The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-08-17
Another woman's Rights Convention.

We gave a brief notice, few days since, of
Woman's Rights Conyeption held at Seneca Falls,
n. Y; and we now have before us the proceedings
Of another Convention of a similar. character, held
at Rochester, on the 9th inst. The Rochester Adj
vertiser says there was large attendance, and
the proceedings We're characterized b. zeal spirit
talent and enthusiasm rarely e1eelled in conven-
tons of any character held amongst us. .
The following ladies' were chosen officers of the
Convention: Mrs Abigail Bush, President Laura
Murray and Catherine A. +. Stebbins, Yice-Presi
dents; Sarah l., HaIOwell and Mary II. Halloweu
Secretaries
Mr.. William c. Neil read an eloquent essay on
the Rights of Woman, in which he took occasion
to bestOw high eulogium on the moral and intel
lectual greatness of the sex, and complimenting
them in the highest manner, at the same time de-
nouncing Man as tyrant, and styling Woman as
the better part of creation.
Lucretia Mott took some exceptions to the remarks
Of this gentleman, and the fulsOme adulatiOu and
aattery he had bestowed on her sex She said that
man was not bv nature tyrant, but had been made
tyranical by the power which had by general con
sent been conferred upon him She merely wished
that woman might be entitled TO equal rights, and
acknowledged as the equal of man, not his su-
peiiOr.
Several gentlemen then addressed the Conyen-
ton, and Mr.. Cotton, of New Haven Conn, spoke
iceIIlHy Oh HIS IcBdEu lUI NOidIlJ anu DlGIcLtGA
the idea of her going out of her proper sphere and
engaging in the strfes and contentious of the pOt-
cal world, and TO her occupying the pulpit as the
teacher Of the people
The. male speakers generally were disposed to al
low all the privileges cOntended for by woman,
with the exception of the elective franchise.
Lucretla Mott replied in speech of great sarcasm
and elOquence, contending that the gentlemen were
rather begging the question. She said the gentle
man from New Haven had objected to wOman's &C.
cupying the pulpit, and indeed she could not see
how any one educated in New Haven, Connecticut,
could think otherwise than he did. She said we
had all got our notions too much from the clergy,
instead of the bible. The bible, she cOntended,
had none of the prohibitions of the kind in regard
to women, but spoke of the honorable women not
few, etc.
Mrs. Sanford. of Michigan, followed in a short
speech which enchanted the attention of the au-
dence. She said from Semirams to Victoria, wo-
man had always been found equal to the position
she was called upon to occupy. She said give us
the rights Of property, the right OF exercising the
elective franchise, and the other rights laimed.
We can he as duttul and Obedient as wives, moth
ers, and daughters, evenif we do hand the wreath
of domestic happiness on the Eagles talOns. Mrs.
/ SandfOrd's speech was eloquent throughout, and
we only regret cannot give it entire. II was an
evidence if any We're needed, that the elOgUenCs
! of woman could effect much in the sacred desk, in
the legislative hall, in fact in any position, where
1 true elOquence was required.
! Frederick Douglass, (colored runaway slave,j OF
Rochester, followed in an eloquent and argHmenta-
tive appeal for women and wOmans rights, replying
to the gentleman who had spoken on the other side
! He was followed by Anna Edgworh, who spoke in
an able and happy manner for some length of time.
/ Mrs. Roberts, in a report on the wages paid for
female labor, said that the price paid in this city to
seamSresses, was only from 81 to 80 cents per day
and generally this was paid only one-haf in cash
!. That the price of board averaged from 81 % tC
\ 81 80 per week, which had to be deducted from
4 this meagre compensation.
I A series Of resolutions were reported by the com.
mittee and adopted. which were pronounced by
| Lucretia Mott as entirely TOO tame.
The proceedings throughout were of a highly in.
terestng character, and the discussions OF the Con
hvention evinced talent for forensic efforts seldom
surpassed The Convention closed its deliberatiOn:
last evening and adjourned