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

good Of or country. Had The women Of t'.is coun-
try had a voice IN the Government. thlnA you our
National escu.rheon won % have been stained with
the guilt Of aggressive warfare upon such weak,
deienseiess nations as the ceminoes and Mex
cans Think y0a wc should cherish and defend
in the hear. Of our nation such wholesale system
q piracy. cruelty. iicentousness and ignorance as
s our slavery Taink oa that relic Of oarbarlsm,
the gallws. by which the wretchsi murderer IS
Sent with blood upon his soul uHcaei tor into the
presence OF his God. would be sustained b. swl
Verify no. or mistake womans heart. her nstlnc-
tive love ol . Justice aud Mercy and Truth.
Who questions vomans night u vote We
can show our credentials > the nght OF segovern-
meut-we get ours just where man cot hIs-they
are Hearen-descenfed, God gwen Il IS our d1ty
= assert and redssert this ught-to agitare. dis
cuss AID petition. uni. our political equality be
f.llr recognized. Depend upon i, this Is the point
10 attack-ihe stronghold OF the fortress tte one
woman vii. find most dttcu.l - take-fhs one man
vii most reluctantly give up. Therefore, let US
encamp right under It's shatog-there spend sil
oar time strength. and MOrai ammunition year
after year. with perseverance. courage snd de
cison. Let 20 sa.hes OF Wit or rIdicue al oar eX-
peuse-lo nonsense oi wOman's beauty. deicacy
and refnement-a0 promise OF gold and silver,
b8nh stock, road-stocS or landed estaes-setuce rs
from our pos t1a until that stronghold tOtte IS
I 10 the ground This done, the rest will they sur
.
Church aud Stain the family circle, and in all
our social r. atoms.
4 The cause OF woman is onward For our en-
/ couragemert, let Us take review o! what has oc
cured during the last lew years. Not two years
/ since the women OF New York held several con
ventious. Their meetings were well attended by
I bot men and women, and the question ~ woman ;
true position fully and freely discussed The pro
ceedEgs Of those meetings, and their declaration
/ OF sentiments, were al Published and scattered
/ FAR and near Before that time the newspapers
said out little on that subject. Immediately alter,
/ there was scarcely new paper IA the u mon that
did not notice these conventions, and generally IN
/ tone Of ridicule. Now. you seldom take up n
| newspaper that has not something about woman
bur the tone is changing-ridicu'e is giving way 10
/ reason Our papers begin tO see that this IS no
subject for mirh but one iOr serious consideration.
! Our literature also Is assuming different tone
! The heroine OF our fashionable novel is now be.
! ins Oi spirit Of energy OF VIII. with conscience,
! with high moral principle, creat decision and self
reliance. Contrast Jane Eyre with any o. Bal.
wers, SCOTS or Shaksperes heroines. and bow
they all sink into the shade compared with that
/ noble creation of woman genius The January
/ number OF the IIesfmlRsfer Rcrier contains an
( article on Woman so liberal and radical, that /
sometimes think 1t must have crept IN there
| by some mistake OR Fashionable Lecturers.
too. are now instead Of the time. w0rn subjects o.
Catholicism The Crusaders 81 Beruarj and
Thomas Beckett choosing Woman ior their
theme TT they do not treat this new subject
with much skill or philosophy but enough ior as
that the great minds Of This day are taking this
direction. Mr.. Dana of Boston lectured ou this
subject in Philadelphia Lucrets Mott 'cI
him, and ably pointed ont his soph'stIy 4.
She spoke a large and fashionable agoIsir nd
gave general satisfaction. Dana was too si,hly
aud sentimental or that meridian The women Of
Massachusetts. ever the first IN all moral move
menis, have sent but a few weeks since 10 their
Legislature a petition demanding their reht 20
vote and hold office in that State Woman seems
10 be preparing herself for a higher and hoier
destiny. That same love OF liberty which burned
in the hearts of our sres, is now being kindled
anew in the daughters of this proud Republic
From the present state OF public sentiment we
have every 10 look hopefully into the future.
see brighter, happier day yet TO come. But
woman must say how soon the dawn shall be, and
whether the hight shall first shine forth in the East
or the West. BY her own efforts the change must
come She must carve out her future destiny with
her own right hand. Ii she have not the energy to
secure for he self her true position, neither would
she have the force or stability to maintain it IT
placed there by another. Farewell
Your= sincerely, = c. STANTON