Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-18

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must recognize the equal rights Of all parties,
sects and races, manifest Q broad cstholic sPirit
for all shades Of opinion In which we may d,ner
| dinste to the greater good thas en- b accom-
plished by harmonious and cooeentrAssd &C.
ton"
Still Mrs. Stanton did not begin her speech,
for Miss Anthony interrupted her again until
two men brought in q large shisld bearing the
armorial design of Wyoming and decorated
with fan flags. This was placed at the front Of
| the platform and its appearance was the sig
nal for applause.
MRS. STATIONS sPEEcH.
Mrs Stanton then delivered her speech. She
did not stand, but sat at the little table during
the hour il took her to read her address. She
adjusted her glasses to her nose and sat 20
| that the light from a reading lamp ON the
table fell upon her manuscript
In introducing her speech Mrs. Stanton 70.
ferred to her intended departure for Europe.
She said she might not again appear on this plat
form for some years, perhaps never. In saying
farewell for the present she asked the privilege
OF expressing her own views on Q few ques-
tons. She said now that younger leaders were
coming forward it was fitting 70 give them the
key to archives; to tell them something of their
genealogical tree: Mrs. Stanton then reviewed
went over the names of the series
Of brilliant and great men and
women who had spoken and labored for
woman's cause. They seemingly failed, she
SAID. 70 produce any asting impression. Their
words fell on those who had ears to hear but
heard not, eyes to see but they saw not The
people remembered the speakers but not the
lessons they taught
Mrs. Stanton attributed the failure 10 make
more MORE rapid PROCESS to two causes: First The
forms. Second. Lack Of thorough and wide
spread organization.
MRS. STATIONS GREAT HOPES.
She sketched the organization Of the
national and the American associations and
their work Is separate organizations for twenty
years. Now they had come to the conclusion
in union there is strength and there was now
but one organization. In uniting all forces
under one banner, victory, she declared, would
soon be theirs and there would no longer be
need of any organization.
Il do fully believe" declared Mrs. Stanton
earnestly, that in less than ten years the
women in this country viii be voting in every
state of the Union"
With all their forces united, she said, their
influence in the near future would be we'll nigh
irresistible. The time had come for more ag-
gresslve measures, more self assertion on the
part OF women than ever before. All the IN
telligent women Of America today, she said,
are governed by foreigners. Their title to q
voice in this government is as clear as that Of
ing to exercise right a. old as the Constitu-
ton.
s'woMASLY."
Some men, she said, told them that they must
be patient, persuasive and womanly. What
was q mans idea Of "vomanly?" It was that
a woman should be submissive. He
wanted no self-assertion on her part;
no crying out against him a. . tyrant While
the darkest pages in history are those that tell
Of the outrages ON women, should men
s sonani them wss. be do p'''s sRs, .Dd Ss
Of what it is to be womanly To men It is to
be the mere echoes OF themselves. She dared
say the carpet knights of England thought
Jean dare unwomanly. She dared say that the
unwomanly.
II consider that the best womanly way"
said Mrs. Stanton, (which accompanies the OBJ
iect''
Referring to the plant that they came for
ward year after year with the same arguments,
Mrs. Stanton said their arguments would not
have done their whole duty until 20, 600, 900 Of
women have been crowned with the freedom Of
suffrage.
WOMEN IN THE CHURCH.
She said they should demand equal rights for
women in the church. It seemed fair that
they should have an equal voice in all the mat
tiers of government in the church. If women
had had voice In church governments in
the revision OF creeds eminent divines
would not today be debating the question
of the damnation OF infants. Then insane
asylums we're filed with women whose reason
had been dethroned by these religious super
stitions.
Refarrino xo var;ora cpndov Io- novornac%,
and movements to secure, as 1t was claimed,
the recognition Of God in the Constitution
urged by some women, Mrs. Stanton said that
this action on the part of women had called
into question what women's influence might be
in government
81 do hope" said Mrs. Stanton, "shat this
association will declare that the woman suffrage
association is opposed to all union Of church
and state" Mrs. Stanton expressed the hope
that there would be no more legislation on the |
question OF marriage and divorce until woman |
had voice in framing such laws.
Some might say none Of these questions had |
any place on the woman suffrage platform |
They must manifest a broad catholic spirit for |
all shades Of opinion. The cause Of women
wherever they were wronged had been heard
on this platform. There was such q thing as
being too ANXIOUS lest one may hurt the cause. |
Every truth they see was theirs to give not to
keep. Another question. confronting them was
the race question.
inE hACE 3UEsTIONs
How comes it that after all the privileges Of
citizenship had been conferred upon the freed
man the race question again came up for dis
cussion. 1t was because every fundamental
principle through which the negro was en-
franchised was Immediately denied in the case
Of women. Under the full belief that
women had the right to vote under the
fourteenth amendment many of them
had persisted in pressing their claims The
test cases had been carried to the Supreme
Court and had been remanded to the states, it
being declared that the United States had no
voters; that they were the voters Of the states
These decisions were now reacting and were
used against the negro. The south had kept
watchful eye on them. All over
the south today they were drawing the negro
from the polls and denying the authority of
the United States, just as in the north they
had driven women from the polls. There was
talk Of colonization. II the Russian system
was to be adopted and all discontinued citizens
are to be sent to some Siberia, woman's turn
would come next
They had better make q stand, she said, now
for the freedman and demand justice for him
rs we'll as for themselves. All that the freed
men and women ask today is Justice.
MRS. STATIONS DAUGHTER.
When Mrs. Stanton finished speaking she in
troduced her daughter. Mrs. Harriet Stanton