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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : History of Woman Suffrage.Volume I.by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Mati
History of Woman Suffrage.Volume I.by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage.PREFACE.In preparing this work, our object has been to put into permanent shape the few scattered reports of the Woman Suffrage Movement still to be fo
- 301 and that "governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed." If these phrases are anything more than the meaningless utterances of demagogues, anything more than the hypocritical apologies of rebellious colonies in a strait--
- 302 On the death of either, the survivor shall be ent.i.tled to the use for life of one-third the estate of the deceased, which right cannot be defeated by will. If the deceased leaves no children or representatives of children, the survivor is ent.i.tled to
- 303 My first speech in public, I find by my old journal--which serves me better than I thought it would--was given in Music Hall in this city in November, 1870. This meeting was held under the auspices of the State a.s.sociation, and was presided over by the
- 304 CHAPTER x.x.xIII.RHODE ISLAND.Senator Anthony in _North American Review_--Convention in Providence--Work of State a.s.sociation--Report of Elizabeth B.Chace--Miss Ida Lewis--Letter of Frederick A. Hinckley--Last Words from Senator Anthony.Rhode Island, th
- 305 Yours respectfully, _Westerly, R. I._ ELIZA C. WEEDEN.Early in the year 1880 the State a.s.sociation issued the following address: _To the friends of Woman Suffrage throughout the State of Rhode Island:_ In behalf of the Rhode Island Woman Suffrage a.s.so
- 306 [177] [Signed:] _President_, Elizabeth B. Chace; _Secretaries_, f.a.n.n.y P. Palmer, Elizabeth C. Hinckley; _Treasurer_, Susan B. P.Martin; _Executive Committee_, Sarah E. H. Doyle, Susan Sisson, William Barker, Francis C. Frost, Anna E. Aldrich, Frederic
- 307 AUGUSTA, March 1, 1872.EDITORS WOMAN'S JOURNAL: I have never seen a letter in the _Woman's Journal_ written from Augusta, the capital of Maine, and as some things have transpired lately which might interest your readers, I take the liberty of wr
- 308 The legislature is authorized to enact any law which it deems reasonable and proper, provided it is not repugnant to the const.i.tution of this State, nor to that of the United States. A law authorizing the appointment of women to act as justices of the p
- 309 To the early influence of Nathaniel P. Rogers and his revolutionary journal, _The Herald of Freedom_, we may trace the general awakening of the true men and women of that State to new ideas of individual liberty. But while some gladly accepted his words a
- 310 Mr. MOSHER of Dover said: There ought to be a new motion gotten up; to "indefinitely postpone" is getting to be stereotyped. This bill needs no further championing. Its justice is apparent.Mr. HOBBS of Ossippee said: If women are capable of hold
- 311 [190] _President_, Mrs. Armenia S. White. _Vice-Presidents_, Rev.J.F. Lovering, Concord; Mrs. A.L. Thomas, Laconia; Ossian Ray, Lancaster; Mrs. S. Pillsbury, Concord; J.V. Aldrich, West Concord; Mrs. Mary Worcester, Nashua; Mrs. Mary Barker, Alton; Peter
- 312 Editors who have been battling the new reform with a zeal equaled only by that manifested against abolitionism a few years since, can see no necessary connection between the new movement and the general cause of woman's emanc.i.p.ation. Whether neces
- 313 Day; _Franklin_, none; _Grand Isle_, Miss I. Montgomery; _La Moille_, Carrie P. Carroll, Miss C. A. Parker; _Orange_, Miss F. H.Graves, Miss A. A. Clement, Miss V. L. Farnham, Miss F. Martin; _Orleans_, none; _Rutland_, Mrs. I. C. Adams, Miss H. M.Bromley
- 314 We most heartily welcome all movements for the cultivation of individual thought and character in woman, and would recommend the formation of such clubs throughout the country. The editors of the New York press have made known their dissatisfaction that n
- 315 In 1876 a presidential election was again approaching, and to meet the exigencies of the campaign a woman suffrage committee was formed to ask the legislature to grant presidential suffrage to women, as it was strictly within their power to do without a c
- 316 G. W. Husted of Westchester introduced it at once in the a.s.sembly and earnestly championed the measure. It pa.s.sed by a vote of 87 to 3. The bill was laid before the governor, who promptly affixed his signature to it, and thus, at last, secured to the
