New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-20
yEW-YORK STATE WOMANS RIGHTS
CONTENTION
{ Of The N. Y. Tribune.

= leuespo1dence Of The N. y. Inouho
al SARATOGA SPRINGS, Aug. 10, 1855.
!. The New-York state WOman's Rights Conyen-
~ lion assembled here to-day in st. Nicholas Hall.
tks Hall was well filed with an intelligent and
a. ieEy attentive audience.
10 Atl04 o'clock the Convention was called TO
70 krder BY Mise Susan b. Anthony of Rochester,
: kho proposed as officers for the Convention the
.o blowing named persons:
70 pyerdeHt- MARTHA C. Wight Of Auburn
II IofT Abaoy ERNEsTISE Rose New York ANroISErrE
= Sss,tSyie,-LsILy jaws Nassau; AAKoS NJ POWELL,
n Fsaaos COm@iisesas Antbcny, Marietta Richmond
= ss.ssas Observation-Disclosures L. Brown. Ernesine l.
n HsR1So , = h'y v Of sssSn sSSos soyss n''
& On motion, the officers aud Committees pro-
IFsel were adopted.
y The Business Committee then retired, and dur
y lgiis absence the Convention was addressed by
= llh. Frnestine l.. Rose of New-YOrk, who re-
y lvswed the rise and progress of the movement in
sv tgief and interesting remarks.
=, The Rev. AntOinette l.. Brown, from the Busi-
!, lsss Committee then read a series of resolutions
'iieh were adopted BY the Convention ior discus
9 len, and are as follows:
r HAertas. The spirit Of Truth, Justice aud Love,
II zone forth among the nations OF The ear n arrest
DO DE thoughts of the needless, appalling the oppres
~ inspiring ths oppressed ana bapualns tue nauos
n
"a i1ed mind of the world has within the last halt
~ fa,u,y mocked al previous time by the originality
ke s conception and tic grandeur OF Their achleNe
- Itnh bno IA destined to stil further progress. Aad
AB luSo1s this nation has recognized the principle
a Ae natural equality of all human beings. ani must
~ r. shrink from the consistent application OF mat
D. nscpe,
q, kesolrcd That il is high time to inaugurae new
r. civil and political government, to resuryey the
Itts and reconstruct the duties and privileges OF
b; 10 recur 20 hIst principles aud hold fast To the
d srsl and inseuabe NJ hts of our race-as hie ho-
cc- ~ and the pursuit of happiness.
e. | kes0lred, That Civil Government ought TO be
-, irsi parnership OF nation of freemen wherein
lgheet good Of all is the good Of auy one aud the
- ssst good Vi any one the good OF ali.
lesolred, That every popular government is
e. upOn certain simple principles as, tha, the con-
"a ,s,ie the governed IL always e-seDtal-ihat there
y s'sk be DO taxation without represena'ion-that
30 aes rights can be safely left to the sole keeping
10 lEraher'
,e hesolved, That we cordially rejoice 10 know that
rs - principles are more and more consistently ap
, . $50 the msle citizens OF New-York State; aud we
! y semapd that they should be as consistently ex-
,bs 80 TO females also.
4 seso!red, That for this resson we claim for wo-
Jps night Of suffrage, fully, freely, universally.
xsosred, That sorlsns right OF suffrage neces
Def kg 1rnes win n sD"ther franchise, namely egl-
sur ~ all Office OF tius' bonor or emoIumept.
tesoped, Tbst ,be lsborsr must have toe stimu-
la.sregts 10 work with ohecriulness and Industry
,re lt sent must have tue hope q fame and Influence
I. Il lns him through das- and years of solitude
:. iR - teeseicre htsolred Ths. Il is In vain that
0 fns'.tp woman eqnal educational advantages with
x.ss.... We withhold from her equal motives for
"""~d. That we will labor on, labor earnestly