Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-01-19

disorder, but the fact has been other wise,
and the results most happy, and she pre-.
ileted the same happy results would follow
when women were permitted - WELD the
Inherent right Of the ballot. .llE.
Mrs. Davis took the stand, and while the
hat was being passed around for contrlbu.
tons to defray the expenses Of the stand,
made few brief remarks in advocacy Of
the resolutions.
MRS. oAoH APPEARS,
Mrs.. NJ. A. J. Gage, Of New York, said Ii
was strange that Congress would receive
the petitions Of women and then pay no at
tentlon TO them, She was opposed to petit
tlonlng that body any further, as II was an
inherent right OF women to DO heard. There
10 no fully developed woman, because Of the
lack Of sunshine, she having been enslaVed
for centuries by man. The ballot was the
preserver OF everything moral, and II wo-
man held the ballot she would have the pow.
e. OF self-protectlon. Man heretofore has
looked upon woman as property, and
thought they had control over her soul as
we'll a. her person. During the past ceutu.
~, however, the Individual rights Of tho
human race have been, and are now being,
fully acknowledged. Womeu are Recognized
as capable OF obeylng laws, aud they should
be recognized as being capable Of making
lava. I...
In Europe and America woman's influence
Ia being recognised In all the progressive
movements Of tho day. Occasionally man
has let fall, like tho harvester handful Of
good corn, few good laws looking TO the
welfare Of woman, and she hoped glorious
harvest would be roapod from the grains
thus scattered. Woman demanded her rights
before tho law, on equal terms with man.
A DISTRICT oRAroR.
MIA Edoann If thu nietriet ~ Cntvr,hto
suggested that the committee on resolutions
respectfully ask Congress not to pass tho
bill now pending for the reorganization Of
the Treasury Department relative to sala-
rios Of clerks Of males and females.
SHE WILL TALK.
Miss Anthony said q resolution was on
tho table, asking Congress to pay females
the same salary now received by men In
the service Of tho United States, oil things
being equal. She hoped all friends would
concentrate upon action In Just such mea-
sures, as taxation without representation is
tyranny, and she hoped tho demand for tho
equality Of woman would be perseyerod In.
In 1858 a law was passed by Congress- ap.
prophatlng so many Thousands Of dollars
for the building Of school-houses for the
education Of the colorcd youth of the Dis
trict Of Columbia; but In 1884 tho money
had been appropriated by the committee
into whose hands 1t had been placed, thus
proving that tho greater absorb the less,
and the colored people Of the District had to
20 about and maintain schools at their own
expense.
The ballot is the great purifier OF these
evils, and when put Into the hands'of woman,
laws can be enacted that will absorb the
smaller evils, and she advised the conyen-
tlon to have steadily In view the accomplish
mont OF the greatest object-tLe enfranchlso-
ment Of the women Of the country.
Without taking action on the resolutions,
the convention adjourned until the evening
session.
EVENING SESSION.
At 1850 O'Clock the convention was called
TO order by Mrs. Josephine Grifnng, OF the
District Of Columbia, but owing TO the fact
that the admission fee to the night session
was any cents, the auditorium was not so
compact as at the afternoon meeting.
Mrs. Grihlng introduced Hon. Mr.. scovel,
Of New Jersey, who said that he attended
the convention not as q speaker, but as a
listener, yet no advocated the cause Of
woman's rights, the contrary opinion Of his
friends notwithstanding. He was not IA
mlliar In addressing women's rights con-
yentions, but he believed in advocating their
rights before the law. He said that not
wlthstandlng John W. Forney had asserted
that woman suffrage would not prevail In
our lifetime, although right, he assured his
hearers that those present would SEQ the
browning contamination Of their liberties.
Prof. ]. X. II. Wilcox read tho following
letter.
uSIvIRSII PLAGB.l
,,,,,,- Etw YoRK, jan. II. ls7O
DEAR sIRi deeply regret that my Ap.
preaching voyage TO Ireland will deter me
from the pleasure should otherwise expe-
rienee In accepting the Invitation extended to
me by the Universal Franchise Association,
add conveyed In your letter OF the 18th Inst
Yet In my unavoidable absence from the APP
preaching Woman Suffrage Convention, be
pleased to express for me to itA distinguished
supporters tho assurance Of my profound sym
pAthy with the cause they so bravely adVo.
cate, and my earnest desire for It's speedy
thanks to the noble women
who nrst lave dared
To leap the rotten pales OF prsjudlce,
plsyOko their neekh from custom aud a. OTl
That which made woInaa ahd man. -
But a. ! am unable to crafty my desire on
sanrpsion of NV iStsSost AZ, ySu Sns rsneSsd
for success, and shall satisfy myself with at
tontively watching and hoping for the proud
result In America.
an, dear sir, very sincerely,
MARY O'DoNovAN Rosa.
Mrs. Charlotte Wilbur, Of New York, ad.
dressed the convention In a powerful and
Well-tlmed address In advocacy OF woman 3
rights, during the delivery Of which she was
frequently interrupted by applause.
REMARKS OF MR.. RIDDLE.
A. @. Riddle, esq, was then introduced,
who said he had been requested to address
the convention on tho legal question: OF
woman suffrage. lie did not know pre-
clsely how he would set about to advocate
the cause political Of woman, but he wanted
for his daughters the same popular opinion
and prestige as he wanted for his son. II
there was any preference To DO given TO
those who exercise the right Of the ballot,
he was In favor Of bestoWing the ballot on
the weaker sex. Man creates IA necessity
by being the head ola family, but It does
not Imply that he should subject tho woman
10 man, and he was not prepared TO say that
man should be subjected TO woman yet
popular orthodoxy Of mans education has
ever been that woman consented TO be ruled
by man.
Mr.. Riddle went into logical analysis
concerning the sexes, arguing that the
Creator Of the universe had never pre-or-
dained that woman was 10 be the subject Of
man. In the American rule Of Jurisprudence,
the theory Of self-government was natural
through the right OF ballot. The right Of
the franchise was accorded now to finale"
citizens, but In former times It was "white
mAleD citizens. All now that Is required IL
to eliminate from tho statute the word
"mRle," when women will be permitted TO
exercise hor natural rlghts--the franchise
10 govern herself, as man has tho right to
govern himself through the same medium.
MISS PHEBR CoUZNs' SPEECH.
Miss Phebe CouElns, Of 81. Louis, was
noxt introduced, and said In the West she
found that the women's cause was Apprecia-
tod, but hero shO found GOODNESS, and in ap-
peRring before the audience on the present
occasion Ahe felt as though sho had two
gigantic hands grasping her and stirling
her throat Of utterance. Tho audience was
StlG aud cold, when They should eylnce a
warmth In behalf Of the great cause Of clyi-
liEatlon and woman'B rights. Woman re-
quired all the privileges that were given to
mani the former slaves WELD the ballot, and
she could see no good reason why women
are not granted the rights accorded 70 the
Inferior race. Women perform tho same
labor as men, tolling In the fields, &c., and
as she discharges the drudgery, she ought
TO participate In the blessings OF society,
equality before tho law, and the exercise OF
the ballot.
She did not believe that woman would
dance around the polls, nor become Amazo-
mans, nor that men would DO compelled 20