Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10

breathless suspense in which the hume
GUS audience was held during the admi
istering of this chastisement, and the t.
mpltuous applause which followe
showed that they believed it just. II
editor was present but wisely held b
peace. We confess to a feeling of profe
Psional sympathy, which he doubtle
would have spurned, but we did not thin
that such foundationless and sweepir
charges, made with knowledge of the
falsity, as to some to whom they were al
piled, and, we are prone to believe, wit
but vague suspicion of their truth {
to others, and which were evidentl
made with sole desire to awaken pr,
judice, deserved no gentler tseatmer
than they had.
Aside from Mr.. Iversohn, the onl
speakers from our own State who too
part in speaking were Hon. Heman Ca,
penter and Rev. g. w. Emerson of North
field, and Miss Emma Farrand of Fai,
field, and their remarks were very brie1
Several others were in attendance pre-
pared to speak, but they deferred to tn
general wish to bear the talent from
abroad. Much regret was felt, however
that a sudden and severe hoarseness pre-
vented Rev. VIM. G.. Walker, pastor O
the Baptist church in st. Adams, from
delivering his address in answer to Mr.
Dewey.
Just before the close of the convention
Mrs. James Hutchinson, jr., of Randolph
read the following from the editor of thu
Independent:
LETTER FROM OLIVER JOHNSON.
INDEPENDENT OFFICE, }
New York, 31st Jan, 1870. !
Hon. JAMES HUTCHINSON, JR.:
Ny Dear Frtend:-A native of the
Green Mountain State, I cannot forbear
to express the pleasure have felt in see
ing the call for State Woman Suffrage
Convention, to be held on Wednesday
next at Montpelier, and in finding your
name among those who are taking the
field in the good cause. If I were not
confined at home by imperative duties, l
should certainly make a Journey to Yer
mont for the purpose of attending your
Convention. Absent in body, shall yet
be with you in spirit, and await with
deep interest the report of your proceed
ings.
Now that slavery was abolished, and
the right of the negro to the ballot as
sured, the question of suffrage for woman
comes naturally to the foreground, to be
discussed, weighed and determined by an
and liberty-loving people.
Those who imagine that the agitation up
On this subject is the offspring of person
ii vanity, self-seeking, or love of change,
md therefore ephemeral, do not under
stand the age in which they live, or the
pirit and tendencies of our modern civil
ization. 1t follows naturally, as the
light the day, the great struggle for the
Ibolition of chattel mortgage; and like
hat, it is destined to make its way
trough overy obstacle to glorious sue
ess. We have come at length to the
Joint where, as American citizens, we
must take our choice between the admis-
ion of woman to all the rights and pre-
ogatives of voter, and complete sur
ender of the fundamental principle of
epublican government. Our fathers,
yhen they declared that governments de-
i've their just powers from the consent of
ne governed, and that taxation without
representation is tyranny, builded better |
IAN they knew. Their sincerity is not
be impeached because in the circum-
ances by which they were surrounded,
ley failed to comprehend these prinoi-
les in all their length and breadth
at the same yoke that made then.
row off the shackles of monarchy
Immon as to make a broader april
.tion of the doctrine of human rights.
Id, under the new light that was
Iwned upon us, we cannot disobey that
ice without self-stultification and self
proaoh, and covet for Vermont, whose
il was never debased by the footprint of ,
slave, and whose citizens have ever kept !
the vanguard of intelligence and pro.
ess, the honor of being the first State in
e Union to admit women to the ballot
X. The act being right in itself, and g
manded by every principle of Justice -,
d equality, it would be cowardly to !,
rust your Convention will prepare the :
y for thorough discussion of the sub d
t in every town and village in the O
tie, and that the people, when they 4
ct delegates to the Constitutional Con- =,
alton, will choose as representatives u
n who will feel it alike duty and an fl
lor to enfranchise the wives, mothers T
sisters of Vermont. ~
Yours, very cordially, y,
OLIVER JOHNSON.
During the day about one hundred and
9nty persons, mostly ladies, became !
mbers of the Association by subscrib- =,
Its constitution and paying one dol
or more many paid more for carrying a.
the cause. These books will continue y
circulation in different parts of the
te. This consideration, if no other, TN
Is us to hope for reorganization of an
Association at the next general con- or
ton which will be held a few weeks IN
CO.
mong the pleasant things of the con- OF
ton, we must not forget to mention a 10
e amusing suffrage duet sung by ia
e girl and boy from Mortified; nor lei
peak again of the soul.stirring songs hl'
ohm and Henry Hutchinson and Mr.. ho
ney, while, as if to show that sacred
'dy and political equality are not out ou
Inc and keeping, the entire audience of
ID in singing Nearer, my God to on
D." gu
aus, auspiciously, the campaign has Ad
ed. 1t has developed nothing that lar
endanger religion, peace or law. 1t as
be conducted now, in every part, SO 10
bring the subject home to our entire lhu
lie. The issue is vital and should not oui
roa
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ALLINGFoRD.-Henry Hall Esq, de- u
ed his second lecture here last even
Feb. T. ON "Indian Footprints" to a o'A