Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-01-23
CRBANUS.


Iowa CITY, Jan. IS, 1851.
Among the matters of interest. SINCE last weeks
commune cation, there occurred yesterday, in the
Senate, extended discussion upon the amend
ment Of the House. strike ost all the chapter of
the Revis Code, touching Married Womeh's hold
ing separate property, acquired before and after
marriage. The debate conducted partly in
serious and partly in an ironcal strain of remark
MeSSrs Woodward and Mason commits sioners OF
the code. and Mr. Wright tor retaining the I'd
Section on which the whole matter hinged, and
MesSrs Lewis, Hep1er and others argued against
the section and the right of separate property alto
gether.
The discussion attended by large number
of ladies, married and unmarried, to whom seats
given inside the bar, and also by large con-
course OF citizens outside the railing and after an
early adjournment Of the House, by several mem
hers of that body. After spending some three
hours in Committee of the Whole, Mr. Lowe, of
kcokuk county being in the chair the Senate ad-
ourned, till half past O'Clock, p. NJ and then the
debate was continued by Mr. Cooke who had the
floor, and by others, in the evening session. The
debate too long for the present letter: and
may receive fuller report FROM ample notes taken,
if time and other circums stances permit, hereafter.
! Suffice 1t to say the rights OF women ably de-
| tended, not merely the technical rights so much
argued for by Abby Folsom and Others at the East,
! but the natural rights of the Mr. Wright, I'M
der an amendment, ironically advocated voting and
all that class of civil rights, demanded by this
age of improv ement, without any let or hindrAnce
ofthe constitution ofthc State, which prescribcs
| aaaIe citizens as voters, ana SO on! But further
| details must be deferred.
ri, T..
sprang up in the House, upon the presentation of a
bill for the amendment of the city Charter Of Bur
Hngton, the chief city yet, Of Iowa. The bill
! was offered by Mir Robinson, and upon its first
reading the 42d Rule was suspended sand upon its
passing third reading, MIR Eaton proposed to
amend by striking out al that clause trhich prohibit
ed mans rotiag trho had not paid his poll tGG The
original bill contains provisions not only to tins
effect, but for extending the city limits, regulating
assessments, fixing the time OF cleCtiOnS and other
things pcitioned for with so much nnanimlty ty
the great body of citizens at Burlington. Nh
Crawford was in the chair, in Committee Of The
! Whole, on this bill.
MIR EATON argued in fasol o. his amendment
that the clause in question took away right guar
antecd by the Constitution of this state, VIZ: tina
| every malo white citizen, six months in the coun
try and twenty days in the town might vote. lii
| instanGcd the New York registry law, rs in like
manner Infringing on the liberty OF free suffrage
Mr.. TEMPLE said that the provision did not re
fer to the general elections, but sim y to the char
ter elections where the internal policy of the clt
was concerned-a city being chartered govern
ment within government. 1t has nothing to dc
| with county elections or State elections. And |
privilege granted to cities in other States, te
| regulate voters in city matters. 1t is the genfra
| law in Pennsylvania, that man shall pay pol
tax before he be qualified to vote any where. Ah'
| it was we'll to introduce it into the bill.
Mr.. HARPER said city charter was Ike any
| other corporation, where the law presented lht