New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-06
womnn,s Rights and Wrongs.

Although / an AN az tLcL a. PASSSAb 49,
completely taken up with the election and also
feel myself totally incompetent to enter into any
argument with you, feared from one or two pas
sages in your remarks, that You in part misappre'
hended me- As fully agree with you, that 1t is
shame that so many young men are clerks IN dry
goods stores when such situations should be given
alone to woman also watch making, mot tailor
ing) but many other branches of industry ought
by right be appropriated to females. But, in my
opinion, it is morally impossible for Women to
vote, and remain Women, and it is beyond doubt
that thew cannot become Aien. You think they
would not be nsulted at the polls by those who
'cheerfully conceded their rights to them Ger
tainly not but how many thousands would not
cheerfully concede' them! How many thou
sand would mol be found to keep sober and be-
have themselves in women's presence and be-
side would become so accustomed to their ap
pearance in those places, as to forget all restraint
and come to the natural conclusion, that when
women so far forget their own superiority as to
come into such Mems presence voluntarily, they
also might do as they chose? You say there
would be no knocking down. l assure you, my
dear Sir there arould BE- even though it began with
the women for | have heard at least one woman,
who fancied herself very aristocratlc talking OF
4ou- democratic views in such manner that
know if ANYTHING By chance should arouse her at
the polls, gOu would be the first one she would
exercise her " Womans Rights on.
Now, although know you wouldnot resist her;
if she beat YOU within an inch e your lte 1t would
be hard on YOU or any other man to say p" stand
still and be beaten = while if you resisted, the
fragile " oman must give way, and yield all her
boosted equality-at least in physical point oil
view.
If any were present who were brites enough to COM
mence knocking down. they would get enough oft before
coming 10 the Women.
women would run home faster than they ever ran
before, and it is to be hoped there would be found
sufficient men to protect the few that renamed;
but there's the rub they must be protected, do
what they will, when they consent to share po'
litical power with men, u on forget all men are
not so chivalric toward Women as yourself, and
that there would not be found fifty men ont of
thousand who would cheerfuly extend the
Franchise to v omen.
ANY arrangements that can be made to relieve
the desolate widows and orphan girls from toiling
in dark garrets, night and day, to earn enough to
give themselves one meal day, and that barely
enough to keep life in them heartily accede to
but this over anxiety and longing to lay aside our
present duties | cannot feel to be right.
To marry for a position, a home support,
and without genuine affection, is not acknowl-
edge, marrying with the spirit our Lord desired,
although it is marriage in reGIltY to all ntentS
the Woman who " fishes for husband" acjih0H
these rights will fish for him ruth them and can
not feel that w oman is q morally constrained to
marry husband without an impulse ct genuine
affection" | am not married. neither am | what
is called an - old maid, nor am | rich, yet 90
not feel constrained to be married, or fsh for a
husband either as | think there are many ways
for " omen to live both proftaby and honorao!y,
without becoming the reflects OF husbands.
However, | admit that many poor girls take any
kind OF husband for the sake of support owing
to the unjust arrangements in regard to labor l
have already trespassed too long ON your time, put
cannot close without remarklng to you, that all
men are not as indifferent to " buttered TOAST ~
Yourself and therefore the fear OF losing such little
things would weigh heavier inthe scales VITA tneAn
than you suppose. Yours sincerely a.
Remarks.
We have no wish for controversy on this
topic, especially with woman; and A
seems to US to be harping on others preJu-
dices rather than expressing her own con-
victions. All that she says of Womcn's
Voting goes to the crpediencq Of an exeF
else of the Right of Suffrage by Woman
and not at all to the abstract existence O
such right. We are quite willing that Wo-
men should discuss this matter among them
selves and decide that it would not be best
for them 10 claim the Right of Suffrage, and
to such conclusion We shall interpose no OBJ.
lection; but we protest against their put
ting it on the ground that men are such
bruies and rut1ians that women could not
be protected in the exercise of Political
Franchises if such were conceded them
We are sure the fact is otherwise and, Il
it were not the atrocity would be one to
be corrected, not submitted to. Doubtless,
if Women voted, the arrangements tor
taking the sense of the People would be
quite different from those now in use; but
who would object to that? Women now
vote (oftener by proxy than otherwise as
stockholders in Banks, Railroads, Insurance
Companies, &c. and nobody thinks of OBJ
ecting; why need there be any difficulty
as to their voting for President of the Uni
ted States any more than for Directors OF
the Erie Railroad If they choose to leave
voting to Men, very we'll; but it must not
be for reasons so disgraceful to manhood as
those assigned by A.
Those who assume that Woman would
neglect her appropriate duties if admitted
to an equality of Rights, are welcome to
argue that point if they can find an OPP
poser-we have no appetite for such dis
cussion. We know women whom the
Right of an equal voice in making laws
would not transform into needless wives
and mothers; Others will speak from their
own experience. And as to :. fishing f0f
husbands" we only seek to dispel the So
cial necessitu for SO doing TO escape staIya-