New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-11
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
THE NETWORK PARTY.
MRS STATIONS RETIRING SPEECH-MISS ANTHONY
TALKS ANNEXATION.


watched little feet dancing TO the music OF the dancers
own glad hearts she has listened TO seienthe Verue
to paintive plattudes of extinguished officials, 10
musical trlls and political quavers to the cohndeh'
utterances Of hereto apostles She might even nave
turned away in maiden modesy from the artess spec
taele OF the Cardiff Giant All these things might sho
have heard and seen, but until yesterday morning
were her inexpensive eyes gaddened by VISION vi N
avswed voteres, and her unresponsive nihu hiuiAou
by their wisdom.
The unsatisfactory condition OF human affairs was
shown to marked degree in the tardy c IKE OF ,a e
clans The morning audience only nan niIeu tne mai NAL
1t devoted audience howeVef Mos" dsh IN Teman
snrage The constant attendants of the weekly meet
ings rallied force around the banner OF ther cniel'
displaying much earnestness and more millinery o
reporters sat at the long rnye
whose comfortable shoulders and deinure nonSts e
evidence that they had cooked Deelseahs anu IeH of
cradles betirnes. Mrs Cole OF Dayton Mrs Vi
Cincinnati and Mrs. shepard OF The BrOoKtyn ohtOh,
compared notes and sharpened their pencils Win all
the dash and spirit of adopts. . ~. A. NJ, ,,,o
Mrs Gage. Mrs Phelps Mrs. Gring, the Rev Mrs Hama
ford, Mss Susan y. Anthony and Miss Eoazehs ,oo
TO order. Mrs Hanaford made prayer MIS- Whom,
Secretary of the Association read the eau asaay Puo
rcrort was postponed until to-day. ,
The President said that they had convened to consider
The g 5 fTgaG hGe IT, There are two Ways in
which women can their rights. One is to carry
Site the other to thrustt on Congress and keep
there until politicians forced to accept as political
such as grace this platform, must knee at the eet OF
paupcrs, knaves drunkards-all Ignorant rf-rafi,
nrayiug them 10 grant 10 your mothers, wives, and
daughters TO the rights of the Republic. Iet those who
have the stomach for such work DO I'll h9ye MT Le1
ask TOm Dick and Harry to recognize such women as
Lucreta Mott and Anna Dickinson as telr p9iltcal
ings in Washington, hearings before JOINT committees
me TS our @on ID ho of be by
MIS- stanton remarked with emphasis that Repub
yyere
might violate their time honOred doctrines but II they
Knew that they could command the vote OF the women
As they that of the cOored race they would soon get
over that sensitiyenesS. third way advocated ny
1t is said that there is nothing to prevent
womans voting IN the law IT is certainty about Tine
verse" lAppause Ii eninenty proper, as IL was
proposed merge societies into broader organ,
fzaOn" and, she about TO retire as President OF
several associations" that she SHOULD take view OF
what had been done toward the recognition OF woman
thus gain hope aud inspiration for the work before
citin 9s ebcoTrasing in the extreme the facts that
woman has right to make her will, trampe on con-
tracts OF marriage, and be sued ('what luxury
Rat is "a said Mrs. -, sit on juries, vote in Kansas
on License laws, and in Wyoming on verything.
Ssa d 1ge were haq Jurors in WOMB but she
thought it very proper thing to do: The The
necessity Of women being lawyers Wien abomnabe
and gross questions which are Pnt TO women hy the5e
Igreat appasse and brought into our homes that our
Sangbters may read what II concerns not the world TO
bench and in the irvbox Not until that is done will
We have the decercy that this age demands Twenty
years ago at our first Convention presented this reso
luton which Lucrctia Mott said was eXtrayagant,
and calculated to make our movement ridiculous:
Oi That the dU Of the women Of tbs country to secure to
Icarred that resolution and experience shows that It
touched the very center OF womans WRONGS We struck
In that Convention the key note of womals freedom the
wide world over Now politicians trying with each
other t. see who shall stand at the helm of this move
gh re- that it it was tine that the pioneer workers in
this reform should gracefully give place and leave the
wor ~ do Mrs S noted the growth of the question
in the churches In reference to the Methodist abolition
uf the word "obey" IN the marriage ceremony she
Sgsa the Souns NARY g tbd e'en She fSou tat
the "hst stronghold Of woman's degradation, where
The sacred Enclosure OF Home" She thought the system
that makes woman mans slave should lie abolished and
marriage be made grTnder, better thing than 1t has
ever been. Her ideas and Miss AnthOnys on the mar
riage question had been commented on by those she
Sic lad met the subject in the West Tie only social
revolution she desired was that which would give
H HoIi ChuTcI and state The ballot was the key to
women who attempt TO shield others from The abuses of
marriage worse than plantation slavery Look at the
Tev talk If all pure friendship between the sexes is
Vie She desired TO thank Horace Greeley
for what he had "well said" this subject Every
scouudrel who looks upon Woman merely as an nsru-
nent OF his lust aud aided in distress except
intent make her his prey PUSHES nstincuvely 10
no evidence this but such he finds in his own breast
And everyone accustomed to look on wife merely as
species of property whereof the title cannot he aenaed
by abuse any than If she were horse or dog ma
turdly inc1es to the same verdict FOR ths grand
which lie has shown on TINS subject for the last 20
years. Prolonged appiauseI lie Is all right on THIS
point, aud in moment Of passion he let IL out" she
spoke women who were living mserably in garrets,
aud Who rather than live with men they abhOr, boaed
drunkards and bertines, would sacrifice ease luxury,
under their feet to sunder these unhoy ties The idea Of
HI
w0man's Indignation. The cases Of sickles Cole, and
Mcfarland seem 20 prove that the husband may shoot
The man who hampers with his wife. She is supposed
love aud admire her husband and be contented under
slaves ana women! No matter what the character of the
husband matter II he leaves his wife and children 10
suffer hunger and cold in New-Iork garrett no other
man shall have mercy on these helpless ones; She is
bound to this brute though her hesh creep ana her SOU
sckens every time ne enters her presehee inns IL New
York law, o Slave women Of NcwfOrk! such Is mans
idea of the sacreduess of the marriage institution"
The President III closing, sad iiat she iet moved 10
make defense OF herself ana MISS Anthony against
the complaints of Boston friends. They say that we
have been njudcious In our cause concerning woman
Suffrage, saying many things We should NOT nave sad
plead guilty as did ST. Paul In 20 years OF faithful SET
vice who can point 10 no duty left undone no deadly
persisteny. suppose Outgoings and incomiDgs are
bot Mrs. rundy thought they should be- what Of
have refused TO fight Great Britain beside George
Francis Train nor to use his money 70 establish PAPER
blunders these not times 10 carp and cT1tcise
work is the anew day for Thsh yf have o so
wyoming gilds the spre OF st. PauPs."
The President gave her speech with more energy and
emphasis than she is usually prone 10 use Marx but
that mark" said my lady, with many shake Of her
curs Her remarks upon the marriage question seemed
70 be specially reished by her audience who frequently
applauded her Every auson 10 "our Boston friends"
called forth their sympathy AS cheerful dessert after
the solid provided by herself she introduced little
Miss Couzens, remarking that, after hearing THIS
a right TO speak, Miss Couzens, with her dark hair
neatly arranged under a high cap, with raylshlng
blue punes uttering into her eyes, with her little
waist buttoned up in nice little blue jacket gracefully
advanced saying that she entirely unprepared but
HAD promised 10 NIL up chinks, and would consequently
al up this chink She requested the audience sne pc