- 317 SYRACUSE, Oct. 14, 1881.--At the Fayetteville, Onondaga county, school district election yesterday, a direct issue was made on the question of woman's rights. The candidate of the women was chosen. This is the women's second victory in that plac
- 318 In the suit of Mr. Edward Jones to recover $860 which he alleged he had loaned to the Rev. Anna Oliver for the Willoughby Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, of which she was pastor, a verdict for the defendant was rendered. Miss Oliver addressed
- 319 [221] For Judge Hunt's decision, see Volume II., page 677.[222] Miss Charlotte C. Jackson, the valedictorian of the Normal College of New York; Miss Mary Hussey of Orange, New Jersey; Miss Mosher of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Miss Emma Wendt, daughter of M
- 320 Pierce--The Citizens' Suffrage a.s.sociation, 333 Walnut Street, Edward M. Davis, President--Pet.i.tions to the Legislature--Const.i.tutional Convention, 1873--Bishop Simpson, Mary Grew, Sarah C. Hallowell, Matilda Hindman, Mrs. Stanton, Address the
- 321 The general agitation of the question: What are women best qualified for in the struggle for existence? naturally led liberal minds to the opening of new avenues for the employment of their talents, shared equally with men. Her right to practice in medici
- 322 Hence the necessity of holding meetings throughout the State, and rolling up pet.i.tions asking that the const.i.tution be so amended as to secure to women the right to vote. The following appeal was issued by this a.s.sociation: _To the Editor of the Pos
- 323 "And you are not lonesome out here?""Oh! no. I never was lonesome an hour in my life--don't have time; I have a great deal of work to do, and am always ready to do it. Indeed, the only people I pity are those who do not work, or find n
- 324 [263] PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10, 1870.--The formal opening of Swarthmore College took place this afternoon, when a large number of its friends were conveyed thither in a special train on the Westchester railroad. The audience a.s.sembled in the lecture room,
- 325 The legislature of 1807 departed from this wise and just precedent, and pa.s.sed an arbitrary act, in direct violation of the const.i.tutional provision, restricting the suffrage to white male adult citizens, and this despotic ordinance was deliberately e
- 326 From the following description by Mrs. Devereux Blake, we have conclusive evidence of woman's capacity to govern under most trying circ.u.mstances: A certain little woman living in Jersey City has, from time to time, occupied a portion of public cons
- 327 From the list of resolutions considered and adopted, I send the following: _Resolved_, That as the Democratic party has long since abolished the political aristocracy of wealth; and the Republican party has now abolished the aristocracy of race; so the tr
- 328 She is as far from it as Susan B. Anthony was when pus.h.i.+ng her ballot into the box. And all the difference between the musical saint spilling the precious liquid and the unmusical saint offering her vote is, that the latter tried to kill several birds
- 329 We are indebted to Annie Laurie Quinby for the following account of the founding of a hospital for women and children, and of some of the difficulties women encountered in gaining admittance into the medical colleges: Mrs. Quinby says: In 1867, some Cinci
- 330 [301] _President_, Mrs. Judge Caldwell; _Secretary_, Mrs. Bushnell; _Treasurer_, Mrs. Ammon.[302] The officers of the Painesville Society, 1885, are, _President_, Mrs. Frances Jennings Cas.e.m.e.nt; _Vice-Presidents_, Mrs. Eliza P. Chesney, Mrs. Lydia Wil
- 331 The reasons which have influenced the committee in recommending an amendment so radical and sweeping in the changes which it will create if finally adopted by the people, are briefly these: The question of granting the right of suffrage to women equally w
- 332 Mrs. Gardner's name was retained on the ward voting list, and she voted every year until she left the city for the education of her children.Before the University at Ann Arbor was opened to girls in 1869, there had been several attempts to establish
- 333 Livermore, editor _Woman's Journal_, Boston; Hannah Tracy Cutler, Illinois; Rev. J. M. McCarthy, Saginaw; Mrs. J. C. Dexter, Ionia; Mrs. D. C. Blakeman, Lucinda H. Stone, Kalamazoo; Adelle Hazlett, Hillsdale; Rev. J. S. Loveland, D. M. Fox, Battle Cr
- 334 In the _Sentinel_ of June 11, 1869, an editorial appeared whose evident object was to rea.s.sure the public mind and to restore to peace and confidence any souls that might have been agitated during the convention by so unusual and novel an exercise as th
