New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-11

denial vi the ballot mrlesl the inferior base brutal
degraded man The divine right of xiv is exploded
notion; il ID time for the divine rig1C Of TO foowi
The chief value Of the ballot is the cducaory power g
vito feels interest In and measures will soon Iec
. responsibility. Everybody knows that women are u"
better than men They are 40 angels aSaiins to call
them angels" Int observe they no longer anE
role 10 play than that OF an aged angel 10 Vote can
IL is said that woman can't IN0tc enough cU mt no
standard of education was ever lived for the ballot nus
| II there had been one, itnever coud eAoi"''
| more than Ii could negroes. ..,. 60 roo1
note from a lldy inquirng whether sue
Woman Suffrage movement was GO nnvcwen think
She SAID that is not proper way 10 put tne quest
II thought that the Womans heto rSro o Wss
contrary 10 Christianity wOhId certain, 'io TI r
ToaSd sboud desire for one, 10 stop II; shond re-
nounce iGL e' or of the world except Christianity
When Christianity is made the rule OF me throughon1
i 6.o W Teaos OF life which today me
great era OF Peaeeih1 d nnt Come 3e 0" ths u1
was convinced that it was parallel with CrlHlahity
Wmnans Reform asks for wOmanf We ask for the bal,
lot aud ask it simply because 1t is the symbol OF
equality There is no other recognized symbol Of equal
fy in this country. We ask for the ballot that we may
he equal TO before the law. The very moment We
obtain it the work of this Association is done, ana u
will get ont of the way. Men ready enough to admit
equality hut in the eyes of the law We have never
been equal. The golden rule Isl Whatsoever ye would
that should do unto you, do Ie to theln II mat
rule carried out there would be the millennium IN
| the world
| Mrs Lucy Stone Blackwe-she glad to see that
so many here, with just dark coats enough
to give the meeting dignity. She hoped that the women
would not only hep 10 haE te t S n Ho
| believers in womans rights with whom they may he
! acquainted
oliver Johnson moved that the solutions reported in
the morning be voted on. The motion carried and
the resolutions, having been separately read, passed
unanimously.
Mr. Gilmore said, If yOu don't want to cover this pur
pose with doubt and uncertainty which is always an
! of
Mir johnson said he did MT want TO ho included in
Mrs Blackwelrs remark that the Constitution gives
women the ballot. He thought it wise to agtate TINS
be reached only under a decision OF the courts ana
while waiting for that YOU were diyerting the lnpHc
mind from the point at issue. Slavery had been
put down in such way that it can never be recon.
sructcd but it had been put aside by decision OF
might change the character of the supreme Court ana
loinstac He thought it wise 10 have the resolutions
they were, 50 that persons OF al shades oi oplnoh
| may vote Tor them.
MIS- Dr. Merry Walker said the fact OF women attempt
| inc 10 vote in Washington had done more for woman
srrag &c than All the conventions held. We want
decalatOry law, said She passed ny the congress OF inc
United States giving women the right to vote lhs was
the only way au immense amount Oh ldpor III lHe
Mr. KgoTe Objected 10 the use of any word in an
bguous sense. He objected TO Free Love IN The resou-
Mrs Blackwell said the Convention meant by the
Of that phrase exactly what THE NEw-iOEk TRIBUNE OF
The Presient sai this great movement was not re-
spOnsble for the freaks and foies OF individuals Tho
resolution denied that the Convention iudOIscd
free love, which certain papers charged them with
| EVENING SESSION
The meeting opened by Mrs. Liyermore who in
| PRODUCED Moses Cort Tyler. He sad
The seaboard is tho natural seat of liberty Coming to
you from the inland, where the sailed breath Of the At
aNtic exchanged for the sweetvapOrs of the lakes
say TO yo look well 10 your auels! What are yOn sea-
board people doing to vindcdte your honor We, IN me
Interior have at least one national university winch
he that Of Mrs. LvermOre Julia W. Howe, and others
one OF the keenest and brightest minds OF the law IN
7 q w. 4Ftl. IAa "a al a
| own state Of Michigan, at least two women have
succeeded in getting their votes IN the blOthoX These
stIes which good people way engage, and Of The
trophies in such contest every modest man may
boast This deep, national resoute demand for great
right withheld, means that woman Is really person. ana
no, merely lovely shadow. II yoa can convince the
ity of American women that woman Is person, yOu
VIII have the ballot tomorrow. We call woman an
angel and it is very easy do that because the Cons
tuition OF the United States don't take any account Of
II All citizens who masculine have the right 10
vote. it is not because they are males but because hey
who members of the nation. Therefore,
women should likewise lie given this right because they
are also members OF the nation and It Is the right OF
every member OF the nation TO vote But, after ALL We
men rather hasful lOu know ana lhe business j.
new tous. We have sort of Bards is willing feel
ing and don't want TO he the first 10 speak We are like
| the rustic young man who escorted young lady home
gate: Nov, Jake, don't ten any you beau'd me
home" No he replied, am us much ashamed OF u
| as you be: lLaughterI Now II Would nave peeh much
better if the young lady had said something more GA
| h%rGting, more encouraging. 80 we are new 10 the
business of escortng women TO the ballot, ana they
1nust come forward, and overcoming their natural
/
| Mary Grew OF Philadelphia said
When au asked to give arguments for the cause Of
WOmaus Suffrage, il seems like the old times when we
were asked to give arguments for freedom of the
slave II is enough for Ine to know that the charter OF
nation states that taxation without representation
! is tyranny" and that all just government Is founded
the consent Of the governed" NowO wrote those
! words lApIalse and iaughor.l Itcy were Wi,ten ~
stood recently at Womans Suffrage meeting in
Boston, and ! heard gentleman say, 81 am WILING,
on certain conditions that women shall vote. when
women shall suppress mtfmperan6ee; am WIZ
know how he going ascertain whether they would
suppress il not. know that men who have held the
ballot all then lives have not suppressed it; aud dont
think there is any one here who would say that women
suppress II. What is going 10 do with the
ballot don't know don't care ana II Is oi no con
sequence Their right to the ballot does not rest on me
way in which they vote. This, however, must be admit
ted ard that is that there women III this country
who viii vote much more wisely than some men III SeW-
York and Philadelphia Laughter and appauScJ lOu,
my nr0thcgs claim the night vote because
taxed. because Won one of the gOvefned apd you
know If an atempt was made Ia your right u
vote you would sacrifice everything TO defend IT, What
would money be worth to you without 1t You call 1t
would be saves-not free Listen then, a woman
tells you that freedom Is but nominal without IT,
Aud when you ask what women are going 70 do win H.
ask yourselves wnat you want 1t for and what you are
| going Ia do with it.
the nights Of another class. AppauseI No one can see
| for another a that other can see for himself 80
have word TO say 10 the women. They VIII nave
the glorious right OF American citizenship given TO hel
II is nearer perhaps than We think; am not so much
I'd for the time 1t your duty TO prepare your
selves for that event and resolve TO become worthy OF
exercising that right least worthy the other sex
are How many are Ignorant unable 70 READ ana Wru
with ordinary Intelligence aud accuracy wonder IE
TRIBUNE does not talk about these ignorant men who ex
ercse the right OF suffrage what pity sO many men
who vote cannot read and write!
Mrs. Lncy Stone Blackwell next addressed the meet,
ing briefly III you have man, SAID she, VINO isa 1901
1elOn, you put him over the line alongside OF your
mother Every man OF you before he sleeps should go
should tell her you are ashamed OF yourselves. lap
The rev Washington GLADDEN., one Of the editors Of
The independent 10 answer Mis-. Crews question