New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-05


rresehrs the scsp. Ct ssd idne' the sad jewellers 10
prson or ke the Italian Laura Bsss 10 filling proes-css
chair and expo1ndns philosophy to sdmns and instructed
While we demand for woman mNe complete physical.
intellectual and moral education the means OF stleost
epiDs and her own ns.as sna o.
eerepce and moral purity in and we maintain tnA
there any place Of resort % any 81
sprt In that man also must be contaminated and
! Woman indeed .hoald about her, wherever sns
moves the protecting in sestment OF innocence and purify
but not les IL IL requisite that he who i the companion
Of her life should guard his spirit with the SINE acre" snd
beautiful COVERING ..,, -. 0,
innocenty merge her yduaty in that OF her orohs Oh
accept from him the limitation of her sphere - ~.
In all fes great extIemles she also Is thrown upon no'
inward escuIces and stands alone Man cannot st-p In be-
her and the accusing snse OF her owl
alone IN the solitude OF her splflt sbe must "fese H 10
own sorrows; none can walk for her the valley OF the
shadow Of DEATH" When her brother shall be able to settle
for her and 10 God ransom Tor heI
sour then and not till then, she rightly commit 70
him the direction OF Der powers and activities .,
We ask 10 fine or the aPpeaHGn q sI :, mi. :. 10 Al
other questions Of vital importance and appe4nS 20 az
who desire the progression and happiness OF the who -ee
ask them msgnanino1s men and true women % eA
anime this subject in the spt Of generous and candid m
yestigstiOn.
Joseph A. Dugdale rose to move the
adoption Of the address, and accompanied the motion
with remarks the injustice of the laws by which
happy households often broken up on the death oil
the husband and father He said there was one way In
which this great evil could be avoided without charge
of TIE law and that was by rU of the husband con
veyns the whole property 70 wife in the event OF MS
death He urged this the duty of every husband and
father
Mrs. Frances d. Gage, of Ohio, said al
fusion bad been made to the popular sentiment ,hamen
are what their mothers make them She repeled that
sentiment ndieLity 70 Ter What motter she
asked taught her 70 drink rum, gamble swear,
smoke end chew tobaccol The truth that the boy
was virtually taughtto regard ns Their as INFERIOR and
ihst ii was not MaRly TO follow her Instructions
when he left the hesrbstone he was beyond her reach
He found rCn end those too in elevated stations, adj
dictec vulgar and vicious practices and he was liable
In spite of all that his mother had taught hm, 70 ball
into such habits himself Men allowed grOg shops TO be
set I'd ON the corners, and permitted ganblog
houses 20 exist tempt the boy from the path OF vi
tue ind when the mothers asked for the abatement OF
these evils they told tn keep in their sphere In
the town here she recided (NcConnesville, Morgan
County Obo.) the women sent large petition 70 the
the Court asking that shops might not De licensed
The Judge thereupon remarked that wodlsns place
was in the nursery and the paror and that when she
interfersd with public affairs, or set herself up a.
an instructor of the Courts, she was out OF ner
spherei Thus men perpetuated institutions which
undermined the influence OF the mothers, and cor.
rupied the morals OF the sons. The boys were there
fore in many cases, what the mon made them True,
there were in whchthe mother by superior
power shaped the destiny Of her sons in spite Of ad
influences but such cases were not the rule but
the exception. Mothers generally could not exert their
ted to stand By them the equals oi the fathers In all
the relations of life.
After some further discussion the Address was unani.
mously adopted and ordered to be published with the
proceedings of the Convention, and also in separate
form.
A series of resolutions from the Business Committee
was taken up in their order and two of them after be-
ing ably supported by LUcRErIA Morr, Mrs ROSE, and
others, were adopted, rs follows
s Resoired That in demanding for women that equal
station sIn their brethren TO which the laws OF Nature
and of Natures GCd ente them, 40 not urge the claim
in the spirit adverse policy, with any Idea OF sePste
advantages any apprehension Of conflicting interests
between the
@ Rssoired That while regret the antsgonism into
which We are necessarily brought 10 OF the laws Gus
toms and monopoles of society have cause TO rejoice
the exposure Of the 81 women has been
go prom pity met by kind spirit aud sdposVn to redress
these wror 10 ops for her elevation and TO CO.
operste for her entire eniranchisement.
The Convention adjourned till afternoon.
will add that the proceedings of this session have been
Of very great integest-far more so than this inca
ger report would appear to indicate The hall has been
crowded to j utmost capacity but the most perfect
order was maintained from first to last. The Conven
ton is making strong impression upon the people OF
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