The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-09-16

| Altered by Miss Anthony, shared the same
Ifste. They were irregularly passed by 10 tne
confusion of the proceedings OF TINS modern
( RabeI. and never acted on. And Justso IN
reference TO nearly all her subjects. Scarcely
any two members could unite or agree entirely
in favor of any particular measure. They
found fault with almost every thing which the
| men did, while they could agree about nothing
among themselves. They proclaimed their
object to be to partake Of all civil and political
rights in common with the men, bur in arrang-
ing aud settling the details Of their plans to
arrive at the desired new station. they disa-
greed. faltered, stumbled, and could arrive at
nothing, final or practical. In other words, it
was "all talk, talk. and no cider"
But enough on this subject. With all our
admiration and love for "dear woman" we can
not devote much time or space to their idle
conventions. We have other and better hsh
to fry. We will only add, that the bare idea
of women filling our halls Of legislation, be-
coming lawyers, doctors, captains and genes
rais-voters, crowding amongst rowdies to the
polls, either with infants in their arms or some
place else, perhaps at home, luliabied and
rocked by their husbapds-gives rise to ideas
ridiculous and ludicrous beyond measure
"How funny" says a commentator, would il
sound in the newspaper, that Mrs. Doc,
while arguing a cause was suddenly taken i'll
and gave birth to fine boy in court-or that
Mrs. Roe was arrested in the middle OF her
sermon, in the pulpit, from the same cause,
and presented "a pledge to her husband-per-
haps twins Z"
On the last day Of the convention, stray
sheep, male sheep, got into the pen, and the
wav he gored these rantankerous Amazons
was sin. We cannot close without laying
before our readers the spicy and amusing de-
bate which followed his debut, and showing the
CONSERVATION produced in the flock by his re-
marks. Under the impression that he was ia
vorable to their proceedings, he was allowed
to address the Convention. But in him 1.-THE
Rev. MIR. Hatch of Massachusetts, the ladies
caught Tartar. Hear him-and after you
have heard him, you will be prepared to ex-
cuse us for any illusions we have made on de-
licate subjects. We have not only the high
6XdtiplS vi q uliuloiCi vi ,IC SoopCi3 Jul u1SO
the proceedings OF Ladies Convention, to
justify any language we have used. Mr..
Hatch said:
TWAS remarked by Miss Stone, that W omen
had not the power of controlling their own
earnings, and that their drunken husbands
spent all they had and left them in poverty
But women had the opportunity of just doing
the same thing. She said that men shut up
tbo ,.rl.e G
they are able. l knew a woman who shut up
her drunken husband, and sewed him up in
the sheets, and whipped him Till he got sober,
troars of laugh and served him right, too.
hope she will always do the same. Re-
newed laughter | don't see what women
have to complain OF. There is Difference al.
ways paid them above the other sex. A seat
is given them while gentlemen are left stand-
ing. In railroad cars they get the preference.
In public meetings they are also privileged,
and the beadles keep out all the male sex till
they are comfortably seated. But, according
to the doctrines put forth a! this convention, all
ought to 60 in together in rush, pell nell. 1t
has been said that the husband has right to
nurse the children. know one family in
which the practice is followed, and most mis-
cradle one it is-it is ill provided within and
without. Miss Stone has also said that moth.
ing is peculiarto woman but her maternity
UUtuluS Uut WHAT is urCCSSbJ ~ utI iUT TIE
procreation the species. Cries of shame. /
Surely nursing is another thing. Miss Stone,
perhaps, thinks that nursing is not the duty of
women, and she would set the father to bring
it up on the bottle, or by newly imported
Irish nurse, as is so frequently the case. lCries
of shame, and symptoms OF uneaslness all over
the hall.] agree with Mrs. Nichols in one
sentiment that she uttered, that we are
bound to use our influence for good, SO we are
IA.
in order to use it. But the question is. how to
get it think women are losing their inhu-
ence by these conventions. Murmurs of dis
approbaton.] In her proper sphere she has
influence as man has not. 1t is for her good
now rise to speak. We are what our fathers,
and mothers, and maiden aunts have made us.
Mr.. Briggs, after reading the letters of the
mother of John Quincy Adams, TO her son,
went to him as he sat in Congress, and said,
Il know who has made you" "Who 7" re-
piled j. Q. Adams. "Your mother;'' was the
rejoinder. Adams held out his hand, and said
it was so. Woman can do anything with the
child. She can mould it by her plastic hand,
when it is offender age. And how Because
she is strong by her gentleness and her love.
Woman in this sense is the strongest sex
Gold is strong, wine is strong but women are
stronger. There is not one in this assembly
who has not felt that force. Every married
q
of laug hter.l Now, this is the reason that l
object to these conventions. want women to
retain that blessed influence. 1t has been said
if she went into Congress, she would pour oil
on the iroHbled waters, and alter the face of
things. Such would not be the case. Men
would feel that wo men were out of their place,
| and say that they were bold and masculine,
and, therefore, they would lose their influence,
and do no good. Looks of daggers from ali
parts of the room, and the pencils of the ladies'
very busy taking notes | saw an instance of
it here. When Mrs. Nichols came forward, |
heard some one say, certainly he was not a
gentleman) that "there comes old Nichols"
Laughter and confusion.
The President.-I hope the gentleman will
keep order, and not retail the rowdy converse
ton he heard there in the background. [Great
cheering.']
Rev. Mr.. Hatch.-lf women run with the
fooimen they must expect the consequences
~ THAI a.