Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-05-06

estate next Of kim and If he shall have left such
child, the widow shall hc allowed ON distribution,
one half of any sum not exceeding four hundred
dollars, md one third Of the residue of the person
al estate subject TO distribution. The following
articles are not deemed assets, but included in
the inventory of the estate, name Y; All spinning
wheels, weaving looms aud stoves, the family bible
family pictures, school books and other books not
exceeding fifty dollars in value, and twelve
sheep, all wearing apparel, beds, bedstcads, bed
ding. aud necessary cooking utensils, clothing OF
I the family, clothes and ornaments of the window,
aud wearing apparel Of the deceased, one table,
six chairs, six knives and forks, six plates, six ca'
cups and saucers, one sugar dish, one milk pail,
one tea pot and twelve spoons, and these articles.
except the wearing apparel of the deceased, shall
remain in possession of the widow, If there be one,
during the time she shall live with and provide for
her children, but if she aud the children shall by
any means become separated, she shall only be al
lowed to retain rs her own, her wearing apparel
and ornaments, one bed, hedstead, and necessary
bedding, Tor the same, and the other articles
cnptcd from administration and not consumed
shall then belong to tho minor children. But
: lie there Sc widow and no child, these ar
= ticlcs shall belong tv the widow Swan 3, 296 34G
l372.
10Th. That there shall be no taxation without
representation.
I with regard to the property Of women, there Is
taxation without Representations for they pay taxes
without having the ib,rty to vote for rcpresonta-
tiycs and whatever reason may be assigned under
the existing legal disabilities of married women
why they should not be allowed to vote, there
seems no substantial one why single women should
Toe denied this privilege. Black 367, noto. II is
well known to every reader Of history that this
principle entered largely into the struggle for
/, American Independence, and was the immediate
cause OF Oh" first overt Of hostility. And If
the principle is sound, then arc the constitution
ana laws Oi Ohio unjust and oppressive, for by the
latter the property Of women is taxed, and by the
Former they are not permitted 10 enjoy the right Of
the elective franchise. Swans sos, Con. o.
u Article V.
Il llth. That women shall not be deprived of the
right to engage in any laudablc pursuit. BY the
common law, all women are denied the benefit of
, clergy and until the reign Of William and Mary
they received sentence of death, and might have
been executed for the first offence in simple larceny
4 bigamy, manslnughtcr and some other offences
however learned they were, merely because their
sex precludcd the possibility of their taking holy
4 ORDERS though man who could read was for the
same crime subject only to burning in the hand
and few months imprisonment. Black. $780, In
ONO no person is permitted to practice at law,
to conduct n suit in which he is not n party con-
ccrntd unless he shall have been previously ex-
omined and admitted by two Judges of the Super
Tor Court; and no person is entitled to receive an
examination, unless hc is certified Wy respectable
attorney at law to he citizen Of the United States
one year a resident of Ohio, of good moral charac-
ter and sufficient abilities to discharge the duties Of
an attorney and counsellor at law. Swans $.
The Supreme Court in Bank, upon the appca-
' tiun ot woman TO practice law, decided that all
: though she mi ght be in every other respect well
quahhcd to discharge the duties of AN attorney,
under this law she rendered incompetent by rea-
son OF her But in this case the applicant was
Il informally examincd and the examination was in
: the highest degree satisfactory.
i 18th That woman shall not be deprived of the
right TO sit on juros BY the statutes of Ohio it is
provided that one hundred aud eight judicious per-
sons. having the qualifications Of electors, shall be
C annually elected in each county, to serve as grand
e aud peut j"rors the ensuing year, and that if il
|, should happen hatany one OF the jurors summon
'' cd shall ii to attend it shall be lawful for tho
III court III either to brder the sheriff to summon
C. from among the bystandcrs many good and law
w. men as are necessary to complete the panel Swar
s. 49l.
m 18th That the constitution of Ohio shall he 81
r amended 10 entitlc to the exercise of the
elective franchise, and TO the privilege of holding
le Oihces Of trust and profit under government.
D. Every white male citizen of the United States, o
~ the age of twcnty-Onc years. who shall have been
Is resident of the State year next preceding thu
Is election, and Of the county, township or ward il
Is which he resides such time may be provided b,
II law, shall have the qualification Of an clector anC
'r be entitled to vote ut all elections. Con- o. Art
".
lie Either branch Of the General Assembly may pro
r, pose amendments to this constitution, and If tn
ID same shall be agreed to by three-fGls Of the mem
n bers elected to each house, such proposed amend
l. ment shall be entered upon the journal, with tn
d. yeas and nays, and shall be published in at cas
Of one newspaper in eacl county Of the State whcr
is ncwspn per Is published, for six months preced
le ing the election for Senators and Representative.
! at which time the same shall he submitted to In
v electors, for their approval rejection, and it
IN majority Of the electors voting at such cleotio
shall adopt such amendments, the same shall bC
e. come part of the constitution. Con. o., Ar
III XVI.
s. Aud finally that men and women shall be place
Is in all legal respects upon exact terms Of equality.
I'd Long centuries ago, there fell from the lips {
nc the obscure Nazarcne these words; "iH thing
IT. Whatsoever BE would tEat men should do unto yJi
:, do ye orea so unto thcm"-wOrds which, in thc
,s- sublime cOmprehensiyencss, grasp all the relation
* Ut life under all its varied aspects and Overlca
all limits Of time. Centuries later an equally ol
'c- soure band Of men and women, Of grand, courug
y GUS souls, przing life in their high enthusiasm
nj only MS it could bo thoroughly free and true an
Is stalking their all upon the issues Of such faith an
IN doing, launched their little wealth of sons an
ire daughters, with their uacOuated riches of hoI
t"t upon tile bosom OF an unknown threatening ocea
and through perils and trials manfully horn
a achered the liberty they dared 10 seek and left pc
us tcrlty legacy richer than all the continent In,
Oh conquered, In the application of the Fisherman
the sublime axiom to the cirH government of nation
and its repetition and embodiment in the immort
no and prophetic declaration" We hold these trut
ed TO be Se.teeidcnf, that alt men created equal al
cr endowed by their Creator with certain iHdiiendl
Sed rights, among which are life, liberty and the pr
ven SUIT Of happiness and that 10 secure those enc
the governments are instituted among men, deryil
der their just power from the consenf of the COVER
the ed"
ans 1t is through the agency of these truths Al
ing deeds throughout the world. swnyinp more Al
mo, more its mind and heart, and-however tempori
res lily hindered-ts very civil life; exposing t
ali shams Of usurpaon, the inhumanities of opprt
OPP sion, and questioning authortdhrely King and T.
ing peror, and Car of their right to rule-that we
by Eere before you to-day-represcnt ntatiyes of tho
the in all lands and in particular of our own Sto
all who have lived to make yet another and broad
ind application of the immortal truths Of Judean al
ire. Puritan announcement.
In their name We come to you--not to par
lus- zans or narrow-minded aspirants for power
ZEN, placc but ms TO tnen-sons husbands and f,tbn