The New York herald., 1870-01-02
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY JANUARY 2 l87o-TRPLR SHEET

VOteS let me not De un0or6C0O0 ~ specially u0bu-
GUS that women should hold ofnses. l am mainly
desrous that they should have the opportunity Of say
lngiwho shall hold Office even II all the candidates ior
not ieel that the country wond be well governed
by men alone, as 1T II not now, even II the men
~ part w y ns m vSses OF eares 10
his WORD that 1t h not good for man to De alone.
And that Is The very ground We take. We want men
WHOLE believing that the interests OF the
whole country VIII thus be ootter preserved
ment as being to her ike new religion. 50 has it
been to me. thought the field OF reform ample DC.
fore. believed the temperance reform to De grand
and extensive and 80 It is. But the woman move
ment Is grander nobler reform; for IN Its success
and triumph lies the rescue Of humanity from evll,
the ttng Of the race from SIN to holiness from the
power or Satan unto God 1t ls religious move
ment, and we are on Gods side. May we not ask
the Apostles question. N God be ior ns VINO can DC
against us?" IL Is winter now; IT Will be summer
by and by So 1t is the beginning OF good days f0r
the friends Of woman sufrrages; and by ana by y
T Ss No. snd oan
stock and TO be called strong. minded women. VINO
Of you would be called weak-mlndedi Tne ume
thY reform VIII share the victory. even
as the leaders Of the antlsavery reform.revied as
they were once-are now victors 70 the conniSt met
upon our dear old nag and thank God that It
waves over a country forever free. 1t may Dc SEED
twenty @ years; but Il win be the garner,ng tune at
last; and God grant you and ] may shout "Ihe
Harvest Home" have not felt able pnyscally TO-
day to talk much nor do feel myself In any sense
as well able ~ many who present to speak upon
thissubiect; Dur have had some experience during
this pass reSrm should be urged ny expert
ence In our conventions and IN various
in regard to reasons Tor advocating woman sul-
frage and yet growing interest,", whlcn VIII soon
Io care s' TO Vote We nave al the rights we Want
ar0usng to sense oil their duty Tor suffrage Is
the solemn duty OF the American woman &C the pres
ent hour. Further In her remarks the reverend
Madam urged suffrage for woman, because II would
improve the country for the oenent OF the children
ana
WILL with the ballot have the power TO stay :hc evil
OF intemperancs IN the land and thus much. very
record OF crime win be most wonderfully
reduced She said further, that until women
ss caSren er Ssa IS
to the father for, according to common law. the
mother mas no authority over her own offspring.
best qualined to guard and regulate their young
minds. Believing the ballot to be an educator, she
thought no man should have ~ ior ms own personal
benefit; but this Insignificant among the
multitude OF Others which pressed 80 rapidly upon
her mlnd and she could not see how II was tnat
10 stay the progress OF this glorious movement
Sne then enlarged somewhat upon the distinction
on account OF sex IN our colleges and other educa
tonal institutions concluding that the ballot was
the only means to effect reform.
A Mrs. HATHAWAY, practising physician, OF con-
siderable practice In Boston, was next introduced.
Sne TOOK the sensible view OF WORKING Tor converts
10 their cause rather tnan declaiming upon their
wrongs, and what she would have Is the holding OF
meetings all over the State and the liberal dstrbu
tion OF tracts, and then organizing further for the
purpose OF securing political power, and thus gain
the great 1oon q nor cn 'ny nave al 50
Rev. Mr.. DENoRMANDIE, q Unitarian clergyman,
from Lac0nia, was next brought forward. HE
thought the whole human race ought 10 revolt
against the injustice done TO woman. particularly
that distinction which guarantees TO ner only nalf
for ~ apo Ts ass % out
acIion, and ne hoped the time was not far dis
tant when q reform would be inaugu-
OF advancement In the presence VI female reporter,
vino had Done her work side by side with the men Of
the prol ession and probably received as much COM
pcnsatiOn for her services as her male associates.
