The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1871-09-14
Miscellany.
Special Correspondence Of the Baltimore Sun.
The Woman's Rights Movement-Pre-
parations for Raid on Congress.
WAS1NGToN, Sept. I.

WAss1NGToN, Sept. +.
. The loading isrns Of the country will make
bold deprd6d upon Congress for recognition
as soopas it assemblies, and will SEMI here
the foremost advocates of their theories.
Voman,s rights, national prohibition of the
,louor traffic, and the recognition of God in
the Constitution" are all moving advance
guards hitherward, and accommodating tor
position. Prof Taylor Lewis, who leads the
movement in favor of national religion,
will make flying visit here early in the
session. Ell half dozen delegations Of pro-
hibitionists have made arrangements to come,
aud last, though far from least, the advocates
of woman IS suffrage will maintain here an
able and determined lobby throug ghout the
whole of the session.
The leaders of this latter movement have
prepared for vigorous onslaught upon all
the branches of the Government at once.
They claim to have substantially won the
Executive, as woman's rights are now fully
recognized in the executive departments; but
the effort in this direction will be to secure
the appointment of some woman to- proml-
nent executive position-at least to the head
ship of bureau. g..
Upon Congress the main pressure will be
brought to bear. The surprising vote in
the House of Representatives upon the mo-
tion to strike the word "male" out of the
section Of the District of Columbia bill regu-
lating suffrage has unduly excited the hopes
of the sanguine and impressible ladies who
lead the movement, or has at least given
them an opportunity of fimpressing unintorm-
ed friends of the movement with the notion
that the new doctrine has now fair chance
of being recognized by the National Govern
nent
Tic case for the courts is already prepar-
ed, and two suits at law for damages have
been entered against certain registers and
commissioners of election for refusing to
register or allow to vote certain ladies who
in May last applied to them for that purpose.
The suit against the registers is brought by
Mrs. Sarah j. Spencer, and that against the
commissioners of election by Sarah E. Web.
ster. Mcssrs. Riddle and Miller have been
retained as counsel for the plaintiffs in these
causes, and, by consent of parties, the trial
in the Circuit Court has been waived, and
the cases are set down for argument at the
coming general term Of the Supreme Court
of this District, which begins it term on the
25th inst. AS yet no appearance is entered
by the defendants. Should the decision
there be adverse, the cases will be carried at
once to the Supreme Court of the United
States, and an effort made to have them ad-
vanced on the calendar so as to be heard this
winter.
The argument in favor of the right, which
will be..urged before the general term, is
substantially this: The fourteenth amend
mcnt declares that "all persons born or
naturalized in the United States are subject
to the jurisdiction thereof: are citizens of the
United States and ofsthe States wherein
they reside Women being persons. thus be.
come, by birth or naturalization, citizens of
the United States and of Constitution it is
declared that s:'the citizens of each State shall
be entitled to the rights and im1nunities of
the citizens of the several States" and the
fourteenth amendment forbids any State to
snake or enforce any law which shall abridge
the privileges or inlm'mities of citizens of