New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-23
TO TIE WOMEN OF THE STATE or
NEW-YORK.

To TIE HOMFN Of III AZ n - ~
NEW-IORh.
We purpose sgain, this winter, TO 'er' irons te
our Stste Legislature; one asking for i7 Jgsr ana
ForAI kIGHr OF WONAS and one for WOMAN
RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE. The latter, we thlnk, covers
the whole GROUND; for We can never be said TO hare
just and tquoi rights until the rigM o. 'yrage -
ours Some who will glacly sign the former, may
shrink from making this lac, dem md. But be az
suJed our cause can never rest on safe, enduring
basis until we get the right of suffrage. 30 long as
we have no voice in tie law We have no guaiSn'
tee that privileges granted 10 u today by one
body Of men, may not be taken from Us to morrow
by another. go
All mans laws, bis theology his daily life, 60 TO
prove the fixed icta in bis mind OF the entire der-
cree ia the sexts, difference 80 broad tlat shst
would be considered cruel and unjust between man
and man. il kind snd just between man and woman.
Having discarded the idea Of ne oneness OF me sexes,
how can man Judge Of The needs aud wants OF oens
so wholly unlike himselfl How can he make la$s
for his own benefit and womans too at the same
tnel He cannot He never has, as all h- laws rel.
alive 10 woman must clearly shog. Bat when man
shall fully grssp the idea that woman Is being OF
like feelings thoughts end passions with himself he
n sy be able 10 legislafe Tor her rs one cgde wold
answer for both But until then sense OF justice
wise self-loge, impels us TO demand voice IN his
councils
To every intelligent, thinking woman, We pat the
oueston On what sound principles of Jurisprudence
Constitutional law. buI an rights are one-hat OF
tIe people of this State dsraDcted IL you answer,
as you must that it il Done in violation OF aliiw men
veesk YOU when and hog Is this great wrong u DC
rigi tedi We say non ard petluoDing Is the hr-t
sen in its accomplishment. We hope therefore, that
eyefy 1ouan in the STATE will sgn her name II the
petti d. 1t il mot humiliaDg to know that many
educated women so stulI, their conscience az ID de-
clare TREY have all the rights they want. Have you,
who make II is decsr1tlon ever read the barO1rous
laws in reference TO women, 10 mothers to wives AMI
caue h,tfs which disgrace our statute books! Laws
which ere not surpassed in cruelty and Injustice by
Il hnld dino =
which strike Of the root of the glorious doctrine for
which cur fathers fought, and bled, and died, mo
"ta1aiioD without representation ls"s "hlch
deIy a right most sacredly observed by many oil
the Ynopaicbies Of Europe, . the right of trial by
80 jury Of ones own peers laws which tramp!e
on The hottest aud most unselhsh OF all human
eff ctionf, mothers love for her child, ana vim
RUTHLESS cruelty snap asunder the enderes tes-laws
which enable the father, be he a man or minor, 10
tear tie infant from Il mothers arms. and sond II II
be cboote TO the Fegee Islands; yea. 10 viii the
Guar dausLip OF the unJOrn child TO whomsoever he
may please whether to the Su tan of Turkey or the
Imsum Of Muscat-la9s by which our soOs AMI
daughters may he bound TO service to cancel their
fathers debts of honor 10 the meanest run'h-es AMI
broit els in the vsst me'rOpOlis-laws which volt'e
all ai lie pure and sacred in the Nh rage rela-
TOR, by giving 10 the cruel beatty drunkard, the
rights Of a man, a husband, aud father-lass which
place the life long esInDgs OF the wife st the disposal
Of the husband be hi. character what il msy-lags
Which leave us st the uecy of the rnmseller aud the
6ruI kard, sesinst whom we have no protection for
our lives, children, or our homes-lass by which
VIZ ore made the waich-dogs To keep million and a
bali Of cur sitrs in the fouss bondage the sun ever
shore upon-wbch forbid us 10 give food and shelter
to the parting fugitive from the land Of Slavery.
II, in view of laws like these, there be women in
s Sste so lost selfre,pec 20 all that is vrtuous
noble end true to refuse % raise their voices in
protest against such degrsoiDg tyranny we can only
Say Of that H. which has thus robbed womtnhooi
Of all its glory and greatness, what the immortal
Claiming did o. slavery: IT, said he, ii be true
that the slaves aIe coLtented and hippy-if there
sis a sy stem thai can blot out all love of freedom
f. ON the soul of man, destroy every trace Of his
"divinhy make lim happy il condition so low and
"berghttd and hopeless AK for no stronger Ar.
"gumtnt sgaiIst such a slavery as ours" No!
never believe il; woman falslhes berself and bias
phtmes Der God when, in view of her present. soci.
legal and political position sbe declares she has ali
the rights she wants II few drops Of Saxon blood
gave our Frederick Douglass such a clear
perception Of his humanity, his inalienable
RIGHT az to enable bin vita the slaveaolders
Bible. the slaveholdsr's Constitution, a southern
public sentiment and education all laid heavy on bis
shoulders TO stand upright, and walk forth in search
of freedom, with much as did Sampson of old
with the massive stes OF the city shall We tue dadgh
tiers of our Hancocks and Adan.-we in whose veos
foss the blood Of the Pilgrim Fahersshal we never
try the strength Of these wibes of sw and gospel with
which, in our blindness, We have been bound, hand
and FOOT Yes, the time has come,
The slumber is broken the sleeper Is rseu
The day the Goth aud th- 'sndal u Ger;
Ard old Earth feels the tread Of Freedom on;e more
f6ll not w omen OF the Empire STATE, 10 swell our
petitions. Let bo religion. scruples hold you back
Tske TO heed 10 mans Interpretation Of Pauls in
junction 10 wsmen. To any thinking mind there Is
DO difficulty in explaining these passages OF the Apps
tie a. applicable 10 the times in which they writ
ten as having no reference Whatever TO the Women
Of the nineteenth century.
Honor the King heroes Of 70. Those leadeD
teachests Of Boston hsrbor cry out, Render TO
"Caser tie things that Gre Casars." When the men
Of 1854 with their Priests ano Rsbbs sh all rebuke
the oisobedieuce of their foref,thers when they
shall cease 10 set at defiance the British lion aud the
Apostle Paul in their national policy, then il will be
tine er OUCH for 10 bow DO IN % mans ia'erpreta-
ton Of lax touching social relations aud scknow-
ledge hat God gave US powers and rights, merely
that mi ht show forth faith ia Him, by being
belIl'ss an dumb.
The writings Of Paul, like State Contributions,
ere susceptible Of various interpretations But when
tie humsn soul roused with holy indignation ainst
inus ice ard oppression, il stops not TO translate
hum,n psrchments but follows out the las Of its in
rer being witt by the finger Of God in the first
hour Of lie creation.
Our petitions will he seut 10 every county in the
Stale, and hope that they will find st least ten
ngtteC Us vcmn 10 circulate them Bat should there
be any county 80 benigbted that petition cannot be
circulated throughout its length aud BREADTH giving
10 every anu womsn oppor'uniry 10 sign their
ntmes tien we pray, rot that Z" G q gill send down
Z" fire snd birthstone upon IT," but tina, the 'NapO-
"leons Of tlis movement will food il with Womens
Rights tracts ard mi.sionsiiss.
TLIZARFTH CADY STANTON.
ChsTn Y Y WomeRs Rights Coz.
Sersoa Fam De II. ls.4