The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-05-31
BOSTON.
Woman Suffrage Convention.

Woman Suffrage Convention.
BosToN, May 30,
The Woman Suffrage Convention was
addressed to-day by Mrs. Blackwell,
Chas. W. Slack, Grace Greenwood, Mar.
garet Campbell, Alnasa Walker, Lucretla
Mott, and Margaret Lucas, of England, q
sister Of John Bright, Mrs. Lucas spoke
of what the friends Of woman suffrage
were doing In England during tho pres
ent session OF Parliament. The bill to
extend the right of suffrage to woman was
brought before the House of Commons and
they conceded that they had made very
great progress since last year In having
II brought forward. The women of
England, she said had labOred hard since
spring u advance the cause, feeling that
this was just the crisis of the moment.
They were not so far advanced
as their sisters in America rs
they did not ask as yet for universal sulF.
rage, but for household suffrage only
though several gentlemen cOntended that
married women had equal rights with
those not married, and that the suffrage
should be extended to oall. However 1t
Is mere question of time. The
women there as well us here were
slandered by their opponents, and
several members of Parliament opposed
them, because they were afraid they would
ask for seat In the House of Commons.
That question would be left to the future
generation, for the English women were
not quite ready for that yet. The fact
was that women were thoroughly aroused
on the question OF suffrage. They were
fighting great fight on the licensing
OF vice, and she hoped American women
would keep their eyes open on this ques.
tion, for II was the ground work Of all
their misery. Then came the question Of
temperance, great one truly which they
would have 10 handle when they got the
right to vote. The woman's property
bill had also made progress In Great
Britain. A series Of resolutions were re-.
ported including the following:
ReSOlred, That the right OF women TO
participate in making laws she Is requlr
ed to obey, has nothing 10 do with
special social theories. That the attempts
recently made In New York and else
where to associate the woman suffrage
cause with the doctrines Of free
love and to hold II responsible for
the crimes and iollies of individuals Is an
outrage upon common sense and decency
and an insult to tho virtue and intelligence
Of the women of America. LuCretia Mott
thought tho resolution out of place.
Stephen Foster considered 1t highly
proper. Mrs. Livermore stated her
belief in disavowal Of free love
love, and objects especially as the head
of u paper that claimed TO lead In the
movement, and had been charged with
advocating and preaching free love.
W. s. Robinson advocated II because
of its vagueness, which lie considered its
only redeeming feature. An attempt was
made to roller Il back to tho committee to
make It's wording more pointed, but 1t
failed, and the bone OF contention was
passed by large majority. Chas. Il.
Ramona (colOred) protested against the
filings of Mr.. Blackwell at the ignorant
negro, who had received suffrage in nd.
vance Of women, but the latter dis.
claimed any disrespect in his compari.
sons. Senator Wilson, in n brief
speech, fully endorsed the movement and
was highly compllmented for his action