Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-01-22


unite together on their just rights but that they
never would succeed unless they recognized the
Tignts OF women. She WAS astonished that men
eoud nc, aS ss mo oettea =, at They
ter III our country had sent women a. min
listers abroad during the rebellion we should
nizing the Confederate States As having he's
ligerent rights. tApplause.l The fallen women
OF our land were the wrecks made by faithlesSs
men. Trace them, and You will find man is
have all the disgrace. The social evil will never
cease until you elevate women i'm the sphere OF
life. The noble deed of Ida Lewis was not uu-
feminine, nor with the object of being consid-
cred strong minded. Her example should be
followed by 9th men and women. IApplau<el
Mrs. Rachel Moore Townsend, Of Philadel-
rhia. Quaker lady, was next introduced. aud
made lengthy speech TO the young ladies pres
ent. and Icinted with pride 10 the charming
woman who had just addressed them.
Mis- Eliza Stanton, late an emplove in the
Treasury DE partment, then spoke for some time
in advocacy Of the payment of equal salaries 20
women and men in that Department. She said
Gen. spinner preferred TO have women count
the money. as he could trust them, when he
would not trust men; that the women of that
Department were as yirtuOus and untainted a
any women of the country. lApplsuse.l She
did not like the manifestations i'm the OF the
hall, where there WAS some laughing and talk
ing. and she said that the ggglers were clerks
I'm the del artments, who could not make speech
es, and SO came TO giggle lLaughter.l They
could not speak as well as the contrabands could
who were crowding up the door
Miss Jennie Collins then proceeded to say that
She had been very fayorably impressed with the
order ard decorum OF the Washington assem-
blages. end hoped she would not have occasion
to change the good opinion she had formed She
proceeded to urge upon the men to advocate the
cause of their wives and daughters, and hoped
the young men of this city would establish liter
airy soci, ties for improvement. as the women i'm
Boston had tried il, and found il a great benefit
to them. Let the laboring men stand up beside
the capitalists, and tell them that their labor
was worth 80 much and their capital 20 much,
and esrouse the cause Of the female sex at the
same time, and success was sure to follow. Zap
plause. She wanted them to sustain the press.
who in turn would sustain them, and in 1872
they, with the assistance of women, would elect
President to send to Washington who will not
be an aristocrat, but one to their own way of
thinking, who would respect the working men
and women of the country. She wanted Con-
gress to do their duty by the enactment OF a law
giving women the right OF franchise i'm the Dis
trict of Columbia. and they would clean out
WashingtOn-they would clean out the men and
the sewer called the canal. tLaughter.l She
would next renoyate things in Massachusetts,,
and put the lords of labor in their proper place.
The grave-yards of that State filled with
workingmens bones, and these lords and task
masters shall not come down here and boast of
their philanthropy without being exposed i'm their
true colors. The Massachusetts charitable in
stitutiors were a libel on the state.
Miss Collins then gave an amusing account Of
ner electloneering experience at Chicopee,
Mass, where she had succeeded in getting her
cahuluate erected. lApplause. She gave an
account of the rise i'm Massachusetts, OF the St
Crispin order, which was the last organized la
Dor movement in the country. and from the otD-
preston OF the leather lord she wondered that
the cause had not been lnaugurated long before
IT was. Fashionable idlenesS must be made dis
gracef al. and honest industry must be respect-
ed. The flowers used to adorn the fashionable
lady cost tons OF coal TO produce i'm the hot
houses, while in the mornings, in any of our
cities, could be seen Gods children picking ont
the clnders that had been cast out by the rich
man in the ash bank. She said Senator Summer
had voted against the eight-hour law ami
would be accordingly remembered by the work.
ing men of Massachusetts. Some had attenpted
TO apologize for him, on the ground that he did
not understand the subject. A man that could
say grindstone i'm eleven languages, and not un-
derstand the subject he was voting ON! IGreat
laughter.I
At the close Of Miss Collins remarks Mr..
John O'DOnoyan moved a vote of thanks TO her
which was carried unanimously.
Mr.. Cheeseman, a Californian, said tina. IN
Miss Z. would go to California he would war
rant her an ovation. He proposed a testimonial,
and his proposition was seconded, and hat was
passed around, and well-filled up with green
backs when il came up TO the stand. After the
meeting adjourned the audience crowded around
Miss Collins and shOwered congratulations ON
her.