New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-05-12
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Put away all the absurd restrictions ON wonn anu u.
her do what God Almighty intended her 10 uo. ~, ". us
trust nature and let us trust Cod and give to woman to
opportunity do whatever she is capable OF d bot
have another reason for Woman Suffrage anu ,"I ~
that nothing can said against il. our gOou !;
Bushnell has written book IN when nU 20 Govern
woman is allowed to vote she must DC auMuu w ,,
and being subject nature. she cannot govern IN otncI
words he is subject nature e' p e, J! av She ourh
Qorcrn her household all the time! leolhe say sun ~
10 influence gently and quietly, and not to govern by
force Now if there is ANYTHING wen nond GI II u ibe
ballot We had an administration two years ago whiSn
Lad all the force OF the cSon nd csIoWed 4 so
plcy that we almost forgot We ever had SO bad
government that of Andy Johnson The only thing we
is TO have the attention OF the people directed to IT, Tor
tho nation needs the nothers ana SSors anu h bv
are falling through trying-what God never meant should
be done-to carry on this oyermeht w.hout inc an vi
the woman whom God intended to nave dominion along
with man. - =. -, j..
The Romans AdUoeat, read the following letter from
Frances ID. Gage: - . ., ,c-o
Ny had neghbor who for entire
crippled rheumatism when asked How today ~
Hope shall be nigh, smart tomorrow" So friends could
tbs year man ~ w ,n r S ro mon once ne On n the
Platform Of equal rights. AMI shout H'eShs Of
during dur S sGeh %s not failed ask g
citizens Of this Republic Of mind and adult years. without TsAd "
The good tine coming is almos, here"
lourS in faith FRANCIS d. GAGE
LUCY STONES SPEECH.
Mrs. Lucy Stone followed with remarks on the
work OF the American WOman'5 Suffrage Association.
Tracts containing the best thought the subject OF
suffrage have been widely circulated and are
doing wonderful and admirable service. campaign
was planned in Vermont the little State which is so
proud Of never having had slave in IT, Inc COucll OF
Censors proposed some time since an amendment 10 inc
Constitution allowing the women to vote, ana Com
mttee formed OF men altogether ana they sald nt
put on because the badness OF men Eau
kept from suffrage and therefore the goodness OF
men should be allowed 10 confer it on them Az me hrst
meeting Montpelier the crowd dense that one
he had % crawl through hole" ana L
am crawled through the same hole we saw IN
of the people the earnestness they felt III the
cause We were told the did not care about suf
frage but found the reverse to he true In one Town
we gave only days notice but the hall was crowded
with womeI with a fringe of men all round the room,
and told them l hoped when women voted th9
0 19ee Gay az Mrs Campbell was coming down in
the cars there were crowd of boisterous musicians
and asked Mrs if she light sit by her. because
said she. believe they the musicians that are
men /" ILaughterl We found in BTattleborough a
mandatory of melodeons in which women are en-
ployed at the same pay that men have l saw there
woman working side by side with her husband, and
was alarmed; for if women at work they cannot be
at home with their children; and said to her. Who
takes care OF your children while you come here and
work." She said My mother and my sister live withme
and they take care of my children well could and
by working with my husband here we get good deal
better living than otherwise could" 1t Is impossible
earnest self respecting people Of Vermont don't vote
womans suffrage this time it viii be because they are
in Is minutes and had to say to those who
buy that they must borrow of their neghbors
In addition to what the American Society has been
doing pleasant TO know that all over the country the
work of womans suffrage has been going on You know
how glad all were when womans suffrage in wyoming
was granted, and women sat on a jury. | don't care
about the newspaper qubs concerning that jury for the
bad people are fleeing out Of the territory lest they should
be tormented before their time. Ohio only missed
wOmans suffrage by vote of 81 to 81 In Massachusetts,
had smaller vote, for they were busy with license
law and You know that people who care for selling rum
OF Philadelphia behaved very badly, but they are doing
better now, and the women are to have "a a
the English Parliament, by majority OF 49, it Is
provided only it has to to another Parament that
the men am not sure but they will vote there before
we do here, but England is mother country we both
suffer the grievous wrong and shall be glad II the
English get the start OF us i'll this matter This
question of womans suffrage goes everywhere as vel
whether like it not. Justice is side, and
ought to let nothing disturb us All the noises OF the world
TRUTH and we are as sure to win as God sits on his throne
Theodore Tlton President of the other womans Suffrage
Association IN session at Apollo Hall rendering TO tine
hearty good WILL and sincere wishes for mutual CO.
operation in the cause Of woman's acknowledgment
proved the opportunity to nufy the common impress
sion that union is strength by remarking, If there
are two general Associations ii is because mean to do
thereby twice as much work in this movement as we
otherwise could
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After two hours recess the Convention re-
assembled in force and listened to address from tho
Rev Oscar Clute, as follows:
The question that draws together Is not superficial
goes to the foundation of humanity and par
ticuary to womans humanity 1t arose from discus
then the rights Of people admitted more and more civ
ization advanced until their voices were recognized in
the selection of their representatives In our Declare
ton OF Independence have the recognition OF the
equal rights of men, and it remains to extend those
rights To women We do not want to pet her. to make
her angel but merely 10 treat her human being and
being such, wish to give her the rights her position
TO open all fields of labor her, and put her equal
ity with Is man or woman to judge what she shall
This babble about woman rising from her sphere, which
the press takes up and bables again, is nothing God
Man acknowledges wOman's right to work, at the same
time denying her the ballot We give political power to
not woans voice he heard in the Government, her
brother husband. fatherl The ballot is the key which
opens her all the avenues OF culture and development
Ask generous boy, whose mind is just commencing to
expand and he will tell you cultnre-he will say that
wealth. position and power are nothing to the culture or
himself Now, give to woman this culture open TO her
advantages Of education and she becomes the equal
ballot opens to her the rights OF property,
invitation certainly, but which will benefit her.
which her society has upon him. should he an answer TO
the arguments against her right to vote. Women are
commanded to go TO the polls and vote THIS they
to their husbands until the law allows them to obey the
command to go and vote. Down in New-Jersey, when
beasts on exhibition still insist that suffrage
the horrible bugbear the press and its Opposers
that it and the day will when 1t Will be thing
of the past that this grand reform opposed aud our
churches, literature, and politics Will be elevated and
purified.
JULIA WARD HOwE'S SPEECH.
Mrs Julia Ward Howe Of Boston introduced, and
said that would be brief for she believed that to IN
sruct audience her mission but to do to her
satisfaction would require too long time. We came
here said she from other cities harmless doves leaving
behind us the olive branches hoping to return to them
bearing fresh sprgs from the great tree you rearing
We come to recognize, not ignore, opp0ston-OppOsi-
tons necessary full strength and growth and the
opposition which this reform had met had done
much to warm it TO life and melt the