New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-06


industry, enterprise ard activity To this rule wo-
man IS no exception 20 say that she IS would be 10
| deny her humanity.
know that there are Female Seminaries sorinping
up al over the ard bui who to be the lea hers
! IN these Seminarcs' From what class OF females
IN these United St.tes-nay. IN the whole clviiiZ,
worlc-aTe We to LOOK for tea hers that can compete
ID crudtlon with the Professors in your Col eyes -
| Woman IS perhaps DONG the very best she can DO
under the cTcum tdnccs. but until she herself pre-
/ pared, no" can She be expected 10 properly guide
her SISTERS mind through the winding ia5yrnths Of
! sclencef We do not deem Il the business Of ! Re
pubic TO establish arlstOcracy Of letters any
than ali ariSOcracy Of any other kind, bn % difilse
education throughout the masses and to place them
rs nearly on footing Of equality IS possible ref
ference 10 all the great interests Of life The pre-
! Sumod mental iHfcnOrity Of Woman therefore, fur
nlshcs Of the strongest arguments N favor Of
superior instead Of an inferior education since
she must depend culture instead OF native strength
| Of mind, while Man being born with superior wit and
wisdom, as Is argued, has less need Of cultivation
| Nor can perceive how any person living under
| Democratic form Of Government and protesting to
be lmbued with Democratic principles. arrive at
any other conclusion than that the education of Wo
man should be fully equal If not little superior. to
! that OF Man.
| Yet. while for him Colleges. Academies. Lyceums
| and Universities are barring their gorgeous and Pal
ace-llke heads throughout the civilized world, Wo-
/ man IS still cIrcumscrlbed, still dwarfed.
Yet viii the dasiardly cry OF lnleuOuly come up
! from generous bOsOms and noble hearts, whose
wives, whose mothers, whose sisters and daughters
the common al aniaees Of the free Negro and the
Wild Indian, who permitted 10 enter scholastic
halls from which sic Is excluded, although she must
have pad her full share for their endowment, While
no componsating provision is made for her If this Is
not caste OF the strciest and most despotlc kind,
know not what 10 IS
Something has been said of the different spheres in
which the sexes 10 move and | am glad for once
70 hear an attempt made IN the resolutions Of Mrs ;.
10 limit that Of man ! have always heard that he
had sphere. but one before, | believe, has ever
thought of hounds I.
hitherto been all over creation, and Ii by any Yankee
invention he could contrve means TO get out of II It
would be perfectly legitimate. tLaughierl He may
not only engage in the most noble, but wherever
there Is copper to be turned, may descend % the
most common and lgnOb!e pursuits without en-
crOachlng In the least on the boundaries Of the
sphere Of any other being.
He may not only study and practice the profess
SONS engage IN extensive manufactures and mer-
camille enterprises. but il IS considered perfectly le
climate for HIM 10 descend TO the mlnuest details OF
a ladys toilet lie may sell halrplns, combs, brush
thread needles, brcaStpnS, car and fngerrings,
dOl-babics with all the It CeterGS Of childs play
house gingerbread beer by the glass, and even SUI
gar candy by the penny's worth there IS anymOney
to be made from 1t, Laughter D and II has not in
APPLY been said Of him, that If he were 20 have LIES
lease of heaven on condition of beng perfectly con-
tented with II, and should hear a SlxpCnCc drop
the floor OF he'll he would feel an itching palm until
he had cOntrlyed some means TO slip down and pick
It up. Applause and laughter The creed written
on ms young heart from the moment he leaves his
mothers apron strings, IS
go get YOU gold, no matter how,
No questions asked Of the rich trow,
Steal by night and steal by day.
Doing il all IN a legal way.
BE hypOcr,te, liar, knaye or fool,
But don I be poor Uemembcr the rule)
Dimes and dollars, and dollars and dimes,
An empty pocket is the worst OF crimes
Mrs TRACY followed Mrs CoE with some PLAIN,
earnest and well spoken remarks.
Some one having cited passages of Scripture tOuchl
ing the relations OF the sexes,
Mrs. SWISSUEIN CITED the additional testimony that
in Christ there Is neither Jew nor Greek, bond or
free, male or female.
