The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-14

EcaaoSD, Dec. r. 1870
year ago tho REsALD published an account or
the organization OF the "yngna Woman sulr,ge
Association In Richmond. But until recently the
strong minded have been content TO occupy Their
old-time positions IN petticoats and have made
no demonstrations or any sort. But could
they keep quiet when all the other charita-
bic, benevolent and progressive institutions or
the city were making extraordinary exerlions 10
procure sensational lecturers and to inauagurate o
brilliant winter season? No: they. so Mr.. Bodeker
president OF the association, after comforting VITA
Judge Underwood and the other members or The
ASSOCIATION lthero are only tnree, determined 10
invite Miss Susan -. Anthony down here to deliver
ThE FIRST PUBLIC WOMAN SUFFRAGE LECTURE ~
VIRGINIA.
There was peculiar proprlety In INVITING tina
gray haired old veteran to initiate the movement
and she accepted at once Miss Phoebe Cousins o,
st. Louis. ana Miss Deyereux Blake, OF New YORK.
were likewise invited. but seeming TO dread COM
parisen with the champion woman's Fighter OF
America respectfully declined. with plenteous
good wishes for the cause In the grand
old mother of States and ssatssmen.n Miss
Susan. having fulfilled brilliant engagement ia
washington and taken by storm the stony hearts OF
some hall dozen Congressman sad planted In the
breasts OF hair hundred more abiding faIth IN
woman's rights, took up her "traps' and came a0D
TO Richmond" Her coming was pacarded the
fences and tumbe-dowfi walls and was advertised
TO u limited extent through the daily papers IL
created great nuttcr, and our women no more
NarraRansett or the Timber ongued Bridgets OF New
York. were anticipating Jolly time. when out
the announcement that the United states Court room
had been secured as the place for the lecture. IN
this
ABODE or LoYALrY,
where Custom House clilues, Post ONCE 'chaps'
and United States olfcias most do cOngregete the
decent ,a honest ,sspectaoe p.ops never 40 and
So Miss Susan had small audience. 1t consisted
Of forty-e men, members or the Legislature,
III session, OF both parties federal oiiceholders,
reporters and others aud eight iadies-Mrs Bodeker.
president OF this association wife OF one OF the
beers OF the Richmond delegation IN the House ~
Delegates; Mrs. Judge Underwood (of the United
States District Court, and sister: Miss POSTMASTER
Van Lew ana sister, and four ladies entirely
unknown to fame. The audience would have been
larger but Tor the place. aud II seems that 1t
mas Tns % Of he House letter or G beoao os
II the Capitol-the scene OF the dreadful Aprn
cnlvalrous gentlemen composing thai body were
thereafter adjourned 70 be introduced TO Miss
Susan, who with Mrs. Bodeker, was present iooy..
Ing through \ resolution TO procure her The desired
privilege. Well. saturday night the novel enterain-
| ment begun and the
| on Us. With characteristic generosity, ana that
! overwhelming sci-abneGatlon that has always
characterized her whole liie Miss Susan yielded
| moor rrst 10 Mrs. BodeEer To make "A fcN remarks
| That lady, who occupies a high respectable
position Ia soci " here, and Is young pretty and
yvaclous without hesitation posted herself behind
the clerks desk IN the court room and had her
neat black Spencer OF fashionable cut with blacs
kid gloves and jannty black bonnet, ANA a quaint
cof.ettsl look on her face, she was q picture To
look at. Her appearance was dove-like enough bus
In her throbbng heart were bitter THOUGHTS aud On
her tongue fierce words.
