The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-14

Wh1cl We nave nelbueI tiuc AOI I0Om w spoCtbuy
refer. Indeed, our pages are already so crowded
with news and advertisements that We are obliged
to omit great amount Of local and miscellaneous
reading prepared for this days paper.
The WOman's Rights COnventi0n-The Last
Act Of the Drama.
The farce ut Syracuse has been played out
We publish, to. day, the last act, in which it
will be seen that the authority of the Bible, as
. perfect rule Of faith and practice for human
beings, was voted down and what are called
the laws of nature set up instead Of the Chris
tian code. We have also practical exhibition
Of the consequences that flow from woman leav-
ing her true sphere where she yields all her inaa-
ense, and coming into public to discuss questions
Of morals and politics with mea The scene in
which Rev. Mr.. Hatch violated the decorum of his
cloth, and coarscy offensive to such ladies pre-
sent as had not lost that modest g feminine Gle
ment," on which he dwelt so forciby is the natural
result Of the conduct of the themselves, who
in the first place, invited discussion about sexes, and
in tho second place 50 broadly defined the diff
ference between the male and the female as TO be
suggestive of anything but purity to the audience
The women Of the convention have no right to com
plain but for the sake ofbis clerical character, if
followed go bad an example. His speech vas sound,
and hi. argument conclusive, but his form Of words
was not in the best taste. The female orators
were tho aggressors but, to use his own language,
| he ought lot to have measured swords with
man, especially when he regarded her ideas and ex
pressions as bordering upon the obscene. But all
this is the natural result Of woman placing herself
in false position AS Rev. Mr.. Hatch observed,
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betted upon. The whole tendency of these eonves
| tions is by means to increase the influence Of
woman, to elevate her condition. or to command the
respect of the other sex. 1t is quito the reverse
We do not wonder that, after what has taken place
they should shun the light of New York city, and
retreat to the obscurity of Cleveland for their next
gathering.
| Who are these women?-what do they want!-
what the motives that impe them to this course
of acton The dramatis persona of the farce enacted
ut Syracuse, present curious congomeration Of
both sexes; some Of them are old maids, whose
personal charms were very attractive, and
who have been sadly sighted by the masculine gen.
der in general some Of them women who have
been badly mated whose own temper, or their hus-
bands has made life anything but agreeable to
them, and they are therefore down upon the
whole Of the opposite sex some having SO much Of
the virago in their disposition, that nature ap
pears to have made mistake in their gender
mannsh women like hens that crow; some of
boundless vanity and egotism, who believe that
they superior in Intellectual ability to call the
world and the resi- of mankind, !" and delight to see
their speeches and addresses in print some silly
little girls, of from fifteen to twenty, who are
tckled to death with the idea of being one day
great orator, lawyer, doctor, q member of Con-
grass. general in the army, perhaps President Of
| the United States-and some who do not like to
work for living, or to perform the duties of the
domestic circle, but to spend their time in talking
and gossipping, and longing for a millennium of
idleDess, when, without any effort Of their own,
they shall seat, drink, and be merry "be clothed
in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously
every day." reigning as queens and potentates
all of which shall be but realization of their
rights; and man shall be consigned to his proper
sphere, nursing the babies, washing the dishes
mendiDg stockings, and sweeping the house. This
is the good time coming" Besides the classes we
have enumerated there is class of wild enthusiasts
and visionaries-vsry sincere, but very mad-having
the same vein the fanatical aboltionists and the
majority if not all Of them, being, in point of fact
deeply imbued with the anti slavery sentiment
OF the male sex who at end these conventions
for the purpose of taking part in them, the ma-
jority are hen-pecked husbands, and all of them
| ought to wear petticoats
| In point of ability, the majority of the
women are fimsy, fppant, and superficial. If
Lucretia Mott, Mrs. Cakes Smith, Mrs. Pau
lima Davis, Lucy Stone, and Mrs. Rose, psrticu-
larry the latter, are exceptions, they but confirm
the rule. Even of these Mrs Rose alone indicates
much argumentative power; and in reading Mrs.
Cakes Smiths book, of which so much has been said
and which the Westminster Rerie,o pronounces the
ablest work that has been written the subject (no
great praise after all, we are wholly at loss TO
discover anything beyond smartness, and graceful
ness Of style, with much that is abored and smacks
Of afectation. While it contains great deal of
truth that is not new in reference premature mar
riages and other TOPICS it carefully avoids all close
reasoning upon the real points at issue. In fact it
surrenders the main point contended for at the late
convention-the physical and mental equality of
woman as the basis of her political equality Miss
Lucy Stone and others contended that there was no
difference, physically or mentally, between tho
sexes, except the bare fact Of gender. Mrs Smith
knows better, and accordingly che did not venture
to commit herself to that doctrine in her book. In
one short sentence we answer all that has been
said for the three days at this Convention and at
all other Conventions it be true that the female
sex are equal to the male in point Of physical
strength and mental power, how is it that from the
beginning Of the world to the present time, in
all ages, in all countries and climes, in every
variety Of the human species, the male has
been predominant, and the female subject,
politically, socially, and in the family cir
ole In no other nation or tribe was woman ever
so honored as she is in the United States. If the
female sex ever equal to the male, there would
be some record left in history Of the women chang
ing places with the men in the work Of legislation,
and those other objects and pursuits Of life that
quire superior force Of body and mind. How did