Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-01-21
wOMAN's RIGHTS CONVENTION.


AT the time of the close of our report yester-
day afternoon the Convention mad under dis
cussion the resolution submitted By the Busi-
ness Committee, "that a woman's government
was worse than q white mans Government ,
&c, which was amended by Mr.. George T
Downing. sthat the privleys to cast a b Hot
saying who shall govern as is an indi vId ual
right not restricted by the color or sex OF the
individual; is one which cannot in tly b. with
held on the plea thar another indiyid usl ia
unjustly denied the same; that il is the duty of
every honest, consistent lover of justi,.e 10
urge the securing OF that right igaoring sex aud
color, eventhough they be disfranchissd them.
selves; that no one man should assume that n
person would If given their right abu Sc II and
WITHHOLD me same on the assumption, buG that
they should b. secured in the same and be held
responsible for the abuse thereof,,
Inc anne ndment and original resolution were
ulscussec ny Messrs. Hinton, Downing. Pick
nam; furvis, and Miss Anthony, Mrs. DR.
walker and Emily b. Stanton, after which,
upon vote, the amendment was adouted
series OF resolutions were then offered and
auoI,ec, denouncing the prop position now
pending in Congress to abolish elective gov
eminent in the District of olumb,s as n tsnds
10 make the oisfranchlsemeut of the 2J.0OD
women OF the District perpetual; earnestly re-
commencing to the friends of equal suffrage in
ali the STATES to call conventions at their r..
spectiye capitals during the sessions of the
Legislature aud that committees BE- appointed
TO me mori-1As those bodies on the subject OF
III paItidl sun age alice TOT men ana " omen.
and that as far as possible able aud ear qest
women. as well as others, OBTAIN a
hearing before them, to urge the neces-
Ttys, a. ana "a Justice OF their CLAIMS.
cblsed Clssses We do not overlook the logic Al
fact that 1T includes the right TO be voted for
ana We know no reason why 3 colo-ed man
should be excluded from a seat in Congress or
woman 2 ther, who possesses suitable cana.
bilIties and has bsen duly elected; that we
demand OF the Government. and of the public
oplnion also. mat the women and colored peo-
pie snail choose their own occupations and he
paid always equally vita men for equal work.
that IL Is our duty to sustain the various iour-
mails now existing North. South, East, and
West, that advocate the doctrine we inculc ,te
and eace1vor 10 engraft upon the governmental
policy of the nation.
Addresses We're then made by Miss Anthony.
Miss Julia Archibald Holmes. aud Mr. Wolff
alier winch the Con invention adiourned tiII
seven O'Clock ID. m
AT the evening session, the general question
OF woman suffrage vas discussed at some
length nv Mrs. Annie kiDgsbury OF VinaIand
N. j., Mrs. Sterrett, MS. Butler, of NewJar
sey, Mrs. Mott, Mrs. Stanton, Miss Anthony.
ana Parker Pillsbury.
Miss Anthony submitted resolutions which
were arcpted-That the vital principles of the
Woman's outrage movement is not the use of
the electlVh franchise, but its posses sion as "A
cneck against legal and social tyraLny. that
Dltherto governments among men have signal.
~ 1alled. as Well in republics as in monar,hies
and despotisms. their history being but a series
oireNoiunous, Dloodshed and desolatiOn: that
ademocIa"y or repn blicansm which proscribes
and disfrauchises one half their eli liens for
their sex and another for their color is a CON
tradieton in terms more offensive and harder
To be borne than despotism itself under its true
name. and vastly more dangerous by its saduc.
tive influence to human weIl-beine that we
demand rs the only assurance of national per
pefuity and peace. as well as q measure of
Justice and right, that in the reconstruction of
the Government suffrage shall be based ON
Loyalty and intelligence, and no where BE- linn
led BY QdiQus distinctions on account Of RAGE
color, people or sex.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton (whIte,) and
Dr Robert Purvis (colOred,, were appointed a
committee TO prepare petition TO e gress in
behalf OF universal suffrage; and Mrs Josephine
Drifting and Bishop Moore were appointed TO
prepare an address to the people Mrs
Josephine Griffing and ]. III. Crane were an
pointed committee TO publish the proceedings
OF the conven'lohi which thereupon ad lourned
sac de-