Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-24
Local Matters.

September the I'd. Sublect--"Ought females
to have n vote and hold office, and participate
in the rights of citizenship ?" Mr.. Walker
in the affirmative, and Mr.. Roberts in the neg
alive. Although we hare taken the notes in
full, TO dispense with great deal of repetition,
we will print the discussion in our own Ian
guage, and take the responsibility Of the cor
RICHNESS of the report.
Mr.. Walker stated, that in opening the dis
cussion he had merely to establish the fun
(lamental law that govern men, and combat
the law Of Delaware, that deprive women OF
their political rights. Mr.. w. made a great
many appropriate quotations from Blackstone
and other good authorities, to show that wo-
men have naturally the Observation-Disclosures
both politically and socially, that men have.
The Declaration of Independence was brought
in requisition to establish the same fact; he
cited Calhoun and Webster, to show that thci,
position in regard to self-govenment and re-
publicanism was false. He commended that all
men were free and equal every human being
being competent for self-government the
law should make no distinction in favor OF
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amend. When men refuse to acknowledge
the rights of females, they become usurpers
and despots-tyrany becomes the law of the
land.
In passing laws that deprive females of their
natural rights, is a violation of privilege, that
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