New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-26
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Lucy Stone of Boston Making her appearance upon tie
stage O'clock accompanied by several ladies and gen
temen she received with udapplause and proceeid
o speak without manuscript or notes As follows:
The subject which has brought together is upOa
which people entertain every variety Of view Probaky
there are as many different opinions in regard to the sub
ect as there are individuals before and ask
the audience to forget the opinion they have here not
throw away but leaving out Of mind the opinion You mar
have upon this question: give your thoughts to the utter
ances of the evenings and if there be thought worthy Il
your acceptance accept such fotherwse, reject
unworthy.
Perhaps l should say at FIRST here, what to my mind
this Womans Right Cause is ROt 1t is not to array the
interests of men and women against each other Greats
any antagonism between them 1t not 70 rob man Of M
rights which are his and give them to woman not to al
for Woman any rights which not becoming to Der
Wedont believe in peculiar rights " but the rights whA
belong to all human beings. Upon common platform
we Judge our rights and mans rights by that humanr
The Woman's Rights movement does not propose regu
late the sphere of Too much has been said on thai
pon already Weeave sphere TO be made by our cpr
ill., When God gave gifts differing one from another He
meant that those gifts should meet the sphere of the ndt
ual The worlds history shows that there never has bs
ANYTHING vet upon which her sphere has been based bccuS
il is based upon different things. We have now or
idea of what is WOmans sphere. Go little beyoA
our own latitude and we find very different idea
In Undostan the women are not allowed to sit at abs
with their husbands and you know that our Missoa
aries there more than all other things blamed 30
cause they task their wives to the table with them The
crumbs and refuse enough for her. say the iIndox
But in our country the table and IFS uXures are mol anything
unless Woman is there. Applause The llindoo mans
nsulted when you ask him to take his wife 10 the table
with him But after ALL the indoo woman is not lessi
Homan than is the most fashionable lady in New Yoh
So too in places of worship We could not keep then
alive if il were not for the presence of Woman The man
spring of their existence is Woman. Yet you go down
the Mediterranean Sea- and you will find written over the
doors of their churches that Women and dogs and
other unfit animals must not go IN lAPpaussl
But here among us, have not any idea hE
there is any unfncss in Womans entering the liou'ed
God But the Woman is notices. a Woman in Turkey thn
bere-but her sphere is different WOmaps sphere there
fore depends upon her circumstances and her capacity
the Bible account read that Deborah sat Judge
Israel for forty years and all the people went to he
for Judgment And yet, let woman come to New On
City and claim the right TO be Judge and you would puths
in the Tombsl IAughter Yet was not uniting tho
Deborah should sit a Judge in Israel And we seen
all times, Womans sphere has been fixed upon wis
is arbitrary, and not upon what depends upon its
ness And il may be OF the good results Of this caas
that Woman shall find her sphere But While we leave a
for time show say with Wendell Phillips, tha"a
best that any mortal attain that his and her sphen
and the highest deed that any mortal can do IS what
Maker intended him to do" Applause. This woman
RIGHT movement will leave Woman and Man differing oa
in the power and the right to give and use i in hsmog
with the law of beneyoence What she can do and rx
we say in the face of the universe she has right to dos
Applause We propose to give to " Omaha mgae'I
notier life We want to TO the daughters OF the nj
and the afluent living in p0mp and luxury and ncnkn
in them the true principles OF action. We want 70 eH
them that life is earnest and realthat they should ha
higher aim than TO eat and drink, and dress fashomY
We want to give them more intensity OF LIE, and !eao
them To attain to noble destiny We want them 70 Ans
that clustering around them are duties that the word
mands shall ~ done at their hands. know hat thyJ
not ask us to come to them. They think they are
enor oh off now Living amid all the luxures and gaer
of fashionable life they often looked up to oytospo
classes with wistfu longngs, wishing that they TOO ma
live in such ease. But and then we do see adaugaq
the rich who does long for higher and nooler ne
member who came to me a few years ago, anu Wv
the inward ongngs and aspirations when she nto oi
nobler end and destiny than that which appeared icy
her She was the daughter OF weahhy Ptfhsl anu
sad thatf She applied her head or her hands e e Pu
of any useful purpose there we're thOe had e.
which irowned upon her at every turn "hen ~. sonrs
shed her education as ,he sayhs much useful knowedf
ready TO enter upon the duties of life bui sue
rounded by those influences which c9npsnru Wbyda
main useless drOne in society sad 10 hel' ,,,o~,
ou ,ry;te those thoughts which are burning anu $500
your sculi Why don't you write out these honsn IT,
book" "Oh said She my 1 nor, aoae;,ia. to m9
marx in the world, and gain for herself lustrious -
, or;nc 10 the existing absurd notions Of s9csE
ur1 70 waste away her days by working hl"'
porsted and dogs in canvass. lAppausel ~. ~
IN sneaker next reviewed the condition o. ".
III aclass who have a law scarcely less bad h.n
She also spoke OF the great inequality OF comp King b
,bor eyistino between man and woman re'hIhs -
49,, ,be sewing women this was most glarlbSy I'll
tie latter only receiving one third as mech ~ W, ,slt
Cor The same garment And to this grlndlhg INV 40" .3s
ssry ,be condition OF the sewing women s"' usstl
P 91nrch of the sin and misery IN TINS cIy 10
your city said She year ago. rehd VI l n an ~
~ - he street by woman whom you woniu G l ras
Sonad woman He spoke 10 her and saiu ths y " 80
Io.u Of terrible misfortune had brought sucn fe
Ir 20 such life and She when she saw ha srss
90 Lind said In frankness will tell you why as -
10 And then while her voice trernDe, anu aSs ssip
40 40 An Ier face she told him how she Sde
uhnd had come over 10 this country IRON Ia,tS
tars previous in poor circumstances ,S eekip.t
d;ed and that after gong RON mouse " L spppsn
ioant and not finding possible ior her " R6r -
P,ioiii Nv the small ptance which she gaineu " ~
;b,een hours out OF the twenty four. Sne rev ts
S;yen forth into the Streets ana oecan1 sIso knt'
ernS 81 the spoier. In New England s,
hanu - woman in a similar piabie c'na NV d
L IN a small room IN the upper eos
or house, and surrounded WIN hndy and =
ha actual necessaries OF life 10 keep I'm, sadk
Vi III She here stitched away, hour aer n 80 basf
or day and could then hardly earn .S "bshsa
hIdYen bread And thought 10 my . 4, the wofS
ia care.worn face, she may wen eAciai"'
Hood; an -. % hrss,bs the breath
OF the co~sip aad priTrosse "''
VA" ana ' ,se I sfa.. beneath my iset'
For only one short hear
10 feel as used to feel
Ana the walk that costs mes
so but short hour
No blessed leisure for Love OF i'P''
Ba, only time for @r. Sss ss.s my hss.
B Buzz IN w .heir Sbny bed
NJ I sss % ss:s i.H sSt FL s.sE'''
Who believes that when God gave US our .n,,sS 70
glorious spirits-who believes that he rs 10 obssey
sonJ al orr hours in contriyng how we arc ~
mere necessities of life Oh, no. NO, ~. u's saer whlt
life for us all to ead-a nobler end and AIN NV
may al 5 Feaen N 'm state Of woman has also
destroyed the marriage relation: woman frssl
not for love but for money. lnquiring rehr
married well, the answer is ~, yes NC hs he
there may not DO between her spirit anu ~