New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-01
JUSTICE TO WOMAN.
ADDRESS OF THE wOMENS RIGHTS CONvEN
TON TO THE LEGISLATURE.
BY mKs ELIz.nEIn cApI STANTON or sEyEeA FALLs.

BY MRS ELIZABETH CADY STANTON oF SENECA FALLS.
Tho thinking minds Of all nations call for chance. TA.rs
va collision 81 the New siIh The Old
The tyrant Custom has been summoned before the
bar OF Common Sense. His Majesty no longer swes
the nultitude-his sceptre is broken-his crown is
trampled 10 the dust-the sentence OF death is pro
uounced upon him. Al nations. ranks aaa classes
have in turn questioned and repudased his authority
and pow that the monster is chained and Gagged timd
woman on tiptoe comes to look him in the face and
odenasd OF her brave ses and sens who have struck
stout blows for liberty, if in this change OF dynasty
she, too, shall find relief
Yes gentlemen, in republican America, in the 18th
century We the daughters OF the revolutionary heroes
Of &c demand at your hands redress Of our grew
snoes-a revision Of your State eonsitutons code
OF Laws Permit then briefly possible 10 call your
attention 20 the legal disabilities under which labor;
First Look al the position OF woman woman We are
persona native, free born citizens property holders tax
payers yet denied the exercise of right to the
elective franchise WesuppOrt ourselves and in part your
schools colleges churches your poor houses as prisons
tie army the navy the whole machinery Of government
and ye, we have no voice in your councils. We have
every qualification required by the Constitution necessary
to he legal voter but the tex. We are mora. VI
iuous and intelligent and in ali respects quite eqrai 70 the
proud white man himself, and ye. by your laws We are
oksstd with IDIOTS lunaticS and negrcei shd though
do not feel honored by the place assigned us yet in fact
legal position Is lower than that of ethertor the
gro can be raised to the dignity of voter If be possess
himself Of $3.50 the Innate in his moments Of
Ssnty and the IDIOT too if he be a male one and no,
more than nine eEths fool-but We whs have guided
great movements Of charity. established missions edited
journals published works history economy and stats
tics who have governed nations led armies filed the
professors chair taught philosophy and mathe 10
the of age discovered planets plOtel ships
across the sea- denied the most sacred ghts Ofclen
because forsOOtb into this republic crowned
with the dignity OF manhood. Woman is Theoretically ab
solved from all allegiance to the laws Of the State Sec
Bin OF ghis SOL says thai authority on any
lTeene whatever be exercised the citizens Of this
state bat sch is shall be derived from, and grsHcl
~ tAe pooPls 81 has Stdte
Now, gentlsmsn we would fain know by what author
hy You have DISTINGUISHED one half the people OF this
State You who have boldly tAken possession Of the
buSaTks OF this Repu5c, show yoar credentials and
thus prove your exclusive right govern not only yoar
selves. but Us Judge Hurlbui who has long occupied
high psee At the bar In this STATE sal who recently re-
tired with honor from he beach Of DO Siprans COu n
h profound Work human rights has pronounced your