Women -- Suffrage -- History; Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History; Women's rights -- History; Women's rights -- United States -- History
MRS. HOYT: In Madison we had a very large and flourishing
"Soldiers' Aid Society." We were the headquarters for that part
of the State. A great many ladies worked in our Aid Society, and
assisted us, who utterly refused to join with the Loyal League,
because, they said, it would damage the Aid Society. We
recognized that fact, and kept it purely distinct as a Ladies'
Loyal League, for the promotion of the loyal sentiment of the
North, and to reach the soldiers in the field by the most direct
and practical means which were in our power. We have a great many
very flourishing Ladies' Loyal Leagues throughout the West, and
we have kept them sacred from Anti-Slavery, Woman's Rights,
Temperance, and everything else, good though they may be. In our
League we have three objects in view. The first is, retrenchment
in household expenses, to the end that the material resources of
the Government may be, so far as possible, applied to the entire
and thorough vindication of its authority. Second, to strengthen
the loyal sentiment of the people at home, and instil a deeper
love of the national flag. The third and most important object
is, to write to the soldiers in the field, thus reaching nearly
every private in the army, to encourage and stimulate him in the
way that ladies know how to do. I state again, it is not an
Anti-Slavery objection. I will vote for every Anti-Slavery
movement in this Convention. I object to the Woman's Rights
resolutions, and nothing else.
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