The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-10


ennobpg the whole ra W. aio NIX for e'eyatet
standard Of excellence aud moral purity in man;
We maintain that IL there II any piee OF resort oreR
ployment in society which necessarily suy the
delicacy OF womans spirit, IN hat man also must be-
contaminated and degraded
Woman indeed should wear about her wherever sho
the protecting investment Of innocence ami DuQ
but not less j. IL requisite hat he Who il the companil
Of her life should guard his spirit with the same sacrdt
ana beautiful covering.
We believe that accountable being canns
nnocenty merge her individuality that ~ her broha
or accept from him the limitation. Of her sphere,
In all LIES great extr mites he also h thrown UPON
her inward resources, and stapds alone, Man cannot
step in between her and the accusing angel Of her
conscience alone in the solitude Of her spirit she
must wrestle with her walk for her
the valley of the shodow Of death y When her bro
Their shall be able to settle for her accountaabes an9
give to God ransom for her toul then, ana not till
then may she rightly commit to HIM the direction OF hss
We ask in fine for the application of the Fundamental
principles Of Christianity aud republicanism 70 this AZ
to all other questions of vital imp and appealing
to al who desire the progression and happiness Of tha
whole race we ask them as mag unanimous men and true
to examine this sub sct in the spirit OF gene
rous and candid investigation.
Mrs. NICHOLS, of Vermont, said. in reference to
womans sphere, 1t bad been laid down invariably
that woman had sphere different from man. This
could not be sustained philosopbically, or in point
of fact 1t was maintained also, that man was
woman's head, and she was his helper. II this be
50, then they belong to The same sphere. The
theory thus upsets itself IL was not because they
wanted to be men, or to invade mcn that they vent
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whole, and what is done by only one is imperfecty
done. Great laughter among some wags) Ii
woman had been permitted TO cooperate with maK
in forming creeds and laws. there would be moro
Justice in them. Justice is but love in chronic
state. Representation is necessary for free go
vernment, and taxation withoutit is tyranny. But
this principle violated in woman's regard,
though their fathers had fought and bled for it so
many years ago. Woman was permitted to vote IN
banks and railroad corporations, because her money
could not be got any other way (Applause.) Sho
begged they would not applaud 1T interrupted her.
She had faculty OF reading the human face divine,
and she their sympathy That was sufhcient..
If there is anything rowdyish in elections, that is
unfit for womens presence-though the elections IN
Vermont generally held in he churches-why,
lot the woman assemble on different day and de-
post their ballots With regard to offices, therd
l22 women in the post Office to day, without re-
proach from man or woman-even those who say
that the ladies Of this convention want the unmen,
ti9nables. applause
The PREs!pENg-I think the speaker is in soma
respects the victim Of hss own theology. She has
admitted that man is the hea,. OF Tue woman:
Mrs. NICHOLS smart fash ~ hshfsssing}m
! always admit q theory that upsets itsN1 A's
know am politician (Great laughter
The PRESIDENT Another objection to your speech
IL, that you infer the morality Of woman is supe.
rior to that Of man. All we ask is equality.
=, Mrs. NIcnoLs-The superiority Of the woman is
the result OF her persecution do not claim il on
the ground of nature, but in point of fact. Great
appause).
Mrs. OAKEs SMITH then reported the resolutions
forwarded to you by telegraph.
The Convention then adjourned till the afternoon
AFTERNOON SESSION
The Afternoon Session opened at o'clock. and
the hall was densely filed,
Mrs. r. CAKES SMITH, who displays ma gnifcent
bust and dignfed person, then proceeded to adj
dress the meeting.
Mr.. JAMES Mort said she spoke in too low tone
to be heard.
Mrs. SMITH said she was sorry for that, though
the charge was unusual II the audience would
only keep still che could be easily heard Woman's
voice was heard rather by is penetrating, sympa.
thetic quality than by it's loudness did not come
here to shout at the top of my voice Ny friends,
90 we realize for what purpose we are conyenedI
~ Ns fully unasrstppa lAat we RFyiyo at nothing
else than an entire subvesion Of the existing order
OF society, dissolution Of the whole existing social
compact! DO we see that it 10 not an error Of to-
day nor Of yesterday against which we are liftiI
up the voice of dissent but it is against hoai
headed error Of all timcs-error bornc onward fro
the frat footprints Of che first pair eje ted frol
paradise, interDingled in every aspect OF civil
zation, down to our own times In view OF this,
does seem to nue. that we should each and all fet
as if animated, sanctifed. set apart. as TO grea
mission. 1t seems to me that We who Struggle t.
restore the divine woman to the world, should fee
as If under the very eye OF the Eternal Sesrcber
all hearts, who will reject any sacrifice other than
pure offering. We said to be few dissffectcd
embttered en- met for the purpose ofgiving vent
to petty personal spleen and domestic discomfort. Wa
repel the Charge and call upon every acre to
rspel the charge live have personal wrongs, here IS
not the place Tor redress. II nAve private grief,
snd what human -, in a large sense, ia with
out Tsh) we 80 not come here +" :.;...". th"so
The grave viii lay it, cola horrors over shs boar, o
ri mere pre.en before the good we ask for our kind
VIII % i"s-,zed to the world We shall pass onwari
to ether spheres of existence. but trust the seq
we shall here plant will spring to glorious harvest
We see the end from the beginning" and rejoid
in spirit. We care not that we shall not reap th .
fruits of our toll, for know, in times to comeiT
will be seen to be glorious work. Bitterness II;
become embittered (Which God forbid, it is becaus
social wrong has SO penetrated to the inner life,
that we are crucifed thereby, and take the gall
and vinegar Of the Divine Master All who take
sense, embitrered. The conviction Of wrong
has wrought nightly in them. Their large hearts
look in the whole sense of human VICE. and bleed for
those who had become brutalized BY It's weight
They spoke as never man spoke IN his own indivdu-
asm, but as the embodied soul will speak when tho
full time shall come. Thus Huss and Wicklif, and
Luther spoke, and the men of '76. No woman has
come here to talk over her private griefs and de-
tail the small coin of personal aneedote and yet did
women speak OF the wrongs which unjust legisa-
tion-the wrongs which corrupt public opinion, the
wrongs whish false social aspects have fastened upon
us-wroDgs which che bides within smiles and con-
ceals with wOmanly endWance-did she give voice
to all this, her miles would 90 hollow and her
endurance so divine that her brow would be encrced
with the halo OF saint But we are not here from
any petty personal motive we have not left our
fresides for any purpose inconsistent with It's sancti
ties. Were We ambitious, we should seek a
held less obnoxious to public opinion Did
we desire notoriety, as is SO often said o
US in bad sense, this is not the field il
which to win il, for here the eve is lost in the morn
ing No, it is only deep, holy sense of good, tobi
done for our kind, that hes compelled US from;it
sanctities of home, that we may here saw wbatom
pulpits dare not utter, Gods truth although it is
ana that we may challenge our legislators to al
account OF their stewardship We are but hand
ful, u is true, to resist the combined forces Of
oppression and we now say, if any one
OF our number breads the contest let ham or her
60 out from amongst us now, for we that remain
are prepared to stand like the band at Thermopyln
OF old. Let this Syracuse, already known as the
watchword of freedom, be cur ThermopyIa, and
here let MS enter our solemn protest, ard prepare
to abide the issue Let us protest against law in