The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-15

Jones. Of Ohio, with strong western accent aud an
Irish face. who expressed herself rather to the
SUBJECT but being in the habit of addressing large
audiences on various subjects, WAS glad to minglo
i With the free spirits of that hail. She said -
4 She not in the habit OF talking much about wo
mems rights She Of those women who Instead
Of taking about ems rights took the rights without
| seJirs anything about them
Mrs. Jones. it appears, occupies the pulpits all
over the ccuDtry i've days out OF the seven, in lee,
| turing on science. Whas she wanted h0 Seyor, was
! The right TO vote, which included all other rights
She wanted sto 60 into the legislative hall, sit
the udeial bench, and fill The chair Of ths exe,a-
| tive" Universal applause ana energoti, movement
Of fans folio we'd this bold fight Of feminine anbi
/ ton When she at length had sat down. Daniel
rose tojudgmer in the shape Of Miss l.. jenkins,
a Bloomer, Of Waterloo, N. T., who asked whether
there was any law TO prevent women voting IN this
state! 1.-The statute says white male citizens may
vote, but does say white female citizens cannot"
After the Rev Miss Antoiuete Brown had cited SO me
cases that bore this question: Mrs Davies return
cd 10 the wider field OF discussion, and inssanced
maEy lady lecturers and preachers that drew largely
wherever they went, and whom st. Paul himself
weuid not have commanded to cover their faces in
the assembly "Womans sphere" she observed,
sis now " wherever she makes it," Miss Lucy Stone
went as fer as the resr but practical dill ,uty.
IL was not so easy to go and take their rights, and
she mentioned that Miss arriet K Hunt wont to
claim her right In the college where she had OBJ
taiDed PERMISSION TO study from the heads Of it, but
the students ''sacrifced' her. The lady hsrself,
aJo1y Looking woman, upwards of fOrty-fat, but
MT air-Iesented this rather ambiguous expression
IL is evident however that whatever conquest she
might have made among the heads of the college,
the students were blind 10 her attractions, and Miss
Hunt experienced some ungailant usage
The ladies now retired, aud assembled again in
the afternoon, when Mrs Paulina W Davis deliver
ed an eloquent address on marriage tho conclusion
of which was, woman was-''the redeemirg agency"
OF the wola and therefore now was the time fer her
to do
Her proper work, and contribute to the peculiar cle
mepts OF the new civilization nov opening upon the
world In which love shall overruc force and ua ber
~ and shall replace tho degradation and
the oppression Of individuals
After 80 magnificent destiny had Just been open.
ed to them, one might expect the "wouen 4 rights
women" to act theVr part well for at least half an
hour. but dame nature Immediately peeped out ia
the following episode. resolution had beea
wrongly attributed to Mrs Nichols in one Of the To-
cal papers, and she denied ''the bantling was srs
'She did not want to mother it," Mrs Smith said
it was q homely child. Mrs Nichols replied
The papers not only said the resolution was homely
but called me homely t.o For my part do not care II
the bantlingi stianged
From this unhappy. escapade the assembled he
roines were recovered by 81 magnificent burst on
the wrongs of women and the tyranny Of man. by
Mrs Ernestine Rose, Polish Je xess by birth,
who, a.ter denouncng husbands, household duties,
and tobacco, proceeGed:--
Her imagination not large, but she had enough of
to see how the sexes could be united that the whole
might be regarded man IN highest title he. the
is capable Of Kings, and priests ard arcbishops
and other titles invented 10 anue children hing
compared to the title man. and that incudcs woman.
Mrs. Lucretia Mott then showed the de grading
character of the marriage relation, and the false
VOW OF obe0i nco On the part of the woman made in
some churches Yes, womsn was degraded by the
times, and by the monopoly of the church. Accord
ing to a Commentary on Blackstone. the law made
both man snd wife one, bu. the man was that one.
