, 1870-02-08

Woman Suffrage.
To The Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
In Jeaterca5, q feAue OF THR TRlRUEB CORE.
sponde1t attempts to give history OF the WOMAN
snn1age rrogeDtut in this State, but the article
nboupds In 20 nany marepreaentattoua ard mis-
statements. that 1t Ia little el=e than cancatuTe.
Ii certainly Is Lot correct history Of the move.
Mt, and Eas written By no tine 1tland Of tbs
cause. There are cettasn ear.narks which reveal
the authorship to thoSa acquainted With MI the
fact1 It ts evidently detlRned for mischief. and
written to ferment d!sa1ection, BY one who il
known to have Jealous disposition, and who re-
gtetted that there was not "nare.up" at the
Cleveland Convention. Every good cau.e Ia
more OF less injured BY this class OF
felses TO carry forward q great en-
te1prtse. theJ stand ready to nnd
fault and gruEble because come one elte has
ability to execute tho work It is dogIn.the
manger, jealoue, DarroW, uean nature.
OF course, I ehall attempt NO reply TO the Of.
feIttre personalities Of the article. 1t Is what we
fhould naturally expect from the writer. 1t ls
rot tie highest Kind Of work to clsw up mud
from The streete, and throw at another. Tho at
ten pit 10 ipjnte the good naGe Of oun Of the most
talented, devoted sell aacr,dctpg worRers Of the
cause Is unworthy Of gentleman, and only
worthy Of the author Of the article IN question.
This attempt 10 ipj1te the good name Of Mira l.,
the acknowledged leader Of the movement, NIL
prove tu1lle, ard Is only the outcome ot jealous
spirit She has already won national reputation,
sId "that's whnt's the uat.er'' With your Corfe-
epondenr! The t1ue tlleDds Of the cause gather
shnus ner. both East and West, and n1ore than q
score Of iEritat1ous from the West now await her
70 lec.ute On tns subject, Arcpg them INVITATIONS
from g.. Lou,E, Mo-, Co1antua, O., aud lron other
prominent points. Mzs. L IN holdioR Conventions
aid 1ecsu1rg IN the Went, has done nearl, al thst
han been dpne IN th1s regard, IN creating =
public HeIunent In favor Of WOMAN sudlnze
She has lecsured in Chicago, ST. Lous, Cincinnati,
Indianapolis, LafaJet'e, Batte Greek, auu acores
Of other places, aud, nay say, has the support
and entire confidence OF every friend Of the
canse.
1th not tine, 81 your correspondent asserts,
that the Cleveland Convention grew o1t Ct rivalry
Between Dostou and New York. The atotement
Is utterly false. The American Woman Suffrage
Convention, OF which Henry Ward Deecher Is Free.
1oent, Naa organized at Cleveland, because there
was no legitimate National Association. az q DELE
gated body, In ez!a;eLce. The friends OF the
woman cacae, from different parts Of the cuun.
Try, ofgau,zed an American Association on rep
reEtltas1se basts. The most devoted friends OF
the cnuse ASSISTED In lsB organlzaton aud It u q
gross Misrepresentation TO say that 1t wns Boa-
ton ovement, or Fas the result Of jeaiousy be.
tween Botton and New Torr. More delegates
from the West tueslly nTe 70 out1 were pre&ens
at Clevelald than 1rum sill New England! And
mole lhau tWice az msny from Ohio as from Mas
sacbueetts Hence the utter uufaiEness OF you.
correspondent, II asserting that the American
Association was Boston adstrl But, as he did
rot HItte for the purpose ol stauug the Truth, We
can expect rotntrg else but Misrepresentation
Again, he baIs that the State connt!tutton pro,
slaea that the Annual NeettDg hnou1d have hetn
ht tld last oc ob*, hut Mis- l. neglected to attend
to it, A. this saten ert IL utterly false its object
js n eIei5 10 d. q fault With MIg. l.. Your CORE
| epontept Is very diflculr to please. He RrnmbeE
becausc he did TOO much, atd Their, because sae
did lot do more! To do this he has to misstatt
! fac1s. The State constitution proy!tea that She
| nnuual HeeilcR may be held 81 such place. aut
called In tucn uanIer, as the Executive Commit
tee mBy appoint, aEd no reference Is made 10 Qc
tober, an Jour correspondent asserts.
Teur correspondent thinks that the Executive
Committee hare 10 Eight to take any action II
| regard to the American Association. Il Is prena.
bic that the Executive Committee nre quite a.
] competent to decide What pe1taina Il
their duties as Jour correspondent. TIL
| state constitution. IN defining the duue
4 Of The Executive Commttee, provides that the,
msy !" take any 1nea:ures they may thirk ut K
forws1d ,he ob]tct Of the association" II the.
th,rk that lie Objects Of the association will b
| AaN&At<0 ~ Seso1aIS aaAAsh'5 W tAc AUX
tcan Woman Suffrage Association, !" they are com
| retent 20 to declare They have so voted, and
undoubtedly, thta action win he sustained BY tn
| State Convention. ......
The appeal OF your correspondent to excite sh
| prejudice of the West against the East H. 0
| course, unworthy tine if1end OF the movement
| and Ia done merely to o1cise prejudice and maf'
| m,ach.ef. In anis great natoEai work ther
I snou1d be no East ard no Vest All should httiv,
10 aee how much tney can do to adfance the grea
| cause "Let US have peace
twill ta1e 100 much space to correct nil th
/ 1utsstaleIenta Of your correspondent. E1oug
has been said 10 show The aninus Of the Erite
| and tie obtect Of bis urtic.e. Having opened yo1
co!uuns, MI Editor, to one who has taken ii
present opportunity 10 iDjure one Of the bes
workc1a in the c1use, 1t is hui fair that you CIV
tbls place, that the truth may be known to Jou
| f&AuelA 4 TRUE FRIEND OF TEE EACEK.