New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-07-05

co,,e IN tbot breadth OF intellect and power, they
have learned how dispose of that primary ana hghcs'
gift moral intuition. which God gave TO them N
excess. cheating man. they have come 10 5uch
Influence and grandeur that never before III any
land certainly never in our own, has womahAOOi
aimed such authority and cmincuce at the pres nj
dav That power which is now latent aud applied inni-
rectly is soon 70 III the channels that shall be direct anu
initial. You may die too soon. as many nave p,'ore
they saw the bea'iic vision, but you tia' A'e i'S
enough will see vote ana when you see "o'h'i
vote YOU viii see less fraud less scshness less Dr-
ty and more public spirit and rectlude ana harmony III
tho administration Of public affairs. 10 moi propose
10 discuss the question at any length WIN
Won but I cannot without thanksgiving, ! cannot
fail n recognize that steady advance which Is
sue TO make woman q voter in this generation
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EXTENSION OF THE SUFFRAGE.
In the beginning OF cur history could vote th't
was not member OF the church aud, Ivy the way, inc
deacUns to relieve the church members from the trouDo
Of calling at the ballObOxes took their hats and went
around anu collected the votes from house to house but
doacons in those days trustworthy. After tiie
man was allowed TO vote II white man and owned prop
ery 10 certain amount though he did no, belong 10 inc
church. AMI lhat was the augmentation OF suffrage IN
that respect After time became necessary 10 knock
down even that exception. Franklin iaooreo WIN
might and main to this end, and employed that siSn
cant argument: II man may not vote unless he i
propertyhO!der 10 the Of $780, and he owns an
ess which is worth 800, and to-day the ass
s well and he votes. but tomorrow the ass
dies, and so no cannot voc-swhich woes 'ho
ass OF the man The property qualification di5aPac
before this argument, and the power OF VOTING p'''"
free Then came the question OF foreigners voting ana
tboy ,ycre not TO be allowed 10 vote except upon pfupa
ton Like many OF your fences one rt after aho'her
fell down until the fence 50 los That anything cOau
hmm il when it wanted to. and in Ncw-i0rk they
lump il now quito easily. But the day " coming IN"
that very seon in which this preteEt ~ limitation VIII
be thrown down. and every manthat means IN Good ItA
TO settle here shall have it proclaimed 10 him. you
wish TO settle here you shall have the protection OF the
laws IL YOU undertake Dc responsible Tor
those laws would allow man to vote the very mo
ment he touches the soil.
The next step was tie admission Of the coioro3 race to
vote This the boldest thing ever dore was siid
it was war measure IL necessarily connected WITH
il IN such manner TO under that general deoIs
nation During the war a million Of black men were
taken from tho pautatIOl-thcy could not READ
the Constitution or the spcilinsbook. they could
hardly tell one hand from the other-ani 'hey
we're allowed to vote, in the sublime iallh
that libl.ty which makes man competent u
vote would render him fit 70 discharge the duty o. th'
voter And when these coo.cd men, these unvhsi',
blaze, men were allowed TO vote. although much disturb
apce oc,rred-as disturbance always occurs upon -rci
claure,-I am bound 20 say Chat The black iulh ma
proved himself worthy of tC trust coniGei - MN bo
fore emancipation the black man was IN
most dooiIe laborer that ever tho world SAY"
During the war, and when he knew tina
liberty was the gage when he knew that tho battle wa
whether he should or should not be free, although I
country for hundreds OF miles stripped baTo OF an
bodied white mrn and when property was nj the '.'.
of the slave arson rapne OF conspiracy wa t'' '
the country and no uprising took place. hey '''..
stil! conscious Of their power, and said: ave VIII -
what God viii DO for us" such history us No parallel
And since :hey hogan to vot" after tis, emancipation
beg 10 say in closing this subject that they have voted
lust as wisely aud patroticaly did heir late ma,er
before emancipation.
Aud now there but step NOR there u hht Que
stem more We permit the lame, the lat and the DINA
TO 20 the bauo.-box We permit the foreigner and the
black man the slave and the free - pir'aE' 10 inc
sufrare; there II but one tn 'ut and mat 5 Cd"
mother that taught as, an ic that Is thought
worthy 10 walk side by sd, ... IL IS woman that
il pnt lower than the slave, fHlu The ignorant i'.-
eigner. She s put among { pors whom the -"
wont allow TO vote, m.ou5 the insane whom
tive law won't allow TO vote. @ the days are numbered
in which this can take place I'D she too VIII vote As
in q hundred years suffrage extended rs bounds
until II now iuclu9es the whole population, 10 another
hundred year. every ming will vote unless 1t d. the
power p '.. '1om and locomotive. and watch and
soI,,t..ar. TX, locking at these machines and tAett
p.l:gIA.r..- nat they too ought 70 vote.