New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-20

Tax RIoHT oF WosEs TO vorr.-Ths Con0Sttee
on the Qualification of Votes gave an sdjcurse1 hsef
ug yesterday, at 81 o'clock, on the petition OF cercn
extended to women. large aambcr Of sdiss ssd sss
TIA men were In attendance.
Mr.. Dali was 6rst heard for the pettsoassA oAs
ssd she appeared there with ecms degree Of emees.
rss~mest 10 plead tor right when she knew no rsaeee
Why she should not have been sitting on one ss ~
chairs to decide, instead ef stsncing 10 plss1. -
the proceeded 20 deliver her argument, whics We
committed TO paper. aud wss read In ws'nsausasse
She coutended that property Of itse1 rspsssseAsA
acc vmulsted industry aud IN many instances ecsus
10 voss on sducs,icnal matters This r.ssi. W.
broucht about thsrs by tho spread snd incrcees q
C.,.oilc power, which seemed fair TO secompksh
to prevent the Division and IN order 10 do this wmsa
we're allowed to vote. Perhaps, she sat, ths sAae
csuse might effect similar results hero.
choose s their own s alton % uo 70 Ss sI van
ort represent alton; I'd, to cit on juriss.
The Massachusetts, Bill Of Rights provides thst
there shsu be no hereditary o6icer;-6ut. ss:d she.
are not you, gentlemen, the very worst o, hereditary
officers
She referred TO the women Of Rome, who brought
their jewels TO the Senate Chamber 70 assist In cafs1
ing the Csrthsgenian war; and to the ssrt Of os'
tensia. which redeemed one THOUSAND wousa frSa
taxation.
The men, unsssisted, she said, had failed 10 sue-
ceed in sucoessfuiy establishing hosptsl or p.evest
ing Cfiule Il ne tedpcft anu uo NhaSo sse ~ Cco3
Ing With overwhelming vice. In domestic sasirs
their efforts were equally unsuccessful. In poltcs.
their failure wac equally apparent. whae Poheotaa.
said sbe could sit for hour, with eotbnS but ehe
portrait Cf George Washington before him, aad aeswH
without bushng all the questions those cam. oaeer
eyes would put TO him She did not wish, che sald,
TO indulge in insane eKstaion OF female exoelleaoss
or draw absurd anologes from nisststed iscts.
The right of suffrage for women was claimed ketA
for womens benefit and the advantage Of meA
Shs closed by urging the Committee 70 report b9
striking The word male from the clause in the Geo.
stitution relating to the qualification OF votsS.
Tho Rev, I. W. Higgnson was the nszt spsakef n
several instances in which he claimed IL would hsvS
been productive Of great good, and have bsea es.
ceedogly gratifying u have had women suowedW -
vote.
He referred % tho wrongs In Ksnsss and wished y
know what wrong the people Of Kansas hsd suasrsl
that was not everywhere inflicted on woman. 1ters
the Free State men were wronged with tho pstol--
here women were oppressed by coutesy. Lke
Shnkespeares two fools, Massachusetts, does u tho
lnost gracefully, but Missouri the most nNuraly.
= In Europe there were two classes, pAtrciea 81
plebian; here men were ell pstrician--wcneo "
p.ebisn All nen were equal N having al power; "
II woman is entirely distinct from man. 10 hs& che
Garnet exercise his functions, then man he's no dg4
or power to represent her. and che derives from hse
isolated position peculiar power.
He claimed that women were not properly repro
sented by husbasda or brothers, end a. ap eydeccs
of this referred TO the frequency OF divorces snd the
fact that women were obliged to appeal 10 the law ~
protection against the yrssny Of these po@na' Peo3
te6tors. ,-,-
lie spoks at soms length, his remarks coupriSne
argpmetts ard statemests Of facts.
tious had been answered by Mr.: Higginson. =.
fBoson Tuvses tes. "