National Republican., 1884-03-06

10 pie may be qualified to vote iuellig3ntly;
We believe that IN republic tne eNe,eaSe S , w
suffrage is duty that no patriotic citizen may iB
And whereas the fundamental idea of q re,
pubic is tie right of self government. tne .lsnt ol
every citizen IT, chose her own repIeseuts'iVe'' "
ensCt the laws by which she is governed, ,.. -.
And whereas this right can DC seeureu only Oy
the exercise Of the suffrage; therefore -
R,sortd, That tue ballot in me hanu Oh ei,vierS
qualified citizen constitutes the true polltcai
status Of the people, aud to deprive one nan OF
II principles ofa republican government ,,
THAT 1t is the duty of congress 10 pass siNteehtn
amendment tO the natiOnul constitution ilrst, DC.
cause the dsfranChisc cment OF one-hali OF the peo-
pie deuriycs tuat half of tho means OF sell protec
ton and selfmuintenuncc, limits thelr resources
for scif.deycloument, and wcnkens their inhu;
cnCc in popular thoughts second, by giving az
men the absolute AUTHORITY 10 decide uhe nt soCiai,
tnste uurCpubliCan in every tendency; thlId, IN
delriving the state OF the united wisdom oil man
and woman, that IMPORTANT consensus OF tne
competent" :" our form of governments becomes in
iact an oligarChy instead Of arepubllc ,.,..
That tie woman question is forever the human
ouc.tion ami TINT tn best serv &C we can render
man is to work for the elevation OF his mother
That the question ofthe h9ur Tor women palrotS
is not all the rights want but all TIC rights
That since tho women citizens orthc United states
have thus far failed TO receive proper recognition
from any OF the existing roitical parties we re.
commend the appointment by this convention Oi
commitlee IN inlpre p,ll,iSsl acton ,,ro,,n, t,r
the industrial, educational and moral interests OF
man, we deplore the tction Of those women who,
with the blindness OF the tories of g, not only
failed to recognize the blessings Of liberty for
themselves, but would deny II TO lhusc VINO heou
its protection and desire to secure its benefits.
That, as there is a general awakening 10 the
rights of women in all European countries, the
time has arrived to take the initiative steps lor
grand International woman suffrage convention,
10 be held either III England or America, anu that
for this purpose committee of three be appointed
at this convention to ,orrcspond with leading
persons in different countries interested III the
elevation of women.
The hall was crowded at tho evening
session, and nearly all the delegates were
present on tho platform. Miss Anthony gave
the names of prominent people from whom
she had received encouraging letters, but ala
not read them. She also made some COM
mcnts upon the letter writer's, and gave in
teresting "reminiscences of some of those she
had met. The letters were from Theodore
Stanton one from Mrs. Elizabeth Cady stan
ton, Mile. Hubertine Auclcrt and NJ. Leon
Richer editors of Partisan papers; Mrs. +. G..
Sargent, wife of the minister to Germany
Francis Power Cobb, Of London Florence
Kelly, Mrs. Todd, of Dublin; VIM. j. Bene-
dict, of Boston, and Senators Blair and An
thony. In speaking of the letter from Mrs.
Sargent, Miss Anthony said that she had
spent somo weeks in the minister's family in
Berlin, "and,' she added, 81 felt that every
American might well be proud of such noble
representatives in Germany, not only OF the
minister, but Of his wife and daughter
Miss Phube Couzius. of st. Louis, was in
troduced. stepped forward to the reading
desk, laid thereon her manuscript, waited for
the clappinE of hands TO cease, and began to
read. Miss Couans is tall and slender and
graceful. She has dark hair, dressed as young
ladies of this age usually dress their hair;
very dark and expressive eyes, with long
black lashes and dark and heavy eyebrows.
Except for the strong chin, there is nothing
iu her face to indicate that she is one Of the
class called. both in admiration and in ridi-
culc, Strong minded" nothing TO indicate
that in any way she had come out from
among the great majority of young women
like herself and given her talents to the sOlu-
ton of great social and political question
rather than to the entertainment of young
men in dress coats at balls and receptions.
Miss Couzins was dressed becomingly in a
close-htting brown cloth suit. She always
carried handkerchief in her left hand. She
read rapidly, with clear and musical voice,
seldom eXtemporiZing, not often taking her
eyes from the manuscript for more than a
second at a time, and making very few
gestures Yet the reading was not onotonous,
fog the tones of her voice were varied and the
mobile features and graceful movements oil
the head we'll took the place of gestures of
hand and arm, which are too often awkward.
She was frequently interrupted by applause
snd sometimes by the comment of Miss An
thony or others on the platform, but never tc
her confusion. She was always ready to re
sumo her reading or to answer to the com
ment.
The advertised subject Of the speech wa
the unmcaning question: "What answer
An abstract of the first portion of Miss Cou
z;nss address would be impossible, for its
beauty and force were entirely in the Ian.
guage 1t was prose poem; rather word
picture than an argument. Aptly fitted quo
tations were frequent. In language which
cannot be abridged without injury Miss Cou
zins told of the many characters, virtues
natures, which men have agreed to imperson
ate in the form of women. The last one
mentioned was the Goddess of Liberty witt
stands upon the dome Of the capitol.
E"Thc goddess can turn her tear-staine(
eyes over to Carroll county in Maryland,
said Miss CouZins, "and see dying there
woman to whom the credit belongs for thu
plan which broke the backbone of the re
bellion; wOman, who in military genius
ranks Grant aud Sherman, Annie Ella Carroll
She lies dying there, paralyzed, the govern
ment owing her $1,000, which it docs not pay
for pamphlets printed by her 10, Presiden
Lincoln. Then the Goddess of Liberty can
think of herself as lie in this govern
ment"
Miss Couzins paid her respects, with mucl
sarcasm, to the growing aristocracy or would
be aristocracy, of the national capital. spend
ing its time in strict observance of borrowed
of social precedence. She had not heard, sh
said, in this city, Of the salons of brillian
women where the men and women of literar
and artistic genius were accustomed to cOngre
gate. Her arraignment OF the sham aris
tocracy of republican crust was received b.
the audience with laughter and applause
The speech closed with an earnest aud elC
quent appeal for higher and better life fo
women than that led by the votaries q
fashion.
Mrs Belva A. Lockwood, whose appearance
and manner need no description in this city
next spoke upon Tho Proposed Disirar
chisement oil Utah Women" The speech wa
largely legal argument to show that tn
ldmundS bill and the proposed bill to dis
franchise women were not only uni ust an
unfair, but in direct violation of the constitu
tOn of the United States. The bills, sh
snid were all the result OF q morbid publ
sentiment intended TO oppress a gcntl
harmless people, and furthered by publ
men for purposes of their own. IN
danger which threatened women in Utal
she said, also threatened the women
Wyoming. The law proposed to punish tn
innocent with the guilty, the women for til
crimes of the men. The government of th
United States, she charged had no MOI
right to attack the Mormon religion than
had to attack the Methodist or Catholic r.
lgions. The MoTmons were a law-abidin
people until laws became so oppressive thi
they could not be borne. Running alon
with Mrs. LOCkwood's S argument was sketc
of the Mormon church and defense Of i
When Mrs. Lockwood declared that the Ne
York society, which believed in changin