Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-06-08


held at Raveuna, Ohio, djournetl on the 26th ut.,
having passed the following resolutions:
That the unequal distribution of rights among
males and females is productive ofincalcuable
cal circle.
That the rebukes and denunciations uttered
against tyrants and despots by the advocates of
masculine freedom, will be found on examination
to be equally applicable from the advocates of
Women's Rights against those who withhold from
her an equal participation with men nthe bless
ings of personal, social and political freedom.
That the right OF the mother 10 her own offsnrinp
is clearly defined by nature. in the near relation
existing between mother and child, in the physical
dependence of her children Upon her; and her
adaptness as teacher, governor and moral instruc
tor of the young, all of which Prove most conclu-
svely the supreme dctation of creative wisdom.
That a valid claim OF property always requires
proof of ownership. The Almighty has given the
mother in her material nature the strongest possi
bic proof of rghtlo herown Offspring in enabl-
ing her to Substantate her claim upon this ground.
And all rules of law and legal enactments depriv-
ing her of this claim, ndlegallySecurng the faith
er in the same; giving him the care and custodyof
her children, are fragrant outrages against nature
and the laws of Col, AMI such as should be oppo-
Sed by Christians philanthropists and civilized
society everywhere, until society energies from
this barb0roGs thrall, and the mother be restored
TO her God given claim in a legal bona fide right
to her own offspring.
Whereas, the Declaration of Independence
adopted by our forefathers in 17l6, embraced and
promulgated the principles upon which this move
ment is founded, namely, the right Of every one
to liberty and the pursuit of happiness, to which
may be added the freedom of conscience, and free
dom of speech, and, whereas, the Constitution and
Laws ofthe United States deprive women of these
invaluable rights, by diSqualifcating them for the
exercise Of that most inestimable privilege, the
suffrage. and that still greater privilege, the dis
charge of official responsibilities OF any character;
and, whereas, the. Constitution and Laws of the
State of Ohio, deprive women of the right TO ac-e
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husband, strip her of her earnings to enrich others
at the death OF her husband, and rob her of her
children, II, TO Improve her social condition, she
becomes divorced from her husbands: therefore,
solved,
That so long as the principles of the Dec. of
Ind. are, as they must ever he, admitted 10 be
correct, the claims we advocate must be legcrded
as just. L'is 5ss
ask to have secured TO women the sutTragea and ell
igibility 10 office of every description, of which
they are now unjustlY deprived of.
That so long as law deprives us Of our property,
custom of our earnings, and public sentiment of
the rights which the Dec. of Ind. acknowledged
and promulgated, and can not see the 70 ce OF the
much vauuted respect which the chivalry of the
age WOULD have us believe is paid TO womanhood.
That to substitute the more courtesies of socie-
ty for the more important dutesof life, is treating
woman as the cunning trailer does the unSkillul
misunderstanding gaudy trinkets and baubes
that glitter before the eye and please the fancy,
for substantial gold and silver.
That committee of three be appointed to draft
petition, and cause it to be circulated through
out the State of Ohio for signatures, addressed 10
the General Assembly of Ohio, asking 10 have re-
moved the various diSabitieSunder which women
suffer, at the present time, by the laws Of the State;
so that she may be in alllegal respects the peer
of her husband; and another committee OF two,
to visit the General Assembly at its next session,
and present to that body the claims of women as
advocated i'll this Convention.
That as Convention, tender our sicrere
thanks to those gentlemen and ladies the city of
New York, who SO nobly stood for the rights IN the
recent issue between dominant power and free
dom of speech, during the recent Temperance
Convention, held in that city; and further, That
our cordial congratulations especially due, and
are hereby rendered TO Miss Lucy Stone OF Boston,
and Miss Emily Clarke of lie Roy, for the able and
triumphant vinlcation OF Woman'S fitness to ell
gage in the Reforms of The age, in the propriely Of
action and sentiment, and in the masterly talent
evinced by them ut that trying crisis.