- 335 In the spring of 1882 the officers of the State society issued a call for a ma.s.s-meeting, to which "all women within the boundaries of the State who believed in equal suffrage, or were interested in the fate of the pending amendment," were inv
- 336 As has been indicated in another connection, it was the legislature of 1881 which distinguished itself by pa.s.sing a bill for amending section 2 of article II. of the State const.i.tution so as to give women the right to vote in all elections. The legisl
- 337 In closing this able report for Indiana a few facts in regard to the author may interest the general reader as well as the student of history.Mrs. May Wright Sewall has been well known for many years in Indianapolis in the higher departments of education,
- 338 Willard--Social Science a.s.sociation--Art Union--International Congress at Paris--Jane Graham Jones--Moline a.s.sociation.Illinois, one of the Central States in our vast country, stretching over five and a half degrees of lat.i.tude, was admitted to the
- 339 ANNA d.i.c.kINSON: I certainly do not intend to fight Mr.Collier. I believe I have the name of not being a belligerent woman. Mr. Collier says sympathy is one thing and logic is another. Very true! I did not speak of the 40,000 women in the State of Ma.s.
- 340 _Sixth_--She must take an active part in the management of County Teachers' Inst.i.tutes, and labor in every way to improve the quality of teaching in her county._Seventh_--She must hear, examine, and determine all questions and controversies under s
- 341 Hon. Frank Sanborn, in his annual report to the American Social Science a.s.sociation, mentioned the formation of a branch society[370] in this State. He said: Like the State Charities Aid a.s.sociation of New York, which was organized and is directed by
- 342 Against the acc.u.mulated precedents of all the ages, you and your n.o.ble coadjutors have rebelled in the face of derision for fifty long, weary years. Was ever such sublime womanly heroism and self-sacrifice before known? Was ever such worth of culture,
- 343 Babbitt, Chicago; Third, Mrs. Chas. E. Brown. Evanston; Fourth, Mrs. Carrie A. Potter, Rockford; Fifth, Mrs. F. A. W. s.h.i.+mer, Mt.Carroll; Sixth, Mrs. Sarah C. McIntosh, Joliet; Thirteenth, Mrs. B.M. Prince, Bloomington; Fourteenth, Mrs. C. B. Bostwick
- 344 OFFICE OF WESTERN SANITARY COMMISSION, } SAINT LOUIS, MO., Oct. 8th, 1862. } Mrs. Couzins has been detailed to service in the hospital steamer T.L. McGill, as volunteer nurse.N.B.--If the place of service is changed, a new certificate will be issued.JAMES
- 345 The advocates of suffrage in St. Louis made their attacks at once in both Church[379] and State, and left no means of agitation untried. There has never been an a.s.sociation in any State that comprised so many able men and women who gave their best thoug
- 346 Although ignorant and prejudiced, he created a fanatical stampede, and in the goodness of their hearts and the weakness of their heads, our church women in the Woman's Union proposed to give to the three temperance clubs, numbering perhaps 150, the f
- 347 The euphonious Indian name, Iowa, signifying "the beautiful land,"is peculiarly appropriate to those gently undulating prairies, decorated in the season of flowers with a brilliant garniture of honey-suckles, ja.s.samines, wild roses and violets
- 348 At the annual convention of 1874, at Des Moines, Bishop Gilbert Haven of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a clear and liberal thinker, made a very impressive speech on the power woman could wield with the ballot in her own hand in making our towns and citi
- 349 Section 1, of Article I., as to the right of suffrage, and Section 4, of Article III., which provides that members of the legislature must be free white male citizens. "Free" and "white" have lost their meaning (if the words in that us
- 350 Surrounding the inscription is a wreath of leaves and beneath it the great seal of Iowa.The presentation was made at Ogden in the presence of 3,000 people. It was given in the name of the State of Iowa by Mr.Welker Given, secretary to Governor Sherman, Ju
- 351 CHAPTER XLVI.WISCONSIN.Progressive Legislation--The Rights of Married Women--The Const.i.tution Shows Four Cla.s.ses Having the Right to Vote--Woman Suffrage Agitation--C. L. Sholes' Minority Report, 1856--Judge David Noggle and J. T. Mills' Min
- 352 The Rev. Father Mahoney, of St. John's Cathedral, preached a temperance sermon to a large concourse of people yesterday morning, in which he heartily indorsed the action of Mayor Stowell in his war against the ordinary saloon, and declared that he sh
