Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-02-25
WoMEN's RIGHTS.
FROM THE ALBANY STATE REGISTER.


FROM THE ALBANY STATE REGISTER.
Something must be done for Albany. 1t must be held
back. 1t is going ahead altogether fast 1t is getting
much We shall be out of sight of the rest
of the world unless the breaks applied Last
week had Hen Conventon-a Shanghai and Chitta-
gond demonsration--where poultry and poodle dogs,
geese and rat terriers longeared rabbits and Guinea
hens eagles prairie chickens muscovy ducks and tom
turkeys crowed and cackled and gobbed and bsrked,
and screamed the people ard in the way Of progress
and increase of speed at least twenty miles to the hour
We getting little that excitement settling
down into safe sort Of gait had let enough of the steam
off to remove any actual danger Of an explosion We
could begin to the mestones that stood by the
waysde, and in fortnight might have become COM
paratively regular and orderly to be able to sleep
o'nghts.
But here we again up fever heat with the steam
on of tremendous pressure, and going ahead like
comet We have Woman's Convention in the full tide
of successful experiment. three sessions day. working
and talking and arguing if the heavens and earth
coming together. The strongminded women are here.
The boomers here, ladies in pantaets, odfashoned
short gowns and long flowing curls dangling beautifully
along down by rosy cheeks, and floating gracefully
necks of and shoulders Of alabaster. Reverend
here with faces meek lambs and long lib
ery poles with hair curled seeky back and oiled in
preparation for being swallowed by boa constructor
Who has not heard of the wrongs of women and the
cruelty of men; Of the hard expressions that expel
from their God exalted sphere - of the aggre-
gated evils that by law heaped in pyramids upon
wives and the Of privileges conferred upon hus
bands Let him who is happily ignorant of all this at
tend this convention and be astonished Let him listen
to the Rev. Antoinet Brown, the Rev. Mr.. May, and
| other strong minded and philanthropc women Mrs.
Ernestine L. Rose, with her flowing rngcts and silvery
voice. with graceful gesture Of kidded hand will charm
him with her eloauence Mrs Nichols with her heaven
ly smile beaming through tears like an April sunshine
cleaning goriousy among the raindrops, will entrance
him. They will do more. They will make him open his
eyes to the dimensions Of half dozen full Talk
about the wrongs Of Southern slavery, the expressions
heaped upon the sable sons and daughters of Africa
portray your clog cabin sceaes, clank your chains,
and apply the lash to the quivering flesh All these
things when compared to the wrongs inflicted by law
and the social habits of society upon white, educated,
refined Christian woman in this free country in
parson like the puny dormouse to the extinct mastodon
| the minny to the eviathan of the great deep.
! Reform is the word Woman must be redeemed, dis
CENTRALIZED lifted up, theren be trouble in the world
She has rocked the cradle long enough she has washed
the dishes and poured the tea till the heavens cry
against the wrong She must have her rights She must
hoe corn and dig potatoes She must run engine on
the railroads and canals She must drive stages
and command ships She must don the epauets of the
general carry musket in the ranks SIZE has been
| down-trodden" long enough The time has when,
in the might of her power with the Godgiven charter
of equality in her hand, she demands emancipation .
loosenng of her bonds Mrs. Stanton the President of
the Convention, has said it. Lucy Stone has said it
Mrs Rose, she Of the slvery voice, the flowing rngets,
and the beautiful kdded hand has said it. Mrs. Nichols,
with the beamng SMILE has said it and what they have
said must be DONE 1t must be done quickly theren
be We have heard Of between the Of men
of opinion between the oppressed and the OPP
pressor Of crecds but here will be between
the to the knife and it needs prophet to
oree the issue The resolves of man, his tyrannies,
his vaulting ambition will be dashed to pieces like pot
er's vessel See them standing in battle array, this
army of beautiful women, all in boomer uniform, with
rngets flowing and bright eyes cleaning with cheeks OF
vermi and lips Of ruby all armed with the potency Of
radiant SMILES like the beams Of the morning, crying,
with voices sweet the music Of harps floating in
evening the moont surface of the sleeping lake,
/ :. COP RIGHTS"
| What hosts Of mortal men Withstand therni
Mol mol The prudent man, forseeiDg the evil hideth
himself Man must surrender his supremacy He must
yield bis destiny He must rock the cradle and throw
the shuttle and spin. Woman must be redeemed. She
must be made free and independent voter. She must
take seat the bench and in the jury box She must
be elected supervisor aud serve in the police She must
90 to Congress and have place in the Cabinet. She
pave streets and build houses She carry the
hod and have voice in legislation. She 70 to the
wars and carry musket and revovcrs, long sharp
sword to cut and slash people with. She have
exclusive and antagonistic existence separate identity
from She must be separate and distinct people,
moving by herself side of the track and man on
the other There must be two races two sets Of humans
ties two desnies social and political eSstences the
one man and the other woman. They must no longer go
together like cups and saucers, be put in the same
box like knives and forks They must each possess
distinct nationality though occupying the same territory,
mper:um impvio. II they can agree and abide by
comT acts all very well; IL they cannot then they must
go back to first principles and make tooth and nail bu-
| siness Of it. as
| Being man Of peace, we go in for women's rights.
We surrender and hand over the unmentionables. We
were not made oppressor and have stomach for
lighting Bright eyes, flowing rnglcts beautiful hands,
and smiles like the sunig our weakness Yes yesi
Women must have their rights They must no longer be
down-trodden made slaves Of tyrannized over, tOma
hawked or scaped. They must be Free aye free and
unettercd and halterlss the wild asses
colt