National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-01-17
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

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The NTH annual convention OF the Woman's
| National Suffrage Association assembled at Lin
| c,in hail yester,Isy mnrpInv amid the scenes in
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seniation yesterday was one Of tho most beg.
| garry ever seen In thls city for A bo1y claiming
| 10 be national and e.pcri,IIy organized ia agi.
tate subject already 80 long before the public.
| There was scarcely more than dozen on the
stage and most of them were the old and we'll
! known agttators The nTgt In Importance was
| the mariyT Cbiettain.
! sTsAs B, ANTHONY,
fresh from her glorious conflict and imprison-
| she can only again vote she haI tasted ut inc
| sweets Of The ballot, had been allowed the ever
| else OF that inestlmable boon, and did not think
! the price she paid dear Of course she was
dressed in her usual styIc of black, and looked
| well as she stood before the audience and ut.
| tered her clearly defined and business views Of
! the subject which had brought them together.
| Near her sat mothetly-looEinq
mrs. H. CApY STANTON,
aud TO the right was the slver-haired Matilda
Joslyn Gage Lille DeyereuN Blake. Mrs sena-
| tor Sargent, our own dear Mrs. lockwood and
several others. But the attraction OF the occa-
/ sion, the shining lights which divided the honors
/ without knowing IL, were DR., Mary Walker, re-
! splendent In new blue regulation uniform on
one side, and two
NEW AND POPULAR RECRUITS
/ on the other. viz Mrs senator Henderson and
Annie {. slavery, Of Iowa, both OF w01m were
| elegantly attlre1.
For some reason or other
IN. MARY H. WALKER
has fallen into disgrace with The Ton leaders OF
| the suffrage movement, and has bcen entirely
ignored by them for fully year, hut she don't
| seem to nlnA II worth a cent She IL iust a.
good u suffrager as they wears clothes nearer to
mems style than they Is willing TO paw her share
Of money, and proposes 10 have her say as well
| as any OF them
She must see and he seen as well as the leaders
and although n WAS currently Tumorrl thai n
caucus meeting had been held, and an agreement
entered into TO exclude her from the stage. when
| that curtain rose the Doctor was on hand and
| there she staid TO her own satisfaction and The
disgust Of several Of her cnnfreres ali tbTongh
the session OF YESTERDAY, and there she nroposes
10 STAY As long as there Ia a person In The nudI-
ence or a speaker on the platform. The Doctor
knew Of the little feeling which existed against
her and ii IL takes me shane of a persecntion.
NAV he indure,l 10 lei ont some az me Usecr .ts
OF the chRrnei house" which she claims me
leaders wont ike. SIN. for the present she
"ontsn,.d herself with a sinai, nank moyen,s spe
which hal The desired effect ~ brinyiny bsy he
fore the convention: 10 be sure she Iid All the
bringing before herself. bnt Thai Ia ma unIIsnal
thins with the snfIragists '"' ~ "O Unusual
The Doctors little game was as foIloWs. sbe
had prepared a short memorial 10 Congress on
Sta,es and hal I, npes.nt"d ~ thc sen.t. Sss,er'
day nv Senator Caldwell Of Kansas larga
number OF copies Of this she had had printed
and lust as so,,n as the morning seSsion hal al,
IourneJ stenped Ia the front on Inc nIatfnTn AMI
began TO distribute them 10 the retiring audience
The audience was large and guO,I.natured-
simply lOukeTs-on - and no incident occurred
during inc morning session WORTHY of speciaI
mention, There was only one male along In the
morning, and he had an axe 20 grind as Will lie
ctIEp 10 oRpER.
