The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-30
ThS Strong Minded and Confident Go In
for Q New Political Party.
Wendell Phillips Rejected Is q Standard
Doarcr, Senator Wilson Endorsed, and
Senator Sumner Called Upon to Put
Fhrongh Sixteenth Amendment.



other sections Of the country are on the warpati
for their civil, political and kindred rights ThI
Mmc, 20 use a homey and emphatic phrase, they
seem to mean business They declare that the time
fer eloauence and display has passed. and that the
hour for determined and energetic action
has arrived, and to this end they are
seriously inspired with the idea OF de-
nounclng and abandoning the existing politi
cal parties and organizing and working on
their own hook. In view Of this fact the gathering
here to-day under the auspices Of the Massachusetts
Woman Suffrage Association has been the most i'm
portant OF its character ever held There have been
three SESSIONS ana the attendance at each has been
sufficient TO Ill the vast area OF fremont Temple in
every part The majority or those present WERE Of
course of the sex most interested, and there was
all through the deliberations, a manifest Interest
rarely II before witnessed at these woman sui
Mrs Julia Ward Howe, OF Boston, who called the
Convention to order, was afterwards, on motion of
Frank h. Sanborn, Of Springfield made the perma-
nent presiding officer or the gathering The pro-
ceediIlgs were then opened by q devout prayer by
Rev. MISS Chaplin, Of Iowa, alter which Mrs. Howe
INDUCED In lew preliminary remarks. She alluded
m bogrdp hlcai manner 70 the ASSOCIATIONS oil good
deeds clustering around fremont Ir emp adding
Meath It's roof vet they met to-day with uncertainty
and doubts about what they ought 60 do.
She had horror OF too much talking without &C
completing much, Tut sue hoped that whatever
they would do would rebound to the success OF
their undertaking. Further IN her remarks she
alluded 10 the work OF Professor LiebeR OF New
YORK, on Political Ethics in which she had found
much to encourage her In the belief that the sympa-
that one work which had been published upwards
Of forty years, believed that there was enough
OF truth TO reform the great and wicked city OF
wicked Woods. Hofrmans ana Fsks. she
concluded by expressing the hope mat their
proceedings would be governed by wisdom and mar.
mony, and retired amid warm applause. Then, In
accordance with The tme.honored custom of woman
suffrage gatherings in Massachusetts tile rrepreS
sible Lucy Stone Blackwell Was brought out for the
nrst set speech. she INDUCED IN one OF her time
eloquent manner the preliminary women's rights
convention held In the Meionaon, in this city,
almost generation ago. and following 1t up with o
historical account OF the progress OF the women's
movement from that time down TO the present.
They had met now, she addea, to see what was
best to DC done to promote their cause and she was
pleased to see all parts OF the State well repre-
scented. The question was, whether or not there
should be a wOman's political party-(applausel-
and she hoped the eubiectwould be freely discussed
pro and con. She was almost prepared to say that
the hour had come for them to lake action In this
direct on and In considering IT she wished the wo-
men to remember that the lowest man who crawls
on the face OF the earth Is their political superior.
She did not care for any existing political move
ments, for none OF them had ever shown the least
sympathy with the women in struggling for their
natural rights She believed God aud thousands Of
people were ON them SIDE ana she n nor dlsSosd
the women Of the country have secured their civil
and political rights.
Committee on Resolutions submitted their report.
The committee consisted Of Miss Livermore, Mrs.
Stone Blackwell. Margaret CampbeIl Gordon NJ. FISK
and Sarah Il. Wilkins, and the resolutions reported
for the consideration Of the Convention were as fol
lows
Whereas the establishment political justice upon the
basis of rights for all and women is i'm
poan, than cOnsiderayon of party erDediency and
firm Dartie n ara
and whereas the conventions Of the republican
parties about to meet for the declara
Of principles and the nomination Of candidates; there
fore,
longer support any candidate for State local office who
MOI s that they
nate and support independent candidates OF their own
ans
the conventions Of the republican and democratic parties
Suestng each Che adoption Of woman suffrage as part OF
question esery candidate upon state ticket every party
IN the hed WHISTLER he viii work for the establishment Of
Jo1nai; also hat this conmse should again in Boz
tS S the a S
nations for Stale ticket n necessary.
suffrage are reaass.eS to their respective
preventative and Senatorial dscs and to take such
for suffrage IN the Legislature next winter
Hon. Henry Wilson, Senator Of Massachuses, for having
Introduced the Congress OF the United State.
D. and IL the territories and re.prctuy request him to
ss tho % recognize
Wendell Phillips leader second to none in his early, able
gratitude and has sht claim when.
sver they can be given under the forms OF lay and without
SSR the cause OF with Issues
And whereas the Hon Charles Sumner Senator Of Massa
rhuses has declared that distncton in suffrage founded
pon qualifications violation Of repub
surm n as color; therefore ~ ~
from the Hon. Charles SUMMER neat winter the subssor
Of sixteenth amendment TO the federal constitution pro
hbiting political distinction on account Of sex.
A discussion OF the several resolutions then fol.
lowed DIR. BLACKWELL tLucy's husband) making the
opening address. He, Of course, believed that 9
social and political reform would come with woman
suffrage Not until the women can vote, he said,
will prohibition ever reign throughout the land, and
not until they can have voice In the direction OF
country ever have their rights The republicans
and democrats had been patting the women on the
shoulders and telling them TO wait. but the
fuse to be thus put on any longer The
Acknowledgement or the women must b. demanded
arst Incorporates their claims into its platform win
receive their support and power. II, however, all
existing parties persist in denying suffrage to woman
independent action must be had at once. He spoke
Df Massachusetts, as the boosted land OF justice and
freedom, and believed that here the first practical
step towards women's rights should be taken. and
concluded by approving Of the first resolve, favora-
bic to the organization Of separate political party
n the existing organizations failed to syInpathlze
and cooperate with them.
A. BRONSON ALCorT, Of Concord, followed Mr..
Blackwell In support of the same resolution. he
SAID that he wanted the women of The State to vote,
because 1t would tend to purify the pubic NOR ais
teen he wanted Wendell Phillips to be Governor OF
Massachusetts, afterwards United States Senator
and then President or q prominent oilicer OF the
Cabinet In concluding he said that he felt that this
prophecy and wish OF his would be fulfilled.
Mrs. DR.. MERCY Il. JACKSON followed in speech
which can De best described as red hot. She said
that she believed the women had right to take
mp arms and lnaugurate a war against the
existing government unless Justice Is done to the
women. The wrongs imposed upon the sex were a
n. gina and outrage upon the civilization and educa-
tlon Of the country and Massachusetts,. the pinnacle
Of all lustice should be the first to move In reform,
Notwithstanding she once countenanced the hang
Ing OF women as witches.
OlG STEPHEN S. FOSTER, who hangs on TO life
win tenacty truy wonderful, then made speech
70 envening and vigorous as to remind many Oh MS
hearers OF his ancient harangues In behalf OF the
anti-slavery cause. He was elnphalcally an out
andouer III favor or tho resolves, and told tho OLD
Story that lie never voted and never would vote
until his wife could vote with him. He ayowed him.
eelf rebel against the government OF MaSsachu-
eerts until there was q revolution and change OF
sentiment, ana TO create this they must preach the
truth, Snd have their actions conform to the truth
they preach. The ballot IL now used TO degrade and
cnslaye woman. and jet, While We vote for this de-
Rradauon we preach against IT, We must leave ell