New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-10-03

ventl0ns at Philadelphia and Worcester wa
the refusal OF the so-Called Liberal Conven
ton at Cincinnati, and the Democratic Con
vention at Baltimore. to admit women a.
| delegates or to give the slightest heed t.
woman's claim which was respectfully pre-
scented to them, thus eyincing a settled pur
| pose 70 dlsCountenance any consideration o
the honest demand'' of American wOmer
Tor additional rights or political enfran
chisement.
We believe the utmost reliance NAV be
| placed upon the readiness of President Gran,
to sustain any Congressional action thai
may be taken, under his administration in
favor of basng the right of suffrage upon per.
sonality, and not upon sex; SO that what
ever may be the limitations to the exercise
OF that right, they shall cease to be prOscrip.
tive III reference to a natural distinction
which ought not to affect the liberties and
interests OF human being. In his numerous
appointments Of women to the superintend.
ence Of pest offices aud other public trusts
he has given practical proof that he is in ia.
Vor OF woman'S admission to "wider fields OF
usefulness :" and in the employment of thous.
ands OF women in the various departments OF
the General Government, similar spirit has
been indicated on an uneXampled scale.
In the person of his Presidential competi.
gave his hearty approval to woman's rights
movement. hut who has since treated il with
hostility and contempt, and whose journal,
the Tribune, has dealt it many an unmerited
blow. 1t bchooves every woman, therefore
who sees IN the success of the movement the
removal OF an odlous prescription and the
adjustment of caste legislation, to exert her
utmost personal, social, and moral influence
to prevent his election. In the nomination
OF Henry, Wilson for the Vice Presidency of
the United States, we have additional evil
dence OF the purpose of the Republican party
to take no step backward. but to advance the
standard Of impartial liberty. In him we
recognize the upright and sagacious states
man, the early and devoted advocate of the
oppressed, and the outspoken supporter of
the claim of woman to lust share of politi-
cal representation.
We are willing to trust the Republican
party and its candidates as saying what they
mean, and meaning what they say; and, in
view of their honorable record, we have no
fear OF betrayal on their part.
Let us show our country and the world
that the women Of America are capable of
political responsibility, by wisely accepting
the progressive platform of the Philadelphia
Convention as prophetic of our complete en-
reimbursement at day not far distant Let
us everywhere cooperate to create an over
whelming public sentiment in favor of the
party that deems our claim to the ballot
worthy of respectful consideration wherever
fairly and properly presented, and to defeat
the party that ignores our claim.
So shall the cause of equal rights continue
to march on until its shining goal is attained,
and a peoples government is established on
the indestructible basis of "the consent Of
the governed"
Signed, in behalf of the Republican women
OF Massachusetts, in convention assembled
Lydia Maria Child,
Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps,
Louisa NJ. Alcott,
Grace Greenwood,
Julia Ward Howe,
Mary A. l.ivelmore,
Elizabeth 2. Peabody,
Helen +. Garrison
Abbey w. May,
Caroline NJ. Severance,
Harriet III. Robinson,
Margaret w. Campbell,
Mary +. Eastman,
Ada c. Bowles,
Lucy Stone,
Committee.
Boston, September IS, 1872.
Letters were read from George William
Curtis, George F. Hoar, Harriet Beecher