The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1870-02-12

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-arrs,s FROM rro0 ear1n n'e', any any ilpoap IS ans
SUSAN, q. ANTHONY itaa7s .eoit
is the Bismarck; she plans the campaigns
provides thsNnunitisns Of wsr, organi'
zes the raw recruits, sets the sgaadrons
il the field. Indeed, in the praeence ol
a timid lieutenant. she Sometimes heads
the charge; but shs is meet effective As
the directing gsneralissimo q Her head
qstartsrs were long ago transferred to N
7. City; Roeheater was pent up Utica to
her. Miss Anthony is i qusck, bright,
nego1s, ssert WoRlan Of fity pr so-7not
at all inclined to emboapoiat--sharp-sy-
I'd, even behind her sspsctaeles. She is
O. "smart" 70 executive, and is5 the chief
metive asswer of the movement eo She
presides over the treasury, she cuts the
Gordian hard. knots, and when the moi
sy, uncontroilables get byth@ ear. at the
conventions, she is the one who straight
way drags them asunder, and turns cha
os 70 order again. In every dilempasbe
is unanimously summoned As speak
er, she is angular and rigid, trenchant,
incisive; cutting through to the heart of
what& &ertopic she teaches. She would
be Awkward ifshe wsiA mot a woman;
bu.as the elder Weller remarked :,"They
cant be ockered II they wants TO-" She
is not what il the unpaved districts is
called bashful, but il. directed by a sin
gular combination Of modestys and auda,
city.rdWhen ashe succeeds in coaxing a
Governor to preside at her meetings, She
faces him Down on the spot with the
question !: "Now: Governor, Won wish
the women to vote, don't you ?'' Before
escaping fr%h the platform. be is gene.
rally compelled to confess that he does,
and te subscribe for the Revolution in
the presence the assembly !'&us I'd ~
The Cleveland convention ! was an
overt actof rebellion againSt Miss An
thony's leadership, especially against
tfe vagaries of chat oihcomparable ego
tiss, Train; but she showed, herself a
shrewd diplomatiSt,, for, instead Of vainiY
trying to spike the guns Of the insutor-
dfnats Livermore, Stone y Co, she
marched into tile convention, and drew
the harmless fire when size Was at the
righten of thefbattesy. The malccn-
tents are astrong party. and it sis not
probable that the revolution against the
Revolution win be suppressed ,:1a 60, ~a''1
Lucy Stone is still pre-emin the
oratoa8f, the movemsnt---readiest in de-
bate, most fertile in illustration moist
eloquent i'll appeal. She will move an
audience till they forget her sex, and re-
member only the cause. She has an
oval and 'ruddy but thoughtful face; a
compact head, covering il the moral re-
gioi.s, and wide at the organs Of furee;
clear. mild eye. and aivoice, that Is all
melody. She is the Wits of Heury2B
Blackw4ll,, also somewhat famous'in the
field of reform; and is not only one Of
the mothers Of this cause. but mother,
also Of ap interesting family, Of children,
y Mrs. Blackwell said one day, de-
string to question her about the organi-
cation ai ar.3bIgF lits0'R '7otoss98
.ali.Mrs. Stoue,r if you please she sni.
lingly corrected me.o al s1oiositl tss=
tltWhei / Iexpressed d desire to be en-
iigh,tned further, sh. continued :'a ,3 ,an
I'M y husband ! name ia Blackwell-
mine Is Stone,s Whe.ls we married +
teld him / did not wish TO assumeihis
name. as,by doing DO L should lossIaly
soaial identity. He said | was CLEARLY
fighe-ihe should not wish to be called
Mr. Stone. So I have retained my
maiden-name, and when I meet my Old
friends on the street. they don't say
sMrs-- Mrs a-a-a let's see, I've
fnrgotten, your insw name. Even my
| husband calls nc Mrs. Stone. I think I
yses,' she proceeded, sin the retention Of
the maiden-nams, as Beechsr sStows. a
growing tendency to assert this individa.
ality. lsI expect, that. by aud by, wo
Euieii viii cease TO be called BY their bis-
bands name; and T am sure that Id the
| world to come. each soul viii be known
BIZ its eyn name. aud not anosher'sq, q,rt,.
I Elizabeth, Oady Stanton. wife Of Hon.
Henry Bf Stanlon. and daughter of the
late Judge Cady, came bravelys at on
early day, and brought wealth and social
position TO the side Of an unpopular
cause. She is q stately, and strikingly
handsome woman of sixty. her white
hair eurled into an ,aureols around her
fereheadrtal rpnnd face. free from, the
lines On care, q serioas voice, and open
b'ue eyes, with q twinkle DC merrimeni
iii tiieinasa sign Of che overflowihg hu.
NOR which sometimes turns the serious
voice to badinage. Mrs. stanton Away.
appears upon. the platform wen dressed
She does not ignore silk. nor, anathema.
tire velsets aud daestaot pretsnd.to have
soul above peint.lace Thus, array.
ed she does not give the .poor whit.
male, much peace. She prepares he1
speeches as carefully as Sumaers does
and they ara smsthodicai. logical. forci
Bile, running from irony to grave srga
lnsns.n Hsrimpressive psrsohahappsa
ance Ii the tis v tssgo; aud though sht
II not by any tneans q mere figure head
[shs ,Honld be surprised %, know how no
senflY hes, taca backs.gp her Words.1at1
B. sMrss Mary, gLissrnora, 0fyO Chicago
issthe Western Head Ceaser,ef the 6D
roses and iheroi journal. this Agitator. i
Iths ablest.s calinest stfungest adys,cat,
of' their course. Not only Il her edftofi
| Al piqaancy and iores quite nniql 70, bia
Ishe. isseqaallg able absiprs ~ audience
The friends sDf equal suffrage lhava nc
| more effective champion. Some otahsl
| characteristics arsunmistakably mascu
lipe;b physically, she ie large and com
Imanding IN stature, mentally .she is aP,
in iilustgations fond of paradoxes and
aphprisms, and aaick. sharp and delicate