he press, and is a woman of no mean ability. Her mild, beaming
countenance and the affectionate tones of her voice, disprove
that she is any less a woman than those who do not "speak in
public on the stage." Mrs. Love is a new caterer to public favor,
and promises well. Some have remarked that she is well named,
being a "Love of a woman." Mrs. Jenkins is a fluent and agreeable
speaker, and has a good degree of power in swaying an audience.
But Mrs. Rose is the queen of the company. On the educational
question in particular, she rises to a high standard of
oratorical power. When speaking of Hungary and her own crushed
Poland, she is full of eloquence and pathos, and she has as great
a power to chain an audience as any of our best male speakers.
_The Evening Journal_ (Thurlow Weed, editor): WOMAN'S
RIGHTS.--Mr. Channing and Mrs. Rose pleaded the cause of woman's
rights before the Senate Committee of bachelors yesterday. The
only effect produced was a determination more fixed than ever in
the minds of the committee, to _remain_ bachelors in the event of
the success of the movement. And who would blame them?
The same champions, with others probably, will speak to the House
Committee in the Assembly Chamber this afternoon; and Mr.
Channing and Mrs. Rose make addresses in Association Hall this
evening. Price twenty-five cents.
_The Albany Register_: WOMEN IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.--The Senate
was alarmed yesterday afternoon. It surrendered to progress. The
Select Committee to whom the women's rights petitions had been
referred, took their seats on the president's platform, looking
as grave as possible. Never had Senators Robertson, Yost, and
Field been in such responsible circumstances. They were calm, but
evidently felt themselves in great peril.
In the circle of the Senate, ranged in invincible row, sat seven
ladies, from quite pretty to quite plain.
Ernestine L. Rose and Rev. William Henry Channing presented the
arguments and appeals to the Committee, and Mrs. Rose invited them to
ask questions. _The Register_ concludes:
The Honorable Senators quailed beneath the trial. There was a
terrible silence, and the audience eager to hear what the other
ladies had to say, were wretched when they found that the
Committee had silently dissolved--surrendered.
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