New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-18

ca.,on so many of the friends Of this great move
ment as he saw before him IN this Hall IL had been
well characterized by Mrs. Rose As the most mag
nihsent reform that has been launched upon the
world Never before had such thing been known
as the demand Of one hall OF the human race lof
their riehis 1t is fitting We should discuss 'hls SUD
lsct for one, although II strikes !" Tue iuuiIA''oh
of the social fabric Of all nanohs, 'nAs no
srcrrer, 10 me .ha, K Is not right
has Neeu proyed that governments have always COM
menced IL Iniquity. The iioettes Oh nanAilN 49,
been only remnant OF rlght feS.ueu aisa .'iG
from the expressions and tyranny OF taose MO 49,
the sceptre OF ROVER II has always oeen thA' vi,
tues, and best Of The earth. VINO nave slo.S ~
for the highest ideas Of justice ana e'elSI a.
been the victims of the cross and tne >sHAe. 'h'VA
tuuaie,N the generous ana >ed->acrhcins sptl's Vl
ali ages have been ed 10 marty rtom therefore
Is no argument 10 nv mlnc that the law Is asAihS.
Us The law has always been wrong IL co.aHleH icy
IA the eudaiism OF the solder, and has oeeh ulg.
and >ar ctioned hy the selfish and cOmmerclh SYih
OF the world Il no argument that the wno1e so
cal fabric OF the past Is against us he heii thH We
are hot bound 10 show What i NOnins sphet'.
Every human being must determine for himself "ah
his sphere shall be. ,,
In eyerv instance in which mankind have demand
Cd HE POSSESSION Or emo, OF greater rights, the
rsply h. been You are not lit 20 De trusted
Luther asked liberty for every man 20 read the bo.s
aIc tie reply was. Is not sais iertne m h.
Bs; said Luther. - Let us Try" In France the IoN-
or classes asked the righ, 10 vote aud 10 oe repre-
sented nthe Government. They were told tht Ihey
were not 1T TO exercise 50 great atTu>t out theF ~
swtred " Let US try" And all the Improvements III
the condition of man, and all the progress ol
the mast echo back the cry fney nave ProtfH I'D.
they were III for government. Ana no" "e
meet Woman on the threshold OF the S's.e mdN.ns
her demard for the possession % hcr righs ahu 'e
world sa,S 20 her e on not NJ FOR such employ
meniS and the exercise OF such rights, pe. S'e
sill D eacs. " Give me chance. Let me Wy,
Durinu the generations that are past, Europe Sdlu
10 tpe Jews :. gu are only ~ 20 make money, anu
we VIII not allow YOU to have any place IN the GOV
eminent" But noble men nave risen up anu ot
u.nted for them their rights MacaultY stahus
20 IN the British House OF Commons, ana SAYS
Throw wide open the entrance to the descendants
of the Naccabees and let them take their seats,
from whose ancestors have come downto us the IN
.piration ard the elOquence OF Isaiah 80 we say,
Throw open the doors OF your colleges ana iel the
De Staels the Martlneau and others Ike theh,
take the professors char and when the experiments
his teen tired. shall De ready 20 discuss the
question OF WOmanS intellect The intellect Oh
Newton. OF La Place OF Napoleon, was developed
i'm the midst of the EXPERIMENTAL scenes thIouSn
which they passed. Until W oman mas me fuli ma
far opportunity 10 make the experiment. who knows
what She may become IN an intellectual point OF
view
It's of 10 importance to the argument whether
Woman Is equal IN intellect or not. ! believe. now
ever there L. CONSCIOUSNESS the part OF our sex
that are not ready for The battle Ana my PROOF
OF II IS, that the stronges! thinkers from Pa'o Gown
10 the present time, that German philosophers ana
men OF the highest celebrity have successfully lie
ciared that Woman IS Intellectually the equal on Nan
The precise point this Convention urges upon the
public mind Is not what is the degree OF her intel
iect-uot what Is her precise sphere but what We
ask i this Leave II TO Woman % choose Tor her-
self her profession her education, or her sphere.