Attic appointed time Inc Injecting was called
To or,leT IN Miss Anthony who procsetIed Tor
the beneft Of The unInitiated 10 read me consti.
tuition Of the ASSOCIATION and urged those present
! 10 take seats on the pIatform. She nroces,leJ Ia
give her views on the subject, cited the history
have a superior cIain, over the negroes whit who
have been accorded the right Of suffrage For
this latter right the war was in the main re.
sponslble, but the women Of Inc land arc begin
ming to open their eyes TO the injustice OF the
Republiean marty. which was doing them a great
: wrong She stooI there Io'IaV thTnnsh Inc
Kindness of n prison keeper hut had come Ia
| yinllcAte the right Of woman
TuE REsoIT-TIoGs
Mrs. Lockwood said that a series OF resolutions
had been prepared Tor the occasion. and she
| moved thai they he read. agree,l Ia ami tbs roo
. ointions were read, as follows; w. "'' '''' '''
| Whereas the fathers declared long ago that "A
pcrson who has no voice In the TIIies mar in ire
! laws under which he lives Is slave: therefore
Respirsd That 40 long as women arc dcni,d
the Fiuht NI EmifFaup thnV nplIflFallV
! and socially enslaved
! Rcsolre,i That the present attenpt I'm oil,
courts, by a false cOnstructIon of the Fedora
tonstitnfinn- 10 eyaIi nj men NJ snyspeiyns mn
7 10 degrade ali women as slaves, h 10 estabIisl
the most OdiOus form Of aristOcraCy known withII
: the civilized worid-that Of sex,
RssDlrad That women are 'spersOns" and 'srItI
zensT possessed Of ali the legal GualiacatIons ni
voters In all the several States ape propprty
| and rtlucatIOn. and by inc rfieenth amendment
| oI Inc FEDERAL ronstltntInn bays hacn ss,nrsJ
| ha rts.N0 Of
Rrsslre,i That ID Ia the duty of Congress hy an.
propriaie legislation 10 protect women in theiI
exercise of This right
! Rcsoirei That women are citizens, first of the
/ United states, and second OF the states and Ter
I rtOries wherein they reside hence we claim ma.
tiOnal protection Of our inalienabc rights arnnst
all Stale authority
Rssoirsd, That states may regulate all local
questions Of property, TAXATION &c, hut this h
an tnalenahle right declared by the Constitution
and must he intsrnrrted Inv the SunTrIne IouTt
protected by Congress and enforced by the arm
Of the executive.
! Whereas the bin TO unite Colorado and Wyou,.
ing into one and that one To he Colorado 'thus
depTiyinR the women OF Wyoming Of the right
OF suffrage, sayOrs too much Of the old Black
stone Idea OF marriage, by which the husband
aud vile are made one, and that one the nus
band; therefore,
Resoircl, That We heartily sympathlZe with the
women OF wyoming and sustain them In their
, opposition 70 their measure.
Resoirfd, That the criminal prosecution Of Su-
} san u. Anthony, by the United States, for the
hHcgeu crime VI exercising the CltlLens right OF
suffrage, Is an act OF arbitrary authority, uncOn-
sttutiOnal, and blow at the liberties Of every
citizen Of this nation.
whereas women In the several States have
commenced suits against United States Officers
for refusing their ballots: Therefore,
Resoired, That we tender our hearty sympathies
To the prosecuted officials, realizing, as we alone
can 10, that their troubles have only commenced,
these suits being but the few drops which pre-
Ce'le the coming storm.
RcsOlrsd, That the report Of the Senate Judi
ciary Committee against the petition OF the ten
thousand naturallzed citizens of Rhode Island
lisa new and insldiOns form OF State rights, sus-
tanning, as II does, state discrimination between
United states citizens contrary TO both the letter
AMI the spirit OF the fourteenth amendment.
Resoired, That the fnen1s OF woman suffrage
may congratulate themselves on their speedy
success, inasmuch as great political party that
has Just .ecelyed u new lease Of power by over
whelmlng malOHtles, respectful consideration
OF the rights OF woman, whose President has
pronounced opinions on the equal rights OF citi-
zens, anu Mnosu 'loe Ioaluent haA Oech an ad-
80 ~ ~, y, TVuan suhIssp loI 'Men'y years,
n nu ~ sne .aG Vnlpugh, W uEgr ohe huhuIeu
bsaI e never iorg0t u lhehtoh MS ulsirah'
'"''e" 0ouh'iS-"ohleu'
MRS. CADY STANTON,
TO whom had been assigned the duty Of reading
the resolutions, did so In her peculiarly pleasant
manner, making short speech at the close oil
each resolution, during which she urged men Il