The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-23

Lucy Stone The Gpe han brilliantly iiomiDated anJ
though not crowded very we'll flied. Mrs. Stone
came the pas;oTm shortly after egst ococS she
plainly clad n black glib dress aud wore q small gold
the front OF gown She was greeted
with applause she appeared and responded 10 tho
dience gracefully.
The lecturer began by saying that those persons who
have been to speak tho topic affecting
interest TIE welfare Of had ys. reached
II At rciLt where TIE subject would be greeted with
cheers When the question TO the point that
70 be regarded part and parcel OF the psope and
that appeal should Dc made directly her behalf It
met with nothing like sympathy. To those who do no,
look at the influence OF woman in the social
circle, the matter does not present itsoli in
rs true light. Tho world has been slow
70 learn that woman's rights and human rights are
and the thing. All that is necessary 70 be under
stood s that woman is human being having the same
ipaepabe rights all other members Of her species,
and that in the range of everything tina. by
an body il be done by woman. The world had aso
been slow think that the will or woman not arbi'
trsry. Mao had always been inclined to think that that
which RICH, in him not right in woman; forget
ting that the great object that hes beyond the sphere Of
VIII always be the nobest and the best tina.
be worked Will be found that II woman occupied
her proper sphere her position in would not be in any
way inconsistent with her place wife, mother, sis
ter, In great msasHss ID THIS country woman was no;
meeting houses they formed great proportion OF
The congregations There the wife cat side by aide
with her husband the brother with the sister
But this not the in other lands. n
we went among the Mahomedans it weut be found that
shut out entirely from any such parcip alton
in the Ike privileges and made with heatheas
and with dogs In India woman could not with her
husband but here do. But II woman in hsr pro-
per sphere these wrongs would be righted But
question Of the evening was whether i. WAS right and
proper that the elective franchise should be extended
woman. This WINS q vital question But ask " Jman
she would wish TO vote, and with face covered with
bushes che would say no, because she not wish
go Of her sphere. She would not wsh to break
in her way But the time leads further back than
then present could remember whom kings ruled, and
hour Of suffering, however, when the early seeds
Of the Revoutscr burst into life, they learned tina.
IL was then that the prnopIe radiant and beautiful q
the peoples right ability 10 rule and govern first
promulgated, and ran from man to and from mind
~ mind TIL became evicen that It was truth that
would yet have universal sway 1t was those who had
fought and labored with 80 much energy to
much for themselves who Afterwards turned round aud
made slaves of the blacks They said the people had a
right to ru!e. And who the people We the people,
The white man, who has the power TO rule half OF
the adult population has been dranchised they do
not think that wrong has been done the mo other half
the sovereign white peopie-think, too, that wrong
las been woman by her exclusion from, the ballot.
They what does she wantp We will protect her But
WA necessary to see what sort OF protection this
and whether after all would not be necessary TO have
something like SELF protection has been the of
the past that class has been able 10 eGse for
another without dong some wrong and injury We shoad
o1t by this TO deal more equtaby with all clauses But
unfortunately, WAS not From Maine " Minnesota
laws have emanated from legislators sgsns.
