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History of Woman Suffrage Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the History of Woman Suffrage novel. A total of 255 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : History of Woman Suffrage.by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Josly
History of Woman Suffrage.by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage.VOL. I.1848-1861.PREFACE.In preparing this work, our object has been to put into permanent shape the few scattered reports of the Woman Suffrage Movement still
- 201 _Q._ State what tickets she voted, if you know, Mr. Jones. _A._ If I recollect right she voted the Electoral ticket, Congressional ticket, State ticket, and a.s.sembly ticket._Q._ Was there an election for member of Congress from that district and for Rep
- 202 But, beyond that, whether she was a legal voter or not, whether she was ent.i.tled to a vote or not, if she sincerely believed that she had a right to vote, and offered her ballot in good faith, under that belief, whether right or wrong, by the laws of th
- 203 Withholding names, I will state the facts with fullness and accuracy.An educated and refined woman, who had been many years before deserted by her drunken husband, was living in a small village of Western New York, securing, by great economy and intense l
- 204 Mr. Justice Was.h.i.+ngton, in the case of Corfield _vs._ Coryell (4 Wash. C. C. Rep. 380), speaking of the "privileges and immunities" of the citizen, as mentioned in Sec. 2, Art. 4, of the Const.i.tution, after enumerating the personal rights
- 205 The conclusions of the writer here are correct, but in a part of the statement the learned author has thrown some obscurity over his own principles. The doctrines elsewhere enunciated by him, show with great clearness, that in such cases the state of the
- 206 It appeared on the trial that before voting the defendant called upon a respectable lawyer, and asked his opinion whether she had a right to vote, and he advised her that she had such right, and the lawyer was examined as a witness in her behalf, and test
- 207 Miss ANTHONY: Yes, your honor, I have many things to say; for in your ordered verdict of guilty, you have trampled underfoot every vital principle of our government. My natural rights, my civil rights, my political rights, are all alike ignored. Robbed of
- 208 Mr. Van Voorhis addressed the Court at some length, submitting that there was no ground whatever to charge these defendants (the Inspectors) with any criminal offense, 1. Because the women who voted were legal voters. 2. Because they were challenged and t
- 209 At this time, before any entry had been made by the clerk, your pet.i.tioner's counsel asked the judge to submit the case to the jury, and to give to the jury the following several instructions.[See page 680.]The judge declined to submit the case to
- 210 It may not be amiss here, gentlemen, to remind you of the good old rule, that on questions of fact it is the province of the jury, on questions of law it is the province of the court, to decide. But it must be observed that by the same law which recognize
- 211 In this case, therefore, the committee think the Government is under a moral obligation to indemnify the pet.i.tioner.In this claim of Lyon, after remaining before Congress until 1840, a bill, upon a favorable report of the Committee on the Judiciary, was
- 212 1. Because said Virginia L. Minor, plaintiff, had no right to vote at the general election held in November, 1872, in said pet.i.tion referred to.2. Because said Virginia L. Minor had no right to be registered for voting by said defendant, at the time and
- 213 and you have the key to the whole position. We will now consider the clauses of the Const.i.tution before recited, somewhat in detail: As to "bills of attainder," "due process of law," etc. "No State shall pa.s.s any bill of attai
- 214 This clause was manifestly introduced to prevent any perverse or ingenious misapplication of the well-known maxim, that an affirmative in particular cases implies a negative in all others; and, _e converso_, that a negative in particular cases implies an
- 215 The Const.i.tution does not define the privileges and immunities of citizens. For that definition we must look elsewhere. In this case we need not determine what they are, but only whether suffrage is necessarily one of them.It certainly is nowhere made s
- 216 The following review of this important case is from the January number, 1876, of the _Central Law Journal_, St. Louis, Missouri: WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN ITS LEGAL ASPECT--A REVIEW OF THE CASE OF MINOR _vs._ HAPPERSETT, 21 WALLACE, U. S. REPORTS.As a rule, respe
- 217 _First Judge._ Women are voters but they can't vote. Voting is a privilege and not a natural right, and must be conferred; it has clearly been conferred by the supreme law of the land, therefore women can not vote. A little voting is a good thing, bu
