The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-28
WO1IEN'S SUFFRAGE.
TIE Truth. the Whole Truth, and Nothing
but the Truth.

TIE IFufb. tIS NHGte irEtu, ana NOili1&
but the Truth.
/ wonder said Mrs. Blank, q woman with six
children and no opinions, what would happen if
everybody should stop talking for month"; all
the clubs and the societies and the missionary meet
ipgs, and the churches and everything else that
exists only 10 talk, should shut up and let every
body be oppressed, or be heathens or 90 TO Just
warm place as their choice dictated In the Grst
place. answered the philosopher there would be
no NEWSPAPERS,
and then all things would come to naught: for
everybody knows that the solid globe rests upon the
newspapers now that the turtle theory Is exploded
In the next place. there would be such quantities of
explosive materials stored up in each of the non
talking individuals that the world would come
to end In a general blow up. Speech is q con-
servaIive force an escape waive for the hura gas
that generate In the human soul. Thus talked
down. Mrs. Blank went, as usual, TO the suffrage
meeting and, overcoming her distate 10 tal6 lis
tened reverently 10 political economy, theology,
the claims or the Bitle and the rights of women.
Mrs. BRINK, III Wei written article, showed
that the
EIBLE GOES Is FOR THE OPPRESSED WOMAN
and against the depressing man. Women are re-
cogniZed all through the Bible as mans equal. In
spite OF the highly ungaant language OF that con-
seTvatye old bachelor. st. Paul. hrs. Brink thought
thar even the New and Old festamelts teach tnat
woman has more right TO hide her talents than
man.
MIR. POOLE thought that the Bible had nothing to
do with the woman question. He wondered where
government would nave been II Jefferson, Han
coc, and others had been guided by the Bible They
planted them selves the nalienable rights 81 man,
aud upon this ground must
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN
be placed, lie thought the Bible and the pulpiis
were stumbling block.
Mrs. SogEHBY talked or Ann Lee, the Shakers and
the Virgin Mary, Ia Heterogeneous way.
DIR. MARVIN expressed ms contempt OF all OF these
personages anj thought that anything could be
proven from the Bible The pous horse bit OF his
masters hand quoting the text all ncsn grass y
IN apology, so all kinds OF abuses were proven from
the sacred book The Bible expresses the spirit or
past age. Truth Is the truth, because IL IA In
the Bible, but because il Is true
DR.. HALLoCK thought That II the Bible were read
fairly IL would be found TO De in favor OF woman's
equality with man. he thought that talking about
women's rights was ike trying 10 prove by conven-
tons and societies that
Two AND TWO ARE FOug.
he considered IL scfevidcnt that q woman had
right TO do as she pleased. Men have del-auded
women, ana Their duty is TO make recompense aud
1t Is meme Of their business what women 40 with
their rights when they get hem.
An old gentleman VINO runs several societies gave
some good advice ABOUT getting mixed up In the
ol0gy ana do2matc questions. lie had noticed In
the course Of a long aud eYentlui career that
TaE THEOLOGICAL ROCK
Is an excellent one TO .lit upon. lady proposed
that Kiss MILDLY Morgan, Of the Times, be iavited TO
attend tile meetinrs.
biT. POOLE thought that MILDLY thought more OF
stock and such than or womeps rights.