The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-10-19
nesolstsions Of the W0men's Rights
Convention.

O. Resolred That because man is human be-
ing and man is no more, she has by virtue of her
constitutional nature, equal rights With man., and
thas state of society must necessarily be wrong.
which does not in its usages and institutions afford
equal opportunities for the enjoyment and protec-
ton of those Rights. - @ -, @
3. Resolved, That it is the coolest assumption
for nan to claim the ,prerogatiye of determining
the sphere of woman; and that be is adding insult
TO injury, when he denounces her as unwomanly,
and coDdemns her as 'unsexing herself, if she
ventures to pass over the limit he assigns her. /
a. Resolued, That the Common Law by giving ,
. to the husband the custody of his wife's person
does virtually place her lsvel with criminals criminals
and lunatics and fools, since these are the oniy
class of adult persons over whom the law makers
have tboupht il necessary to place Keepers
& R,soIpsd. That if it be true 10 the language
of John c. Calhoun, that he who digs the money |
ont of the soil has right to it against the Uni
verse; then the law which gives TO the husband
the power to use his wife's earnings makes rob-
berry and is mean as it is unj just.
g. Res.iped. That woman will soonest free her
self from the legal disabilities she now suffers by
securing the right to the elective franchise, thus
becoming herself law-maker, and that to this end
we will petition our respective State Legislatures
to call cpventions to amend their CONSTITUTIONS so
that the right of the franchise ehal not be limited
by the word male
. z. Resolued, That there is neither justice nor
sound policy in the present arrangements of soei
ETY., restraining woman to SO comparatively mar
row 4 range of employments; excluding them from
those 10 which they admitted awarding them
compensation less generally oue-hafo or two-thrds
than Is paid to men for equal amount Of service
reudefed.
. s. Resolued, That although the question of in
tsectual strength and attainments of woman has
nothing do with the settlement of their rights,
yet in reply to the oft repeated enquiry, Have
women by nature the same force of intellect with
men!' we will say, this enquiry never cnn be
swersd till women shall have such training as
shall give their physical and intellectual powers
full opportunities for development by being as hea-
vy tsxed and all their resources as fully called
forth as are those Of men.
On Wednesday evening VIM. Lloyd Garrison
presented the following resolutions the Conven-
ton:
I. Reselped. That the natural rights Of one hu-
man being are those of every other; in all cases
equally sacred and inaenable; hence, ths boasted
Rights of Man, about which We hear go much,
are simply the Rights of Woman, about which
he ar lttle or, in other words the Rights of
Human kind, neither affected by nor dependent
upon sex condition.
p Resoived, That those who derde the claims
of woman to full recognition Of her civil rights
and political equality exhbithe spirit which tyrants
snd usurpers have displayed in all nges towards
the mass of mankind-srike at the foundation Of
all truly free and equitable Goyernment-con-
tend for sexual aritsocracy, which is irrational
and unjust. in principle, rs that of wealth or he
reditary descent-aud show their appreciation of
liberty to be wholly one-sided and supremely sell
fish. .... --ra+. -
8. Resolyea, That for the mon of this land to
claim for themselves the elective franchise and the
right to choose their own rulers and enact their
freedom, safety and welfare, and then to deprive
all the women Of all these safeguards, solely
the ground of difference of sex is to evince the
pride of self esteem, the msanness of usurpation,
and the folly of self assumed superiority.
4. Reso,ced. That woman, as well as man, has
Alright to the highest mental and physical develop
ment-to tho most ample educational advantages
rsach in Church and State, in science and ont in
poetry and music, in painting and sculpture in civ
IL Jurisprudence and political economy, and in the
varied departments Of human industry. enterprise
and skil--to the elective franchse-and to voice
In the administration Of justice and the passage of
laws for the general welfare.
S. Rcsolved, That to pretend that the granting
of these claims would tend to make woman less
amiable and less attractive. less regardful of her
peculiar duties and obligations wife and moth
or, wanderer from her proper sphere, bringing
confusion iat0 domestic life, and strife into the
public assembly, is the cant Of Papal Rome. as 10
the discordapt and lnfdel tendencies of the right
of private judgment in matters of faith, in the out
cry of legitimacy of the ncapacity of the people to
govern themselves-is the false allegation which
selfish and tmid conservatism is making
against every new measure Of reform-and has nc
foundation in reason, experience, fact philoso-
ply.
6. Resolved, That the consequences arising
from the exclusion of woman from the exercise oil
her natural rights and the cultivation of her ment
nj faculties have been caamitous to the whole hu
man race-making her serviie dependent, unwo-
manly-ihe victim of false galantry the one
hand, aud of tyranuie subjeetion on the o,her-ob
structing her mental growth, gripping her physic
al development, aud inespaeitatipg her for genera
usefulness, and thus inflctiug injury upon al
bern Of woman; and cultivating in man lordly and
arrogant spirit; love of dominion, disposition tc
lightly disregard her comfort and happiness, all o
which have been INDUCED in to a fearful extent
to the curse Of his own soul, and the desecratier
of her nature.
z. Resolred That SO long as the most ignoran
degraded. and worthless men are freely admitted
20 the ballot box, and practically acknowledged Il
be competent TO determine who shall be in Office
and how the government shall be administered,
is preposterous to pretend that women are no
qualified to use the elective franchise. and tha
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