Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-04-27
BETsEY NJ. CowLEs, Pr,
RESOLUTIONS

IL r. > " L. u Il ONS ..
WHEREAS, all mon arc created equal and en-
dowcd with certain God-gvon rights, and all
Just government is derived from the consent of
the governcd and whereas, the doctrine that
'man shall pursue bis own substantial happ.
ness is acknowledged by the highest authority
| to be the great prcecpt OF Nature and whereas.
this doctrine is not local, but universal, being
dictated by God himself; therefore
|. Resolved, That all lava contrary to these
fundamental principles, or in conflict with this
great prcccpt of nature, arc Of no binding obl-
CATION, not being founded in equity or justice.
2. Resolved, That the prohibition OF Woman
from participating in the enactment of the laws
by which she is governed is direct violation of
this prccept Of Nature, as she is thereby pre-
vented from occupying that position which du-
ty points out, and from pursuing her own sub
stantial happiness by acting up TO her conscicn-
tous convictions; and that all statutes and con-
stitutional provisions which sanction this pfohi-
biton arc null and void.
3. Resolved, That all rights arc human rights,
and pertain to human beings, without distinc-
ton of sex; therefore justice demands that all
| laws shall be made, not for man. or for woman.
but for mankind, and that the same legal pro-
lection be afforded to the one sex as to the 9TH
| or. H.'Nt "a
4. Resolved, That the scrvlc submission and
quiet indifference of the Women of this country
in relation to the unequal and oppressive laws
by which they are governed, are the fruit either
of Ignorance or degradation, both resulting ic-
| ultimately from the action Of those laws. 1si
8. Resolved, That tho evils arising from the
present social, civil and religious condition of
women proclaim TO them in language not TO be
misunderstood, that not only their olen welfare,
but the highest good Of the race demands of
| them, as an imperative duty, that they should
secure to themselves the elective franchise.
G. Resolved, That in those laws which confer
on man the power to control the property and
person of woman, and to remove from her at
will the children of her affection, VIC recognize
only the modified code of tho slave plantation !;
and that thus we are brought more noarly in
sympathy with the suffering slave, who is de-
spoiled OF all his rights.
| z. Resolved, That we, as human beings, are
entitled to claim and exercise all the rights that
belong by nature to any pr'-3srs OF the hui pan
family ~
3. Resolved -q,shsr-rir distinctions between &on
and women in regard to social ,litcrmypeculi ~
RELIGIOUS or political customs aud dinstitntionN
god nlsr ~ OF sra, arc 't0ntrufy a &c
laws OF Nature, are unjust, and destructive t the
purity, elevation and progress in knowledge bnd
goodness of the great human family and ought
to be at once and forever abolished.
0. Resolved, That the practice ofholding iyo-
men amenable TO different standard Of propri-
city and morality from that to which monlarc
held amenable, is unjust and unnatural, lnd
highly detrimental to domestic and social virtue
and happiness. . s,. .s4
10. Resolved, That so long as women oppose
tho examination of the position and duties Of
woman in all the various relations of human
life, they do but enhance and perpetuatc their
own degradation, and put far off the day when
social laws and customs shall recognize them as
equally entitled with men TO voice in creating
and administering the governmental and reli-
| gious institutions under which they and those
who arc dear TO them live. .1H .nin M Ih
IL. Resolved, That the political history of
Woman demonstrates that tyranny, tho most
degrading, cruel and arbitrary, can be exercised
and produced the same in effect under mild
and republican form OF government as by an he
rcditary despotism. ..t
l2. Resolved, That while we deprecato thus
earnestly the political oppression Of Woman, We
sec in her social condition, the regard in which
she is held rs moral and intellectual being
the fundamental cause of that oppression.
l3 Resolved, That amongst the principal
causes OF such social condition we regard the
public sentiment which withholds from her all,
or almost all, lucrative employments, and en-
largcd spheres of labor. la.
ii. Resolved, That in tho difficulties thus
cast in the way of her sclf-support, and in her
consequent dependeace upon man, we see the
greatest influence at work in imparting to her
that tone OF character which makes her to be re-
gardcd as tho weaker vessel
10. Resolved, That as all things work in
circle, such places as we have spoken OF will on
ly be opened TO woman as she shows by the
cultivation OF her own mind, and tho force OF
her own character, that she is capable of filling
them, and that herself must prove her cour.
age by calmly putting forth her hand to grasp
them, in disregard OF the usagcs which have
hitherto withheld them from her.
~. Resolycd, That We regard those women
who content themselves with an idle aiinless
life, as involved in the guilt as well as the suffer-
ing OF their own oppression; and that we ho.d
those who go forth into tho world, in the face
OF the irowns and the sneers of the public, to
fill large spheres of labor, as the truest preach
ers Of the cause OF Woman's Rights.
WHEREAS, one class of society dooms wo-
man to life OF tlrudgory, another to ono OF de-
pondoncc and iriyolityj and whereas, the edu
cation she generally receives is calculated to cu-
tivate vanity and dependence therefore
IL. Resolved, That the prevalent ideas of fe-
male education arc in pcrlcc. harmony with the
position allotted her by tho laws and usages Of
society,
Is. Resolved, That tho education of woman
should be in accordance with her responsibility
in life, that she may acquire that self-relanes
and true dignity so essential to the proper ful
tilment Of the important duties devolying on
her.
10. Resolved, That, as woman is not pormit.
ted to hold office, nor have any voice in the go.
vernment sho should not be compelled to pav
taxes OUT Of her scanty wages to support rne1
who get eight dollars a-day tor taking the ricbt
to themselves to enact laws for her.
20. Resolved, That we, the Women of Ohio.
will hereafter meet annually in Convention h
consult upon and adopt measures for the reno.
val Of various neutrality-suspicious. social, re.
hgious, legal and pocuniary-to which women