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*Alter the usual form of prever, the reverendgentleman continuedAnd we now bleea Thee for what Thy hand seem. to point out before ua: for the noblemen and for the noble women who are enga*.-.m promotingWe rejoice tnthe welfare of the human raceIn'the government of Thine andent people Thou dtabring oat of bondagepromise a Deborah. We rejoiceInstitutions are ho liberal anti freemany Deborahs are now to be found as honorshie as she Ofthey are calledolden ;Um6, who believefor thiedo a great work in our landations.*lor all succeeding geneWe pray that Thy blessing may be upon this*State, andupon the womenthishaveuponcome fromthese Thyothertothepeonnvolleservants,places tothewhospeakto-day upon the great questions Involved in their gathering; andso far as consistent with Thy will, we prayThee to let the blessings of the Father, Hon andHoly Uhost be upon them and their woik# that not only shall all disability be removed liom classes and conditions, but that all priv* lieges shall be secured and guaranteed, not only under the auspices of oar Constitution, %ut -t- under the benedictionthe ministersreligion. And we pray thateditorsmen having charge of educational interestspapers,in teresandthis country, the merchants and tradesmenfathers and mothers, and our homes, may ail besanctified with the benedictionsa wise jtndloving ProvidenceMLm•t -r - t* ; -A*REMARKS OK THE CHAIRMAN.*Mrs. Ixmgley, on taking the ehalr, expressedher thanks for the honor conferred,. but heel• ■tated to accept the duties Imposed, in view ofher inexperience In such a capacity.' Bhe thenproceeded to say:aMMa-a-It may be proper to say a few words explaining the object for which you have met, and thework to be done.Although prior to the late war much wassaid and written on the political inequality ofwoman with man, it was not until after the abo-lition of slavin the United 8tales thatgreatwardoranyadvance could he made to*It could but K* ho rcery in practicalcording to the law oi progress, for until the people’s moral vision was sufficiently developed tosee the greater wrong, they Could not comprehend the less. The same women who now advocate woman suffrage, devoted themselves to the liberation of the slave as Iona as the neces-has been done h|Btcause alladt-box,ally existed.Asallthemthathaswomen -Tan lt;io.been done exeeto bedone through theR kp roperthat she should now work for the elevation ofher own sex* As all minor Interests were setaside, and all energies concentrated on theone great object, the liberation of the slave, so.now that there is nothing more tor women to dofor them* they have determined to urn He In onegreat eft cut for woman suffrage
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Cincinnati Evening Chronicle
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Wed, Sep 15, 1869
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