New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-10

d. p.opl. nv the .scri6ce OF her property, ne.i
BE- in the defan.e of .hi. immortal prlnc!Pse 1nd 'I
DIV Of indisls,on thN would speedily % reused
agans, tho M righteous deed o. .ho-s VINO can mus
de-p5l their own sisters and daughters "ouia sou
reuOye the odOgs prescription -, ~
"But Il il IN De hoped tss: hAssachu.s.'7
more honorable thar that; that me 20 ,cu on.
memories Of me past with the hapweh As'o Jus
u Plymouth Rock and Bunker Hll though Vioei :"
year. will prove her-ef as young ~ generous sy1l
thes ard noble impulses g. her sister n'a'@' VI N''
sDd Wisconsin"
|. DIR. Hunt gave the Committee, and the men gen
srsIh. a piece OF her mnd" on the s1bleee o'
TAXATION education, voting, tobacco, sending 81
bows 10 College aud making sensible eris io'd theu
hands in despair NJ home and SO on. In reply u
question by the Chairman, az 10 the reason why 80
few women mad asked Tor the right OF suffrage she
| made tie pertinent inquiry, II women VINO were
| ehoked could be expected ~ breathe
Mr. Phillips, in opening biz speech, sand we don
ask the drunkard and the slave what they DEERE 70
| have done. In 10 our fathers made Constltu-
| ton under which Slavery was abolished. They
settled upon public policy, but they didn't consult
| the slaves IA 10 their wishes. IL all the coiored
men in the State had protested, no attention. Wouid
have been paid to them. He proceeded 10 say that
he came 10 speak in biz own behalf, ana not
| specially in woman's behalf. Woman's influence
onpht to be recognized They exert their due share
| of power, but this power is irresponsible. All un-
| seen power is dangerous. The whole question was
| in fact Welded when tho schools were opened lhe
| Turk says woman has 10 sOul books, thoughts dc
not belong to her. they keep her in the hsrem. But
Western Europe recognizes her mind, but II there
stops at an artificial barrier. Men We're 50 stopped
| when they asked 10 be- allowed To vote and the
struggle is now going on for that right. We ask
| you 10 reform symmetricaly. Voting follows
| property. When property went 10 the middle
| classes, they overthrow the thrones. Our fathers
said women should not have property. But all TINS
| is changed. When YOU made the change in the
| laws ~ to property, yOu granted all that We asked.
ability to vote You don't vote on ability;
| Webster has not hundred votes and
| the inferior man one. All are alike, If woman
has ability enough To enttl her Ia be tried, aud 10
b. sent TO pr -On, she has ability enough TO vote.
/ If she has not ability enough 10 make lava she nae
| not enough 10 be punished for breaking them.
Broncham has said within year, that the legislation
of gland in relation tO woman IL disgrace 10 the
| statute book of any country. We don't care what
| woman's ability is; We cannot knew until the held
| il opened 10 her. She has the same qualities oi
| mind ~ large classes of men. Abbott Lawrence
could not say Ia the artist and the actor, GU shai
not vote, because your talent does not le IA max
| ing money" So long as government takes from wo-
man part of her labor in taxes, it bound Ia place
in her hands the ballot. You must reject the whole
| argument Of the Revolution, if you reject this
| claim. Now, r TO the question oi debcacy;
| woman is not too delicate Ia go Ia the common
| jail: and f you cannot make the baiiot-box az de-
cent as the jail you had better give IL up. Horace
| Mann and William Sade say that women ought To
have the largest share in the business OF teaching.
| No man will say that the teachers are not as well
qualified to vote a. the they teach. There ~
no ground of opposition 10 this claim but the ground
| of sex. But the Constitution is not based on sex.
Every act of legislation for twenty years goes To
| break down this distinction. When woman has
a, lc.l,, anlt hn
and educate her; wealth will hasten to make her in.
| telgent for its own security. Then when she
wants TO enter some new field of toll she can do
| Recognized as voter, she 90 anywhere Look
at the question of the vice of cities. How can yop
| reach il while woman is under the foot OF man
You confne her to the mill the shops you starve
| her BY competitor; and when the crisis comes
| 40, 600 women seek the payem,nts with no bread,
| and then men say they icentous. But who is
TO blame Let woman be doctor, a lawyer,
| an engrayer a teacher, and she will be sub
| ject to no more competition than man. Then
| this vast mass of fostering corruption will be-
taA,n gently away by the laws of trade and ma
| ture. We shall get this finally; step by step the
reform goes forward; but We ask symmetrical re-
| fern. The question is, how soon will you decenty
surrender Give us leave to present the question
| TO the people in their primary assemblies. You
can't decide questions of intellect and races. The
| Constitution knows nothing of these things. IL
only recognizes Sentent, tax-paying beings IL is
the old question of the oppressed asking the oppres
sOr TO rellnquish his power. The jew asked 1t;
the Dssenter asked it; the Chartst is asking it, and
| woman is here asking il. II is the last great
protest of one half the human race against injustice.
| These are some of the points IN which Mr.. Phil
| lips hung hs various illustrations. l believe that
| the Committee are to give another hearing this
| week. when Mrs. Caroline w. Healey Dale will
| speak.
As to the general business Of the Legislative
sion there il not much that is interesting IL be said.
The Atheist Witness bill, after passing the House
sticks in the Senate, no vote having been taken upon
| it. The Salary bill is signed-no important amend
| msnt having been made 10 it. Its effect ia 10
| make members attend To their business, and
prevent early adOurnments. No election of
Oyerseers of Harvard College has yet been made,
| there being some disagreement between the Senate
and House as to the preliminares of Convention.
The retiring Overseers are the Rev. DIR. Baou, the
Rev. Dr. Gannett. the Rev. Baron Stow David
Sears and +. X. Hoar. Mr.. Hoar is now one of
the Fellows and of course is not candidate for
election. The Rev. W. X. Ager the clergyman
who incurred the disapprobaton of the "funkies "
by bis Fourth Of July Grafton s spoken of likely
to be a candidate. His election, suppose would
be cited by Nh Cushing in his next speech, as an
aher fearful evidence that the Legislature is not
disposed to defer TO the demands of the slave
holders.
The Committee on Probate and Chancery have
agreed To report bill for the consolidation Of the
Courts of Probate and Chancery; i. e., for the
moval of Judge Loring by statute. Mr.. Gushing
gave out in his speech that this was uncOnstitu-
tona but am told that Marcus Morton says il is
constitutional 1t ID also reported that the yenera.
BILE ex-Judge holds the opinion that the Supreme
Court itself may also be abolished by statute. A
bill is before the House for the establishment of