Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-02-16

Wowan au0esRe IN MaryIaHd-MTS.
So,snhIno lTImnE as n Missionary
In the Cause.
Nr, JosepbIne 8. Grining, Of Washing
ton oity, delivered q lecture last evening al
The Law Buildings, corner Of Lexington
and 81. Paul streets, on the subject OF
FWoman Suffrage" There were about 200
persons present, Including some 80 females,
notwithstanding the night was rainy and
very dlsageeeabie. The lecturer commenced
by saying; "HoW welcome to the heart OF
woman Il the mandate that has gone forth
from the East aud the West, tho North and
the South for her Acknowledgement" The
call for the ballot for woman was the call ito
open the prison doors TO them that are In
bond;" II was to let the oppressed races Of
all mankind 20 free, to infuse q higher life
Into the nineteenth century, and to develop
that selfreliance and selEgoverument on
which q nation aud an individual are alike
immortal.
She then devoted some considerable time
TO Peter the Hermit, who dlsregarded alike
the power OF Prince John and the treachery
Of Philip Augustus, and who Vigilantly pur-
sued the conquest OF the HolyiGlty, as show
Ing what perseverance might do. And the
friends Of female suffrage had TO show the
same determination II they wished TO sue
NNNus bhN huulNu Nuhh NOmhu tut
man the ballot was the alpha and the omega
OF human life, but commended that lift was a
protection to tho life and property Of the
one, II was equally so 10 the other; II the
ballet secured advantages for Intellectual
improvement not otherwise guaranteed, then
II was as equally necessary to the woman
a. to the man. 1.-THE ballot has aided man
10 enter avenues Of labor aud professions
who're woman IL excluded, and has deter
mined the value OF that labor and the honor
Of that profession, then, she argued, woman
title 10 or custody 10 . child was to be de-
termlned, then the mother equally with the
father had the right and should exercise
the act Of voting. II inventions and dis
coVerles are encouraged through the ballot,
then woman's claims were equal 10 that Of
man.
The lecturer contSnded that the ballot
was necessary to woman In order to enable
her TO occupy the pulpit or the bar. She
alluded to taxation without representation,
and AFTER drawing a comparison between the
present time aud those OF Rome and Greece
In ages gone by, concluded, amid the ap.
plaule Of the audience.
Mr.. Giles stSbblns, Of Michigan, an advo.
cate OF Uoman's suffrage, made q few re-
marks, abiding 10 the fact that when women
began 10 vote and acted a. Judges Of cleo.
tion, matters would go on much more pleas.
antly than At present, for . man who would
not act As gentleman Ia the presence OF a
lady was worse than beast, and no female
could help playing the lady before gentle
men.
1t was announced that other lectures
would he delivered, and Mrs. Grining said
petitions TO tho Legislature In favor OF the
object In Wow were now ready for sigma
lures, but no one appeared willing to Sign.
She said the friends OF the cause could walt
patiently, that the petitions would be sent to
the Legislature, aud that as the body did not
meet again for two years, tho members could
lake them home and peruse them at leisure.
--BdltiHors Sun, l4th.