts instead Of their pockets.
Ianghtef.t Was there any conscience in the elections
al New YORK or BROOKLYN QLouu laughterl Did they
know what The bitterness % that laugh indicated? Dd
they remember tnat they could obtain and Keep no
political freedom except through the voice OF the
people, and was not the Introduction of conscience
inlo spolitics desirabtesS (Cheers. Phllosophleay
he was democratic ana he saw tlat the tendency Of
the to make democracy more democratic
universal suffrage more universal, and in that era
and event let men and women 70 aud act Gogetuer
add thus purify ana ennoDe thai demo crazy. Loud
c1cerS.l
The meeting was then closed