New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-07

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brought Us together form tn East West North and b
Wa going TO add. S0xk-but in the South the sPr o
50 cry seemed to have DESTROYED the spirit which va re
CURED for the advocacy Of ihe principles Of justice
Truth. or Human Rights
This question Of Wsman's Rights was a word ques; On
and as old a tie humss La al wouaa has beer
rs,Tded by man an inferior, asa had been robbed o.
fke rights win which God had endowed her in common
! VIII every human being
| But bid been arolsed WhG' would be the re
suit The land eonvssed; the opposition 20 TINS
Tsment vas assuming malignant. Seianic character
The pulpit and the res, the Church and ihe state bad
sraytd themselves - extinguiSa movement IN benaI 81
justice Is one half Of he human The b0e hal oeeq
used BY F1ipt n.e sss TO aid she cause % ne i' %
human Tghts-cf Ustic. InfieIty had beer charged
in order that public sentiment might be aTsed against
Our cause There was usihiHg strcnce IN all this we
were rassfy world crss were merely sbtsed as all
cused OF iETe'icion
II, had spoken Of tie Press The P,ss OF this e,untry
represented the state o.! pubic opinion she symbol 81 the
uoral and int lecua and E,ral condition OF the nation
What is the character Of the American Press Go where
you viii in ell grsa cities AID you VIII find that as zen
erG rule TIE paper which have the largest circulation
those which TIE diabccal and the most pr0di 70
IN sp and in purpose Not cTGiuiiuousiy bus caerit
~ he POPULAR auree from profound understanding u
~ condition TIE national hsar which. alas Is full ct
wounds and bruises and spirtus sores. In England IL
otherwise. In The old Country whenever meeting
held for any however extraordinary and eXcep
tion6be il invariably the custom Of the Press 10
make fair rep0r; Of IL sayings and dongs whatever
may be said edtorally in condemnation OF the meet NJ
Is iay reported. and the public let To Judge Tor tnm
selves. That the opposite princip, : acted On n TINS Cry
an examination Of the majority of the New YORK papers OF
this morning would prove IL not too much % say
tn. hey we're animated by the spir, Of hell He
dered that with br0ws Of brass unmaiched N mpu
dence could here and give such beckguard msre-
pro tntstions If by doing they were doing work
which would en,itle them to a Laurel wreath. such
kid Of reports given day after day because
there demand for them because the nation.
as were j. thoroughly rotten gvenand over 20 believe
lie. This was awful symptom OF national degrade
ton.
How was this question Of Woman- Rights to be settled
Like every other holy queson-On its own merits. lie
had been called " oman Rights he claimed TO be
a In man Rights Whatever Is Human Right be
longs every Human Right being Whatever may be the
sex color Whoever would deny 10 grant n ht when
he exercised a either rUrian or tyrant
He urged American women not to DC discouraged let
them bide their time and victory would crown Their eA
The question Of Woman, Rights governmental
question Our Government, by endorsing the Declare
ton Of epende ncewhch declard that al governments
derived then just power from the consent OF the governed
had conceded tie justice OF their claims omen in our
country were not represented-thereore unless Govern
ncnt granted Nomens Rights and thereby carried the
rim alluded TO into practice It should be overturned
Ii was ridiculous for American 20 deny that women
Incapable OF exercising the elective franchise what
did tie laws require If oector Not physical strength
nor moral worth. great inieDect-ior men who pos
sessed of these qualities possessed the power OF CAV
inc votes Equally ridiculous L TO deny that women
w re incar, be OF enGcing national laws. What was re
oured of a l. rsator Not more intellect not clearer
conscience purer heart than women had proved
The mse Ives 20 possess
The foolish argument that if women were possessed OF
nerCcdfAts, mere womb De 10 10 1
duties of domestic life and TO the education OF children he
ef.otualy demolished by asking aor many women would
be required Tor legislation How many men were at
rrcscnf in the halls of legislative houses Gould we
not spare out of city OF several thousands
The rst and h hest thing to be conended for was the
ing the elective franchise 10 women mat granted al
other rights would follow.