- 353 Girls in State University--Sarah Burger Stearns--Harriet E.Bishop the First Teacher in St. Paul--Mary J. Colburn Won the Prize--Mrs. Jane Grey Swisshelm, St. Cloud--Fourth of July Oration, 1866--First Legislative Hearing, 1867--Governor Austin's Veto
- 354 To Doctors Hood and Whetstone is due the credit of establis.h.i.+ng the Northwestern Hospital for Women and Children, and training school for nurses, of which they are now the attending physicians; and Dr. Hood also attends the Bethany Home, founded by th
- 355 Carpenter, Mrs. A. T. Anderson and Mrs. Laura Howe Carpenter, Minneapolis.[449] From John G. Whittier, Mrs. Julia B. Nelson (teaching school in Tennessee) and Henry B. Blackwell.[450] Miss Carrie Holbrook, Miss Eva McIntyre, Miss Harriman.[451] See Append
- 356 JUSTICE.Mr. Pickler, who had taken an active part in the discussion on the amendment, received many letters of thanks from the friends of woman suffrage throughout the nation, and made his acknowledgments in the following cordial letter to Mrs. Matilda Jo
- 357 _Resolved_, That we, the members of the House of Representatives, of the legislature of Nebraska, are in favor of impartial and universal suffrage, and believe fully in the equality of all races, colors and s.e.xes at the ballot-box.This was not intended
- 358 Meanwhile a general favorable sentiment was growing. In noting this it would not be right to omit mention of Mrs. Harbert's "Woman's Kingdom," in the Chicago _Inter-Ocean_, which circulated largely among country readers. The Omaha _Rep
- 359 I would both extend and contract the right to vote in our republic; extend it so that intelligence without regard to color or s.e.x should rule, and contract it so that ignorance should be ruled. If this be not the cure for the political ills that threate
- 360 _Nays_--Messrs. Beck, Bowen, Gibson, Harsh, Laird, Miller, Moore, Morton, McDonald, Riden, Salisbury--11.[459] It is a pleasure to record that both these gentlemen have reached the logical result of their former views, and now advocate giving the franchis
- 361 This was promptly done, and so enraged him that the following week he published a tirade of abuse consisting of brazen falsehoods, whereupon a gentleman called a halt, by faithfully promising to chastise him if he did not desist, which had the desired eff
- 362 Most of these inst.i.tutions have one woman, or more, in their faculties. One-half of the faculty of the State University is composed of women. In the last report of the State superintendent is the following: The ratio of female teachers is greater than e
- 363 Roland, Cherryvale; Judge Lorenzo Westover, Clyde; Mr. V. P.Wilson, Abilene; Hon. Albert Griffin, Manhattan; Mrs. A. O.Carpenter, Emporia; Mrs. n.o.ble Prentis, Atchison; Mrs. S. S. Moore, Burden; Mrs. Emma Faris, Carnerio; Mrs. Houghton and Mrs. Farrer,
- 364 A column in the Denver _Rocky Mountain News_, a pioneer paper then edited by W. N. Byers, was offered the woman suffrage a.s.sociation, through which to urge our claims. The column was put into the hands of Mrs. Campbell, the wife of E. L. Campbell, of th
- 365 [490] Consisting of Dr. R. G. Buckingham, chairman, Hon. John Evans, Judge G. W. Miller, Benjamin D. Spencer, A. J. Williams, Captain Richard Sopris, E. B. s.l.u.th, John Armor, Hon. E. L.Campbell, John Walker, J. U. Marlow, Col. W. H. Bright, John G.Lill
- 366 "LADY JURORS."--Under this head the New Orleans _Times_, the ablest and largest paper in the South, said: Confusion is becoming worse confounded by the hurried march of events. Mad theorizings take the form of every-day realities, and in the con
- 367 The world does not stand still. The dawn of Christianity was the dawn of light for woman. For eighteen centuries she has been gradually but slowly rising from the condition of drudge and servant for man, to become his helpmeet, counselor and companion. As
- 368 The central figure in the seal of California is the presiding G.o.ddess of that State, her spear in one hand, the other resting on her s.h.i.+eld, the cabalistic word "Eureka" over her head and a bear crouching quietly at her feet. She seems to
- 369 Remembering the hard struggle by which the right to practice law had been secured to women, and the danger of leaving it to the caprice of future legislatures, Mrs. Gordon drafted a clause which protects women in all lawful vocations, and by persistent ef
- 370 [503] At the close of the convention a State society was organized, with the following officers: _President_, Mrs. A. A. Haskell of Petaluma; _Vice-Presidents_, Mrs. J. W. McComb of San Francisco, Mrs. Denio of Solano, Mrs. Kingsbury of San Diego, Mrs. E.
