New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-14
WOMAN SUFFRAGE PLEAS.
MEETING AT THE COOPER UNION.

| FOURTH ANNIVERSARY or THE AMERICAN AssOOh'
TIoN-ADDREssEs BY COL T. W. HIGGfSsoS'
MRS. LUCY STONE. AND OTHERS.
The American Woman Suffrage Association
marked It's fourth anniversary By meeting at the
Cooper Union last evening. An audience. composed
largely Of ladies' with fair representation OF gentle
men, more than half filled tho hail After slight mani
fes,aon OF impatcnce the part of the audience COL
r. " Higgfnson took his seat upon tho stage followed
by Mrs. Lucy Stone, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, the Hon.
Nathanie White, Mrs. Armenia s. White Mrs. Frances
| ID. Gage Miss Mary +. Eastman, Mrs NJ. O. Callahan.
Mrs. Tracy Cnsycr Mrs. Mary 7. Davis, Henry b. Black
we'll and others When all seated. Col Higyinson
made a, address the greater part Of which is reproduced
below:
| REMARKS OP COZ. T. W. HIGGNsoS.
This NY service President of this Assoca-
ton. Un.ts other bodies, it only has man for that
ofco every Jhcr year and this is the end Of the other
year read interest in the railroad car as came
on history OF ton ys OF active talk in half dozen
different churches by LAnY eminent men, and during
this long Of the Evangelical Alliance no woman
has opened her lips In tAat council Thls week there
will 30 three days OF talk, when the men must keep
silence in the church. don't beeye IN mems meetings
exclusively or In women'3 meetings exclusively. be-
! Ieve III combination OF these. We meet here as
family. mon and women each ready 70 do hs or her
share OF the talk We stand here to speak neither Tor
the other, but for that great uoyement which IL
TO sweep through the land and arouse ono sex to It's
rights tJd tue Other 10 us duties.
women but IN favor OF the civilization which Is
to COME IL is than 30 years since the
Woman Suffrage Association up in an
organized form remember then how litte share any
woman had in public meetings. Then the old common
law prevailed in almost every State OF this Union. and
state after State has swept away as Gar woman
concerned Now legislatures and conventions have ~
hear Of the movement year. It Is only to lay the
question the table Last year memorials were adj
dressed all the Legislatures and in the discussions in
% of them we found friends OF whom we had not
dreamed, How different 20 years was the sphere OF
woman's occupation The first proposition TO employ
them as boOkkeopers provoked rdicule; now you hnd
many employed in that way honest, II nothing more
Since the time that Anna Dickinson first addressed pub
lie audiences, women have had voice in political mat
The only difficulty is that when they to vote
they may know about politics than the men, Thus
through all America the influence OF . move
ment, opening spheres Of activity and new
avenues OF We entered into this movement
with no ideas Of immediate We had behind Us
only few years of agitation after long centuries OF
prejudice dstrust Look through the long record of
the great reforms Of the world. and what of de-
lays and Encouragement you find! 1t is history Of de-
feats before victories. Men sometimes to us with
sympathy because have been defeated in ths egsla
tme that convention. sympathy we thank heaven
that had there to be defeated that we are strong
enough TO 10 in minorily Defeat has victory after,
ward. We have been defeated again. and again, and
We have provoked discussion upon the subject as never
before We do not care which side the discussion ~
II they will Only talk and II THE TRIBUNE aud The Va
tom with the rest OF friends % dissatisfied,
very sorry. and will try to dssatsfy them moro
next time. There may have been other retormatory
causes which brought into their service greater genius
higher gifts Of eoquence. more fascinating powers of
persuasion but never since reform was launched upon
the world. there reform In which and women
were and which they more absolutely
down by woman, and though it may be ltte thing rs
coming from the hand OF woman, those who pick 1t up
I.f, INIT rnt
have got beyond the DAYS Of strong-mnded women and
weak minded men. That was rather crushing ia
survived II, because we know that the
far strong minded a. to know truth when they IT,
aud to iollo" good company when they nnd H. women
have become entanged IN tho subueyO OF their seridOm
and that makes It more difficult TO dsentangle them
OTHER ADDRESSES.
Miss Mary T. Eastman Of Massachusetts was then In
troducrd and addressed tho audience upon the neces
slty and benefit Of woman sutfrage Her pleasant
address was illustrated by numerous anecdotes ana
| elected considerable applause.
dole cation OF about forty entered the hall In
body. headed by Dennis Grifn President OF the Work
ugnens Union. The noise OF their entrance drowned
the speakers voice and she compelled 10 stop when
Mr.. Griffin sad Tnis deegation Mr. President, 10 a
body of parasomakers OF this city forced out of en-
poyment VINO have held meeting up stairs, and hear
| lug of this meeting here have come To say TO you
These women suterers ana To ask your sympathy
for them. L. YOU Will allow 1t the president OF the
organization VIII. during tue evening explain from
platform their cause OF grievance lAppauseI.
Permission at once granted, and Mrs. St0De CON
tuued: John Neal OF Portland snd once that the Da0t
was worth 1fty cents day to the working man. and II
must certainly be- worth that to these working women
But the women Of this land VINO ser are not the work
uY women alone The spire of Trinity steeple looks
down upon millions Of property owned by women not
one OF whom has voice IN the question or taxation or
| no taxation. Not a married woman among them can
make viii deed ner property away, except by con
sent husband. Not one IN Ill but two states or
this Union has right to the persons Of her own
children And yet our people are asking this subject
class 10 take part the Centennial Celebration to make
sport ike blinded Samson for the Phlisines nope
they will not They should rather toll solemn bells
! no VIII.
for the deeds be celebrated that day that for
which men refuse to t1em Ihey should wave OacK ban
he wrOp - wOmeu- them upon the most crowded
street so that when little boys shall ask AS they
will be to do why the peis are tOlled ana bldck
banners waved this centennial birthday or Freedom,
they from tine lips OF their parents that
the wrongs of which the Revolution are fghted
for only One-haf of our people We are asked oJ0n IN
the celebration. Ladies, don't You do IT. lLausberl
Men should he ashamed TO AJAX them. and Detter STILL
men should be ashamed to take part III ~ themselves
until their wives anu daughters akeu ont OF the level
OF lunatCS pauperS criminals, ard INDIANS not taxed
The President then introduced Miss Leanard, Pres-
DENT OF the ParaSOl Makers Union, who reclted the
grievance OF Association. Miss LEONARD then with
drew amid very hearty applause ana Henry Il. Black
well was introduced He said he would ask the men In
the audience why these women were suierlug lt was
be- ase there rich mans government In TINS country
to-day. Primaries rule politics ana when wives ana
daughters can 10 with men the primaries there Will
be better and purer representation ana government
Mrs Cutler OF OHIO made snort speech ana the meet
ing closed The annual meeting tof the Association III
begin this morning AT 10 a. H., Ut plymouth NhuFch
BROOKLYN. and will continue at the same place to-
morrow $50 p. and at 1890 p IN Interesting re-
will be made OF the work OF the past year aud the
OF the various state societies. Col Hggln
sou Mrs Julia Ward Howe, Mary A. LtvermOre, Lucy
stone Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, and others VIII DO
present.