The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-12
SUNDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 1s, 1852

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Miss HARRIET Hurr, (who Ia jolly looking woma
IpwsSso; psSMNo o. forty fat but not fir) exclaimed in
Mrs MOrr-They suspended her, though life is not 9
/ Miss srorx-When the slavery agitation commences
all turmoil and violence, and even women werc pei
ed with rotten eggs and brickbats and even pastor
letter. anc NEWSPAPER squibs were written against u
| IN peace They had had bandicraft trades to
TO-. such as jewellers phrenologists; but the
did not avail Aemtelves Of these trades II the
duty, whenever lady set up in buiness to give her
preference Why not 60 to he lady in Albany that
amines hesds instead Of TO DR.. Fowler AT Now Yerl
whom she was glad 10 see present. Then ths pulpit
were open TO ladies' and Antoiuette Brown was an e.
smpie thoneh she could not get ordained at presen
Mrs JoNEs said the real cause of the abuse Of tn
Grimkeys and Abbey Kelly not because they too
he right OF speaking but because they attacked tn
uons sol ei Others She (Ars Jones) was Pelted frou
slavery clergy In their position. The clergy were YER
friendly to the female missionaries their return from
abroad. and opened their doors to them
The Convention then adjourned till the afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Mrs PAULINE W. DAVIS delivered an eloouent addres
on marriage showing that from Of proper oI
and training and from marriages taking place too early
most marriages are unhappy and the ignorant child -wo
man eers away from the affection Of the man whom
she calls her husband because when her beauty and per
sonai enarm iai she has no inward resources either
herself or her companion. She drew vivid picture
the unmarried rt and the married coouette and con
cluded by moving the following preamble and resoiu
tion
Inasmuch the family the cen trail and supreme nstu
tien among hpm,n sociees that ali
and scop its evils being source Of all evil and It's
the fountain q all good Involved in the destiny race
primary Of human associations vas the only ins stitutios
the ao Of the Church M
e In the paradise to come We are thereby taught
Of It's dea and the Senesosnco Of its oco in tn.
Resolved therefore, That the correction of its abuse,
the point Of all the reforms which the world
actual posi'ion the Ssn
minister o. ts redeemiDg agency and that
sts sIhere authorized demand the smsnspstie.
may pefsrn her sHtis:
as5 s
s ss nsS s hsT
object; freely opened to bsr ana
e =. ss
tSsn The ars # her and
meed energies che her contribute
the world in which love shall overrue forcs and
sgusi Liberty S and justice shs replace the
A tilt here took place between Mrs O. Smith and
Mrs Nichols about resolution which had been wrongly
attributed to Mrs Nichols in of the local papers
Mrs Nichols denied the bantng was hers she did not
Mrs. SMITH said it was homely child
Mrs NcHoLs-The papers not only said the resolution
HUMey Cdlleu me nOMely (Great Laughter
For her part she did not care If the bantling was
strangled.
Mrs DAVIS here announced that there were several
works Of Mrs H. o. Smith for sale ut the door, including
book.
Mrs ERsEsTNE RosE who was intr oduced to the meet
ing by the President Polish lady having been
educated in the Jewish faith said-t was OF yery
little Importance what the birthplace of any person
But the hoped they would have little charity on ac-
count Of her speaking in foreign language She was an
exnmih Hat not only American women but the down
ut ot,n ntn Of Poland (appausc), and of that
~rvrss in'.ictcd upon womai II was, however
melancholy fact, that woman her chains so long
that she not only did not fee them, but seemed to
require th' like the nebriate whose system is so dis
cased that he CAM ot do without the intoxicating draght
those VINO guilty OF the uDgentlemany practice
OF using tobacco Qaugher and could not dispense with
that stimuant. Woman torpid like person whose
paray zed and whose first hopeful 81
serted her rights and her husband yielded them he was
called hen picked )" husband. (Grcat laughter fol-
lowed the in which Mrs. Rose pronounced hen.
peckedD Woman was thoroughly sick, and it was
the business of women reformers, like surgeons, to
cut deep to the core. Women were slaves from the
cradle to the grave. The man was called hero
who went to battle to shoot men, and to stand up
and be sbot at like target, but what such he
roim (were war even lawful) compared with the
her oil Of under the oppression Of her onoto-
nous and helpless condition. compelled to keep at home
and attend day after day to the duties The whole
cret of the evil that woman regarded
ted for mans purposes and not for her They
created for each other, and for mutual benefit; and
the denial Of this the fundamental flsehood Her
imagination was not large but she had enough Of
1t how the could be united that the whole
might be regarded manthe highest title that the race
is capable Of Kings, and priests and archbshops and
other titles invented to amuse children nothing
pared with the title and that includes wo ZAP.
pause) This convention like the previous one been
called to rouse woman to of her rights She
not wait quiet till grants her rights As we'll might
slave in the south wait till his master sets him free
Mrs. LucRrTIA MoTT said allusion had been made to
the condition of France by the last speaker petition
presented before the UPRISING N
that country for the rights of Some Of the great
est philosophers held that woman had fairly presented
her In the discussions that took place the time 1t
maintained that the revolution of 1899 failed because
half Of the people-Ds excluded from egs
,nt kind from that Of and therefore necessary to
the formation Of perfect republic 1t had been said
this morning that woman could take her rights. This
her Of what had been often said in the Quaker
meetings that the friends would keep still and not mix
In the excements Of the day God would bring about all
reforms in his own good time and wayand the rights of
the colored and the rights Of and all other
ghs would be accomplished But who did not believe
in this She was believer in agitation. Jesus Christ
great agtator and most sarcal aud sarcastic
npon the scrbes and pharasees hypocrites of that
lay The speaker then went to show the degradation
of the marriage relation and the false Of obedience
On the part OF the women in some churches Yes
degraded by the times by the monopoly of the church.
and by all the circumstances with which she is surround
ID S NINE on Blackstone the
one, daughter They must Therefore battle for their
rights. Lucy Stone, whom they all delighted to honor,
uo ior ner even IN tnut seminary
which was the first to open ts portals r the education
Of women and 1t was from Lucy Stone she first learned
the degradation Of women after her husbands death
She called the rect,n what remained Of himself
These preudices being gradually overcome and
men employed In various departments in this
try which were supposed to belong exclusively to
young lady, here told her year ago that she
going 10 stady law The United States mint had fifty
men employed in IT, and so Of many other ayocatons
Mrs. RosE denied the necessity Of admitting that there
any difference between the male and female mind
This was question whidh could not be decided They
all ignorant Of it. But 1t made difference to the
for in either she morally and physi
cally ent>fd to her rights. The opponents say that
there is Inference and that the superiority Is on the
part Of the mani and that he right to judge
and condemn her and TO enact laws against her She took
man on his words, and II he said there differ
ence then she contended he had right TO judge
lie not fit to do it, But humanity recognised
Mind did not recognise virtue and vice did not lt
not excusvey for woman they sought this reform
How could II benefit TO have bis mother wife daugh
ter and sister oppressed. IL possible the equality Of
woman more for mans benefit than for womans
But they say woman is equal. why has she done so
little and why has she not occupied higher position In
the arts and sciences! As well might they go to the
South and ask the poor ignorant slaves, why they are
not as wise as their masters. (Applausel Woman Is