- 371 I went to Southern Oregon in 1879, and while sojourning in Jacksonville was a.s.sailed with a shower of eggs (since known in that section as "Jacksonville arguments") and was also burned in effigy on a princ.i.p.al street after the sun went down
- 372 SEC. 2. This act to take effect from and after its pa.s.sage.Approved November 29, 1871. EDWARD S. SOLOMON, _Governor_.When the proclamation to hold a convention to form a const.i.tution preparatory to our admission into the Union as a State, was issued,
- 373 While this pet.i.tion was being circulated, favorable articles appeared from time to time in the public prints. The following, signed "Fatima," the _nom de plume_ of Clara Merrick Guthrie, appeared in the _Democrat_: A well-known notary signed t
- 374 The State Pharmaceutical a.s.sociation, formed in 1882 with 110 members, unanimously elected Miss Eliza Rudolph a member. Miss Rudolph was then the only woman in the drug business. Having been refused admission to the medical college of the State Universi
- 375 T. H. MUNDINE, BENJ. WATROUS, WM. H. FLEMING, L. P. HARRIS.A DECLARATION.Be it declared by the people of Texas in convention a.s.sembled, that the following shall be a section of the const.i.tution of the State of Texas, known as section ---- of article -
- 376 "Very sincerely your friend, E. L. SAXON.""_May 5, 1879._"[518] Of her speech Mrs. Merrick writes: "Fearing that I could not be heard, I proposed to my son-in law, Mr. Guthrie, that he should read it for me, but Mrs. Saxon objecte
- 377 strong to the registrar's office, but were repulsed. They tried afterwards to vote, but were refused, whereupon Mrs. Spencer sued the inspectors, and Mrs. Webster sued the registrars, so testing their rights in two suits in the Supreme Court of the D
- 378 That women might have munic.i.p.al and presidential suffrage by statute; that in marriage women might own their property as men own theirs; that women who were married might be the legal guardians of their children's property and persons as well as t
- 379 Hughes of Raleigh, a bright mulatto girl, as deacon in the church. Shortly after the close of the late war, my husband being then incapacitated for work by wounds received in the Mexican and the civil war, and my sons under age, I applied to Governor Jona
- 380 At Huntsville lives Mrs. Priscilla Holmes Drake, whose name has stood as representative of our National a.s.sociation in Alabama since 1868.XII.--GEORGIA.We give a letter from Georgia's great statesman, defining his views of woman's sphere: HOUS
- 381 F. McMaster, John Hallam, esq.; _Treasurer_, Mrs. W. B. Hamilton; _Secretary_, Miss J. Foulds; _Executive Committee_, Mrs. McKenzie, Mrs. S. McMaster, Mrs. Riches, Mrs. Miller, Miss Hamilton, Miss McMaster, Miss Alexander, William Houston, J. L. Foulds, P
- 382 In the subst.i.tution of the word "man" for that of "male person"in the Reform act of 1832, a great difference was already discernable, but this difference was more important when taken into conjunction with what was popularly known as
- 383 This kind of injustice was shown in a marked manner in the case of certain women ratepayers of Bridgewater, who, in a memorial addressed to you in 1871, set forth the grievance of most heavy and unjust taxation which was levied on them, in common with the
- 384 Just before the opening of parliament in 1881, Mr. Courtney accepted a position in the administration, which rendered it impossible for him to continue in charge of any independent measure. By his advice, application was made to Mr. Hugh Mason, member for
- 385 To bring in a new cla.s.s, under new conditions, whilst continuing to exclude those who fulfill the present conditions, would be very injurious to those excluded and set a wrong example before the community. Every enlargement of the electoral franchise fo
