New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-16
STATE WOyANS RIGHTS CONVENTION AT
ALBANY

drilling rain ice snd mud in the streets Kept the
TN within doors several hundred men and women were
in tendance when Susan b. ASTHoNY, OF Rochester.
called tie meeting order ard nominated for Preside Mt
Mrs EL,zAnEIH Cary STANTON, Of Senaca Fail, which
nomination he Convention accepted
Yrs STANTON in the chair sad that at preliminary
meeting tie following prsous had been selected as officers
Of the Convention;
l. rose NswYorf City; 81 HO0, William asy saratoga
sih William Ii. Topp, Albany 7ih, Msy = Love- RsadOlphi
E c@s-.iITbe Rev ArsOnette L Brown, sOutA But
lei chseLhE Rochester Mrs CahAfine Seobn Roche''
s,S Anihony ROche.,er Sarah Pellet syr,
S.aeSes ca &gee-M.Iy 5 Anthony Rochester; Anna w.
An6opy c'yuts
Mrs stanton then returned her Acknowledgements for the
honor conferred upon her
Mr. Charming then addressed the Convention as to its
aims ard ctjects He stated that the petition to be pre-
soutCd 70 the Legislature contained COCO signatures ell OF
which had been obtained BY Jew individuals in one
month He'd they devoted more time to the collect n Of
signatures he had doubt but that they would number
hundreds Of thousands. The Convention did not ask for
he PRIV leees they claimed pTematurey The proper time
Lad already come to award them 1t would ass of the
Legislature thar select committee be appointed in each
house to consider the subject which woold be presented t.
The Rev Mss Brown from the Business Committee, then
read series Of iesolutons
R,.ired The Christian Republicans s-d
YET mothers sisters wives and sagsh,eT, sns1e Aliens
sIi iS 5s co.. anS rre.gmpon as so
without consent asked o. sr-ned 70 peP.a.s
suns rd thai the reOps the Uailea States aud
Ss2 s .S e Gd is ID: ''St H '
% TIA Ssf 81. a.. b s .ss ssoS T,ii b
IessB AID FOR the Of which they ndvdu
ss s q ruth .'cs good .ad
which hey mbes hst in these United states wonnca
couste lhs people constituting the oiber ht
Tree in hoocr -an are 20 withhold
their 1urce and example from patriotic anc phsntrpc move
that Who be their PserS and w1o
polite are srrosnt usupers only apo osy
Trjudes transmitted tom half civilized and half eh''Ani1ed
Bhase, The lily the uurery of the State and the chsrch
Rs,ied IhIi the family by wen should bs
mere s'ssd isan az other " no . may nos .n
Esht for the .sle of Of The :iton. devised By men for
voluntary association of social Ieformen.
nc,heI. josSGsd Of L~e that ia
% Se . md & a -. 1 Of Soss
poi sd pleasure ana leave them .one Their and
human adyaneeeut Women bound widely po.ihe
experience that those nations and orderly
hshtontd ana eh in varied property where WOMEN mos esJ
Eree the hs whole structure Of
a. els 'Da fglO Ss sIs 5 %
the hassand that bis o the deposit Of 6sb.r
@ rd to bus ze the marriage relation b. subject
eFonsbls tools to the eaOrie.ous saIhor Of nus
lsIds that bi grad,en Of married women react. nevnbyo
depe's the e.ncton Of nsie woIen p as,r 1n ,s
OF utesss mesltd Protection by which the industry OF
s crippled and HEN nobe't ASPIRATIONS wasted away vain
Roired That In consistency spirit
statutes gas and le4 toe desn of which
il stfe duty Of Legislature make such amend nsIs tho
the State will enable married women 70 conduct business
80 b he ssi, Of her Industry and TO be liable for their es
from those Of their habandsto
become joint the joint e1rnnss the 50 far
hlaIos and generally be hsd responsible their deeds
man, s"S the soSns and dsvns Of he sane human sas
married and .ns 70 ths all uses
E0od in favor OF universal
for males equsly syo Of gnysrss suffrage for fems and
therefore claim the right OF suffrage Necessary 70 hs
protection n all their other rights In any Government
Re'ored Thar has peculiar claim 70
sentative the mentor himself woman has
claim 70 an equal repr.ert.tion for heI.eiL
ss unlike eihtr entitled joint psfcps
ton with Linn in all civil rights End daies
claim we should hold By than right
they also eoncde and exe the night Of protecting ourselves
~ ReseG That the trial by impartial jury"
be trial BY eqa then has neyeI roman enoyet tnit
spee dmsd Of Legislature that 81 Least the rgnt OF suea
by jury be seorded TO wemen equally VITA N ha; women
eos the jury box whenever one OF their own sex
rsisnsd At the bar.
question keud ind the with the aothers
guardian Of her children tae gfes willingness
IN aor Of equal property rights and the thousand Of
OF our petition with little effort csncusyely proves
The sht Of petition ssAIsntsd to member Of
THU Republic therefore
"a Rsored the highest duty Of lie sors partially
% eli claims for the redress Of ADD alter
AID md such laws prevent the Administration Of justice snd
equal rights 10 all.
Fred Thar all truehearted and pledze themselves
never 10 enquh their uneeasins efforts behalf Of fa sad
Republic thai while theoretically proca1s that ali
equal depves Of Is Of enoymsnts
Of the risSis ard Privileges pos. ssd BY the Othsr
The convention then addressed by Mn Nichols Of
Windham Vi