New-York tribune., 1871-11-22
.<NvUAL CONVENTION or THE WOM4N 9
SUiFRAGE ISSOCIAIION.
T1rR LEADERS IN FOEcE-A SMALL FOLLOWING
--STIE SPEECDHS.

T1TF LEADERS IN FORCE-h SMALL FOLLOWING
-~sUE SPEECDHS.
Phil ,DELPnrA, NOy. 2l.-Thc diversions or
Victoria in York. with unncrabse Other untoward
CAUSES have pred 10 reb the present sson OF mat
strength and interest usually awarded " numbers
Many OF the lenders here bent On -or ~ puritca
ton wi'hin the Suffrage ranks. but the purpose IA held
suhSrrvicnt the great demand Of harmonious ana
united action. The Workers meeting In National Hall
this morning. In accordance with the annual call o the
association, sct the machinery OF speech making III mo-
ton by calling MIS- Hannah H. Tracy ,ut"r. President
OF the Woman's suffrage Association. ~ the chair. aMi
the appointment Of Mr.. H. B Blackwell as s"'rtt'ry
Mrs Cutter briefly and poniedy stated the purpose OF
the meeting A Committee on Credentials was then ap-
pointed containing the Iameo Of Celia Burciph. John NJ
"iidman. Matilda ilindman. and the Iev. Fetcr Cute
sixteen of the most prominent members, inrlung MIS-
Julia Ward Howe. Mrs. CozArns aud T. ". Higsnson,
were appointed carry forward the buo.ness Of the
Association.
The merely mechanical work disposed Of, and pending
the action credentials. Mrs Cutler delivered the
hual address to a sornrw what slim audience. beginning
with the first uncertain Irurmnrings In the the
speaker sketchrd tn" progressive action Of The suffrage
movement. dcducng from the and ia resIl,s
for comforting woman the r,gIt TO Aot well
TO work for the country. She said
We helped srikr the chains from the slave mother of
the south Bnt when woman sought to do her to
break the shaca a!r from her sister uniortnnatns they
oppos"d. aui ON all rincmber how began, in
WOulatiy Ia assert our rights. And what the
voice .lIr ng4 Government Why said t these
wOmrn. thIs in"rnilHrI>m and II served them right
that thrr hall was burned down IN Philadelphia Horace
Grrciy wrote 1" M &" II !: u,l>s I" send petitions to
Wa.iingion'hey only them there to kinde rr,s in
tn" con ,r',, nails. tell you. my hearers, these pc
toH- VII yet hniic amiGty NE tat th''e men dream
IU' Ui.
AnI r,cn III" brt,led you hnI or pioneers bind
ire Mp the wpuud Of III" soidrs and hitins III" nns"s
oi mercy thrmsi hospital wards: ami many = lowy
1yrI iI,., To- M coTmtry nm an" i iisnhropy Bit what
,"Nc w.'n he :rhn result was summed up pa W.
been more than pad They could not even contend with
men i. matter of getting enpi1i m"nt, to taAo thr
place of that slrr l iOr the nUbr lI,!r' ot tn" war
A. the in,ian 80 -. nator Irdubu wrotc 10 Serrrtary
Tor III 80 sisters Of Charity pltllui
II" speaker her" a!luIe at some i"hsth 20 ~" p'ula
CLAIMS the won.sn O the Land u The tailn DON ana
IL" objections nrgrd asain'f .ich clam ~ Wis mns W.,
IN Clayotnd to this grand Woman Suffrage A-s'
ton Of tlr tolti Iion the rights
riaIahtrr 10 u-. IN CITIZEN 'ri>r as Ii 2Vth 10 our
on the question Of r!nration NJ educated people
b. tcld down IN bondlSc. not even educated women.
llticIs Why al people IA the world feel the ne
ccs,ty of making This relation nor sacred We 40 rot
believe that the tru" mIrrIEr has no nncnhl lor-
tons W d,"'t ,"c now W. ned nc'r?'irly interfere
u, mi matter -, home. Ea.ranchng n" negro DID not
aiar ~. social 'it' ~ ~ III & .t ~ .t"ry II - BE-.
cailsc q, our rarnrt u,rf tuat the world needs TINS
movement that at IN the matter ani think ti.t tho
t,lr Id, iilly come Tor wOnlano nccdon
Mrs. 'it'ti k" "'Ihh~ "'I 'i''' I"
frequent and generous applause, The address irav'r'd
xhau,tiycly the standard ar regiments o the snri 20 adj
yocac- aud pr.utins such facts seemed to Dedr out
the position with skill and Vlgor
\ diversion uf quite sprIch;ly dr'tte 'ol""Hh Mrs
Grew taking upon her 20 inform III" a>NcmDl"Sr mat
not ony all the great deeds OF history. but th" rx't'n"
OF m. sanitary Commission, owed its ixl'cnce To the
directing genius of WOMAN, Mrs LouciiIe Th' Hood
OF clo1rnce was nl howc.Hr. 10 hear the hs of
d,lt;. read ana animate! d:'"l''lpn followed m"
mention OF the names Of Mrs Kat" orArh"ron<h rhp
TlufOrd aul C"!iA Bur.r- WIN "'r' !i't inoHi""
"a. members %. the Association Tirv were hniilS ~
Wt"I tn join council, OF the Convention, though not
,,r,,,iiy ,nrtnI,r. Of the body.