- 386 Women are also sometimes appointed as church wardens, overseers of the roads, and registrars of births and deaths. These are the only public offices they fill.Under the second heading, the removal of legal disabilities, is included the Married Woman'
- 387 Chant, Mrs. Hodgson, Bonaly; Miss Tod, Belfast; Mrs. Somerville, Dalkeith; Mrs. Forbes, Loanhead; Mrs. D. Greig, Mrs. Erskine Murray, Miss Greig, Mrs. Lindsay, Miss Barton and Mrs. A. Campbell, Glasgow; Miss Simpson, Miss Caldwell, Portobello; Mrs. M'
- 388 Concepcion Arenal, the distinguished Spanish auth.o.r.ess, signals several signs of progress in her country. This lady writes: In the schools founded by the Madrid a.s.sociation for the Education of Women, nearly five hundred girls pursue courses in pedag
- 389 Concerning the higher education of women Dr. van Diest writes: There existed in Belgium some years ago a law which required students who would enter the university, to pa.s.s the examination of graduate in letters (_gradue-en-lettres_). Candidates for thi
- 390 The Greek woman in the Orient must be studied under two heads: the Greek woman in Turkey and the Greek woman in Greece. In both cases we find them filled with the spirit of western civilization--perhaps it would be better to say, with the spirit of their
- 391 There, too, I met some Positivists, who, though quite reasonable on religious questions, were very narrow on the sphere of woman. The difference in s.e.x, which is the very reason why men and women should be a.s.sociated in all spheres of activity, they m
- 392 Mr. and Mrs. Clark I found very agreeable, progressive people, with a nice family of boys and girls. Like all English children, they suffered too much repression, while our American children have too much lat.i.tude. If we could strike the happy medium be
- 393 Ford, Mrs. E. C. Buffam, Mrs. Cora A. Jones, Mrs. Clara M. Wilson; _Wisconsin_, Laura Ross Wolcott, M. Josephine Pearce, Eliza T.Wilson, H. S. Brown; _Minnesota_, Sarah Burger Stearns; _Kansas_, Susan E. Wattles, Elsie Stewart, Henrietta L. Miller, Lottie
- 394 "In a judicial sense, their authority is absolute and unlimited, except by the express restrictions of the fundamental law" (Court of Appeals, 1863, Bank of Chenango vs. Brown, 26 N. Y., 467; S. P., Cathcart vs. Fire Department of New York, Id.,
- 395 PENNSYLVANIA STATUTES AND COURT DECISIONS.This "perfection of reason" (the common law) has been changed in Pennsylvania in the following particulars: All women, married and single, are deprived of political rights by the use of the generic word
- 396 Section 1, article 2 of the const.i.tution provides that electors shall be appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State may direct. When the legislature of a State, in obedience to that provision, has, by law, directed the manner of appointme
- 397 CHAPTER XLVII.MINNESOTA.[A.]In the early days, long before the organization of either State or local societies, there were, besides those mentioned in the main chapter, a few earnest women who were ever ready to subscribe for suffrage papers and circulate
- 398 Grant, Jennie Lynch, Miss Wilson, Miss Lilla Inness, Mrs. George Eastman, Mrs. Paine, Mrs. Fannie Smith, Miss Alice Page, Mrs.Hunter; _Winona_, Mrs. W. Ely, Mrs. Ella Newell, Miss D. E. Barr; _Lake City_, Mrs. H. B. Sargent, Mrs. J. G. Richardson, Bessie
- 399 First swimming bath for ladies, opened in Marylebone, July 14.1859. Society for the Employment of Women established in London, June 22.1860. Law-copying Office for women opened February 15....Victoria Printing Press, established March 26.... Inst.i.tution
- 400 The History of Woman Suffrage.Volume IV.by Various.PREFACE After the movement for woman suffrage, which commenced about the middle of the nineteenth century, had continued for twenty-five years, the feeling became strongly impressed upon its active promot