The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-29

plants that men OF studous and retired dispositions
are TOO much averse to mixing In tho political con.
trovers.es OF the day aud that men OF wealth and
| wide business Connections neglect their political
tnus lett to Inc controi OF pToessional DO tclans'
! How wen grounded this complaint may be we do
not undertake TO say But we respectfully ask that
the women OF TINS commonwealth VINO are willing
to take their fair share OF pubic business, shall NOT
DC pionoted from doing 80 on account Or the vn.
| ignorant OF their own Sex. TO take THIS ground
would DC as unwlso as 70 prohibit all men from
voting because wealthy sentimental or ignorant
/ men neglect their duty.
The foregoing was adopted as the memorial Of the
association and a committee appointed TO Sc
its presentation In the Legislature request
the privilege or representatives or their being
heard before the committee to which the petition
should be referred. or course the committee WIN
grant this request possibly report bill ana then,
after sweeping debate In one or both branches,
the whole thing VIII be voted down, just the same as
last year and years before.
At about this tme little interruption ensuet 10
allow the audience an opportunity for q MONDAY
meal. ana upon reassembhng, the numbers In at
tendance were vastly Increased. The body OF the
Temple was more than hall iuli, and, the after
noon waned, there was visible increase, which
ina nave neen higniy grasiymg 70 those VINO In
dance.
Dr.. BLACKWELL, who had, according to estab-
shed precedent, been put at the mead OF commit.
tee on resolutions, here IN with his report,
Whica was submitted as follows
the EXCLUSION or OncnaN OF The law hblding
,na.ns the Jaws they obey and in evying
women % violation OF tho principles
Resolved ina. the present unjust laws which
as w mother ana o sr wni deprive married
ana Of equal interest in tho accommodations q
sn amended
aus osoH; VILLAIN SIsa. S.SSracf .ss sias
q 81 20 s p e eos sess message
Resolved, That appeal repao'o.ns Gsssachu
ZION q sSIaa
! weaitn
That appeal to the who na,s s
| political lualty Tor tacr wives al daushters
woman suffrage as part their PLATFORM both ac.
OF justice aud because women as voters will be power
as:sssa ana; appeal the labor rsGsrms De-
sep toward obtaining Tor them - fair days wages for
Resolved That cn upon Senators and Representa-
S 01ases M Sf we sn 1 the s
2; sixteenth to the federal constitution pro-
When the resolutions had been read few feeble ana
| sleepy remarks were made by Rev. William p.
| also OF this city. The drowsiness into which the
audience had fallen while they occupied the plat
iolm was not destined TO last long however, Tor the
chronic faalt-inding stephen Foster true 10 his IN
! stinct, was bound to have row. He got up and
| delivered himself sometaing as foilows:-
~ don't believe IN thanking Governor Clatiin for
what ne has not done. In his inaugural address he
| only called the attention OF the Legislature to the
4
| written letter. an ildivdua which Is all right
| bat as Governor he mas done nothing"
Dr. Blackwell, Mrs. Bowes, OF Cambridge; Mrs.
Dr.. Mercy 3. jackson and Mr.. Berry, Of Lynn, all
| opposed Foster, and Went in heartily for thanking
| only aggravated The old fellow, and ne declared
| more yenemently than ever against The Governor,
| and offered an amendment to the resolution eX-
| pressing regret that MS Excelency had not In ms
inaugural sluarely recommended the repeal OF tho
| laws winch withhold thc ballot from women.
Mr. Fosters wife, ''as mad all possessed" now
| came to the rescue OF hcr spouse. She said that
like Kissing him; but upon rejection, she saw that
It was dlinsy, and she therefore hoped the amsnd-
ment offered by her other half would be adopted.
Lucy STONE then came 10 the support OF her man,
| but constantly annoyed by sarcastic Interrupt
| considerable merrment AZ the expense vi ootn and
| caused thea TO snow considerable bitter feeling
Tue question on rosters amendment was then put
and carried In the a,llrmatiye aud the resolve AZ
| ing ones after Dricf discussion.
| A stubbed jolly En2lishman, whose name was
Jonn Pettigrew-as ne gave.it-goS up on the plat
form now and hurled y0lley against the whole
feminine gender for indulgng In the lowing bowl.
lie declared many OF them 70 pc inyeterate drinkers,
at which there was round OF Kisses almost deaien-
JENNIE COLLINS, the working girls friend, inter-
| rupteu him with the assertion, "iOu mistake, Sir
| There are hundreds OF women in Boston VINO have
no homes, and not even the wherewthal to obtain
| then."
"inat is not so,'n, said Mr. Pettigrew. They ave
| 'omcs all OF tnem."
'Ali OF them ave Jones. There Is not woman
| in the sound OF my voice who asn't u 'ome Most
OF them are married can see il in their faces
~ urge you not to be SO vlndctiye
anescn tho oves Of those VINO DO NOS t" SeeS
| ike YOU" Mr.. Pettigrew finally declared himself
opposed to woman suffrage adding that ne believed
form, at which there were cries OF ''Shaniei Oh
| shame!'
afternoon session IN manner not positively unlI-
terestlng but when she concluded the audience was
50 anxious ior supper that they forgot to applaud
When the evening session commenced Rev. GIL
| BERT HAVEN came in W I'LL up timc, and made
very confident and logical argument He beiieyed
tnat woman suffrage would soon come, and tlat the
hour for It's actual rpenlng was close at hand. lie
| regarded what Governor 9 adm had said IN his
| Message favorable omcn for it was the first
time tnat any man In an oLcial position had dared
| to decIdi,n III favor OF 1t.
one Of the biggest guns OF tho whole Convention
| Superior Court lie sald tnat he didn't believe,
great many did, that women were SO much tho
superior Of men. lie Thought men knew some tang
women any very special talents which he had With
held IRON The otner sex. He beneycd, however,
that the ballot should be gwen u women, l0r the
| ballot was necessity, and tie more that had Its
privilege the better the State would be lor 1t. AS
woman IL the soprano IN The church choir.
would wonans suffrage be the soprano i'll aiairs OF
State. Woman would produce harmony N polVcs ~
in music, ana the whole social, political and moral
atmosphere would be purer II ner Silent and per-
suasiye influence was eAerted IN puollc aiiairs. All
the statesmen OF the day would, he maintained, be
more easily solved II women were admitted 10 coun-
eli. Women, though no WISER tnan men, were
purer: for their nature end every instinct OF their
hearts arrayed against vice. To secure woman
suffrage, he SAID Ia conclusion, they must first
arouse the apathy OF the women OF the country, ana
SLOW to them the grand results that would come II
they could exercise lie hight OF the ballot Ii they
came into politics ne hoped they would remain iem
| nine women, aud not aspire To become masculine,
| for he wanted women in politics simply because
| they were feminine.
| III CY STONE was indelat,gable to the very last.
She opened the meeting, made a speech or Two IN
| the middle OF the proceedings, and 10 crown all,
she llaa 10 pronounce the nenediciion. III WAS one
| OF her old addresses, slightly worked over which
has closed the exercises Vi q great many oil these
! woman suffrage conventions. IL Urlo, how
over which quality 10 The great charm Of all bcue-
aictons ana It's conclusion the audience quietly
| and soltly sole away
And thus ended one, and the initlarory OF the New