The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
THE CAUSE OF WOMAN.
4 FAREWELL TO MRS. ELIZA
BETH CADY STANTON.
Her ace IN the History Of the woman
.Irase MO,ement-Her Work With
Miss NnthOny-Iicr Interest Tn the
No, emcnt Maintained 10 the Last.

Two names always will stand pre- niren,
in the history Of American women those 90
Elizabeth Cady stanton and Susan b. An
thnny. For fifty years these names have
sprung TO the lips when the progress Of
woman has been neni Toned. and the future
student Of her evolution will find them in
terwoven with every phase of IT, Iasi
Sunday one of these great souls passed
from earth and to-day the other Is suffering
such loncin, ss and grief as never befor.
have come into a life which has known
far more than the average proportion of
both There is no friendship such as theirs
in all the records.
When Mrs Stanton and Miss Anthony
began their public work together in 1852
exactly half a century ago-the one was
81 years old. the other 81. They had first
met i'll May. 1851. at an anti-savery con-
rention, and there was a mutual attraction.
A few months later Miss Anthony went 10
s MEGA Falls, y. Y, TO attend a meeting
OF those Interested in the founding of a
Peoples College. and, with Horace Greeley
and Lucy Stone, was the guest OF Mrs
Stanton. The women were determined
II should be open to girls a. we'll as boys.
Mr.. Greeley begged them not to agitate
have the constitution framed to this end.
which he did after "A spirited fght This
college was soon merged into Cornell Uni
versity, which admitted women on ex-
actly the same terms as men. Miss An
thongs biography thus descrbes Uis visit
a. Mrs. Stantons:
These womel who sat at the d .er
table that day were destined to be recorded
n -, f,rn h.a az
figures III the great movemci.' for equal
rights. There rtaialy was rothag for
mdable IN the appcara' CO of the trio
Miss Anthony, quiet. dignifed Quaker
girl; Mrs. stanton. plump. jolly. youthful
matron. scarcely five feet high. and Lucy
Stone, petite, soft voiced young womcn ,
who seemed better fitted for caresses tina .
for the rude bufetings of the world"
The next winter q mass meeting for the
Sons Of Temperance was held in Albany
TO which the Daughters L lions we're ia
vited TO send delegations. Susan +. A.
thony went properly accredited from
Rochester. her credentials were accepted
and she was given a seat III the coAveatior .
When she arose To speak to a motion how
ever. she was Informed by the presidi g
officer that the listers were not invited
there to speak but to listen and Learn.
Thereupon she ard three or four others
left the han, but the rest of tho women,
90 the Biography says. had not the cour-
age TO follow. but called them bold medue-
some disturbers, and remained to b; SIX
In the approving smiles of thu Sons"
Miss Anthony then determined that the
women should no longer he an annex to
the men in temperance work. hut that she
would call a convention and organize them
Into State association with local auxilia-
ries. She appealed TO Mrs. Stanton in
March. 1852 who promised hearty coopera-
ton, and this was the beginning of their
half century a. public work together
Soon afterward Mrs. stanton wrote her:
I'm regard to my own address, if am
TO be president il ought perhaps to be sent
out with the stamp of the convention, bu'
as anything from my pen is necessarily raoli-
cal. no one may be willing to share with
me the odium of what may wish TO say
IL so, | am ready TO stand alone. | never
write to please any one. If do please
am happy. but TO proclaim my higha st
convictions of truth is always my sole
oh ect -
The convent ion met in Rochester in
April and Mrs. Stanton did indeed drop
bombshell into he meeting by advocating
IN powerful speech two resolutions; he
of wife with a confirmed drinkard Let
no drunkard be the father Of her childpn
ct the law provide that no dr,inkard shall
have cain on wife or child. The other
advised less foreign missionary work and
more practical charity at home. II would
require many columns To describe the
effects Of this speech. and women them
selves We'd with the pulpits in dcauncia-
ton.
The next year Miss Anthony again ar
"a t-ert inn r.,
the society at this time having about 1000
members. There was much dssat is
faction over the "woman's rights" procliyi-
ties of Mrs. Stanton and Miss Anthony
ina, the former in her opening address
said: We have been obliged to preach
wornan's rights because many. instead of
listening to what we had 10 say on temper
ance, have questioned the right of women
10 speak on any subject. In courts of
justice and legislative assemblies If the
right of person to be there is quest ior ed .
all business waits until that point s settled
Now II Is not settled in the minds of the
masses that woman has any right to stand
on an even pedestal with man, look him
IN the face as an equal and rebuke the
sins OF her day and generation Let il be-
clearly understood then that we are n
Womans Rights Society that we believe
y Is womans duty TO speak whenever she
feels the Impression to do so; that it il her
night to be present in all the councils Of
few of the prominent women Of the day
sustained Mrs. stanton but the majority
were almost fatally shocked. They wanted
10 depose her from the presidency. but
were too Inexperienced TO know how to
do II. Meanwhile the temperance men
who had driven the women out OF their
convention. crowded into this one, monopo-
lied the discussion and brought about
the defeat of Mrs. stanton. Miss Anthony
was unanimously reelected secretary. but
refused to serve aud both women withdrew
from the association, which fell to pieces
the next year. Neither OF hem ever Joined
another temperance organization, but both
devoted the rest of their long lives TO OBJ
tanning the ballot for woman, believing
tina, with this power she could effect not only
temperance but all other reforms
The public career of Elizabeth Cady
Stapton could not be traced in one or in
fifty articles. II is contemporaneous with
The progress of women along every line
All that they have to-day was demanded
for hem in a Declaration of Rights pre-
pared by her in iS4s Nothing has been
added to ii during all the years, there *
nothing TO add now. She asked for equality
before the law. This comprehends every
hing. When her demand was made a
married woman had exactly the rights of