lie greatest proof that this wa in which God
and angels and good delighted in was to be found IN
the characters OF IL foes hat d-d It's friends want
oo who cared for the auds Of such satanic journals as
Z y y. mas, Tie EJpress and Ihc Herad were IN
worthy Of the engaging in this work The reports OF those
journals mace III the most brutal cowardy ana dew
lish spt Great Kisses and applause After some FUR
ther rCmaIhs the speaker concluded
Mrs Pauline W Davis said that the "Womans
MO, omC although hardly hye years oi hai alreaay
become wods movement that there was no speech nor
language in which IT, voice not now heard All that
could have been hoped from discussion in 20 long period
Led been realized. he criticism Of first impressions had
ar, ady been exhausted the stage OF serious investigation
Aoub we were not vet done with discussion the paral
q line OF action prcssingly invited our attention
Sic cononded that before all questions of intellectual
tiur o. political franchise for women the question OF en-
aTgCd % lOunies icr work, OF more extended ana dI
ycIs...cG field Of employment was 20 be placed Without
cJIng 10 he relative value Of the different limos OF
a., ion which demands, or admitting any pre-
,mn,nce emone them. it her purpose to offer some
ou. his both to those within and 10 those without the
oyt IT. upon the Justice and necessity O industrial lO
,Ity and enlargement, fof women.
The abstract justice OF the demand that all business and
professional aVOcatOIs which women in any wise
capable should be freely opened % them seemed to her
sfii evident For nothing could be clearer than that
wherever faculty il given Us emp ynenl II warranted
F use is the charter written BY the finger OF God upon
every power conferred upon His rational creture Agu
drawn from incony enence improperly &c against
the exercise OF these powers are IN Iae arguments against
the institutions of artificial systems and the prudces Of
society which forbade their exercise Fog anathe mas
against the economy vi order Of which God Is the al
thor, i simply blasl hemy.
She then made rapid review Of the social condition Of
from ,he sem barbarous ages to The present time
She showed that by the ancient occupations OF
women had been seized on by men.
Here. then. she continued we stand amid tho ruins
which wears have wrought and cry for redress We ask
hat tie avo .Cns which progress and improvement have
substituted for all that have lost be fairly opened 20
49,. You have taken away all that was ours in the old
tincs give H.. therefore the position VIII eli belongs 20
IN the new In the days OF solomon bought wool and
fax and manufactured them into cloth and our husbands
lad need Of other sp0l than our industry supplied fcu
have swallowed up a thousand household rk.hops n
ovsry great factory and We demand our place az the pow
or loom with wages up the value OF work. We
claim also cur right q merchandise and it profits az Of
wore.
In the middle ages we practiced surgery medne AMI
Obstetrics The healing an is ours by prescription Re-
store il 10
In the middle ages copying manucr.ps was a profes
sion providing employment for thousands Of woman Give
place the press that has displaced the lost ar
Fcf n RIDER labor from which we have been taken
and from hics the world Is forever delivered give
Us The free use Of those arts Of modern birth 70 which
aIe much better adapted than the nsurpng sex Den
isuy, daguerTeOtylng desgnng telegraphng eierking
IN recording Offices post Offices and thousand other
o-c,neats which ask neither larger bones nor stronger
and which touch neither the dehcecy nor the re
Imcnt that you harp upon as the proprety Of our sex
All surrender these 10 u, or at least, open them ftry
II our even handed competition The sovereignty OF free
citizens even in This republic denied 10 Us but OF ths
do not now speak for it Is not within the range OF the
present subject am now ur1nSoniy our just clam 10
tbe privileges and facilities for earnest and useful
us1slnp and self supporting work Add not the UnDinshng
lesLIess OF refusal Of his 70 the nsncee eonsderete