The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-06-07
SUFFERING WOMEN
In Convention Assembled at An
derson.
ADDRESSES AND RESOLUTIONS.
MRS. HAeeART's ApDRFss-PREAMBLEA AND

| TON OF OFFICERS-EvENIEG SESSION.
Especial Correspondence of the Sentinel
ANDERSON, IND, May 80, ls76.-The In
diana Woman Suffrage Association meet
to- day at the M. Z. Church. The con-
yention was called to order by DIR. Mary
F. Thomas, OF Richmond, president of the
association. The opening prayer was by the
Rev. Mr.. Wooten. The committees we're
then announced as follows: On resolutions,
| finance, programme and nominations.
Che president then read her annual ed-
| dress, which was ordered published. An
| address termed "Hssh" was read by Mrs.
Cheshire, OF Crown Point. Next came a
| letter from Annie b. Campbell, OF Fort
vile, former president of the association.
| The committee on programme reported
| for the evening session an essay by Mrs.
Harden and
AN ADDRESS BY MRS DR.. HAGGERr,
of Indianapolis, which was the principal
and attractive feature of the evening. She
entertained her audience with the most fin
ished discourse on woman suffrage, build
ing up structure based upon the funda-
mental proposition that all men and wo-
men are born free and equal in the en- joy-
| ment of freedom. she demonstrated
| the truth of the proposition in the
most logical manner snalyZ.ng and detin-
| ing the difference between veteran liber v
| and freedom, and coDtending that the free :
| dom which is desirable is that state OF
things which secures rights and suppress
| the liberty to violate them-apd that "Shos Q
| N an who have pure lives and cultivated
minds, and al the same time refuse to sgi-
tate the dirty pool of politics with their
votes for fear of soiling their purity, are
only sighting opportunities to elevate the
/ degraded aud assist the roDeed, and are
| most emphatically forfeitiDg their claims
! 20 the protection of government they re-
fuse to have a voice in forming. The
| more extended the corruption in political
life the greater is the necessity for coun-
terbalsncing power for good, and the per-
maDency and ultimate perfection OF OUT
| young nation, which has Just entered upon
its centennial birthday, demand that this
power for good be not only exercised by the
good and wise men of the nation but by the
mothers and daughters of our republic
| Also" Speaking Of superfiQous women
she saiG: "We 10 not believe that the SUI
| perfuous women are they who are crowded
out of employ ment of honor aad profit, or
| they who are wearing the calm brows and
| silvery locks of old maids. The superf1u-
Gus women can very readily be found to
| be they who have bestowed the strongest
| affections of their minds ami hearts
| upon Saratoga trunks and their contents,
Il
lives away at fashionable watering places,
| and who trifle their winters away in dissi-
| pations, hirtations and fashionable ca
| rousals In the up town quarters of our
| myriads of cities. You will find them
/ flashing fsscinatioDs in crowded drawing
| rooms, with powder on their hair, enamel
| on their faces, and nothing on the upper
portion OF their bodies. 1t is now asserted
upon good authority that Mrs. Secretary
Belknap's signature was attached to tina.
remarkable manifesto, gotten up by Mrs.
Dshlgr9n and others, which prayed Con
| gress few years since to pay
NO sEED TO THE DEMANDS OF HONEST
| WOMEN
who were asking for this acknowledgements.
These are the women who declare that il
will unsex them to vote the women who
have no thought beyond the matcbiug o;
ribbons and the flashing of diamonds, and
at the same time condescend to give away
post-traderships as an equivalent for the
| money which Is given to them
| TO crafty their inordinate love OF
Fashionable display. Are such
women as these capable of becoming true
wives and noble mothers amid such sur
roundings-the founders of a social fabric
that will stand mistaken amidst abound
| ing evils. No, they are the deserters from
home sphere and the cradles of our land
welded to folly, and incapable of lifting
the purity and innocence of eonfidipg
childhood up into that grandeur OF
pure strength which can face all
evil and resist its fascinating power" But
1t would be impossible for me to convey to
the mind of your readers who have not
had the pleasute OF hearing Mrs. Haggart
speak the elegance of her address or the
eioquence that flows so easily from her
lips. / wish every woman in Indiana
could hear her voice-essy, grace
full and earnest. She has voice
OF marvellous sweetness. Though she
spoke one hour and twenty minutes, her
voice was not in the least affected with
hosrseness, and she showed no sign of ex-
| haustion. She has engaged to de-
liver the same address at an
early day in Bloomington, Indiana,
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The president called the convention to
orier with few appropriate remarks,
after which the secretary, Mrs. Louise
Luther, read a report of Tuesdays pro-
ceedings, and letters from Mrs. Mckay, OF
Indianapolis, Mrs. Lizzie Boynton Hsr-
s sss P sGfsss Association At shS Aso
an excellent letter from Mrs. Fsnny D..
Gage, of New York city, the co worker
with Lucy Stone more than a score of
years ago. Mr.. Stephen Metcalf, of the
Anderson Herald, reported from the COM
mittee on resolutions the following resolu-
tions, which, after some lively debating.
were adopted:
THE PREAMBLE.
WHEREAS, The last twenty-iy years
have Witnessed great advancement in the
civil condition of woman in the State of
Indiana, giving her larger rights in prop
erty and bringing her better remuneration
| for her toll; and,
Whereas, Her mental status has been in
some measure recognized by opening to
her the advantages of q highsr education
on an equal footing with man, thereby
opening 70 her more varied avenues and
giving her stronger impulse to mental