The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-09-15
Miss Anthony.

The second lecture of this lady at the
Orc FinO Theater last night was attend
ed by a very large and intelligent gath
ering-mueh more so than the majority
of Portland audiences. The ladies were
out in strong force-more being i'm at
tendance than has been usual at public
assemblages in this city. The lecturess
was introduced by Mrs. Duniway of the
NEW NORTHWEST. In appearance Miss
Anthony is tall, bony and ungraceful,
and before commencing to speak her
face is eXpressionless; Yet when warmed
up with her subject her countenance be
comes fairly Illuminated with intelli-
gence. AS a speaker she has the happy
faculty of presenting her subject in a
clear, forcible and convincing manner.
She makes no pretension to high ORA
tOrical powers. and, as a consequence,
"well-rOunded periods play but little
part in her speeches. Her style is fOrci-
ble and argumentative. She contents
herself with facts-presenting them i'm
plain language; resting her case upon
these, unaided by sOphistry and the
binding influence of OratOry.
Miss Anthony opened her lecture by
cOntending that, under and by virtue of
the provisions Of the Fourteenth Amend
ment, women are entitled to the elective
osition she read several opinions of emil
nent jurists upon this point-showing
by the wording of the Amendment that
women are entitled TO all the rights and
privileges of citizens, and that therefore
they possessed the right to vote. She
quoted Judge Taney's celebrated Dred
Scott decision to prove that, women be-
ing 4 constituent part of the people, they
also were citizens, and accordingly were
entitled to exercise the elective fran
chise. She cOntended that all State
laws that made a distinction on account
of sex, under the operation of the Four
teenth Amendment were null and void.
The Fifteenth Amendment was next
taken up and discussed. She cOntended
that, as women must belong to some
race, have some color, no State could
abridge their rights OH these grounds.
As to the previous condition of servi-
tude,n married women, i'm many re-
spects, compared to the Southern negro
previous to the war. They had no rights;
could not sue or recover damages. She
cited as an example, that if a married
woman sustained an injury by reason of
"A railway accident, she could not recover
one cent damages, but her husband could
recover damages for injuries sustained
by his wife. In the custody of children
the WOnlell lltlu no voice. The husband
could bind them out to apprenticeship,
and the wife was powerless to prevent il.
In fact, married women were no more or
less than slaves. In Oregon, a society in
which women held offices could not be
legally Incorporated. She was not i'm fa-
vOr of any further legislation to give
woman the ballot, but thought that, un-
der broad Interpretation of the exist
ing laws, they had right to vote. She
referred to the fact that women voted i'm
Utah, Kansas, Wyoming, and still those
communities were not overturned but,
in the case of Utah, the women with the
ballot were purifying the moral and So
cial atmosphere of that Territory She
closed by admOnishing the women not
10 pay any more taxes until they were
allowed To vote. siTaxation without
representation is tyranny" Miss An
thony, throughout her discourse, was
listened to with marked attention, and
at its conclusion was warmly applauded.
She lectures this afternoon mt half past
two o'clock, on the subject of "rhe Social
Evil" Upon this occasion gentleman
will not be admitted. On Monday even
ing next Miss Anthony will lecture
again, when she will answer all ques-
tions and objections relative to the
woman suffrage question.-BUlIetha,
Sept 9th.