We deny the right OF any individual TO prescribe 10
any other individual what shall be his "a hef sphere
That is the sphere of any man or woman which ne
or she with the greatest and highest effort can sue
CeSSiully fill. The only means by which IL can De
settled that that sphere is. Is to give her freedom oil
choice to ny she may Justly say TO us. know that
| nave not the eloquence o, DemoStheneS. and the
state sn anship OF the veteran statesman You nave
never given me the spur and the interest OF honor
and wealth ana fame TO call forth these powers, nor
the opportunity 10 exercise them
Mr. Phillips alluded 10 the plea that these me-
qualities are necessary in order 20 preserve the so
clal state he did not undertake 70 nelp God rue
the world BY dong injustice. II tie has made me TO
feel the dictates OF natural justice that she "ho Is
punished by the laws, and taxed for their support,
Should have a voice IN their enactment, am vii
Ing she should have this right ana leave the results
To Him Who gave us moral constitution and holds
Us accountable to amoral government SAID Madame
De Stael Ii you cut OF our heads for treason we
shah ask the reason why" Before can consent 10
infict upon Woman the punishment of the laws. and
place upon her part OF the burdens OF Government,
She must have voice IN the Government and the en-
co not /, eli disturbed BY these questions of
mans capacity. There are no Alpine nights Of IN
elect tnat entl,lo any 20 rights above the hum
blest individual IL i maxim Of political and civil
liberty that taxation and representation are coexls
enI rights. Now, when come 10 Woman cannot
Turn a >nCr corner. he VINO uuGefttheS 10 answer
the argument OF this Convention will have 70 answer
tire Whole course OF English and American history.
Man has undertaken 10 settle the question for oman
thai She has time TO attend 20 these great interests
OF the State Her domestic cares are too great She
must remain at home. lie has not undertaken TO
cay that the laborer, whose time Is all occupied IN
the workshop the field shall not deposit ms vote.
he has not undertaken 20 say that man engaged IN
trade and absorbed with Its shall not have the
privilege vote. He has not undertaken 70 say that
the lawyer who Is occupied with the duties OF his pro
teSSon shallnOt vote. But Woman whose care are al
home shall not have this privilege She cannot be spar
ed SIT Ia the halls OF legislation, or enter upon the
professional pursuits or business OF the world. Blu,
Abbott Lawrence can be spared from MS business TO
90 on a foreign mission. The CuTses can be spared
from the bar 70 accept a ludgeship. Because a
saiior has gone out 20 sea Oh a whaling voyage for
three yeaIs he cannot OF course be representative
IN Congress, therefore no male shall ever be repre-
sentative.
This Is the argument. SAID Mr. Phillips. These
preJuClces were never reasoned up, and my word
iUT II. they never viii be reasoned down. Inc
freedom OF the press and the liberty Of speech
we're not achieved by argument. II was by testing
ana using these liberties that they achieved.
IL Is the fact that they hare tsel achieved that
Influences men. When you get Woman TO take
her rights then you viii have most advanced this
cause. One ugly fact Of woman doctor, one
solid fact of a wOmans success IN trade, will open
the eyes Of men more than a thousand arguments
Yes take your nights without our AID. There IS no
iaw TO prevent II IN half the instances If which you
complain. lou can Go more Ia change the public
rmeht IN this way than any other Il IS you that
must send forth the nat and the doors Of the medical
college. and the avenues Of trade and industry viii
be opened to you. Let the mother, the wife, the
daughter. say to their husbands and fathers When
my ME l. endangered By disease will ertrust my
sell 10 d sisters treatment and care II you love
ne see that you provide that my chosen friend and
adviser instructed IN the healing arr. wll have
10 other and the medical schools Of Harvard and
Columbia w1ll be thrown open 10 you.
Mr mlhps spoke Of the education Of Woman. tie
salo there was no nse % educate her for nothing
Horace Mann tells US he intends 70 write lecture on
woman. he Will no doub, advocate her ngh. 10
ecucatcn, but stop short OF the great ends for
when education Is worth any thing What can
few years education accomplish for a woman
The young man spends four years In col
itEe anc comes ont d mere hedgelng Horace
Mann proposes to educate woman for her amuse-
ntLt 10 educate her IN the useful sciences. IN
OTcer LaI she may rock the cradle educate her IN
astronomy, to take care Of the parlor 1t mas been
rrUiy salo by Daniel Webster that IMAM learns