The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-27
FEMALE SUFFRAGE.
Meeting at the Cooper Insti-
tute Last Night.
Mrs, Lozier, NJ D.; Mrs. Blake and Mrs. MOTIFS
on the stand-They Testify in Regard to
Woman's Capacity as Politician.

on the stand-They Testify in Regard to
Womans Capacity as Politician.
At half-past seven O'Clock last evening there were
gathered in the great hall OF the cooper Institute
some 200 persons, the great majority OF whom were
ladies' Some thirty or forty young men were SCAT
tered about in the more distant portions OF the
house. At the above hour large accessons began
to be made to the audience, and an old newsvender
arrived with an armtul OF papers. This venerable
ga,nin created gentle uproar for while shouting
In a husky weak voice the name OF an obscure
evening journal, and stopping to harangue each
lady purchaser in a set speech.
At eight O'Clock Mrs. CLEMENCE LOzIER, M. d.,
came forward and said-Our motto H. "Do TO
others as you would have others do to you" Men
and women recognize in each other something
more than grownup children. The Christian re-
ligion teaches us that women have souls. They
constitute onehalf the population OF the United
States, and yet they are debarred from the privi-
leges of the ballot boxes In Massachusetts we have
SIXTY THOUSAND MORE WOMEN
than men. In New York have $4,000 more
women than men. Yet with this overwhelming
majority we are debarred from representation 1t
Is claimed that England Is more free than
America, In that educated men rule there,
while here the country is ruled by the
dissipated and vicious through the primaries.
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years, and yet have never had voice In the
making or unmaking Of the laws relative to prop
erty. The speaker here quoted Charles SUMNER
then gded Off into a nne poetcal rhapsody grace
fully turning point which brought her to the level
OF the common schools, which throughout the
length and breadth OF the land were in the major
Women would conquer the obstacles before them
by teaching the children who would DO the men
and women Of the future.
The ChairwOman then introduced Mrs. BLAKE,
who read the following resouton-
Whereas marriage and the family are the basis Of
sGsss nsfs t asens duties
recognized place ana voice and that the time has
the w s ha at The sSSS up Th
force and reflection is required to perfect our
m ineid '''''
| Mrs. BLAKE--In Offering this resolution to your
acceptance propose before putting It to the vote,
statement that 'marriage and the family are the
bases Of society" This is so selfevident PROPOSE
The strongest instinct in the human breast Is
that which leads to monogamic marriage, and the
wn ns e e are
the home and the family, Are we all
ever and forever its tender memories are with us.
We are hurrying swiftly away down the river Of
time rom that enchanted land or sunshine ana OF
rapid stream we catch the reflection OF that eight
Of other days and over the waters there yet oats
of that light-hearted time. And who were tho
| central figures of these
PICTURES OF THE rAsra
The father and mother, going with us hand In hand;
watching over u.s. caring for u.s. providing our plea
graves now, but memory still brings back to the
kind clasp Of the fathers hand the infinite tender
us the breast still yearns, sometimes with longing
that will not be stined, for one glance from the
voice that is still. Youth has been with us ALL too
youth with Its generous impulses and turbulent
passions We are all lovers, then; at first full Of
hutterng admiration for every bright being of the
opposite sex that crosses our path This is the
times day, 81 have just the most beautiful
girl ever saw In my llfe," and each time
with the most engaging frankness and absolute
conviction Of trutl-a period in which young people
are PROFOUNDLY sorry for their elders, even by few
that y a go 10 e ana are
they shall dance to the end OF their days. All this
lasts for while, and then there comes across the
path the one creature who can sway the destiny
and should be sovereign OF the heart not perhaps,
always brilliant or beautiful, but nexpressibly dear.
ANOTHER PHASE OF LIFE
| Is with us later, when children spring up In our
home-that home that Is the dearest spot to every
human heart Frolic and dances may be ell very
well for few short years. but there comes to every
one longing for the shelter of home-a spot
where one has right to go, where there are bright
| eyes to welcome one and loving hearts to sympa-
thize with z one's own These philosophers would
BELONG TO THE STATE,
and that each human being must be an independent
unit, with no ties except the abstract ones OF duty
to humanity. What lonely desolation there is in
NO MARRIAGE! NO HoME
tlesY dreary desert, In which each human being
o be sns sana an Of s Sahara as
trust of young hearts, the clasp OF lit
h %an rs are oasT folk Of the @ sss
aspirations of our youth that inspire US to try to
lead such lives as shall be seemly In those e;
young eyes, And what happiness there Is In the
| thought Of home! The fire burns brightly on the
hearth, the little ones are frollicking In It's light
and grandpa looks on with smile OF contentment
/ on the worn and aged face; but better than all and
dearer than all Is the light Of love that looks
a llfetme-the thought of the youthful
affection that win go with US to the end.
/ happy home and happy marriage the equality OF
the man and the woman is indispensable Between
the young gladly avows himself a slave, and is
only too ready to wear the nimsy letters OF mar
her allotted place, and there is thought OF deny
ing her right or her voice. she rules over the parlor
ereigny, and the government Of the family and tho
education OF the children are entrusted to her.
She is considered quite competent to
TAKE CARE FUTURE VOTERS
to educate future voters, and even to box future
voters ears. In the ideal family the husband has
his duties the wife hers, but one thinks OF
denying her place or influence We are on the eve
Of exciting political contests but in tho heat Of
party strife are the claims OF our sex to be forgot
ten The advocates OF woman suffrage to-
day powerful party-nO longer mere handful
organized societies in nearly every State in the
Union, and with hundreds OF eloquent tongues and
pens enlisted i'm our beaf and we say to the states
men of the land, gentlemen your wives, your Sis
ters, your mothers ask you for freedom. At the
END OF HUNDRED YEARS
the daughters OF this republic appeal to her sons to
fulfil the pledges OF their forefathers. This govern
ment claims to be founded on the 'Just consent Of
the governed" and the constitution OF our coun-
try declares itself established by "the people OF the
United States" These assumptions are nagrantly
false so long as large portion OF the inhabitants
are cruelty dsfranchised denied all voice in max
ing the laws, yet forced to obey them; refused all
choice OF their rulers, yet compelled to contribute
money to support them. Only think how colossal
this oppression Isl We plead not for some small
fraction OF the human race whose interests might
be set aside for the benefit or the many. We plead
for one-haf OF the tax-paying and law.apldln9
citizens Of the land. In the name OF ten millions Oh
won en- we ask for liberty. ,.
BILE strain which soon involved mention OF certain
ladies OF Wall street fame, by whom the leaders o.