Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-05-15

: highest plane Of society in our Western vii
iages-women Of vigorous and cultivated
minds, and distinguished for all the virtue:
pertaining to the sex. The call was adj
!. dressed to the Women Of Ohio, and excited
very deep interest in many portions Of tht
State. From this and the adjoining coun
ties the attendance was large, and many
came from distance. The Convention ex
cited an intense interest in this village anC
vicinity. Little else was talked about o,
thought Of while it was in session. The
large meeting house of friends (Hicksi,es, }
in which oil the sessions save one were
held, was crowded to overlooking -the W %
men occupying one part, and the men, scarce
iy less numerous, the other.
"The Convention having been duly organ
lied, letter was read from LUcRETIA MORT,
Of Philadelphia. The Discourse Of Mrs.
Mort, in reply to Richard II. Dana's Lee
ture on Woman, was also read by ]. E
Jones, and was listened to with the deepest
interest by the crowded auditory"
Letters were subsequently read from a
a number Of the most distinguished ladies'
from different sections of the county,
These letters, it is said, were all very good
some Of them frst-rate.
81. ELIZABETH JONES delivered writ
ten Address, marked by great clearness and
strength and argument and eloeuence Of
style. She traversed the whole question,
stating the legal disabilities 10 which wo-
men are subjected, the suffering endured by
mulitudes for want Of adequate remunera-
ton for their labor, etc, and conlending
stoully for the entire and perfect equality of
her sex. She was listened TO with breath
less attention by crowded auditory, on
whose Eaind her arguments and appeals evil
IDENTITY made deep impression. The Ad-
dress is to be published. The rest Of the
speaking was extemparaneous, and was GEE
nerally very pihy and sensible, il not elo
quent."
The privileges claimed for " oman, in the
Resolutions drawn Up, were :-entire eluali
ty with men in law-making, voting and 60
verning; equal prices for industry; equal
standards Of morality and propriety wiAihe
other sea +; equal control of property and
children; equal social, official, religious,
literary, pecuniary, and personal privileges
Mr.. Greeley, of the n. Y. Tribune, in
commenting upon the proceedings, says:
SIT is easy to be smart, 10 be droil, to be
facelious, in opposition TO the demands of
these Female Reiormers and, in decrying
assumptions SO novel and opposed to es-
tablished habits and usages, little wit will
90 great way. But when sincere Re-
publican is asked to say in sober earnest
wha, adequate reason he can give for refus-
ing the demand Of Women to an equal par
ticipalion with Men in Political Rights, he
must answer, none at all. True, he NAV
say that he believes it unwise in them to
make the demand-he may say the great
majority desire no such thing that they
prefer to devote their time to the discharge
Of Home duties, and the enj ment Of Home
delights, leaving the functions Of Legislators,
Sherlffs, Jurymen, Militia, to their fathers,
husbands, brothers; yet if after all the ques-
ton recurs: But suppose the Women should
generally prefer complete Political Eqnali-
,y with Men-what would you say to that
demand :'-the answer must be, Il accede
mand, it is but the assertion Of a natural
right, and, as such, must be conceded
'Besides, the assumption that Women are
duly cared for in matters Of Legislation and
Government by Men, is no, borne out by
the facts. If it were, woman who raises
her husband from poverty to wealth by mar
riage would not be herself consigned to
comparative poverty on that husbands
death, by the legal reversion Of what was
lately her property to others, leaving her
but lIfe-interest in third of it. IL it were,
a woman afflicted with drunken husband
and compelled to earn the scanty bread Of
her children while he revels and blssphemes
at the grog- shop, would not be legally sub
ject to be stripped of her hard earnings
whenever her brute chooses to lay hands
on them. If it were, the husband enriched
by bis wlle's inheritance or earnings would
be required at least to ask her consent be-
fore squandering or hazardipg her estate in
extravaganza or reckless speculation. If
it were, capable, resolute, industrious wo-
men would be enabled to earn at least two
thirds as much as men, while, in fact, their
average recompense at present is hardly
more than one-third that of men of equal
capacity and resolution. No: Power is
never fully just to Weakness, and never
will be. Charity may mitigate the suffer
Ings Of Want, but can never prof1er full
equivalent for subserved Rights. The pro-
per remedy of injustice is found not in com
rensatIon but in restitution.
''And yet, as question Of practical u,ili-
ty, there is much to be said aeains, the de-
mand Of Political Franchises for women
Concedng that none be chosen to offices
like tina, Of Sheriff or Marshal, which they
would be poorly qualified TO fill, we see
many obstacles in the way Of a bene6cent
enjoyment Of political rights by Women
One is the almost inevitable apathy and in
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