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

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~, STONE. and Miss PUGH. think you will find
them worth copying, and that the readers oi me
J,-,I.,,e or at least many thousands Of them, viii
,er,se them with deep interest
IELzABETH JoNEs delivered written Address
r,.,ksd by great cleuHess and strength OF argu-
mont and eoquence Of style. She trsversed the
,,ho,a question stating the legal disabilities to
,,b;cb women are subjected, the suffering endured
~ uooltitudes Jr want Of adequate remuneration
r., their labor. &c, and contendug stouty FOR the
entirc and perfect equality Of her sex She was
listened 20 with breathless attention by a crowded
,u5itory. on whose minds her arguments and sp-
oeals evidently made deep impression The
Address is TO be published The rest Of the speak
;ng was extemporaneous, aud was generally
very pithv and sensible, if not eloquent Among
those who spoke were ANNE CLARK Of Deerhelo'
I.sr and RACHEL PREscorT Of Salem, JANE and
sAKAH PAxsox Of Marlboro, RAMA DorAof Akron,
IosrPH1xE GRIFFISG Of Litchfed, MARY A W.
JOHNSON Of Salem, SARAH COATES and HANNAH
WILEMAs Of Marlboro
The resolutions adopted by the Convention are
as follows:
Resolutions.
EZereas. all men are created equal, and endOw
Cd with certain God given rights, and all Just Gov
e,nments are derived from tie consent Of the
governed and whereas, the doctrine that man
shall pursue his own substantial happiness, is ac-
knOwledged By the highest authority 20 be the
great precept OF Nature and whereas, this doc
trine is not local but universal, being dictated by
God himself therefore
l. Resolred, That all laws contrary to these fun.
damental principles, or in conflict with this great
precept Of Nature, are of 40 binding obligation not
being founded 10 equity or justice.
2 ResoIred, That the prohibition OF Woman
from participating in the enactment OF the laws
by which she is governed, is direct violation Of
this precept OF nature, she is thereby prevented
from occupying that position which duty points out,
and from pursuing her own substantial happiness
By acting up 10 her conscientious convictions; and
that all statutes and constitutional provisions which
sanction this prohibition, null and void.
3. ResOtred, That all rights are hpmon rights
and pertain TO human beings, without distinction Of
sex therefore justice demands that all laws shall
he made, no: Tor man. nor for woman, but for man
kind, and thai the same legal protection be afford
ed 10 the one sex rs 10 the other.
4. Res0iUed, That the servle submission ard
quiet Indifference Of the Women Of this country
IN relation TO the unequal and oppressive laws by
which they governed, are the fruit either Of
Ignorance or degradation, both resulting legitimate
ly from the action o. those laws.
.. Res0i0ed, That the evils arising from the pre-
sent social, civil and religious condition OF women
proclaim 10 them, in language not 10 be misunder-
stood, that not only their welfare, but the high
est good OF the race demands Of them, as an lmpc-
rative duty that they should secure to themselves
'hc Elective Franchise.
t. ResOlUed, That in those laws which confer on
uan the power to control the property and person
Of Woman and TO remove from her at will the chil
dren Of her affection, we recognize only a modified
cod Of the slave plantation and that thus we are
brought more nearly IN sympathy with the suffer
eli aVp ho ie dacua cd If al ls IL
Z. Resoiced That we, as human beings, are en-
titled 90 claim and exercise all the rights that be
long by nature % any member Of the human family
= ResOired, That all distinctions between men
and women IN regard 10 sOclal, literary, Pecunlary
religious political customs and institutions, based
n distinction Of sex, contrary 10 the laws o.
Nature, unjust and destructive % the purity ele-
vation aud progress Ia Oledge and goodness Of
the Great human family ought 10 be at once
and forever abolished.
g. RcsOircd That the practice of holding women
ameuable to different standard OF proprety aud
morality from that 10 which men are held amena
BILE ia unjust and unnatural. and highly detrimental
10 domestic and social virtue and happiness.
TO- Rcs0ired, That 80 long as women oppose the
examination Of the position and duties OF w oman
IN all tue various relations OF human life they 90
bat enhance and perpctuate their own degradation,
and put far OIL the day when social laws and Gus
toms shall recognize them as equally entitled with
men 10 a voice in creating and administering The
governmental ana religious insututiOhs uhutt "hch
they live.
H. Resolrsd, That the political history of woman
demonstrates that tyranny the most degrading,
cruel aud Unrelenting, can be exercised aud pro
duccd, the same in effect under mild and repub
licsn form of government as by an hereditary des
pOtlsm.
IL Resolre5, That while we deprecste thus
earnestly the poiihcaI oppression OF woman, we see
in her social condition, the regard in which she is
held as moral and intellectual being, the fonda
mental cause of that oppression.
l3. Res0lred, That among the principal causes
Of such social condition. We regard the public sentl-
mos.t which wthholds from her all, or almost all,
iucrst.ve employ and enlarged spheres Of
labor.
H. Rcsn.'cd, That in the difficulties thus cast in
thc way OF hei' selfsupport, and in her consequent
deJeadfHce upon man. we see the greatest lntu
ence at work in mparting 10 ber that tone Of char
Gcter which causes her to be regarded as the
weaker vessel.
10. Resaiccd That as all things work IN circle
such places as we have spoken Oi viii only be
opened TO woman as she shows, by the cultivation
uf her own mind and the force of her own charac
ter, that she is capable of filling, and that her
self must prove her courage by calmly putting
forth her hand to grasp them, in disregard ol the
ussges which have hitherto withheld them from her.
l6. Rcsolred, That we regard those women who
content themselves with an idle Rimess life,
as involved in the guilt as Well as the suffering
Of their own oppression, and that we bold those
who 10 forth into the world in tie face Of the
frowns and the sneers of the public, to fill large
spheres of labor, the truest preachers of the
-aose Of womans rights.
IL Hhereas One class Of society dooms woman
e. life of drudcery, and another 10 one of depend
cncc and frivolty; and whereas the education sh,
generally receives calculated to cultivate vanity
and dependence; therefore Resolved, That th'
prevalent ideas OF female education are in perfec
harmony with the position allotted her by the law
and usSges OF society.
~. Resolrcd That the education OF woman
should be IN accordance with her responsibility il
hfe. that she may acquire that selfreliance an
true dignity SO essential TO the proper fultilmen