1t was from Lucy Stone she first learnt the degrada-
ton Of women, even after her husbands death She
was called 81 the relict, or what remained Of him
After MYy Rose n MrsN Niehnls w0s pnni
the editor of the Wyadham COUNTY De7.orat, and
said, . So, you see. | am politicii She
entered at great length, and with much ingenuity
aud tact" as we told, into the legal wrongs Of
women in regard to property. She had no legal
existence. In the words of Blackstone, g her ex-
istencc is suspended during covcrrure" !" Our
non.appeaiance of any thing like husness snoh as
resolutions or motions before tho house We can
only ascrbe it TO the spirit Of liberty at tho heart
of the whole movement.
The evening session os this day was opened by
Mis- Lucy Stone reading letter addressed to her
by Mr. Brigham, who had had the temcrity to point
out, that man had his sphere and woman hers, and
that they were equal i'll their sevsral positions Miss
Lucy, VINO appeared to know great deal about it,
maintained, IN reply, that the
Arts ard sciences matters of genius not of sex
She denied that there was any popularity in tho male
beth alike by nature.
Mr.. Brigham, whe chanced to be present, said in
defence of his letter, "Al tho ladies wanted WAS
better taste, and they would find their sphere at
last in the domestic crcle;' whereapon n host Of
single ladies jumped up, aad " Miss Dr. Harriet X.
HINT became their spokesman What was she
to do! She was living lfe Of single blessed
ncss-what was to be her sphcre!' Mr Brigham
replied rather weakly, and scon found he had dis
turbed hornets nest Ia the midst of the uproar,
while il not sticks and stones, at esst very grave
words were lying about, rir pCtate grGU,S, ia the
shape of the venerable Aune Partiman, meutioned
above, rose up and plunged into the mysteries of
the question -
clergy yusn said TO her that woman the
wiekedest thing God ever made Her reply to him wa,
that il the lib taken from satuy wicked
what must tho whole body OF man be
This led the way to the " Bible argument" in Ga
vor OF the equality Of the sexes, which was there
upon ably taken up by the Rev. Autoine.to Brown.
No sooner, however, had the clerical lady sat down.
thar the gentle Miss Rose gave her views on scrip
tuyal authority
She did not want appeals 10 the Bible Anything
might be proved from that book Whom the peop. Of
Boston tui nCd their harbor into teapot there
plenty 10 quote Scripture to prove them wfaar She
wanted to appeal to written authority Tor elevdent
truths and natural laws.
After s0me remarks on tho Emperor Of Russia the
Pope, and other great personages. Miss Rose oame
down Ike thunderbo,t on cur own excel!ent coun
tryman, Me Roebuck, who, whie a,kno wlcdgirg
that 10 woman he owtd tho form alton Of his miad
and the consolation OF hi, sorrows, nevertheless
would not accode to proposition for giving women
the 40 franchise We know not whether Mr.. Roe
bucks regard for the Eek will Induce him TO ac-
cept the challenge thrown out by Miss Rose, but
here are the terms of -
What pity that be shond give up all these oDjoy
ments to give woman vote! Poor man over what
prccpcc bs happiness s suspended when tho simple act
Of depositing vote overthrow il hope IL h,sa
better basis than that But no doubt he believes wha
he ssys particularly the last part Of it. Like = true
politician he began very periodically but ended IN hts
indy dual interest What combination of politics
datIy stupid blind sclhshncss lie tho good of
society induces him say According 10 his inter.
pretaiion soc.s;y mon only, Woman does not be
long to It. Either her pocket be picked she be
sent TO gaol executcd-in these instances chs Is
member of society; bat not votornot in making the
laws by wlnch she judged Hs es the ieDco what
nice little Il waiting for tho return of
her lord aud master to give him dose OF pnrdostiou,
that his sullIed mind fecl What bright mother
this must be- and whe- bright Ia hers for bright
mothers always love bright unless hey take after
their fathers regret Rochuck is not here face 10
face, that may orraIgn him, but viii do