New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-23

! TIE world might he better nov Wor.n ..k.
arc tna' justice vii be esteemed BY her fayor -,
feels bs he bss : Hissi0r 10 perform. ara :, -
zee 10. sshee o, Der claims, h.t they are Ia 49,
hDce WIG we "a" OF God, sha, ys would "a,
this give Der ju-tic-. ' s"saS
Mrs ERsFsrIsE l.. RosE followed ,,,d;,,
to the fundamental principle OF our Revolu,oo 49,.
fathers, thai J" all men are created equal ara -;
that under tia; principle, All tia, w,u.n ...ss A.,
been granted already She only a.kei in f,., =.
is granted in rbeory-,he iish, Of hfe hhs,,, .'s
the pursuit of bsppire.s. wiz any one ,v
is not Included in that glorious Declaration, n,
principle required no sex for !, wa. bs-si u,.o ~,
usniis and mind, ana they know no 49,, Ham,
ness spd misery life and death recognize no sax \,
al the ESSENTIALS Of human life, WOMAN is Ike ma,
Where u dividing line beglrs or eacs. We nsl a,
SEEK 10 kIOW. Uer claims src bsse'i shoss ine,.
and she cains nothing ste ought not 70 posses q.
she ous hi rs take 10 .es- Tor pr1cpe kneSs no es
promise.
che r,Iested the ides that without the right to y
elective franchise woman was Dot secure la he ps
sesson II any of her righfs; and replied 70 4.
objections ur.ed 10 u. SIZE though, II pms n.
womsn helped msa IN securing peace and quiay
TIE tallOt-boI.
IL Was urged tina, woman, with poLticL risha
would neglect her faulty. She replied that u,
y.
would the better discharge mem Is was ssked war
wren woman WAS represented BY BIER father, broshe
81 sOn she shoald s-ek 10 represent berssI. III
question worthy Of consiiefsion, but she stnss
hsi even il not sionged oy their representation sell
reprtse ntatOn would be her right. But fscs ger.
stubborn thif 81 anc she sOud cite facts 10 show be-
poslii0n.
The s,stu'e books cay :" he AID his and 10 b.
fe Instances " sbe and hers
It's SAID. husband ant wife are one" sye, sss
In fb.f, i. ~. 81 ma urfah tn.
were uuy one, # So there ~ou'd be far less rease.
Tor the CLAIMS ste ureec. " nen woman msrries al
almost every sense she dice legally. Ii che nj.
crime in the prtsonco OF her husband ~ Ia he'd ~
spoI soie. Ibe laws lnske no distinction Oct rees
nan and nan, bat between man snd woman. Sac i
Oh our statu books cas--d VIA inlznts aai IDIOTS
The distinction snould be- b-tween good men and
lad men, between rsht ana Yrous, nos be.seen the
sexes.
hlrs. K noticed in detail the laws of our land
stling upoa the property features of eNisios laws
r.spectir. women Sro alluded 10 the leszi right
possessed by tue husband Ia take The earnings Of his
wife. ard spend tor nlsor The husband 0ss estIe
control over her -id ell business must % trans.
acted in his name, let his character be ever 80 bE.
She desired tbat wcmsn be Alogod - c0ntncl her
own tSTLii g. when III. husband did not provide. IL
Just least that the laws pertaining t. copirt-
eTsbip be applied 10 husb-nds and wives. Toe right
Of he husband To bid out the chijren without the
,Or-,rt ~ the mother WAS base Ia gstco 20 woman.
She claimed equal gnts for the her M this par.
ticular rIc urged tue passage OF q law upon these
sut je,ts. now before ia. L-gslsture.
Woman VS. q piece of property, belonging 20
father Iuarolan or hush sd, transferred from one
TO the other-ner ieonss lacsrated, from the cradle
10 The gave And expressions iohictod upoa wo nan
must Ia back upon uau. Hes place vas 10 lay the
foundation for he aftr character OF Der child, sDi
uuop that chill .ould BE- visited the effects Of the
mother position ana n stmeit. Human Ehts, hu
man freeze was uece-safy 10 the ennobllrg OF any
human beng. The clalm OF woman Is not for her
cell alone; Il lie for society At large.
Mrs. denied that 10 ulan alone belonged the
head, ana t. woman the heart, clan ming that both
heed md heart were neoessafy for bunaa being and
that that figure OF speech ought not 10 be toe basis Of
Our laws.
Woman never had the chance TO prove what she
mig ut be. lnsuIt is added to oppr, scion WHOM man
says her cspaci is unequsl to his IL Is yet 10 be
seen NJ der a more favorable state OF things, what
her capacity IL.
When soman has her full rights 10 forming and
executing lava. her ght- To property and her Of
spIig, then Ill there b. union OF tue Intellect ant
the en- imeIt in man aud woman, aud her real ca
pacity can be truly ,sIimsted
Ste protested against the injustice Of the laws that
give the wife Ony ibe II One-tbrd of tue prop
city al the death Of the husb ni but upon Der death
gives him oil. Asd also sgalnst the implication,
from that las that the mother had not heart for
her cbildrrns wants IA zoe fataer had
She did not cesire much iogislaton W. bad too
n uoh already bat o"I, ,nst DO jus, aud clas.
Kiphtsloa,s Te~ al DE- itself ami wrong dishes s
After the cloee of her remarks, members OF the
co nmitiec and Individuals in tho audience sent Up
quite number OF questions respecting ihs effect Of
ersniing to woman the elective franchise, which
Mrs hosE cred, M characteristic msnaer, and
r.atly to toe entertainment OF the audience.
In al swer to the question whether by entsrw
public life, woman would not be degraded nsteadK
men elevated-Mits BsOwS remarked that VIA
equals and uusquals meet, the higher IS broufz
Gown, but when they moet ~ equals, there Is y
such thing Is evil resulting.
She sad there ~.se ye, 40 typemen and no typ
women che hoped sot 10 oieya,e man - the stast
ard Of woman bat greatly above the pre,en, p,sta +
of either sex The influence of the sexes a. pea ED l
other is always good when they meet ~ equals
After continuing this exercise until IL o'clock, b +
large company in attendance d.psrsel
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