The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-08

iembled al Salem, OHIO, short une siuce
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,nr readers:
RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, all men are created equal and
with certain God given rights, an
I'll Jusl government IS derived frum the con
sent Of the governed; and whereas, the doc !
jrne that 'man shall pursue his own substan
IinI hippness' Is acknowledged by tue high !
esI authority 10 be- tie great precept "l Ma
ure; and where this dncuIHe not local, bu
being dictated by GSd himse!ti
hereiore
/. Resolved, That all laws contrary tol
these fundamental principles, or in coutlc
with this great precep Of nature, are "f ~
binding obligation, no; beng fouaded in equl
ty or justice.
3 Resolved, That the prohibition Of Wa
man frUm par icipalng in the enactment "i
The laws by Whch she is governed is drec
violation Of this precepl Of Nature, as she i,
thereby prevented from occupying that posi-
lion whlCh duty polns out, and from pursuing
her own. substantial happiness by acting up
to her conscientious CONVICTIONS; aud that all
statutes and cUnstliut onal PROVISIONS whichI
sanction this prub;bdlon are null and void,
3. Resolved, Thai all rights arc hUmdRi
rights, aud pertain to human beings, without
distinction OF SEX; therefore Justice demands
that all laws shall be made, not for man, or
Tor oman, bul for mankind, and that The
same legal protection be Afforded 10 the one
sex rs To the other.
4, Resolved. That The servilc submission
and quiet indifference Of tho Women Of tins
country IN relation to The unequal and Op
presslve laws by which they afe governed,
are The irnIi either OF ignorance or degrade
ucn, bo'h resulting legriamute|y from the
action OF those laws.
3. Resolved, That the evils arising from
the present social, civil and religious Condl
ttun of women prnca IN to them IN |. gtlagr
not 10 he misunderstood, that not ol!y Ihet
olcn welfare, but the highest goodoi the race
demands Ol them, as al imperative dutv, that
they should secuIe 10 themselves the ecctIvs
franchise
6. Resolved, That in those laws which
couEer on man the power 10 contrnl the pop
er'y aud person Of woman, aud to re,love
from h, at viii he chlldren III her affection,
We r. coguIze only The mod & d code Of The
slave plantation; md tina, ihus We are brought
more nearly IN sympathy with the suffering
slave, who is despohed Of all his rights.
Resolved, That we, as human beings,
are enllled 10 clam and exercise all the
rights that belong by nature to any members
OF the humrn family.
g. Resolved, That all distinctions between
men and women in regard to social, literary
pecunlary religion and poIiticoI custom, aud
institution Imposed on the distinction OF sex
are contrary to the laws Of Nature, are un'
Just, and destructive TO the purity, elevation
and progress in knowledge and goodness oi
tic great human family, aud ought to be al
once and foIever abolished.
g. Resolved that the practice of holding
women amenable TO n different standard Of
/ iproprIeIy and morality from that to which men
are amenable, is unjust and unnatural, and
highly detrimental to social aud domestic
vlrlIe and happiness.
10. Resolved. That so long rs women op.
pose the examination of the position and du"
Ties OF woman in all the varions relations OF
human life, they do but enhance and perpcl-
uaie their own degradation, and put far oil
The day when social laws and customs shall
recogn ze them as equally entitled with men
to voice in creating aud administering the
governmental and ielig ious institutions under
which they and those who are dear 10 them
live.
IL. Resolved That the political history o
Woman demonstrates that tyranny, the most
degrading, cruel and arbitrary, can be exer'
clsed and produced the same in effect under
a mild and republican, torn Of government as
by an hereditary despotism.
-. Resolved, That while we deprecare
thus earnestly the political depression Of Wo.
man, we see her in her social condition, the
regard in which she is held as moral and
intellectual being, the fundamental cause Of
that oppression.
IL. Resolved, That amongst the principal
causes Of such social condition we regard
the public sentiment which wthholds from
her all, or almost all, lucrative employmen's
and enlarged spheres of labor.
| Id. Resolved, That in the difficulties Tins
cast in the way of her self support, md in
her consequent dependence upon man, we
see the greatest influence at work in imparl,
ing TO her thai tone OF character which nnkes
her 10 be regarded as the weaker vessel
Is. Resolved, That as nlI things work it
a cilcle, such places as we have spoken o
will only be opened 10 woman as she show!
by the cultivation of her own mind, and ,ht
force Of her own character, that she is capa.
BILE of filling them, and that herself mus
prove her courage by calmly putting fortI
her hand TO help them, in disregard of th,
usages which have hitherto withheld then
! from her.
l6 Resolved, That we regard those wo
men who content themselves with nm idle
aimless life, as involved in the guilt as wei
as lhe suffering Of their own oppression; an
that we hold those who go forth into lh
world, in the face of the frowns and tb
sncerS Of the public, to ill large spheres @
labor, as The truesl preachers Of the cause @
Woman's Rights.
WHEREAS, one class Of society dooms Wo
man TO n life Of drudgery, another 10 one o
dependence and lrivoIly; and whereas, thu
education she generally receives is calculated
to cultivate vanity and dependence, there
; FORE
II Resolved, That the prevalent ideas o
! female education are in perfect harmony will
the position allotted her by the laws an,
usages of society.
Is. Resolved, That the education of wo
man should be in accordance with her re
sponsiLiIity in life, that she may acquire lba
self reliance and uue dignity SO essential Il