- 218 Pending the report of the Committee on Credentials, Mrs. Lucy Stone presented letters from several persons[181] who had been unable to attend the Convention, but desired to give expression to their sympathy with its object. In a few preliminary remarks sh
- 219 SEC. 9. Five members of the Executive Committee, when convened by the Chairman, after fifteen days written notice previously mailed to each of its members, shall const.i.tute a quorum. But no action thus taken shall be final, until such proceedings shall
- 220 People say she ought to influence gently and quietly, and not to govern by force. Now if there is anything which means influence and not force, except indirectly and secondarily, it is the ballot-box! We had an administration two years ago which had all t
- 221 Gentlemen, very few of us are very young women. We have forty, fifty, some of us seventy years of life behind us. We have stood on this eminence where you in your mistaken kindness and gallantry placed us, and we have been all this time looking down upon
- 222 LUCY STONE here read a letter of regret from William Lloyd Garrison, in which he stated that he was ill and confined to his bed, and therefore unable to be present. She read, also, a letter from Mrs. Haskell, of California, expressing earnest and hearty s
- 223 The Convention then adjourned _sine die_.THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE a.s.sOCIATION was held in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 22 and 23, 1870.Col. T. W. HIGGINSON, first Vice-President, called the meeting to order, and addressed the aud
- 224 Is this an extreme view? What! can there be an extreme view, when one is considering individual freedom? Set bounds to the political, social, or religious liberty of a man, and what figures of speech would he employ? The advocates of the XV.Amendment put
- 225 Mrs. LIVERMORE, referring to Mr. Gladden's remarks, said there was nothing so painful to her as the lack of faith in republicanism among cultivated American gentlemen. Political atheism seemed to be rife among them. What wonder that political corrupt
- 226 Some disappointment was felt at the unavoidable absence of Mr.Garrison, Mrs. Bowles, and Mrs. Livermore, the two former being detained by severe indisposition. In consequence of an error of dates on the part of the proprietors of Steinway Hall, the meetin
- 227 ANDOVER, Ma.s.s., Sept. 29, 1873.MY DEAR MRS. STONE:--My regret at not being able to attend the meetings of the American Suffrage a.s.sociation this year, is not consoled by the pleasure of expressing, by letter, my warmest sympathy with their objects; bu
- 228 Having spoken of the East and the West, let me say how welcome to us of the East are occasions which make us better acquainted with our fellow-workers and believers of the West. The late Mr. Seward once said that slavery was sectional and freedom National
- 229 Mr. BRADLAUGH at once came forward from the rear of the hall, where he had been sitting, and mounting the platform, said: I only came forward in obedience to a call which it would be impertinence to refuse here to-night. I came to be a listener and with n
- 230 Addresses were made by Rev. John Snyder, of St. Louis; Lucy Stone; Mrs. Duniway, of Oregon, and Mrs. Livermore; after which the audience rose and united in singing the doxology, and the meeting adjourned.In November, 1877, the American Woman Suffrage a.s.
- 231 _Bunker Hill, McCoupin Co., Ill., Oct. 23, 1879._ Mrs. Cutler continued in a pertinent speech. Miss Hindman followed with an able argument to show why and where women need the ballot. Mrs. E. d.i.c.kerson, of St. Louis, Dr. Wilson, of Cincinnati, and Lucy
- 232 Griffith, of Iowa; Rev. R. Fisk, Canton, N. Y.; A. N. Fretz, of Virginia; Rev. Edward Eggleston, of Chicago; Hon. Sharon Tyndale, and Hon. George Fisher, of Illinois.[182] New Hamps.h.i.+re--Nathaniel White, Armenia S. White, Miss Dr. Hunt, of Concord; Mi
- 233 WHEREAS, The Republicans have a large majority in both houses of Congress; therefore, _Resolved_, That we call upon Congress to enact a law establis.h.i.+ng impartial suffrage for all citizens irrespective of s.e.x, in the District of Columbia and the Ter
- 234 3. _Resolved_, That the American Woman Suffrage a.s.sociation records its grateful appreciation of their invaluable service and its sense of irreparable loss, now that the eloquent voice is silent, the ready pen dropped, and the generous hand is cold in d
- 235 WAs.h.i.+NGTON, _March 1, 1869_.MISS CARROLL:--I can not take leave of my public life without expressing my deep sense of your services to the country during the whole period of our National troubles. Although a citizen of a State almost unanimously dislo
- 236 Hoping that the Committee in charge of the matter may have success, I am, very truly yours, THOMAS A. SCOTT.Editorial from the _National Citizen_ (Syracuse, N. Y.), September, 1881: THE CONTRAST.--"Look on this picture and on that." While President Jame
