New-York daily tribune., 1850-05-01

the bearing which the circ1mscribed sphere OF
woman has on the great political and social evils
that curse aud deso.ate the anf you wi. not lave
come together in vain.
MAY you indeed gain strength by your contest
with difficulty. May the 'whOe srmor Of Right,
Truth and Reason be yours. Then wi the in.
hIence OF the Convection Be tslt in the assembled
wisdom OF naei. which - 70 follow; and the good
results IS well as your example. vii ultimately
rouse other States 10 action in this most important
cause.
herewith forward You a Discourse on Woman,
which thoa-h brought oat BY local circumstances.
may Vet cOatain prnclpl. OF universal pplication
W .hing vou every success IN yoiT noble effort am
vorrs Ter Woman redemption and consequent elevation
aia aIeopl.l 4i' N, SKA 1880 LUCRErIA MOTT
Letter from Lncy St0Ht.
To n. Ho-en's Rigin Cears-h'as
DEAR FRIvNDs The friends ol human freedom
IN Massachusetts, rejoice that Woman's Rights
Convention is - be held n ono w hail u as
,igr ot progress and deem Il especially hitting thar
such Convention should be held nor, when new
Sta.e Constitution IS to be formed. L. IS easier
when the li.i des ROY ed % build the New right
than to rish, it after { IS built.
TL- statute t0'ks OF every State in the Union
are dis.raccd article which limits the rlghI 10
the elective ira4.i So 20 male citizens OF twenty
one years ofns, nd upwards thus excluding one
halt tnc popula. oi tie country from all political
influence subp.c. ug woman 10 laws in the making
Of which she has neither vote nor voice. Inc low
est drunkari may come up from lEs wa.lowins n
the gutter and. covered with hlth rel up % the
ballot box and deposit his vote, and ms right 10 30
so 5 not questioned. The meanest foreigner who
comes TO our shores who cannot speak his mother
tongue correctly has secured Tor hiDl the right OF
suffrage. The negro crushed and degraded "a II
he were not a brother man-made the lowest of the
hw--eveu H., in sumo OF the States. vote but
woman, Ia every State, IS plunged IN degradation
lover than las lowest deep
Woman is taxed under avs m7de by those who
profess to believe that taxation and representation
are inseparabe while in the and imposition
OF the taxes SIS in representation she IS absolutely
without influence Should she hint that the pro-
iesson aud practice do not agree. she Il grayey
Informed that women shouldn't talk politics -
In most Of the States, the married woman loses by
her marriage the control Of her person, and the
rsht of property and il she IS mother, the
ri hit to her children also while she secures, what
the town paupers have-the right TO be maintain
ed.
The legal disabilities under which women labor
have no end. / will not attempt 10 enumerate
them Let the earnest women who speak IN your
Convention enter into the detail Of this question
nor stop to patch liz geayes for the naked truth
but, before all Israel and the sun, expose the afro
city OF the laws relative 70 women, until the ears
OF those who hear shall tlngle and so that the men
who meet IN Convention to form the new Consttu-
ton Tor Ohio shall, for very shames sake, make
haste t) put away the last remnant of the bsrba
rism which your statute book lin common with
those of the other States, retains IN its inequality
sud injustice to woman. We know too well the
stern reform spirit Of those who have called this
Women's Rights Convention, to doubt for mo
nent that what can be done by YOU ~ secure equal
ri-h's for all viii be done.
Massachusetts ougM TO have taken the lead in
the work you are now doing but if she chooses 10
inecr let her young sister Of the West set her a
worthy example; and If
The Pilgrim spirits not dead
rel Dlcdgs MqsSGchHseffS 10 t0L0r her.
Yours for Justice and Equal Rights,
LUCY STONE.
Southampton, Mass Apyh 10, 1850