The New York herald., 1870-07-30
Woman ssnraSo-The saratssa WOoea'i
State Convention.

The women's rights women Of the Empire
State, In holding the first anniversary of the
State Suffrage Association at Saratoga Springs
In the midst Of the gay season, have shown
that they know how to combine pleasure with
business. The objects Of the association and
the parties concerned In it, the time, the place
and the fashionable summer crowd at the
place, were all happily adapted to draw good
houses. We are not, therefore, surprised to
learn that on the FIRST meeting Of these pro-
gressive ladies at Hathorne's Hall, on Thurs
day last, they were honored with "a large and
cities at this season, with the thermometer
among the nineties, they would have had but
'a beggarly account of empty boxes"
The proceedings of this opening meeting,
too, were interesting, and, in contrast with the
stupendous preparations for horrid war in
Europe, they are refreshing to read withal.
If we are not mistaken the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, as womaus
rights woman, is president Of this aaso-
citation; but in his absence, the secretary,
Mrs. NJ. L. Joselyn Gage, called the meeting
TO order, and said that in the good work of wo-
mans rights great progress had been made
since last year. The Rev. Mrs. Olympia Brown
was the first speaker, and her first remark was
the expression Of her pleasure at the large and
fashionable audience assembled to hear her.
the sex, reformers and all, in her admiration OF
the fashions. She spoke Of the emancipation
of women by the Saviour of men, and Of the
teachings of st. Paul as those of woman's
rights man; she aoounded in glittering gene
ralities, but the redeeming point Of her wo-
mans rights argument was in her admiration
Of the fashions and the right to be attractive;
here she spoke like true woman in behalf Of
that most invaluable right, except the right to
husband, OF all the rights of the sex.
Mrs. Sele Devereux Blake offered a reso-
luton thanking committee in the Con-
necticut Legislature for moving in behalf
of woman suffrage, which, Of course, was
adopted by acclamation. The arrival Of
Miss Susan B. Anthony, in the midst
of these proceedings, was the occasion
Susans glowing account of the progress of wo-
mans rights in Kansas gave immense satisfac
ton. She said, too, that 'by the old terms of
exclusion women, negroes, idiots, lunatics and
criminals were joined together, but now ne
groes have been released. Why, then, should
women be left to stand with idiots, lunatics
and criminals? ?" That is the question. Miss
Anthony on this the main issue ruled the
afternoon meeting, contending that If women
fail in many things In which men succeed it is
because men have votes and women have
none. Mrs. Adele Hazlett was tho leading
speaker at the evening meeting, her argument
being that of universal justice and equal
rights, and partly in explanation of st. Paul's
declaration that ''man is the head of the wife,
the same as Christ is the head Of the Church."
the inevitable conclusion being that while wo-,
men without the ballot can do nothing, with
the ballot they can do everything, from the
making Of @ bonnet TO the handling Of bat
terry of artillery in a pitched battle.
All this is the old story, and it is becoming
to the public as monstrous ''as thrice-tod
tale in the ears of a drowsy man. We think
that the far West Gin those new States and
Territories where women are scarce end pro-
perly appreciate5) is, lor good footbold, the
proper field for the active agitation Of their
cause by these women's rights women. We
think that the righting Of the wrongs Of the
women OF Mormondom, where woman is re-
duced to the half, third, fifth, tenth or twenti-
eth part in husband, Is also proper field Of
labor for Mss Susan B. Anthony and her asso-
ciate feminine workers for womcn's rights !;
and yet they have never q word to say of the
wrongs Of these poor Mormon women. This,
too, when we havo seen that those poor crea-
lures, even with the ballot, vote according to
orders from Brigham Young. The simple
truth is that woman suffrage is yet long way
of, and that, as it has been with negro suf-
frage, it can be reached only by system Of
gradual approaches which cur women's rights
women do not seem to understand. They do
understand, however, that the watering places
are the right places for their summer meet
ings; and at the conclusion of the horse races
next week ct Long Branch meeting down
there, in honor OF General Grant and in con-
sideration Of his practical recognition Of
wcmens rights, would doubtless prove great
sensation.
Chinese E.,igrRiion--A New Decree.
The new decree by which the Chinese gov
ernment, through the Foreign Board az Pekin,
has limited The exportation of Chinese laborers