which. they enacted against men--aganst those
who had the power Of resistance and who could make
would bring forth the force and feeling Of Kanss
70 bear upon them But we are only women. Ask any
lis wife his daughter be associate with rowdy
ruian, an he will Indignantly reply In the negative;
yet the Iusn s5d the rowdy who are not lt Also tes
Tor his family the very men who permitted 10
r'ske Laws 70 govern the people (Cheers) Ask
:hsr woan should be permitted to exercise Tie ran
setting sh.s though xo is excluded from the
bes. colleges OF the country, still sho has the
advantages Of the beat schools that were open
to her. Yet; the low, ignorant man, and the
unsutorea Irsh who could not read the word "vo,s"
be tried, they competent Another would say
that would be un~emapy the part Of woman thus 70
interfere tha, she would exceed her province and her
children would he neglected. The feeling strong in
the public mind that II place 70 which she ought not
60 because OF tpe Associations nseparaoe from the
lei the rowdies 70 BY themselves Every White male hu
bped OF n years OF allowed the privilege, but
only woman s excluded; and though many Of these
tiers go rolling and STAGGERING up TO the ballot ~ easily
forgotten next day. tCbeers) But the opposition to
man comes with very bad grace from man who, borne
by WOMAN has been nursed and ulled in her and
he should not forget that her affection such tha;
neither time crime nor distance could eiace and he
insu Is his mother when be says that noompe
take her part In the great duties OF life Let
be told ths. when We bring forward tho principles OF
srgd noous contrary 10 the eternal order OF hogs Be
the eternal order OF things must DO the erna order
Of truth Mrs Stone then proceeded 10 review at
length OF the results 20 from the obnoxious
laws Of which che complained. Man Gays to woman, eve
have the stronger muscle, and compel you. wshsve
made ia~s, and you must obey them. So long you have
property have the power To tax IL, and will do
We believe that tsxs,or and represer alton insepa
rable, except in the case OF woman (Cheers.) When
she ventures n she told that these
tangled notions merely the visions OF few women
Who are essrous OF nooriey she dssents AGAIN bu, nc
looss 81 her. with his strous muscular and he
" Now, know We have the power to tar you.' And
the tax accordingly levied on thousands OF women VINO
told that they desire and representation
as thew srect them 10 be nscrsrabe they must uppex
themselves. IRE husband and the wife, they say,
one person. and the man is ready to put his finger upon
1st passage IN Blackstone which says In fact, tho
legal existence OF the wife Is suspended during her
see. She make resistance, but stands there with
sunoca.ed breath, much In the same way ~ mon when
they are suspended Her existence 10 merged 10 the
r1sr daring the whole Of her life and his tyranny
follows Der 20 the grave ana insults her memory oere
inscription tie stone speass OF the relct Of
The lecturer went on 70 ar!madyert on the
opjust in which womsn's property ruled 6y
ran, he latter enjoying al the formers with no CORES
poSdDg Edvart,se. Tho husband briefly tells his wifs
ios; lorg she bis ~ifs be will give ner what be
.oiogs 81 for ter romore rke staii; and she
would Dot stay ne would make Der. OAognter) He
mad easy ~ay ~ do tbs by p0ttpg noNcs ia the Ne~
Yors papers tnet be would not his wires teot she
aivtried 70 The absence Of power % wife IN make
VII 20 lorg as her HUSBAND was alive: and sad that
states enacted that neither FOO insane per
s3Ds nor married .Oren should make wills. (falghtsr
RE rood sac a Massachusetts says tnat the woman
gag naake the will II ire husband will allow her; but
tbefe one Old xDman who sad 70 the lecturer thAi
she Dad made sill bpt her husband not sign and
she 1ny withtf 70 I've h,Y holr longer han him.
she p.xt spoke Of the control Of mothers their ch
d,en and she pited Amer mothers because they mad
rgh; their children than the slave mothers
OF he Sauth, though many there present might be Ike
4achci-their children ere nottaken Away by death.
She nex: slatei 20 The appropriation OF a husb~nd's
ro2erty, IN cse Of hs deshshovirg how small share
0; me efecs came 70 his wiiow-who, Y sho had
~ many children ~ Corpeiis The Old mothsr
Of the G'scchi, would have - be ooutent
sps REV. shoset THAT woman e1uld make no
bDdrg cont and .ha The Empire state lad no: Tho
resolution 70 psss lag 70 smetwate her coniti,n IN
N respec. Mrs. Stone continued great length N H.
lus.rae argument BY reference 70 many cher incDn
venispces from which women suffered, in the OF
wbeh che reflected The oo~e ard improper training ~
ere at proportion u the rising females who they could
dance srg ane play WELL bow gracefully, AMI rve heed
soog Of the .rer, they thought they their
plsce. For The they made bad mothers snd In
tne they gaze Else % Of men OF feeling
sJiidry. n 1t rss the reason re had many
ards and Ina, could be bought In concluding she
sac nat must speak out with u1animOus vocs
ret DOR Two, bgt xomer-they must knock Al the
doors o. Harvard College. and they must be admitted
They oct take Their place n the pulpit a. the baf and