SoJOURNER TRUTH, cmancipated slave, whose
color and features attest the purity of her blood here
rose and delighted her audience with some OF the
shrewdeSt remarks made during the session. She
SAID she a woman and had done as much work
IN the field as any man here. She had heard much
about equality of the sexes but would not argue that
question An she could say was that If She had
pint of intellect and man quart, what reason was
there why she should not have her pint f,H. tRoars
of laughter She SAID she could not read, but she
could hear. She had heard the Bible read, and was
told that Eve caused the fall of man Well, If woman
upset the world do give her chance TO set 1t right
side up again. She learned also from the new Cos
pei that man had nothing to do with bringing Jesus
was ms mother. Jesus respected woman, and never
turned her away. BY woman'S influence the dead
was raised for when Lazarus died Mary and Martha,
full of faith and love, came TO Jesus ans bcsOugh nm
10 raise their brother TO hic lie did not turn them
away, but Jesus wept," and Lazarus came iorth
But the women are coming up, blessed De God, ana
have heavy burden 20 bear, for the slaves ana the
wcmcn look to them for redemption;
Rev JoHN SLo>cHER followed with some remarks
the equality OF woman WIN man taxing inc
Ground that She was equal 70 hum IN intellect ana SUI
UCIior IN the moral sentiments
Miss SARAH COATES said that the people were IN
Ger very erroneous impressions with regard 10 the
capaMliles of woman for excellence IN the varlOts
pursuits of life. If She undertook to practce the
Daguerrean art il was said that she could not eNcel,
and patronage IS withheld from her. Should she al
hqrS "A Merchant
objection is made, and her success Is lmpeded. IN
these branches and many others, woman can equaI
man. and there IS no reason Why she should not iTee
IN engage in them.
MIR PEAsF, of Canton, Ohio, here made some re-
marks and Mr. Robinson read poem, addressed 10
the Convention by GEo. w. PUTNAM OF Lynn Mass
SECOND DAY-AFTERNooN SESSION.
The resolutions, which had been called up and re
erred to the Committee for revision, were reported
back with an additional one ON Labor Aiter some
ATTEMPTS TO amend some OF which were SUCCESSFUL
the resolutions were adopted as iOHo"S $500.
Inasnuch as 1t solfevident that Woman has Oecn cie
yea Mn a. SIMILAR ncceSscs as Man It also self eyi
Snt that She is possessed naturally Of perec oluaut
with HIM her LEGAL, political pccuniail' c'ooSi'''
anu Si,g5 That the inequalities which manes,ly exist
~ the ,rleccs of the sexes bestowed or allowed 10y m
.t,tntors OF customs demonstrate Their creation AMI
rinafi the practice Of criminal injustice the part
If man and her unrcSStng tuleIa0n Oh 'h-h i'P0
/ hcpsible sulmiSsvencSS on the part Of Woman - ,,
Rssoire6 That the unjust distinctions between tno
SEXES which viate all known evil and cccleS
ttins and 80 large "A proportion Of legislative statutes anu
social usages have received apparent conSgc ~
the opmons Of large majority ot mankind on 1lo S
on1 m. blinlnr influence ofcuSOH. we Cantey alono
T their correction upon such means as VIII ems cn p
lie sentiment and improve pubic nors an h.S IN ro
only hope 10 achieve gradual manner 'housh Ill 0'
SANITY increasing ratio. ....,-.. ~ che MAJ
Rrsolrfd That the religious lnsWuOloiS 9l Wv
ne exercise most potent influence IN ni'5iu4Is 49, 49,
sentiment we call upon them rs they would uesie -
mole fce on hich Is pure and undemei 10 a'u -
cal instruction M those principles oi hatulnl
f e violation Fl them those expressions when are tn
+ drred by the female sex ,. 10,
c.nal NJ nat surcriur influence with the pup h GYMS
shane 10 that public sentiment which suSinS al our po-
a ecclesiastical and educational relations, ana -nelA'
uSaseS We asa the conductors thereof mol oN 10