New-York tribune., 1870-04-09
THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE WAR.

uncamenfo whether Officially uuofiiciay made.
commences with an appeal "To the American People :"
but al anxiety quickly alaycd by the
but have reason to believe. only secomInisson.i
TO procure the name ana adarfss 1 oi ,rIIyy cJIy
interest IN Womans Enfranchisement" A very harm
less matter, surely For its Accomplishment y9p say,
Three thousand American newspapers VIII o. hge a
brother editor by generously printing this Gard ter
columns" Neyertheess this inconseqGentsi ressIra sra
"the friends OF the urged 10 respond so stimuli
storm ,-and you eravey forth "the day will
when their children and cdrens children WI DC
aggeraton; seeing that the only object specified by You
IN justification Of this prodigOus effort Is simply 10
know to whom 10 send important documents' IL re-
minds us OF
=" oce,r into tempest tossed.
To wan a feather drown H."
Standing by itself your Card Extraordinary" wonid
call for public comment from US; but following II IS
equally extraordinary" article from your zen, hG
companied by sundry letters ana names oi rslip ~
and welmeanng friends of tho enfranchisemeht OF
women, obtained in response to your private solicitation
which our connection with the American Woman 5lrnge
Association requires should be replied to without dGay
In the article alluded to- yon tasro
two national organizations for Woman Sniage; Srs
stanton's and Mr.. Beechers. or to sneak more aecn
rasy Miss Anthony. and Mrs soHe tTS
pie their usefulness II they could be harmonousy com
bined into one" The partisan state Of your mind Is
shown by the manner in which you describe nS t9r
ton OF these two societies: Last May INC NaI8h5 NaI
Mrs II. B. Stanton (ono OF the abest of AmeYean
womenl. became the brilliant President. having Tor 9
many philanthropic enterprise" etc. ,uo, ,,,r,oa
Under what circumstances TINS society was was % i%orned
meeting OF the American Equal Rights Association heu
n Of i se H cr GS B5dy lad
iourned. aud many had left New-York score OF per
sons moro less from abroad, from fourteen different
States it ia claimed with several times that number
residents in aud the city, convened IN the IaroLs
ized what they called the National woman's Suffrage
Association They were not sent sent oy amy s's OF pus h
notice had been given that such an organization was con
empated and hence no oppCftnny naa Desp The
persons dIi not appear In those parors as autorzeu
agents TO represent State They had no credentials
from any organization. Many OF the most prominent
women interested IN the suffrage movement knew no
had no part nor lot In It. and both Mrs Livermore and
Mrs. Stone explicitly assured by Mrs stanton ana
any such assCcatiOnAat that ume and so tley cOnhu
ingy left the city All men we're excluded rom ofSe;
list OF officers, exclusively women, was elected The
control OF the Association was vested In an Executive
Committee resident IN Newiork CITY. Inc number % OF
officers enlarged by private correspondence from inc
Woman's Bureau, with individuals IN different states
The result was close corporation, local society," ha
tional only in name widely representative In its
character the organ OF few persons and controlled py
local and personal interest.
The subsequent proceedings of this Association were in
accordance with its irregular amt irresponsible Orlglu
Weekly meetings were held TO discuss variety OF ques
tons often gcnane to the question OF sunFage-such
as the causes OF deficiency Of offspring marriage divorce
the social evil. &C. These proceedngsiwere published IN
transactions Of the National Woman Suffrage Associa
strances. which remained unanswered ,.,
those weekly meetings, a resolution was
offered by Mrs stanton, and adopted repudating the
Fifteenth Amendment; thns committing the movement
upon most important question. in most unjustihable
manner, by the action OF few individuals. ,
division Of feeling and action was created among the
chd Mr. stanton al nna Miss ANTHONY With the notorious
George Francis Train OF whose fantastic TICKS ana
tna yaunt Of Ills discreditable alliance The Reroon
established advocating educated suffrage; pronlD,
nconverlible paper currency, and other peculiar
Iheorles This paper owned by an individual. and not
tha frol of
the mouthpiecc Of the wOmans cause" By It's perlst'
tiOn of which just cause for jubilaon on the part OF
the friends OF freedom and progress universally ana D
The partisan character Of It's uterances upon collateral
auctions III regard to which the friends OF Woman SUI
frage widely differ. many earnest lnqulrera nave peen
repelled, many friends alienated ana poweiuI party
feelings aud interests aroused The National Woman
Suffrage Association mas for ITS PRESIDENT the eaor oi
For these and many other reasons that might be stated
equally cogent and conclusive the many nseIas % anu anu
advocates OF our movement In various parts OF he co
try were deeply Impressed with the duty and necessity
Of forming an American ASSOCIATION under sneh
confidence and support OF all sections OF he country
behalf Of The Executive Committee of the New
England Woman Suffrage Association, recommend
national bssls, for the organization OF an American
Woman Suffrage Association The language OF tins crcn.
lar Without deprecating tho value OF associations
already existing IL ia yet deemed that an organization at
once comprehensive and more widely representa-
was signed by leading friends OF tho cause IN twenty
two States OF the Union ana pnDihhed 10 nhureus AL oi
tlncty stated. IL was to be representative BODY ana
orRansat,ons were Invited to send delegates At the
appointed time the convention was held at CieveiaEd,
delegass from twenty-five States organized the Amcri
can Woman Suffrage Association. ms body OF deie.
done in corner but In public hail. in the presence OF
crowded assembly The proceedings were teesrapnee
Not word fell from the lips OF any speaker IN dlspar
agemen Of other association or OF any person iIen
titled with the movement but the utmost harmony pre-
vailed throughout the OCCASION Believing In the
equal rights OF men and women the Association cSrday
Invited all alike interested In the good cause TO share It's
responsibilities and honors, placing the Key Henry matu
yeeehe by his ready % is g. M ofaq o s as
describe this wsShy ana sio Ts Ment 10 eye
land, and, In common with other weknown advocates
of woman suffrage, founded the American Woman SUI
fage W or s @ o and which
owed separate existence TO the TACT that s
ton in The ReroiuIio and with the measures of Miss
Anthony in the Executive Committee" Ihis anguago
ation upou all who signed the call for the Cleveland
Convention or who helped to organize the American
hostility to the NewYork Society," this Association has
never in any manner sought controversy Win u, SHs
herng strictly 10 its specific object and exhibiting
spirit Of cathocy Of the broadcast nature In the welcome
t gives to all who desire TO be enrolled In ls memoeE
ship There is. therefore no ground for casting any n
puttons upon It's spt or % nG thee
peal for It's extinction absorption or reformation as Is
not olicialy but as officers and members OF the
and because there is not sufficient time TO summon
meeting Of its Executive Committee In season to insure
an Immediate publication OF their views on the SUBJECT
Those views We believe we very faithfully represent
We surprised to read the following unqualned
statement on the part Of the editor Of The Ihdcenden
Whatever may be tho result OF the proposed CONFER
ence TAT the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New-lork. on wed
nesday April 81 the friends OF union and eooPera
ton will be glad TO know that the overture has been re-
ceiyed with equal frendliness by the two societies"
There is fuundationfor this statement The Reroion
saws: 'The effort Is doubt well intended, but such
want OF Just discrimination 1t evnces is almost as de
plorable as the division IL seeks to heal IL isone OF
those problems which abound IN the nineteenth century,
but which all the growing wisdom Of the twentieth VIII