The Washington critic., 1888-06-22
THE woMEN,s APPEAL.
The Address Placed In the Hands o
Every Delegate.

INC NhuuttNN Nht "
Every Delegate.
CHICAGO, June IA copy ofan address
signed by Susan B. Anthony and Isabella
Beecher Hooker to the Republican Ma
tional Convention was placed in the
hands of every delegate upon entering
the hall this morning. The address
declares:
"From the foundation of our Govern
ment such women as Mrs. Otis Warren
and Mrs. John Adams of Massachusetts
and Mrs. Corhin of Virginia protested
against the exclusion of women from the
rights and duties of citizenship, declared
to be of universal obligation, and when
John Quincy Adams made his great battle
for the right of petition on the fi0or of
Congress, women furnished his ammuni.
ton in the shape of the largest petition
ever presented to Congress, and, II is safe
TO %otiay. SiSy' any deliberate body in the
"The Republican party owes its exist
ence to the patriotic enthusiasm of the
women of these United States. ~
The address then traces womans infiu-
ence in politics from 1856 to 1880, and
| says:
1.-THE work of women during thewar
needs no reoountlng but their selfabne-
gation in working for the freedom and
| Acknowledgement Of black men, while
| they themselves were disfranchised, is
| part of history that never has been writ
| ten. ~ II was the leaders of the
| woman suffrage movement, who in.4Sj3
| sent TO Charles Sumner petition 100000
| strong for the emancipation of slaves rs o
| war measure"
| The attempts ofthe party leaders to OBJ.
tain recognition in 1868-72-76 and 1880 are
| reviewed and also the efforts of the party.
In 1884, 100000 women, under the official
i Endorsement of the w. q. Il. u, asked the
| Republican National Convention for q
temperance plank in their platform, and
their memorial was treated with scorn
and contempt. And now, in the year of
our Lord. 1883, after being ceurteously
the Platform Committee of the con-
vention now assembled, and listened
to for the space of ten minutes
by the former and twenty minutes by the
latter, the platform is again silent as to
the rights Of half the citizens of the United
States, who are disfranchised by the sew.
eral States in defiance OF the National
Constitution, which declares that the peo-
pie are the only source of power; OF the
Declaration of Independence, which as
serts that a just government can only be
founded upon the consent of the gov
| erned.'
"And now, while recognizing that the
majority of the men who speak and vote
for wonens political equality on the floor
of Congress are members of the Republi
can party, and some have done admira
BILE service there, yet, as there alway!
| comes time when forbearane'
ceases to be a yirtHe, we are deeply
impressed that possibly the time
| has arrived when we must ceas'
to hope for any justice from Repub
licans as party, but must look for ulti
mate success in the new and growing Pro
hibition party, which has always recog
nized the political equality of women anC
in its latest platform declares that tn
right ofsutirage rests on no mere clrcun
stance ofcolOr, sex or nationality
"Yet, mindful of our past lahors to
gether for the freedom of the black maj
and the permanence of the Union, we asl
you, gentlemen, to consider whether .yo'
will not so. construe your platform
(Which we have only this moment beei
able to read) so as to include women i
the term Citizens TO whose persono
rights and liberties you affirm 'ur
| sYerying DEVOTION Especially 4
the supreme and sovereign rigli
of every lawful citizen to cast one fre
ballot in every election, and to have tina
ballot duly counted and will you nC
| have such resolution brought before TIL
convention and permit us to speak on il
; | behalf?
Respectfully, your fellow-oitizens,
"SUSAN Is. ANTHONY,
isabella BERcHER HOOKER