New-York tribune., 1910-05-24
MISS ANTHONY IN CIVIL WAR,
With Mrs. Stanton She Worked to
Sustain President Lincoln.


To The Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I have read with amazement- indlg-
nation and grief the protest of leader Of
the anti-suffrsgists. Helen kendrick (Mrs.
Rossiter) Johnson. against the decoration
of the graves of Mrs. Stanton and Miss
Anthony on Memorial Day. Although one
might pardon the bitterness of an antago-
mist. II is difficult TO excuse the ignorance
which would pen the following;
II is said that the principal graves to & De
5sco-ared will be those of EliZabeth CaQy
Stanton and Susan B Anthony " nat QSeus @ !!
of their patriotism and self-sacrifice will II
commemorate2 Nhlle JhelT CUM @ : -. y ~ -
we're working with fervor and loEalty Ials-
ing money. preparing stores, senolng IheII IhII
nearest and dearest. nursing IN hosp!taI
and field these two suffraglsts diq ncthIIis
IF the kind In 1853 they formed petty
o-ganizstion which issued few resoil-
tioyr Had President Lincoln, with
his superhurnan task, received no NOR go 81.
frier+ s,1pport from American women lIlaH
4-,,, +besa two who were leading the SUI
frare cause. his efforts would have falleu.
Mrs. stanton's bridal trip was 10 tle
Worlds Anti-slavery Convention at Lon
don in 1870 The first time she ana NileS
A,+bonv ever met was at an anti-slavery
meeting in Syracuse. y. Y, IN Dol from
t,at time until the close Of the Civil war
NOT sneak and work for the movement TO
.rasics+e slavery. and this required cour-
ace and sacrifice that can hardly be real
- ar the nresent time Miss Anthony
t7or,a was one Of the underground sta
+,o,,s,, on the road from the South to Can
.da In 1888 the American Anti-SiaVery
c-t...- ervagad her as It's organizer in
nev York. and from then until the begin
cha
~ Of her time and strength 10 canvas
- +,a s+a+A and arranging meetings for
the .,ra-risonians. al which she and Mrs
ctar,on were among the speakers. In the
1-ipter of 1861 these meetings in all the
+o,-ne and cities from Buffalo 10 Albany
we're broken up by the rnobs, and a num-
,,.r ~ times when all the men speakers
fed from the platform, Miss Anthony stood
,,non II alone unfiinchingly and faced the
kissing. yelling and stamping OF these
drunken and infuriated mobs. and on more
than one occasion the cleaning of knives
and pistols When they spoke at Albany
the MAYOR sat beside them with a revolver
in his hand.
From the first 10 the last Of the war Miss
Antbonv's only two brothers were in the
army. Mrs Stanton had no brothers
nroclamation Of President Lincoln would
not be sufficient for the emancipation OF
tho slaves unless II was supported by
such Congressional action as would amend
the national constitution. Congress was
NOT willing unless authorized by mandate
of the people, and. IL was necessary to Sc
,,,re q monster petition. Immediately the
,,oIiticaI leaders called on Miss Anthony
n take charge of this great work. At
once she took up her abode with Mrs.
stanton in New York and they issued a
call for mass meeting Of the loyal
Uouen of the nation" In response an inn
rnense audience assembled on May IA in
D- George p. Cheevers famous Church Of
the P,lritans. Miss Anthony called the
meeting to order, and with a speech of
highest patriotism nominated Lucy Stone
for chairman Mrs. Stanton, Ernestine L.
Rose. the Rev Antoinette Brown Blackwell
ana Angelina Grimke Weld were among
,he speakers The Womens National
League was formed with Mrs. Stanton as
president ard Miss Anthony as secretary.
Another large meeting was held at Cooper