New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-12
WOUAN SUFFRAG T..

EVENING sEsSION-SPEECH OF MRS HOOKER.
For Day SESSIONS Se'oad P0ge
At the opening of the evening session, IN
Apollo Hail. Susan b. Anthony announced that the Con
venton would be continued to-day, when number of
the most prominent speakers connected with the Woman
Suffrage movement would be present Mrs. Isabella
Beecher Hooker was introduced as Tie speaker OF the
evening. She said:
The question he decided is which shah rule this
nation in the ages to cOme-the spirit or the body the
| themselves in blessed harmOnyf l have studied out
this thing the nursery-where we arc told we should
have done rocking the cradle! What the mothers
and grandmothers to do when al the duties
grandmother begin rocking The cradle iln, of Of
spill the baby. In the old ages Of warfare the mother
had enough To do to attend TO her household while he
father was ghting foes without But the moment that
mother driven by all the instincts Of her being to
so protect her children Cluching the little white bal
lot, she wOud say: "HcnceOrth, my child, ana thy
father will fight thy battles for thee. The way shall he
made easier Tor thee than was done before. 70
thee, my will close the doors OF temptation 10
thee, my daughter, We Will open the doors oil oppoftH-
But when we claim our right TO the ballot, we are
sometimes told there are too many votes already, and
that restriction is what we need not enlargement But
Gods whole doctrine is personal responsibility and per
brake, and what is the safety-vayei Why, our election
days II was thought by some that the country was
much injured by the extension of the ballot To foreigners
But think God sends these people here for great
educational purpose. people learn al last,
they may be long time learning IT, that II the laws arc
bad they themselves to blame. Ii seems To me that
IL you TO dsfranchise every foreigner you would
have ten barns burned where you have one now There
time when | very conservative upon
this similar stions and thought that IL would DE
better if the foreigner not allowed TO ill he
had been here 10 years. But have altered my
opinion greatly upon that now think that naturalZa
ton should not be delayed moment longer than the
time necessary for him To get his papers. The more
ignorant he the he needs the educational sn
lus of the ballot The South needs this very thing to-
day. DISTINGUISHED class Is always restless class
and IL ready to commit violence themselves,
ready TO connye at the violence committed by Others
What want at the South Is amnesty Applause ]
But If you can't live with irresponsible men, how can
you live with irresponsible wOmeAf And how can
mothers teach the lessons Of liberty TO sOns There is
nothing that is well known that which your mothers
taught you.
But it is said 30 many bad women would vote. I'm
douliedly they would The Constitution says We, the
people OF the United States do agrce"-nOt We the
good peOpe"-but 1--WE, the people" and so long as
society remains as ii is laws and regulations must be
made for the moral and the immoral the high-minded
and the wicked.
At this juncuTe a musical performance OF kind
began in the hall below and the noise through the
floor. to the great dscomposure of both speaker and
audience. Mrs. Hooker bore up bravey against the
musical tempest for minutes, but at length burst
OF unusual vgor brought her 10 stand STILL and she said
with pleasant laugh, don't believe shall be able 10
tune up louder than that" There then slight lu
and Mrs Hooker succeeded In finishing the few remain
ing pages OF her manuscript.
The next speaker Miss Minnie C. swsyze, late Of
Vassar College, who gave interesting account OF the
most famous women who agurc in the pages OF history