The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-21
CONVENTION AT WASHINGTON.

CONVENTION AT WASHINGTON.
The advocates of woman's legal right
to vote under the Fourteenth Amend
ment held a Convention at Washington,
Jan. 18th. The principal speakers were
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Edward NJ.
Davis, Miss Anthony, Mrs. Blake and
Mr.. Riddle. The following resolutions
were adopted:
RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, The fathers declared long
ago that p person who has no voice in
the rules, nor in the laws under which
he lives, is slave; therefore,
ResOlred, That so long as women are
denied the rig's of suffrage they are po-
litically, eiviliy and socially ems hved
Rssolred, That the present attempt in
our courts, by a false construction of the
Federal Constitution, to exalt all men
as sovereigns, and to degrade all women
as slaves, is to establish the most odious
form of aristoeracy known within the
limits of the civilized world, that of ser.
ResOlred, That women are "persons''
and Citizens" possessed of all legal
qualifications of voters in the several
States, age, property and education, and
by the Fourteenth Amendment of the
Federal Constitution have been secured
the right of suffrage.
Resolrcd, That it is the duty of Con-
gress, by appropriate legislation, to pro-
tect women in their exercise Of this
right.
Rosoluod, That women are citizens.
first of the United States, and second of
the States and Territories wherein they
reside, hence they claim national pro-
lection of our inalienaLle rights against
all State authority.
Resolred, That States may regulate
all local questions of property, taxation,
&c, but inalienable personal rights
must be declared by the Constitution.
interpreted by the Supreme Court, pro-
tected by Congress, and enforced by the
arm of the Executive.
WHEREAS, The bill to unite Colorado
and Wyoming into one, and that one TO
be Colorado, thus depriving the women
Of Wyoming of the right of suffrage, sa-
vors too much of the old Blackstone
idea of marriage, by which the husband
and wife are made one, and that one the
husband; therefore,
Resotred, That we heartily sympa-
thize with the women of Wyoming. and
sustain them in their opposition to this
measure.
Resolced, That the criminal prosecu-
lion of Susan b. Anthony by the United
States for the alleged crime OF exercis-
ing the citizens right of suffrage, is an
IN act of arbitrary authority, unconsti-
and n 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,
ResolUed, That we tender our hearty
to the prosecuted officials,
realizing, as We alone can do, that their
troubles have only commenced, these
suits being but the few drops which pre-
cede the coming storm.
ResolUed, That the report Of the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee against the
petition of the ten thousand naturalized
citizens of Rhode Island, is a new and
insiduous form of State rights, sustain
ing, as it does, State discrimination be-
tween United States citizens contrary to
both the letter and the spirit of the
Fourteenth Amendment.
ResOlUed, That the friends of Woman
may congratulate themselves
on their speedy success, inasmuch rs
great political party that has just re-
ceived a new lease Of power by over
whelming majorities has pledged itself
to a respectful consideration of the
rights Of woman, whose President has
pronounced opinions on the equal rights
of citizens, and whose Vice President
has been an advocate Of Woman Suf-
frage for twenty years, and in the late
in over one hundred speeches,
never forgot to mention his disfran-
chised countrywomen.