The Republican journal., 1870-10-06
LETTER FROM BOSTON,
CORRESPONDENCE OF The Journal.
Woman's Suffrage Conventio n---It is Courted
by Many Lovers---Attempt to Force the
Nomination of Mr.. PhiIlips---The Women
Love Him, but Won't Embrace Him.


Love Him, but Won't Embrace Him.
Boston. October /, 1870. |
The most important event Of this week WAS the |
assembling of the Womans Suffrage Convention. |
in this city on Thursday. 1t was in reality Il boil |
ing oyer of the radical pot, which has been sewin@.
simmering and gradually heating for The past six |
weeks. Just how much coGucttng. coying. atIvanc-
ing rereatng, slu diplomacy. earnest pcrsua- |
sion, and eloquent entreaty has been ayShed in the
office of the Woman's journal, during the above |
mentioned time, it is impossible to say. Mrs |
llvermore hints openly of it. and has her accus;t- |
tons upon prominent politicians OF the Republican
| Labor-Relorm and Prohibition parties. But of its |
amount no tongue can tell. pen describe. SUI |
flee it to say that these precious politicians have re-
eognized i'll the womans movement an opponent
to be feared, an ally to be desired. And they have
with ready tact. untiring devotion and newborn
zeal, attentiyely courted its tavors.
The cool head of Mrs. Lvermorc has kept thu
women from committing themselves by any pledges
to these eleventh hour converts TO tner cauSc-
though IT appeared in the dcnouenlent proper, that
the Republican party, like the serpent of old, had
beguiled the Eyes Amidst Eli this striyn g and
rontendng of clans and lutterins of political birds
i'll their nests, the womel went steadily forward
and issued their call to the men and women of Mas
sachusetts, favorable to Woman's Suffrage, TO as
scmble in Mass Conventions at fremont Temple.
on Thursday, September Goth, '.to consider their
duties in the approaching political campaign
THE CONVENTION
assembled promptly at ten O'Clock. And it was by
no means gathering of disappointed old maids
and neglected wives that filled the body of the
house and oyerlowed into the galleries. But an
assemblage of the learning. talent and co1uencc of
Mas>achusctts-earneSt men and thinking women
| come to listen to the polished eloqucncc Of Mrs
Howe, the calm persuasive reasoning Of Mrs
Iivermore the sound logic of Mrs Stone and the
convincing arguments of numerous other distin-
g gushed speakers And to decide in what manner
they could best forward the interests of that much
yeXcd question '''ro vote or not to vote
t Precisely on the tick of haEpas ten. the speakers
made their appearance on the platform. And Mrs.
Howe, elegantly attired in walking suit of rich
black silk, came modcstly forward to the desk
with her sweet, pretty face aslow, and in her grace
full, winning manner called the convention to order.
She was Immediately appointed temporary chair
woman of the conventions AMI her first duty
She invited the Rev. Miss A. j. Chaplin Of Iowa, to
open the convention with prayer Which She did i'll
an earnest and terVid petition.
, Mrs. Howe then addressed the convention in Il
! previously prepared speech, which was listened to
u with profound attention, ana frequently applaucd
: throughout She spoke of fremont Temple Is Il
place of many reforms and thought it argued favor
ably that their Convention had assembled there.
She then proceeded to let the eats nose peep cal-
liously out of the bag, by saying that while they
had been urged by their most strenuous friends to
call this convention, yet they had been warned to
u he was NOT of vltut th,.y
l. would do "Men feared that women would lower
themselves by engaging in such movement"
O They said to them you in high position.
Now stay there. Don't come down. - But
they should come down, not the coon came 10
Capt. Crockett, but the marble statue to the rev
= oilers in the banqleting hall" And then woe
$ woe to the men," In further remarks she spoke o
v the need of greater knowledge by women of the
, political affairs Of the world.
At the conclusion of Mrs. IIoWe's address the
convention was further organized by the choice OF
y Vice Presidents, Committees, and Secretaries
: During the retirement of the committee on rcson
5 lions Lucy Stone entertained the audience with one
OF her characteristic speeches, pitching into MI
~ parties in the most nnvercn0niuu9 manner trr
,itsslng women With paupcrs idiots and rebels
and declaring that when they did come to Vot,
they would hold UP the old oppression TO rcprobl.
ton, by the law, oithe state.
Mrs. Livermore-all, stately, scf-pos scsscd. o
pleasing mien and commanding presence, alraNro
like her fair sister, Mrs. Howe, in back-thrl
made her appearance and read long list ofrrsol-
tons, which declares! in decided language their a.
+ termination To try 10 commit both The Republican
and Democratic parties. Failing in This they Woul,
or@anzeia party of their II, and nominate Wen
de Phillips as their header. And finally wound
up by throwing the gauntlet TO the feet of Charles
Sumner.
The reading of these resolutions was received will
the hearte,t Of applause and followed by brie
| speeches from Prof. BlackWell-an iratr individual
known as Lucy Stones hu>band-Dr. AIcott, an,
, DR.. Mercy b. Jackson. The last speaker ~poke 81
her desire for college education and said il iill
= always been an iron that hat entered her soul
, Whenever she heard college mentioned Mt~
Howe, in reply, INDUCED in little gentle satire at
, the expense of the universities wing that ~hr e
garled them ls reservoirs of artificial Ignorance
And did not think it necessary tor women " gC
10 college, for they would convey more light there
l than they would receive.
n Mr. Stephen Foster named Ivy the ladies til,
e '>War-holsc." was now introduced ami eiectrle,
: the convention in Stirring speech. He though
a his wife was about as good if not little better than
any otlltl man. he SOl up some llNtlt ana wei
assumed Indignation against the lords of creation
y whom he insisted wanted TO hang his Wife, uu,
Il wanted to say Chow, when and where She should
die and without her having any voice in the matter
I lie stated that he had never voted and never
to- until his wife could 90 with him TO the polls
He cave IA practical illustration of womanS rights
in relating Il late incident of his wife and himself
: going hand in hand to the baotboN 10 ptddlv
votes on election day. He next slaShrd into thr
. men at fearful rate, for not coming to the rc,vu,
J, of the women, much to the establishment Of some
of these unfortunaes who learned for the first time
!, that the women needed any help. His innovation
- upon the old fashioned doctrine Of ''what is yours
y is mine and what is mine is my own suggested t.
:. his hearers that Mrs. Foster power bchint
s the throne. He finally wound up by throwing 4
J., most unpulatlble pill to the managers of the late
r war thinking that even his wife could have done
10 better, which certainly was not paying her very
: great compliment.
Mrs Iiyernorc closed the forenoon session in a
G warm reply to Mr. Foster, severely experimenting
, him for not going to the polls, and seemed TO tlnl,
that if he was her husband She wouldn't allow such