Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-01-19

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/ from Wyoming . Woman.
| The National Woman Suffrage Convention
| re-assembled at three O'Clock p. m. yesterday.
HISTORY OF THE woMAN's RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Mrs. Pauline w. Davis was introduced and
| read lengthy history of the women's rights
| movement in this country from its earliest in
| cipiency up to the present day; detailing the
facts and incidents connected with the meet
Il 1pgs and state Conventions, together with brief
biographical sketches of the principal actors
/ connected with them. 1t embraced also the rise
i and progress of the cause in Great Britain and
/ on the continent of Europe.
Mrs ID. stated that her earliest remembrance
| OF the out-cropping Of this great reform was in
ls2s. In le3l-2-'3 a new spirit broke out in the
4 churches with reference to the natural rights of
woman, and St Paul was quoted by its oppo-
| nents till he was threadbare, to prove the here
sy OF their acts. In 1886 petition was first cir
/ culated in the State OF New York to present to-
| the Legislature, asking the right of married wo-
men TO hold property, and after diligent labor
i've names were obtained as signatures, but
| thanks are due to Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Susan b. Anthony, for through their efforts
| the laws DENYING this right had been repealed,
| ana more liberal ones enacted. In 1877 the
medical colleges were put to the test by Eliza
beth Blackwell, who, after being denied the
benefits Of membership was afterwards admitted
| to their privileges. The first call to take
any organized gan action was made by Mrs Stan
| and the deliberations of the two days at that
| time amazed the whole world. No man was al
| lowed to speak on that occasion. Miss Jose
| phine Griffing was present, and the earnest
| manner in which she had since adopted their
cause was before the world, and would endure
| in history. GApplause.I Mrs. ID. recited history
| of the cause in Massachusetts and showed the
| great benefits which had followed there. The
press from Maine to Georgia was loud in its de-
nUnciatiOns of the heresy. At the convention
IN rrovldenee, X. l., paper was first started in
count of the work women had done during the
late war in the sanitary movement, and in
Drawing the dangers of the battlefield to render
| suceor to the wounded heroes who saved the
nations honor. The browning work was the en-
franchising Of women in Wyoming. lApplause.j
WHAT is WANTED OF CONGRESS.
Miss Susan b. Anthony submitted the follow
ing:
Resclred, That this National woman's Suf-
frage Convention respectfully ask the Forty
nrst Congress of the United States: 1. To sub
nit to the Legislatures of the several States a
sixteenth amendment to the Federal COnstitu-
ton, prohibiting the Acknowledgement of any of
their citizens on account of sex; 2. To strike
the.wOrd "male" from the laws of the District
of Columbia; 3. To enfranchise the women OF
Utah, as the one safe, sure and swift means to
a%end tine tine n, OF rnat dIEr,ory 10
women shall receive the same pay as men for
services rendered the Government.
She said there had been several amendments
made to the Constitution during the history of
the Government, and there was never q greater
necessity for one than the present. There must
be sixteenth amendment. Until this is accom-
be sfat our w9Th must 60 forward MS go to
would be too slow process. This subject Of
reform was worthy of the most intelligent
minds in our land. AT the capital of the nation
they expected to meet intelligence. In all
legislative bodies we look for intelligence
at least more than in the 9th or 9th Congressional
districts OF New York. (La1ghter.1 The negro
question had been before the country for a great
many years, and the great objects OF that ques-
ton had been accomplished. The woman ques-
ton had been twenty years in progress, and was
not to be abandoned until their hopes were real
izeG. s Che .e9 Been going avCu through the
country, speaking and praying for the ,ieh's OF
woman, and she was tired OF the labor, ut
would not abandon it until woman was accorded
her Just and equal rights. tApplause.l She
franchising the women of this District, and
could so in three days If it chose to, ana at the
election next March the women could go up to
to the polls and cast their votes. She concluded
quite heavy, and she asked that the hat be
passed around again. The women were not ex-
pected to give much as the husbands held the
pnrse-strings yet, but the men were expected to
give literally.
Mrs. NJ. A. Gage, Secretary OF the State Suf-
fTage Convention of New York, was the next
speaker. She said the object of holding the
convention in this city was to impress more fully
upon the members of the National Legislature
the claims Of the women of the land. These
claims arc equality to hold property, to enact
bn TOD far
as they were adapted to their capacity, as the
men. If women hold the ballot they hold the
power, and il is power that man respects. The
curse Of the world is that man has always looked
upon woman as property. John Bright had said
i'm the British Parliament that no oppression,
however great, could withstand the united
CLEANED in the harvest fields Of Boaz. and the
reapers let fall the ears Of corn, 50 Congress had
slowly let fall their measures conducive to the
happiness Of woman and we rest all our demands
to-day on the wisdom OF their deliberations, and
fOndly hope for a removal Of all the disabilities
on our statute books.
Mr.. Edson, Of Washington, ID. e., would like
to know If there was to be any action taken
touching the proposition to ask of Congress to
institute a reOrg anizatiOn Of the Treasury De-
paItment, and to equalze the rates of salaries
the maximum paw Of a female clerk being the
same as the minimum pay of q male clerk.
The Chair stated that this matter had been
attended to by the Committee on Resolutions.
and a resolution would be drawn especially to
meet the case in question.
The convention then adjourned to meet at
O'Clock p. m.
SPEECHES AT THE EVENING SESSION.
At the evening session Hon. Mr.. Scovel, of n.
T., addressed the Convention, and said that
there never was any truly great man who had
not marked feminine traits. The argument that
we had lived three thousand years under the
present order Of things is no argument for
these days He was glad to know that some
of our good old United States Senators would
attend these meetings and lend it their counte-
nance. Even the gallant editor of the Chronicle
says that the cause has got to succeed, but not
IN his day. He (the speaker) hoped some day
to stand side by side with Mrs. Stanton anil
Others Of her splendid genius in the Senate of
the United States.
Prof. j. III. n. Wilcox read a letter from Mrs
ODonovan Rosa, expressing her regrets at not
being able to be present, and sending her SYM
pathy and warm wishes for the success OF the
Convention.
Mrs. Charlotte Wilbur, of n. Y, addressed
the meeting on the subject Of the 10th amend
ment, She said: "we have right to ballot
Tell me by what right do You put the word male
IN your Constitution. WOman's rights are
human rights, and are entitled to equal pro-
lection by the laws" She did not assert for
woman natural right to vote; no one possessed
that right--t is but q form to give an express
SION 10 seh-goyernment, and as IL Is the only
form II should have no limitations. Al those
limitations are fast going out. She was net here
As an advocate Of woman's rights, but for human
rights. Applause. The largest giant had no more
rights than Commodore Mutt. This is a theory
Of a truly democratic state. 1t N urged that
woman has less force than man. The slav has