The New York herald., 1876-11-23
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
WENDELL PHILLIPS Of TIE NEED OF NEW
MORAL FORCE IN AMEEIcAs POLITICS
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD

AOlAL FORCE IN AMERICAN PoLIflCS
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
Providence n l., Nov % ls76
AT the annual meeting OF the Rhode Island women's
Suffrage Association held in this city to-day Wendell
Phillips delivered address, in which he touched
some OF The leading topics OF the day. lie spoke
for hours and the audience paid attention
his remarks, OF which the following is synopsis
We great progressive issues that arc soon
monopoze tue attention OF the American people
namely, woman's rights tue iemperance question,
Of course no, can tell: Tho inauene:
social life and the welfare OF sheso forty states and no
one orosee how vide and how deep will be tho
changes introduced by each. Ordinarily speaking no
nation treat but ono question ~ time. We arc
10 expect, therefore. that In question SO rad
,cai @ s as ahs Of n wonans ss,s. 'isn.s, whenever
1t will be taken up by itself and viii almost monopo-
ize the attention OF the citizens Is unlike the tom
perancc question one respect This question, like
that OF slavery can be ended by legislation, but no
help that can ever got from the hw
cause / see the great claim OF this idea on
our attention when look at the nature OF politics.
Take for instance the Question Of this hour wnethe!
President What renders 10 possible 7 Putting aside
the solid South, FIRST, Indiana gives her vote very
naturally for her SON Otherwise whore s the support
OF the democratic tckeiy Simply
CITY OF SEW YORK.
II is the majority OF the city that overwhclmes the
Empire State II is New York ovcriiowing into New
Jersey carrying its we1lth, It's social influence over
there that carries that State The same influence Of
New York overhowing Western Connecticut makes
Western Connecticut suburb Of the great city. and
consequently, that city holds three states. We
know that The influences that mako the vote OF
city are corruption accessibility OF largo class
OF tho citizens 10 corrupons Against that level OF
poliIcsthe only thing that we nave to hope for In the
future is the access OF new moral force hundred
years ago there was force to be brought In lt
was a great question with our fathers whother
property holders. They went TO work and examined
the question with all the surrounding circumstances;
they tried the experiments the result Is the century
Just passed. Tho result is success Now stand in
the same way. This Presidential election teaches,
emphatically than anything elsc, on what =
tons hang. Our cities have become over
whelming In their political power; THAT ai
almost all great cities went for Tden is owl.
dence tnat there cause working In those great
cIlies, some peculiar cause which puts them In tho
and examine the constituent elements OF tho great
cies you will observe the clements into which, by tho
fallen Now, whether this condition Of az
fairs shall continue Is great question. With
such an outlook the question comes TO U.S. Is shere any
condition. any element that can bring into iho
field marshal for the coming struggcY II is this
that gives to me just now my peculiar interest IN
womanhood; not so much on tho side OF woman her
self claiming TO- vole as the side Of tue nation
claiming Of woman that she shall VOTE
woMAv NATIONS MORAL RESERVE FORCE.
There are vast aggregations OF wealth in the hands
OF few individually and that Increases the danger 10
rcpublcsnism by introducing an element that con-
trolls votes and independence In our women there s
force, which brought fairly into action IN
our politics may enable US 10 survive Gil the perils
just what i am considering now. believe publ,
lie is as good as private, and do not accede at all y
the assumption that our representatives are an cxcsp
tion. Our public men arc only representatives. Of thi
average American
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM
Neither would change. as is proposed. what Il
called the civil service that is nothing but desertinl
standard and surrcndering the Declaration of In
dcpendence The proposition is to create arsto
cratic college, with 600 scholars In IT, TO stay there
for lie and 10 perpetuato themselves by putting IL
A WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARTY.
In Massachusetts, the woman suffrage question hal
rlpcncd into political ISSUE and we can build party
consecraed 10 1T ana shall never succeed until We
do II is too radical 10 be an appendage 10 any Other
movement Tho republican party was organ
by tho cohesivcness OF a danger; but io
Two years their journals have been engaged
to an extreme against themselves who a. tho same
time II twelve archaneeIs had brought TO them thu
news news Of he oltrasss parpsfa,sd y The s9u'h the!
they near being defeated No idea kept them to-
gether Until some new element OF cohesivcness Il
At a stand-stilL The lines have got TO be
drawn. God will give US what We work for
intelligently a. fathers supplied tine cond,-
tIons which have lasted up this we have got
supply the conditions that make II probable that our
n IN 1s ~, snS IN
inens pcn that the educated classes are the
most Trustworthy in politics The educated classes ars
ton, will find you cheating at ballot box IN Q
ward where all the men are educated than in any
other ward. III 1t means the education OF the COM
muniy recognize the duties and powers OF citizen
ship and 70 conform to them, then the term s broad
enough
NECESSITY WORK.
When we 60 into politics have not found that
either the rank aud file OF tho women's movement
oil the temperance movement up 10 the level of the
old anti-sayery rank and ne either In the devotion
OF time the contribution OF money Now,
tho moment NE ws launch mi. new 9s. idss 2!
II r:pens, into the political arena the ow hun
dreus Of us have got to work. We have got very
great thing In our hands, and much deeper than some
OF imagine 1t is revolution In religion;
II Is rebellion in State. What we need IN this
hour Of naton's pcrplexity and danger Is that
should como forward with all tho strength aud the
power OF working that we have within US and demand
OF the American people its recognition as measure
Of safety; and that this nation may be worthy Of
that civilization which II represents.
OLD ROXBURY.