This reference, 1t might be explained, was made
complimentary to Miss Nellie Mckay Hutchinson,
tural journal Of New York. She at the reporters
table and all through the sessions was as much al
object OF interest as Jim Fisk would have been. In
fact she was rugged out In manner worthy Of the
lrrepressble Admiral. Regular navy blue was the
material Of her outer garments, and brass buttons
Wefe S1% 20 ,us ws go rSr
the whole covering form not exacty beautiful and
neither positively repulsive
Mrs. CAROLlSE Nd. SEVERANCE, OF Cambridge,
made quite lengthy address, advancing, however,
only those views which she presented ~ the late
Cleveland Convention anu which were fully sketcned
DR.. BLACKWELL, the husband Of Lucy Stone, spoke
now for the first time since the Convention began,
during all the sessions In the course OF his
remarks he referred TO the Boston address OF Secre
tary Boutwell, claiming that he Ignored the women
OF the country IN speaking upon tue most fundamen-
tai topics OF the day. He referred also to Mrs.
Stowe's .'Uncle Toms CABIN" claiming that 1t had
changed half million votes IN TINS country, but
to the Byron scandal, saying that she
was rum and bounded down BY two-thirds OF the
whole country because she had separated from a
husband VINO had been guilty or q crime FOR which
both the laws OF God and man justihed . divorce.
She simply withdrew from Mr.. Byron, without mur-
muring single complaint or making single
charge and yet she was everywhere abused; and
Mrs. Stowe, who came 10 the defence OF this poor
aud injured woman had also received the denuncia-
tions OF nearly the whole press OF tue United States
II, he added, The circumstances had been reversed,
and Lord Byron had Withdrawn from his wife, the
acted not only wisely but magnanimously
towards his wife. He believed. he said, IN the old
adage of .what Is sauce for the goose Is sauce fol
the gander," and he was glad that Lady Byron IN
her unfortunate case, had SUCH eminent defender
rs Mrs. stowe. He believed that Lady Byron was
fully justified In her course, but nearly all the liter
ary men OF the country-except, perhaps, Mr.. Par
ton-had taken up the cause against her, and every
literary woman had as uniformly united IN defending
the injured woman. 1t was to the credit OF this one
and to the shame OF the others that such were the
facts. He also referred to the laws applying to
woman and their injustice, as shown IN the Lewis
kidnapping case. The Doctor then concluded with
some general remarks upon the general question OF
universal suffrage
subsequently Miss LUCY STONE the DOCTORS wife
and Mrs. CAROLINE NJ LIvERMoRE and several
others OF less note addressed the Convention, and IL
finally wound up by the Adoption OF the following
resolutions as expressive OF the sentiments OF the
people assembled
Resolved That demand suffrage for the women OF New
Hampshire right which belongs to them equally will
men, and of which they unusy deprived by tha
government created and administered by alone is
a republican government but aristocracy OF sex,
therefore cannot do Justice 10 the welar
OF its citizens
Resolved, That = class have special interests Il
be protected wives mothers and wdowB that the leesa
OF alone IL class legislation that Legislation
has always been and DO destructive OF the bes
interests OF the people.
Resolved That the country needs the cultivated nteec
and enlightened of In politics. In Orde
the influence Of and vice. stay h
rayagss OF ntempcrance check public and private
travagance and to establish higher standard Of poica
morality.
that the exercise OF suffrage VIII be direct appeal to h
thoughts from voty and fashion, ensting her acvi
ties monentous objects OF State national Interests
Resolved. That 10 the duty every Christian
exercise her right to for the enactment
good lava and the selection OF capable and honest puD
officers.
Resolved. That the Of New Hampshire having votct
10 abolish political distinctions OF bound by lhe
justice, their chvary and seespec not to allow
mothers wives and daughters ranked po
csliy, lower than the ncanest
Resolved, That raty the action or the Executive Com