New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-27
SKETCHES OF LECTURES.
womnn,s RIaht to yoie and Hold Property.

ranitd on the platform by several ladies' and gentlemen,
and spoke to about average audience. She said the
concluding part ofhe lecture of last night concerning
,be circumscrbcd sphere allowed 20 Woman IA which 20
bbcr We contend that wider sphere should be Afforded
her and that Woman should be allowed 20 into all kind,
Of business for which hcr mental capabilities may have
faed her. that She should be an artist dagucreoypst
i doctor lawyer printer whatever else she choose
snd claim for her the right preach 10 instruct 10 be-
come Minser of the Gospel she consdere3 hersefwel
| sdspted for that profession. She DO all those things
she is only firm enough to brave popular ds for
there no law TO prevent her This class of grievances
| hands to remedy and have only to get up
and go about it, and the matter is completed In the po
hical branch OF this subject, the is different We
cannot accomplish that in straightforward manner;
have seek the assistance Of other hands call
upon other heads to aid The power to WELD these
bands find by going into other fields Of labor and
we make of the influence which may by this
obtain to change the existing laws to
for ourselves those political shts and privileges which
think have the right to claim Against the granting of
those rights do not that there exist has ever
existed single valid stranger, for the first
time coming into our land, and who knew nothing of
personally but had read Declaration of Independence
and who would naturally expect to the sentiments of
that noble document RED into actual living practice
would find himself greatly mistake in his opinions lie lands
shores ignorant of peculiar mode Of govern
ment and of the Of institutions; but he
has read famed Declaration Of independence and he
naturally expects the truths there eucated put in
to practice Instead of he will with establishment
that more than one half o the population OF the country do
not participate in the .ssugs prv yes claimed for the
entire body that they oppressed by laws and taxes
and, ground TO powder in sort Of political mill
themselves having not the OF moving the upper nor
the under milestone. Our fathers Of tho Revolution learned
great truths but il only when they themselves ta the
evils under which they suffered AID they required this
suffering curative for the evils which then afflicted
them The truths which they tet were greater gand and
magnificent political view than were ever before
known among men; and theSe th'y DGuy Gnun''t.eu
and proclaimed declaring that mother hnS nor
Bueen should ever thereafter reign over them,
but that The people should be their own sovereigns,
and reigns themselves, and that TINS Old fashion OF
sovereignty should give place 10 the averrng that
when people compelled to obey laws in the enactment
OF which they had had voice. that there was un1ueson-
able tyranny When crushed, Man thus TO vindicae
and avenge himself his pulses hrobbcd with burning in
dgnaon at the wrongs he had so long suffered and ne IN
voluntarily uttered the hopes which he entertained in real
and true sentiments Of Equal Rights and Equal Privileges
for all the race Our Fathers plainly announced these doc
rpe but are they carried out We at present certainly
do not carry them out Men may yet arise who viii do so
let us hope that they may but we are at present like
dehronement of Louis Philippe, proclaimed Lib.