- 237 DEATH OF MRS. JOSEPHINE S. GRIFFING.--Yesterday morning, at two o'clock, Mrs. Josephine S. Griffing departed to a higher life. A woman of rare beauty of character, of uncommon executive capacity and judgment, and ever inspired by a beautiful and self-sac
- 238 You and I believe if the present Administration had done its duty, the rebellion would have been put down long ago. Hence, we hold it with its supporters responsible for the terrible waste of treasure and of blood thus far, and for that which is to follow
- 239 GREEN GROVE, LUZERNE CO., PA., _May 8, 1863_.DEAR MADAM:--With pleasure I read the "Call," and gladly would respond to it in person, but must be content with sending my name.Prospectively I see the places of meeting filled to overflowing, every eye kind
- 240 MISS S. B. ANTHONY:--Not being able to attend your meeting, I desire to convey to you personally my heartfelt appreciation of your work.If, as the call implies, your object is to help create and keep alive a loyal public sentiment, it is truly praiseworth
- 241 Cordially yours, MARIA P. CODDING.IOWA.COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.Most gladly does my heart respond to the call, and most earnestly do I hope that the deliberations on that occasion will result in much good to women and to the cause you meet to promote. The wom
- 242 Mrs. SPENCE: If your husbands propose to pay three hundred dollars, would you urge them to go themselves?Mrs. STANTON: We shall urge them to go as to the post of glory.Mrs. LOVELAND would urge her husband. She was very severe on the skedaddlers to Canada
- 243 _Resolved_, That each lady to whom the pledge and pet.i.tion blanks are inclosed be requested to bring them to the notice of the clergymen and teachers in her vicinity, with a request that they shall take some action in the matter._Resolved_, That such la
- 244 OFFICE OF THE WOMEN'S LOYAL NATIONAL LEAGUE, } Room No. 20, Cooper Inst.i.tute, N. Y., _April 7, 1864_. } _Dear Friend:_--With this you will receive a Form of a Pet.i.tion to Congress, the object of which you can not mistake nor regard with indifference.
- 245 Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered the literary address, and two days were devoted to the examination of incoming pupils. Feeling very little satisfaction in the success of Colleges intended for the separate s.e.xes, I take more pleasure in speaking of the Bak
- 246 Last November deprived us of Lady Theresa Lewes and Mrs. Gaskell. Mrs.Gaskell has perhaps done more than any woman of this century, not confessedly devoted to our cause, to elevate the condition of her s.e.x, and disseminate liberal ideas as to their need
- 247 DEAR MRS. STANTON:--I have received yours of 14th inst., making eloquent and friendly appeal to me for the expression of my sympathy, written or spoken, in behalf of your forthcoming "Woman's Rights Convention." Surely you need not my a.s.s
- 248 MISS SUSAN B. ANTHONY--_Dear Friend_:--It has proved impossible for me to attend the Convention; and I hope it is unnecessary, so far as my own position is concerned, for me to renew my allegiance to the Equal Rights movement. It seems to me the most glar
- 249 148 MADISON AVENUE, _April 14, 1867_.DEAR MRS. STANTON:--Please accept the trifle enclosed, $20, as a token of my friends.h.i.+p to the good cause, whose mighty burden of enlightenment is to hold the growth of future cycles with an all-controlling destiny
- 250 Let me state the political situation. The radical principles of the North are immovably fixed upon negro suffrage as a condition of Southern State reconstruction. The proposed Const.i.tutional Amendment is not regarded as a finality. It satisfies n.o.body
- 251 By order of the Executive Committee.MRS. HON. E. G. ROSS, MRS. GRIFFITH, MRS. EX GOV. ROBINSON, MRS. R. S. TENNEY, MRS. JUDGE THACHER, MRS. REV. W. A. STARRETT, MRS. JUDGE MILLER, MRS. REV. R. CORDLEY, MRS. JUDGE BURNETT, MRS. REV. G. S. DEARBORN, MRS. JU
- 252 Gentlemen--I saw this morning with equal surprise and regret in the _Democrat and Chronicle_ the following article: "We understand that Miss Susan B. Anthony, in company with Mrs.Matilda Joslyn Gage, intends to lecture through Ontario County. She is
- 253 Sincerely yours, SUSAN B. ANTHONY.WOMAN SUFFRAGE ABOVE HUMAN LAW.LETTER FROM GERRIT SMITH.PETERBORO, August 15, 1873 SUSAN B. ANTHONY--DEAR FRIEND: I have your letter. So you have not paid your fine; are not able to pay it; and are not willing to pay it!I
- 254 The Supreme Court of the United States say: "Another guarantee of freedom was broken when Milligan was denied a trial by jury. The great minds of the country have differed on the correct interpretation to be given to various provisions of the Federal Con
- 255 The great usurpation is now affirmed, legalized, by the decree of the Judicial Department of this government! More than 20,000,000 of the people of this Nation have been declared without the pale of political rights secured to them by the Const.i.tution o