Tho annual repor, wac read by Mrs Lucy stone, the
head of the Executive tOmmitt'c Ti" nocuhInt WPi,
scnt- In, 1oc"ty IA viGoEoi"y i'orp rnus 'ta " %
thr mi'hIn"ry "t reform IA I'M OPERATION lh' s'
object "a the As.0ritton. the ballot Tor woman. na'
I,n arrvcd ~ parts of the country, aud every
thing udicar"- ts accomplishment; thronGhout the LAM
All tine concessions made b. the several Statr 'Ecth
in.,ts uud kindred crumbs OF comfort thrown TO Tie
eats, were enumerated for the ENCOURAGEMENT
Of to Iniur:irr the state Conventions, were
read mrn" o thr t m,narrr, Of tn WOMAN %
cause IN usUn tnn report Indicated that pro
tiIn Of xpurg,ti tn" word male frDil the tonNtlt
tiun " Unird -atcs before the supreme Cour ihe
Mis. Ai, isowes of Massachusetts, gayo narrative Of
her adventure in prsentns nrnoiai to the Prohibl
tory Massachusetts Convention. The Rev. j. D. FhltoI
opIs.cd The very litierly but came 10 sr.e
through IL. Ada's nachiivcliian mtnipnailont lh'
resigned IA disgust. Then the IInchiH,"n fam
Iy rtns upon the stagr, ana, win great hraI
~; vim .ang tho grand old soI,, Clear the Way for
Wor5n, Voting Tnie was thr straw that broke the
rc,rrrnl grntrmans back. H. sad be wanted no dis.
cord hls house ana toli inm got ,alr idra oi
dome site peace by his conduct in the Convention Tap
pl,sr The reverend gentleman then ,ild that women
should not vote because one ~nraI, E'c turned the
world upside down, and said If one lone woman turned
tho world upside down, certainly All the women. now
banded tOcth r. can turn II riiht side up lLtukhtet
Mrs Hindman sDlclions for the far form OF senator
Sumner, moved reconsideration Of - clis' 0f MIS-
Stonp', REPORT, rricug upon the Hon. Charles sum
urr" which wa, adopted. Miss Cathar.Ie DhEuva.
l.,Iy t,ln N
ayuw.d Willingness to pldr' II the Convention, out
us there WAS no Interpreter, the Suurikl-ts re-
fused ghtrnment in tins 10 thcm unknown tOhg,ir
THIS substantially ea'raH"l th norS OF IHs diy Ia"
night WIS gwen Ia specchnakinS, Mr. lllgglnSon sci
t,, the r,tOrlral ball III MOTION Ilr said the Ccn\"-
ton delnan, the fnhlIn"nt Of the lessons Of ,ie
war We urrird w"ulan's services to bring about thr
time wien war should be- no more Tho suffrage oi ahs
country must always be- determined by itS brains .
Mrs Julia ward IIowe made the next address Sh"
10, hr II had always carried Its own colO-
and around hO, who wished To join IN the si!-
frIsr cause had rallied rather than around any one
leader Friendship uuTDS the past Two years hiu oeth
formed in pleasant mannrr through pubIlcation> III
the OF the reforn and most gratifying advance.
Iucut had been made. Woman suffrage meant equality
in ,rrg. and " it. Til" question or II" marriage
relation ~ aglt I:rt now, had no reference 10 the
woman siifr lu"tn further han in general way,
a number ~ rt"rs .roL owtl-iiihd, IIrk"y, Frai'r
crlly, and from them IT. appeared That women al
over the world were brglnnng To understand their MI
uorlt, aud a. ~, tErlr rg1i-. Pr0sI~Ion, women II"
p,,.d the right If suffrage h"cllsr the poor and gnO
rant would likely To be- foremost IN voting but Nurh
IA these when the voting came would be- anyIpus
calis the male iid. Sow the law was th'- iinS
br representative OF ji-t ard ths should be CUiald
erred ia tue question now dIScu-srd
Afirr remarks hy Lurrctia Mott Robert Dale Owen
aud Mr. strickland, the Convention adjourned till to-
nU.rU~.