erty' Equality Fraternity, but who soon forgot
the sentiments which these words were intended
to express. They are truly great words urir
full realization could be effected Woman, however qua
her part to carry them out for she dd MOI believe that
Liberty, Equality Fraternity" meant nothing She rated
them the value which they ordinarily represented and
thercupon she claimed her right to vote but she found that
"Lberty, Equality Fraternity meant PRISON, ana some
of the women France were actually sent to PRISON Tor
the audaciy of claiming the right 30 vote and for angt
know TO the contrary they may be in prison still 1t
said in explanation of these brave words and the contrary
practice after them that indeed the words we're very good
Int tbev were not the best of things after all Our Fathers
considered tax which had been imposed upon them With
out their consent just and sufficient cause OF War
and when they did go to war and had brayeIy ana
partially succeeded they sent forth they sent forth IN
their new and united capacity soveregns the famous
declaration, in the name of awe, the People OF me
United States" Which 1--WE, the People :! Inc
Women were net included Laughter And unusual
Suffrage has been interpreted in the same sense as we
cluded The States IN defining the rights OF ctzcns de
clare in their Con that all white male ctlleH
of mature years shall be entitled &C. though some OF them
have lattery left ont this odou distinctive word whte
and declare all citzcns &c, entitled to universal sui
frage But yet IN those States the omen are nov
entitled To vote Now i'm this country the Constitution de
clares that all who pay taxes entitled to vote and de-
sire to test the matter and See TINS be the actu uu-o
it is as proper that the question should arlse now rs
nj any future period Our fathers, then either told
the truth or they did not. If they told the truth
let us carry that truth into feet Appause fhey didno
puttino forward The bold claims which they have II they
were gobt however tcp have gOyemeda things wrong
and for bringing to the light these wrong hmg you Snoga
complain of me, because 1t is yourselves WIZ are III e
fault Al we ask is that the theory OF the Constitution
should be carried into actual practice and that the
mankind Shall be universal To dH not excepting
Woman Take that great document read on Tue Fourth
of july and other high festy days ncuca'e the doctrines
tbere nronounded in their true and proper and legitimate
sense and DEFY YOU to exclude Woman from parcpa
4;on i; the nriV ege there claimed for all Mankind AS
" in now hack TO your fathers, will your children
GrIooL hack TO Won for lessons of wisdom and oftruth
and according to your acts, so Will they respect your
memory The equality has been recognized even
in the Southern States for there one save Is 'o"cu 70
fbree 6nbs of voter and such he coUnts on eecu"
davs-wble irc women, who are counted rhoe az ali
er nerods of the year. are election days counted as
4ogsdg On those days, you VIII onen see man
ekinc with mlre, Just dragged out oil ihe gutter
reelng along the street with an unmanagean1e heaI
nj Gonor on board stagger up to the DiloI OoN' anu
There deposit his vote perhaps whle ne Is menu 1P o
mon ons ON either side Of him. who have maze Nun the
beat he il in order TO subscrve party purposes ana ho
witbstandng all this degradation he Is heia 70 DC
reign and included in the cnncbhnS dec"rAion vi w.
fhe Peope" Under certain formulas You ADMIT mn vi
foreign birth to all the privileges WhSh you -
low The rshman the frenclman me ''eIlht' yVu "'
I'm when he comes here the elective franchise wheher
drcaad or not no whether he IS aOe 10 READ even
In his own tongue 20 speak IN yours YOU nave pFoNeu
Gov him mode by which ne enjoy all the rghs sol your
own nroud citizenship IL Is right ana proper th5 us
sLonld lac So for if he is expected 10 De dehaoie 10
Tie laws his consent should be asked 20 te hiA'ns "a
thor You in New.Yok. rate the negro so low rs NOT 10
onsidsr him your brother You VIII NOT ADMIT lim
;nto the same place of worship with yourselves nor mo
az. so,,e school with children; he must ue paced
anort and alone by himself in life he is only NJ LOT
d. coaIhole-and in death he must sun De KEEP
snart from you-you VIII not peIH"1 mn 80 20 49,
shs same churchvad-hs ashes are MOI nj 10 mnSIo
;,h .,rs. vet if he owns enough oil drt' you allow
- 'tn have vote, elevate hun 10 me hSnos'
r;cL.s az citizenship, confer upon nun al is pr,
;,ssas and immunics and yet those OF whom !yu ~
ms(e wives and clasp To your ooS"liS ~, w ;,."T
You vote as more degraded thal Tue u N hooJ Elan
gert ,ban the foreigner and more deeply uypHSGG"
r. No. And when YOU have told us thar "a" Is your
.,a. c ma Won offer us your gallantry lou woe Us
below all these aud then politely oier u s"ny has
:; ~; Tr ii the category in which your gaahuy ms
naced the white woman the high pinnacle on wntr h