Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-11-29
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Indiana womans Rights Convention.
LETTER FROM MRS. WILSON.
CADIz, Ohio, Harrison CO., I
Oct. z, 1851.


give me great pleasure to accept of your
kind invitation TO attend the Woman's Rights
Convention which is proposed to be belJ at
Dublin, Wayne CO., Ia, on the 1i,h aud 18th
inst. regret TO sry it is out of my power to
attend but ! very cheerinlly respond TO
your request, of transmitting to you this
short and imperfect address, with my best
wishes for the success of the "good cause
The friends of the cause have good reason
"to thank God aud take courage" The
hOory despoiism which has so long cursed
the world, and crushed and degraded woman
ID beginning to ,ottcr on its basis. The
women Of the United Sintes are awakening
10 sense of their rights and wrongs, and
tho women in Europe are following in irain.
This question only wants to be understood
TO make it successful. We must endeavor,
as the politicians say, "to keep it before the
people" The mind Of the community in
general has been envelopcd in darkness on
this question, and Indiana is moi an excep-
ton to the general rule. This ia manifest
when the opinion that married womtn have
right TO hold property hns been branded in
Indiana (if we have been correctly informedl |
MS nn "offshoot from the tree Of infdelity,"
by some clerical gentlemen who profess to
be amongst the lights Of tho world. Who
ever denies woman the right to hold property,
is the infdel SO far as this question is conccr-
ned WomaD's charter TO the earth and its
products is as valid rs is mars, Gen. ], &c:
20. Woman was made in the image of
God, the same ns man her head crowned
with honor and dignity, aud set over the !
works Of Gods hands equal with man. The
right to hold property is most cmphniicaly {
natural rigid and belongs TO our common I
humanity, and is indlienaJls. II we have !
right 10 life, we have right TO what supports c
it. Is she not the same immutablo indiyidu- I
nj nfter marriage ns before? Docs she not
need food and clothing ns before? Is she TO c
be dependant vnssnl on her fellow mortal, {
for the common necessaries of life? Per-
hups debuuchee, his resting place frequent
ly in the gutter! A consummer, not pro-
ducer--thus saith the Lord, cursed is the
man that trustetli in man, and makcth flesh
his arm" Woman has not only right to
all description of property owned by her,
or belonging to her before marriage, and all
ibnt may accrue TO her nfter marriage, rs
some OF the States of this Union have awar.
ded her. But she has right to have the
control Of the products Of her own industry
during the marriage, which the laws of all
the States deny her, with the exception Of
one, (if we mistake not.) She has scrip
iure right, "to consiAer field aud buy ii,'
Prov. 81, 16.
Most tyranical TO deny woniun rfter mar
ringe the right 10 acquire aud possess proper.
iy and also make contracts. Where did lnan
get bis right to nnihilate woman? not from
God. is she not under the same obligations
10 perform tho same duties iss family capa- |
city rs man? is she not TO cloile the naked |
and feed the hungry? Prov 81, 20; list Tim.
s, 10. And Abigail gave of her substance
against the express will Of her husband, Isl |
Samt25, 4--35, by Gods appreciation. Did
not married women minister 10 Christ of
their SSJsidnes? Luke 2d, 8. Yes of their
substance, their property. A married woman
in onr bousted lund of liberty, could not le-
galIy bestow the most riAing meieiy-she
coth not legally give piece Of bread, or
cup Of water, or the most invaluable article
Of clothing 10 Jesus Christ if he was on
eanh!!
When these reverend gentlemen who have
nj he iftfaf hat, toIx
hnve a righ, to hold property, is an offshoot
from tho tree of infideliiy," should be remin-
ded when they como TO solicit donations
from women, for benevolent, or any purpose,
ihat il wouh constitute woineH robbers, 10
give property which does not belong TO them.
WoinaB's obligations are the sa,ne as mars,
IN every respect, governed W each according
10 circumstances, And when our duties are
the saDe, cur rights must also he the same.
This 10 self evident, because there are not
TWO neral laws, one for man, and another
1ur woman, WOman's natural endowments
izbow ahnt she was designed to be placed in
nm 'eDfve eFialhy with IaAn, IN the Provi-
siunce of Sod. Her moral aud intellectual
snhswmenfs are the saipe, in kind and de-
EHec as nnn's, when she is placed in circnm-
stances for iheM developemeni--tbis is
strictly true, as far MS has been tested
Wherever God Inns given talents, they are to
be put TO usury, or be obnoctous TO the pen
atty of the Improbable servnni, who hId his
Lords talent in ihe earth. Whether her tai
sn,s qualify her for the Bar, the Judicial
benci the Presidential Chair, the Healing
Sut. or the Pulpit, or any other lawful avoeu-