The Leavenworth weekly times., 1872-02-01

Her speech as the Washingtom Con.
venalsn-Sonc spicy Extraess-fal.
She Stands BY W0oAhall.
The National Female Suffrage Convention
at Washington, which has been only partial
ly reported by the telegraph, contains some
points which are of interest as showing the
animus of the leading advocates of the suf-
frage movement. During the session of the
convention on Thursday last, Miss Susan b.
Anthony was called out, and made a speech,
of which the following Is rzbatim extract:
Some one says ! am mad. Victoria
WOodhull was mad last night, but she did
not begin to be a. mad as / am now.
Laughter. She has been abused, but not
half so much az have. have been on the
public platform for twenty years, as an advo-
cate Of equal rights, and have been scofied
and scorned. You have killed off women in
moment by pointing at them the finger of
scorn, but We don't propose to die so easily
now that our cause carries strength. don't
propose to prescribe any class; should
gladly welcome all the infamous women in
New York, and 81, side by side with them on
this platform, if they were willing to make
speeches in favor of freedom. (Applause.
They shall stand by my side-I will be their
Champion. ] will take by the hand every
prostitute can find who seeks to
escape the inequalities Of the law which
places all wOwanhopd at the mercy
OF manhood. Immense applause /
care not for the history Of any woman any
more than that Of any man who shall step
on this platform. want you to understand |
that You can't scare Inc ii You do others |
When heard OF 4 woman ON Wall street, |
went TO see how 4 woman looked among the |
bulls and bears. Women have the same |
right there as men. Who brought Victoria |
G. Woodruff to the froEt? ] have been |
aeked by many why did you drag her to the
front? Now, bless your sOuls, she was not |
dragged TO the front; she came 10 Washing
ton from Wall street with powerful argu.
ment and with lois Of cash behind her, and |
bet you cash is big thing with congress.
Uproarous applause. She presented her
TO Congress, and it was a power
should have been glad to call it the Dicken-
son memorial, or even the Anthony memo
rial. 1t was mighty effort, and one that
my woman might be proud Of. She hal All
with the Judiciary Committee; we
Gould never secure that privilege. She IL
young, handsome and rich. Now, If il takes
youth, beauty and money to capture Con-
yross, Victoria is the woman vel re after. [Ar-
,lause and laugh;er.l Woman have too
much false modesty. was asked by the
,ditors Of New York papers if knew of ,
Nrs WoodhulPs antecedents said that
did not, and that l did not care
my more about them than those Of
~ntoCn<lonta Ill |
avorably with any member of Congress. !
'ill not ALLOW any human heing wearing the ,
orm of manhood, 10 ask me 70 desist work ,
ng with any woman; for what woman IL
o-day is the result of mans handiwork. !
ave been asked. all along the line of the
'acific coast: What about Woodruff? You
lake her your leader? Now, We don't
,ake leaders; they make Themselves. II |
ny can accomglish 4 more brilliant effort /
han Vic.oria G. Woodruff, LET him or her 8
o ahead snd they shall be the leaders. h
Applause. The fountain.head of this =
,ovement is in dispute. Spiritualis,s say 8
,ey began it. 1 am Quaker, and the 6
!uakers say thes sounded the toc-in. Then o
&c abclitionis claim it. Next, presume,
lie Presbyterins will claim it. Mrs. Hook
: will, perhaps, say it was the Beecher
mily who originated it. Mrs. Hooker,
,aking her head; no, you can take that v
,ck. Now, all l want is that all shall {,
'me together on the platform of equal :, y
ghts to all, and endorse any sect, breed !.
political power. We don't endorse tenn
france, labor reform or spiritualism, but r.
e do emphatically endorse women suffrage. n
ow do you understand our platform? n
A voice; Yes. Long live Miss Anthony. Il
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