Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-01-12
woMANs RIGHTS PETITIONS.

Mrs. Swift sends us the following note and petit
tions, with a request for their publication
To the friends IF Humouiy ia the State # OAio
Please copy and circulate faithfully the follow
ing petitions, and send them Ivy the 30th of Janu-
ary, to Adeline I. Swift, Elyria, Lorain county,
Ohio.
10 the Scrote and House Of Representatives Of
the State of Ohio.
The undersigned citizens If theSia,e Of 0lio, re-
specially ,sk tn rcpoal Of all Laws regarding trop.
erty, rights aud the guardianship Of Children,
which make distinction on account of sex.
10 the Senate and lIcuse of Representatives Of
the State Of Ohio:
Tho undersigned citizens of the State Of Ohio,
respectfully ask, that immediate measures may be
taken to have the words Whie and Aulc erased
from our State Constitution.
In the Portage Co. Democrat, We find a note
from Mrs, Swift, to the Editor saying:
Please inform those who may copy and circulate
the Womans Rights petitions published in the
Democrat OF this week, that Instead ot sending
them TO Mr. Robinson Of Salem, they may trans
nit them to Adeline I. Swift, Elyria, Lorain Co.,
Ohio.
We could find no petitions published in the Dem
ocrat, of that week. Probably, however, reference
was made to those published above, and probably,
also. Mrs. Swift intended her note to read Mrs. in
stead of Mr.. Robinson, as VIC are not aware that
any body has proposed to send any petitions on
that subject to us.
AT the Womans Rights Convention, held in Gin
cinnati, during the last Autumn, it was thought
best, as we are informed, to circulate but one form
tit. 4. H. Co., .lt,o t.k ,i:..
for equal political rights. This was deemed com
prehcnsive and the best method Of securing all
that was desired of the Legislature. Such was the
conclusion Of those who had circulated similar Pc
titions most extensively at the East. Accordingly
n form of petition was prepared by lose to whom
the subject was entrusted, 1t has been circulated
with the request that when the signatures arc OBJ
tanned in the various localities they should he sent,
either to Mrs. Lucy Stone Blackwell. Cincinnati,
or to Mrs. Emily Robinson, Salem, Columbiana
county Ohio.
The following is the form Of petition adoptc for
circulation in Ohio. a similar one is also in cir
ale those who have seen the note in The Democrat
10 understand the matter, which would be other
wise, perhaps, rather inexplicable.
To the Honorable Senate and House Of PcpTeSe',-
tdtires Of tie state Of Ohio:
Whereas, the women of the State of Ohio arc
disrranchised by the Constitution, solely on ac-
count Of their sex; We do respectfully demand for
them the Right Of SnDj0ge-a right which in
wolves all other rights of citizenship--onc that can
not Justly be Withheld; as the following admitted
principles Of our government show:
First. "All men are born free and equal"
Second, Government derives its just power
from the consent of the governed"
Third, Taxation and representation are insep
arabic"
We the undersigned do therefore petition your
honorable tody to take the necessary steps for the
revision Of our state constitution, SO that all our
citizens may enjoy equal political rights.
Rev. Henry CUES. from Maine. Delivers one Of
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