She said that theirs WA a movement In which
millions OF Gods creatures stood the face OF lie
world
THE LOCALIZED, coEgcED SLAVES or MEN:
but as The march OF nina progressed so would dis
appear the abuses OF conYentIonaity. BY vtrrle of
her sex woman is prescribed slave ana her Corr.
because man affords her ptlable maintenance az
he does horses and dogs soul body ana njp1 sss
is L DEPENDENT CON PEELED by Lyranllc laws 10 ouay
hiH she is the puppet or his pleasure, bespanyled
Ike an automaion to grasly ana advertise the vags
res ana conceis or his ag-randizInr nature
Though with stupid, sickeDlng sort % phiian
tErepy tie negroes oil the South had been enlrar-
cniscd the women are silll held bond slaves 10 he
driven and beaten Whenever the laaaiy desire irl.
pels. and whenever enc IN axes attempt TO better
the sily Old donkey men TO the contempt and maj.
cule OF the world. In the ballot 6ox only is tIere
protection Tor her. AS the criminal before hls Ud9e
holds the right TO be trcd by Jury OF m, neers "a
woman should have the right 10 be heard ana her
- WRONGS TO BE AVENGED BY THE BALLOT.
with that woman as woman, might yet be some.
thing. Hitherto her accepted position had been TO
make mans duIaplings and bear him children.
NOW ms sublime order OF things Is about To be
changed. The march OF mind Is abroad and ,yu-
man in her majesty and might is coming lorti IRON
tue cage Ia winch she has SO long been lncarceraed
She IL making herself heard. Her voice Is ringing
at tue pre- sent hour along Goth shores OF the Allan
tic; IL rs resembling from the hills to The mountains
aud iC Is echoed from the owly catin 70 the great
dome OF Heaven. should sne be driven from co.
summating ner sacred purposes because the untter.
flies of fashion exclaim ave nave All the priylleVes
we dcsirey" mol FORBID IL, progression. Rise up
In your might against ie--motAerS, Sisters women.
Mrs. Boaeker received loud applause, ana at Tho
conclusion OF her REMARKS Introduced Miss Susan
Anthony as the greatest cham pion OF womans
rights IN AMERICA That lady TOOK the stand ard
began by saying,
She was ABOUT to say how much she dlsliked such
an Introduction, when, discovering ttterlng gong
On .,lu among the reporters, she snappsn!y said.
mence." Those worthless at once subslicd
ana, forgetting what she was about to say Of Mrs.
Bodeker she launched into inc republican party iog
cnlranchtsiug the negro and DISTINGUISHING mo
woman. THIS very day she mad been IN the
STATE CaplJul aud seen negroesignorant dirty, de-
gra9e9 negroes -legisating, when the enlightened,
tefned, tdx-paying women or The North weie dc.
pved Of the right OF eycs so much as the casting Of
ballot. She had been black republican all heT
life, but she was Disguised WIN tue course rhas
party had pursued. TIE negroes OF tho south arc
covered by the fifteenth amendment,
THE WoMES OF rHE NORTH ALE NOT COVERED -
ALL
This lamentan!e state Of afalrs should not iast
longer and sne called upon 9orace Greeley, Sena-
tor Trurhul, Charles sumner aud Judge Under.
wood TO secure the passage OF the sixteenth amend-
citizens.
rho great argument against woman's voting was
that it would disrupt society aud bring the sex
down on level with degraded meu. Such was not
a necessary consequence. The presence Of women
In crowds OF men would have a refining influence.
Liquor would no longer be seen ia the neghborhoo1
or the polls, cursny would not he heard anu grea.
and general good would result from the intermix-
ture OF the sexes. she was told by Miss Van Lew,
the postmistress, that the bureau clerks In her Office
did their work with admirable efficiency. True
ONE OF THEN WAS cONFISED FoH Two MONTHS,
but her place was easily nlled and there was no
stoppage. Why, even tho wheels or government
could stop such an occasion II necessary. Speak.
Ing OF the workingwomsn's strikes she poured out
her Walls Of wrath on the New York NEWSPAPER.
Edited oy scurrleus ana british men. they had moi
hesitated TO urge the women To 10 back TO oyarx
'.and take what pay they could get." When men
struck tho newspapers dared not give them such
advice. Now, were not they generous ana chlval.
rousY
MISS Snsan was occasionally applauded, but
hardly think she made much OF an impression Mira.
Bodekcrs speech rather took the wind out OF her
calls. Miss Susan thought her savage and did nos
hesitate 70 say 50, adding, too, "these married
women always Overshoot the marks 3s
The Associatlonf' Of Richmond eesillttle encour
wera far Mrs pn.tor.ar mid annx