Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-01-20

beNeInl benatorB and members OF Congress
would have been present to address the con-
yontion, and read the following letters from
senator Ross, OF Kansas, and Senator Car
pcnter, Of Wisconsin,
ustfEp sTLrHa SENATE UHAMnnu,
NEE Sasan D AnthonVs
DsAR MADAM 1 am Ia receipt Of your in.
yltation TO be present al the meetink OF yonr
NATIONAL Suffrage Association this evening,
put have TO express my regret At my Inability,
Accent So%syst nv . snsss@s 20 " o9 90
the right Of suffrage TO the women Of the
active "a NJ" ne ~, sSa All esss.,op. ,Ss,p
arise iSr ny oiieial action Very repeatedly,
UsiTED Stars, sssArr caissSS.i
M.s EiiiabaA oddy sioateag ''S
MApAni Your favor Of the 18th Instant, in-
session ia this city, for the promotion Of the
cause OF female suffrage, has been received.
1 regret that my ofneiaI duties will not allow
I assure you, and the ladies with whom you
are associated, that an heartily In sympathy
with the Efforts you are making toi the aueecas
long and so ably advocated.
Ibsg further 10 say, that the beStowAi OF the
| right Of equal political suffrage upon the
msnt, be much longer withheld, and that whst.
ever influence have shall be exerted At any
proper opportunity to hasten the eouaumma-
tion for which you are lAhoring.
have the honor to be, very truly, yours,
MATT. II. OARFnnTEn.
Mrs. Stanton then addressed the conven :
tion on the blessing that would follow after
the adoption Of the sixteenth amendment.
She hoped the women all over the country
would bring terrible action 10 bear on
Congress- In order that the bill may pass at
the present -asslon.
Miss Anthony. Mrs. Stanton, heard at
the Capitol to-day that the committee would
soon DO ready TO report fayorably on the
bill.
Mrs. Stanton continuing, said she hoped
all the ladies would appeal 10 the Republic
can party, and ask action at once In behalf
Of woman franchise. The Republican party
has the power, and woman suffrage In 1871
would be as good card as General Grant
was, and II not taken up by Republicans,
the Democratic party might take tho cue,
and defeat the Republican party. Her OBJ
lection 10 the passage OF the fifteenth amond-
ment was that the women VI the land had not
been consulted TO vote thereon.
She referred TO the action OF tho Aboll.
tlonlsts In Rhode Island, who made war
only on the word "whlte,n In the adoption
Of new constitutions. She therefore argued
that the men had no right 10 adopt the az
tenth amendment until the women had
been heard on the subject. Tho sixteenth
amendment would DO the browning result
Of the late war, as women wonld DO on an
equality with the proudest lord Of the land.
While all men wero omanolpated, could
women stand by and look on with compla-
cency without being permitted to join the
grand army OF freedomi MOI not she could
not.
The male element has held high carnival,
crushing out woman everywhere, when man
is only the half OF q complete being. She
was not willing that man should have con-
plete control Of the prisons. These carnRl
houses are disgrace to humanity, a. under
the control Of man; the poor prisoner 10
many Instances are suffered TO DO nearly do
voured by yermin, but II women had control
OF prisons, mothorly affection and care
would soothe the poor convict and prisoner
during his or her confinement. Violence,
destruction, rape and murders arc the law
Of the land, owing 10 the solhshnoss Of man.
Woman's love would hold these Vices In
check, II she were permitted to work In uni.
son with man.
The most Ignorant OF men opposed woman
suffrage, because they have been taught q
regard her as an inferior, and until she has
a voice In making the laws OF the land these
ignorant men win never ind out their mis-.
take. When the fourteenth amendment,
putting tho word finale" In the Federal
Constitution, was adopted, 1t was not gen.
orally known that thousands OF women oil
Massachusetts, protested, which was un,
needed. Alas that women should petition
Congress, for II Congress should at all b,
loyal, II should be loyal TO the women Of
America, whose heroic deeds and self-sacri
fees have exalted the nation. The women
o. the republic to-day, she said, were prac
tically under q foreign yoke, and although
Il HanaNnr pApnnEnv aalN TNratU0aRa -.
qulred to become nRturallsed, she did moi
propose woman should take out naturaliEa
tlon papers.
She was not In favor OF all men or women
voting, but advocated an educational qualln
cation TO be permitted TO exercise the priv
lego OF the ballot. Ignorance has voted
and many man owned a Jaokass more Intel
llgent than himself, the price OF property
| qualification, and she inquired whether, In
his case, the Jackass or the man yotedi Thers
Is corruption in every branch Of the Govern.
ment at Washington, as also In every State
Legislature, and judges do not decline the
bride. The purse would soon be exhausted
In governmental, State, and judicial quarters,
aud the only way to stop the outflow would
| be To admit woman In the world OF politics
| Men were fortunate In obtaining nearly every,
thing they needed at halfprice, while women
were compelled to work long, dreary hour
for half price. This thing Of taxation, with
out representation, should be abolished, ant
she knew a woman In New York that hai
| refused to pay another cent for taxes until
she was permitted TO vote, and the way shl
eyadcs the tax collector Is having frient
on the lookout, aud when he knocks at tn
door she appears at an upper window, ant
quotes Coke, Llttleton, aud other jurists, Il
reference to taxation without representation
Mira. Stanton closed her address by inVok
ing on her lady hearers the importance o
agitaung the woman question, In order tina
their asked for rights may be granted them
Miss Anthony here stepped forward, ant
moved that all present who were In favor o
demanding the adoption Of the sixteenth
amendment by the present Congress wouli
say "nye," the contrary, "nGy." The ques
tlon was put, and the yeas" were declare,
TO prevail, the "nays" not being recorded
as they were only heard 10 a faint voice.
Miss Jenny Collins, a Lowell factory CIR
OF Boston, was next introduced. She sail
she came forward 10 pay homage at the fee
Of that noble lady, (Mrs. stanton,) aud nd
vocate the cause OF the poor workingwoman
Woman's sunrage would remedy most o
the evils aud hafdships to which working
women are at present subjected.
Many poor girl in the factories were II
early life reared up with tenderness, sur
rounded by anluencej but reyersea In the al
fairs Of their parents, and the death OF
father aud mother, have caused them to en-
ter the factory TO gain livelihood at q pit
lance scarcely adequate 10 keep soul an
body together. These poor women have N
projectors, and by man are lured into ever
temptation. II was q shame that wome
should be trated thus, and she charge
that to-day there were no statesmen, but
set OF mummies, else the condition Of woma
would be different. The days Of the Reput
llcau party, she assured her hearers, wer
numbered, because workingmeu, with hRr
hands, who few years ago supported thu
party, have found Tepublicanism recreant I
their great mission. Che then reviewed III
acts OF the Republican party, asserting thI
II had "gone back" on all Its promises look
ing to the amelloratlon OF the condition q
the widows OF poor soldiers.
The Southern shareholders did not under
stand tho science OF oppression 80 we'll q
the tyrauts OF Massachusetts,. A womAl
that was dashed by the slAye-oWner OF th
South was not so cruel as the tyranny exel
clsed over a poor faetory-girl, should oh
leave her loom In Massachusetts, wlthou