Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-10-15
NATIONAL wOMAN's RIGHTS C0NvEN
TI0N.

cnt and thorough business tact has seldom cOngrc-
gated on one OCCASION After the first day the spa
cious Meodcan was fllcl and often crowded with
deeply interested audiences Among the speakers
were Lucreto Mott, Francis u. Gage (Who presi'
dcl) Lucy Stone, Antoinctlo L. Brown, Ably X
Foster, Mrs. Rose, Mrs. Severance, Mrs. Bloomcr,
Mrs Coo, Miss Anthony, Mrs, Sanford, ID. Gar
rison c. G. Burleigh, Joseph Barker, S, $. Foster
j. X. Giddngs, Mr.. Ncyin, Mr. Mahan, MIR. Black.
well &c.
! Many Of tic addresses c,inccd the deepest re-
search and were Of the highest order of clOqucncc,
Evidently many were not prepared to hear from
women such convincing coquencc and rrisistable
logic: the result of which must be favorable to the
cause Of tho Convention. The treatment the La
dies received at the hands of the Citizens of Ccve
land was in marked contrari with that received by
them in New York, and speaks volumes in behalf
Of the libcrality of the Western Reserve.
Some little tcunplcnsantness occurred on tho second
day, while Mr.. Barker and Mr.. Neyin were speak.
ing growing out of the antagonsm Of the views
entertained by these gentlemen The Convention
closed at late hour-all feeling that great work
had been accomplished.
1t is highly gratifying to the friends of this Con-
yontiou, that so many classes of women in society
were represented on tspatform In theonc grand
obicct-cquol humonity-scctaran views and Pre-.
JUDGES were forgotten.
The notices of the press were generally favorable
though none Of them what the Importance Of this
Convention demanded. The following are tho res
olutons Of the Convention:
i |. Resolred, That by Human Rights we mean
Natural Rights, in contradistinction to convention
nj usages and because woman is n human being
she therefore bas Human Rights
/ 9. Resolred, That because woman is q human
being and man is no more, she has by virtue of her
constitutional nature, equal rights with man, and
that state of society must necessarily be wrong
which does not in its usages and institutions afford
equal opportunities for the enjoyment and protec-
ton of those Rights.
] 3. Rcsolr1J, That II is the coolest assumpton
for man to claim the prcrogatvo of determining the
sphere Of woman; and that he is saddng insult 10 in
/ jury, when ho denounces her as unwomanly, and
condemns her rs 'unseSing hersof' if she ventures
to pass over the limit he assigns her.
! !. Resolycd, That the Common Law by giving
| to the husband the custody Of his wfos person
doej virtually place her on a level with criminals,
lunatics and FOOLS since these tho only class Of
adult persons over whom the law makers have
thought it necessary to place keepers.
/ 5. Resolred, That if it be true, in the language
of John c. Calhoun, that he who digs the money
out of the soil has right to tagans the Universe
then the law which gives to the husband the power
to his wifes earnings, makes robbery and is as
mean as it is Unjust.
J 6. Resolred, That woman will soonest free her
self from the legal disabilities she now suffers by
securing the right to the elective franchise thus
becoming herself law maker, ard that TO this end
we will petition respective State Legislatures
TO call conventions, to amend their constitutions so
that the right to the franchise shall not be limited
by the world male
:. 7. Resolred, That there is neither justice nor
sound policy in the preseat arrangements of society
restraining woman to 90 comparatively narrow
. range of empoyments; excluding them from those
which are most ucratve and even in those to which
: they are admitted awarding them Il compensation
less generally onehalf or two-thirds than is paid
r. to men for an equal amount Of service rendered
: s. Resoleed That although the question of in
o tcectual strength and attainments of women has
V nothing to do with the settlement Of their rights,
yet in reply to the oft repeated inquiry, Have wo-
n men By nature the mciorce Of intellect with mcn?
, we will say this inquiry never can be answered till
women shall have such training shall give their
physical and intellectual powers as full opportun
4 tics for development by being as heavily taxed and
all their fully called forth Us are those
l. Of men.
n On Wednesday evening VIM. Lloyd Grrrisor
presented the following series of resolutions thu
d Convention
AL AttaVftrNt
II man being those of every other; in all case
C. equally sacred and nalienabe; hence the boaste,
s. "tights of Man." about which wo hear so much
Il are simply the ''Rghts of Woman" about whcl
n we hear so lttle Or in other words, they are tn
L Rights of Humankind, neither affected bv nor dc
SC pendent upon sex condition.
" .. Resolred, That those who deride the claim
~ of woman 10 full recognition Of her civil right
~ und political equality, exhibit the spirit which ty
rants and usurpers have displayed in all ages tow
IL ards the mass of mankind-strike Mt the foundatio
e, of all truly free and equitable coternment-cor
n tend for sexual aristocracy which is as rrationu
w and unjus in principle, rs that of wealth or hercC
ary descent--and show their appreciation of libel
'ooS ty to be wholly ono-sded and supremey selfish
M g. Resoired That for the men Of this land
nl claim for Themselves the elective franchise and tn
re right to choose their own rulers, and enact thei
re own laws essential to their freedom safety an
welfare and then TO deprive all the women of n
~ these safeguards solely on the ground Of diffe
a. ence of SEX is to evnce the pride ofsel-eseem ii
- meanness of usurpation, and the folly of selEa
he sumed superiority.
of 4. Resolred That woman, rs well as man, h.
he right to the highest mental and physical develol
nj mcnt-to the most ample educational advantages
the occupancy of whatever position she can reaC
is in Church and State, in science and out in poeti
ne and music, in painting and sculpture, in civil ju
re isprudence and political economy, and in the v
% red departments OF human industry, enterprise al
lg skll-to the elective franehse-and to voice
the administration Of justice and the passage
le laws for the general welfare.
n 5. Resolccd, That to pretend that the grantir
ir of these claims would tend TO mako woman less
PC miable and attractive less pgardiul of her pecu
y Jar duties and obligations wife and mother,
is wandcrer from her proper sphere, bringing conf
sion into domestic life, and strife into ihe public
g sembly is the cant of Papal Rome to the disco
dant and infdel tendencies of the right Of priya
Judgment in matters Offaith in the Outcry OF le9i