The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-04-23

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| At tho Womcn's Temperance Convention. bold II
Rochester. Tsesiay last. resolution was intrs-
| duced, which declared that tho msn who did not
donource tho RIM traffic. knowing it to be wrong.
more guilty than the SELLER debate arose on
this proposition
Mrs. BLooMER remarked that the rumseIlo- was
| garded "A an immoral man. and il was not expected
that he would do better. He Was also legalzed, and
eonid SHOW his authority. The moral man, who o0a-
demned tho practice in his hear and still did nothing
| to oppose or prevent, had no such excuse. Knowing
the good he did Eot do Who does lot raise his vocS
against the evil. but silently assented while he knew
it's enormity, was more guilty than he who pursued
the traffic, having legal sanction for it, obtained
| through the aid of the obiectors.
| Mr. Fish argued that the logic Of the resolution
was that the r,imsellcr was better man, merely o.
| account of selling, than one who did not sell
Mrs. STANTON President asked If the slave atealor
| on tho coast of Africa was worse man than the
minister Of the gospel in this country who said that
the man stealer was right 7 There can DO no such
thing neutrality, on tho part of moral man. on
any moral question. You must either DO for or
against.
Dr. REUBEN considered the man who crcates public
sentiment in favor of tho licensing Of tho traffic, ~
worse man than one who traded under that licenss.
The father and mother who incucated immoral sen-
tmcnts in tho mind OF tho child, were more guilty
thnn the child who practiced upon those sentiments.
takon from their mouths. II is the upholder, and
not the trafcker who is the most responsible for the
dealing out of poisons by the wayside.
Mr.. Boss moved to amend, by inserting the word
"equaly" in place Of ''more" guilty. Tho resOlu-
ton, as IL stood judged between ono and an.
other. We had no right, he admitted, to stand ~
and consent to evil, but il was mark Of bravery
the part Of the ladies, to call n meeting like this
in the very face Of tho failure of the Maine law In
our Legislature.
The resolution was finally adopted unanimously
Another re solution denounced Mr.. Gale, Of the
SCnntN his inSutinp regard To tina
and children who had signed petitions for tho
Maine law. He said ESQ the President stated, in
reply to a query) that grave Senators were not in
the habit Of forming their opinions upon those Of
women and children, on such profound question
IA that of liquor selling.
Rev. Mr.. GOODWIN expressed his indignation and
shame ut such language, when used by State
Senator He felt sure that ono who uttered such q
sentiment could not be man. He might be a ruff
fan. rufians are found in the State Legislature;
but he prayed God to keep all decent men from such
n position as he had taken he went on to speak
eloquenty to tho resolution, maintaining that wo-
man, who was first at tho Cross and last at the
Sepulchre, was also properly herc where mankind
suffers and falters in the path Of virtue In defence
and dissemination of temperance, she stood up in
her moral dignity. She stands up to say in defiance
of Senators who have been trampling under their
feet the wrongs and cries of four hundred thousand
women and children, that it is her prerogative to
speak in behalf of fathers, husbands and brothers.
He was struck with one feature Of the movement
the smilarity between the sentiment that sneors ct
WOmanS position on tnlS question, ana tnat WHOM
prevails in pagan lands 1t is Christianity that re-
cognizes and devolopes the right Of to speak.
and the votares of the crescent repudate and tram
pie upon that right. He bid woman God-spood in
her holy efforts to advance the Of temperance.
Mrs BLOOMER proceeded to read an address bearing
upon the general subject. MRS. B. appeared in tho
costume which bears her own name. Her dress and
trousers were Of 6 silver gray" silk the prevailing
color relieved by lighter figure. She wore sort
Of turban. In the street, she wears white beaver
hat, in the fiat" STYLE and her appearance is very
neat, ms well as unique. We may rs vol say hero,
that the President, Mrs. Stanton, was also clad il
the new costume. Her dress of black satin.
Her hair, which is slightly silvered was cut short,
and "shnglod," which, together with the close
fitting dress, gave her rather masculine appear-
ance. She presided with much dignty.]
Mrs. Boomers address forcble and eloquent
exposition Of the evils of incompetence, and an able
defence Of the public position which women had
assumed on this question In the course of hor ad-
dress, she made some sarcastic illusions to Mr..
Gales expression the subject of female petition
ers. Rum selling and rum drinking, she argued,
were equally wrong and corruptive Of the public
morals, and should DO made punishable by fine and
imprisonment She held that drunkenness is good
ground of divorce, and every woman who finds her
self tied to drunken husband ought to sever tho
connection. The Legislature, if it had not given
lis The Maine law, had given law on tho subject
of divorce which would be likely to promote the
rights of women in this respect