New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-27

VIII be narrow Hearted and mean SPIRITED as,,, - con
ZEN - Aer having any opinion different from hs own
'oa she must think as be thinks. and act As be i-sir-s
and =, after being told Thu she consent, ~ mar.
hm She deserves 10 take the cou.eoueuces Thor. i
m"HSr op,cu9n that II women lad the power to
vote there would be 10 O. take care 81 the babies
and this objection j. made l,v men who spend tLr..
or four hoursc with their wives al church tr.rv Sun
d'y and take them parties four nights out Of the x IN
Tue WINTER season II they get people to take Of the
household a such times the women would quite ~ easily
get persons 10 tke Of the babies Another objection
extraordinary that should mix in them when they have
such Influence and that people should not be careful of
thor own morality who are 50 tenaciou, about the
purity Of women But. as il Is necessary that Gov
erniBeIts should exist and there must. consequent
ly. be politics. the Eternal and All Seeing viii not
ak corrupt politician who come, before Him 70 be
Judged vhcther the arragned be male or female and it
VIII not do 10 say Il was corrupt politician. but then
was man The only way to prevent corruption and
purity Pohncs ls to admit woman to the platforms.
Persons who suffer wrong are bold In denunci
aoIs Of tyranny and whore they redress them
selves, they fee, as did the Puritans TO this country
claiming liberty Of conscience; and vet when the
Quakers here demanding the privileges the
Ptans demanded for themselves they hung the Quaker
This is the way in which the men act here hev demand
their rights but will not grant the to the
W Women however now sometimes vote by proxy; and
one woman who had property in Massachusetts,
pended great deal of money in elect ons-iJr women
have learned from men the art Of bribery, and know
how to buy up votes Yet this voting by proxy
is not proper. il should be made a direct demand
and if the Woman's Rights party get be stong
OF all other parties Laughter it will in fact be The
Party" 1t is only Necessary to do Of two things
grant Woman her rights 0 her rights or ignore her alto
gether But if it be admitted that it j. illegal to with
out representation this last can never be Effected
And now would speak Of the legal disabilities Of Women
There wives who say they do not need laws protect
them their rights. The common law says the man shall
be the protector the kr he if his wife chooses To-
leave him for his misconduct. gentle restraint that is
be NAV lock her up her bread and cheese and
make her his slave wife told ne the other day, Oh
have no troubles | can do Just rs please # want to
frTa 10 r.
me" ! wonder what they would think if W. should
let them 60 visit friend They never think to ask rs
to "let" them. think when both sexes 50 mutually
dependent each shc uld consult the other as s the bal
ance is all on one dethe wife loses the right 70 her per-
and in most of the States to her property also wo-
carried petition through th, City, some wears ago
for signatures ask the right Of woman TO the disposal
Of her property. SO listless were the women OF
New York that not one signed it. Maine Michigan,
Louisiana Rhode Island and some other States
have granted her this right. In Massachusetts,
She must contract with her husband before marriage and
have that contract recorded within 30 days after marriage
she loses all control of her property and the law adds
That she shall hold her property but shall not invest IN
any business In most OF our States the husband can at
his death VIII away the whole OF his property and leave
her destitute. If She had property before marriage and
she has secured to herself by law her husband re
tives may claim the whole of il at MS death In Boston
three years ago merchant gave his daughter @l0OJO
marriage portion eller husband was proilgate' for
which she left him, and he got the whole OF her pro
perry once loved poor man: her parents were
wealthy and married her against her WILL to Tich man
her husband died, and remembering her first love ne
him, bringing much wealth 10 him; n0nth atcr
he was accidentally killed and his INSCRIPTIONS relatives
seized the whole Of her properly and left her pennies
And fi0w protected Hcm in the injustice Woman should
secure herself her rights she should demand that the gov
erned should have voice in making the laws that gov
eu Them That woman who marries without securing 20
herself her property is foolish In New FORK the husband
may "a day be worth half million, and tomorrow be a
begaar If the wife had secured her own property there
would still be enough left for both. That man w1o objects
to his we's fortune being secured to her, loves her
for her money, and she IS a fool to marry him. and
deserves to suffer the consequences. a woman had
$4,000 when she married; her husband had moth
ing she did the work of the house and cared Tor her
husbands comforts only true Woman can care ana
vet when she wanted cent she obliged to 60 to HIM
for IT, One day she asked him for money to buy some
household necesares he Crowled, always dunnng for
money" and gave her shilling when she came back he
asked her what it cost she told him ten cents gave
Is a fact l had it from her own mouth-the tea
in her eye and the culver on her Up attesei IN
truthfuness of it, Women will hide the Amt'
and magnify the virtues of their husbands and only VINE
the most grinding tyranny forces them TO It, vii! they con
fde the story OF their wrongs to others If she wants
pair of boots, bonnet she must go to HIM Tor IT. ia
all the States save exceptions, the woman has rgh
to her earnings. woman who had little properly mar
red her husband spent her all and removed WIN
her and their family to an unhealthy l1cahty ohe ny
one their family died until at last single little one
was left and this weak and sickly that unless
removed purer air. and supplied with proper nouris'
ment the last of goOdy flock would die also The amount
Of money necessary was 500. The mother by dint OF
severe toll had managed to nearly enough for TINS
purpose and had left the money in the keeping OF her en-
discovered with whom she had LETT her little earnings anu
while his wife finishing her preparations for her con
templaed iOuney-already anticipating the restoration
of her darings healh-he went to the EN-,
ployer, and threatened him with prosecution ana
obtained the money, paid of the scores ne had run up
at the various rumhoe and that night reeled home IN
beasy intoXcatiOn. The poor wife learned the SAL rdt
the next morning Her child died and she became ma
MAC With such facts these before VIII you tell me
Woman needs no vote Show me the man who dares 70
saw she does not and would tell him he had not worthy
mother, or she would have taught him better Inc IN,
husband be h. depraved may take charge OF ms
children, and the wife has no control OF them kne"
case Nantucket where drunken man treated ms we SO
badly that she forced to leave HIM lie tod her she
might GO but he would keep the child She had 70 snug
Ole her child away and hide il from her degraded husband
In Maine | knew case where a man was dying lroh
consumption lie had child his brother cam.
from Boston to see him, and be asked That
the child should be given to him His brother said
have no other fortune 10 leave to my wile but our
little one and when gone she will have no o,her com
panion No cannot take from my wife her only comPan
ion" The brother urged that the wife was young haid
some would marry again &c; and drew affecting PIE
urc Of9 hard hearted step father. The poor mans hh9
already almost chidke from long siclneSSwaS persuaded
make 10y deed the enid to ms orother VINO el oi
Boston taking with him the little pretending tha ne
would bring il back again in the course otwO or three weeks
At the expiration of that time the mother sent Tor cr enid
when she rccciN I'd the stunning intelligence thai ner cd
no longer hers but aoihcrs Shc AAs'yhe1 ~ pos
tom brought the matter before the courts ana a oi then
sustained the man in lis claim, for he had MS brothers
decd 10 that effect Thepoor mother became craze man
in Boston used his wife badly that she returned nome 10
her parents within months from the time oth-r mrige
The husband demanded and obtained payment for the
wearing apparel which she wore when leaving him. tAouSh
her parents bad purchased for herat her marriage On
not tell me are secure IN Mans proiectlph- AHe
i>torv OF all legislation proves 10 that the interests NJ
lee party are nj safe in the keeping OF the other We
lain the right 10 he equal and 60 sovereign WITH h-
he laws CT some Western States assert that married
women. insane people and fools SHAH not make WI
ON -vourt Il X