Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-02-18
WOMAN'S RIGHTS.

la correspondent of the N. ?. Evening Post
thus notices the proceedings of the recent State
Woman's Rights Convention at Albany
ALBANY, February A, 1860.
The National Woman's Rights Convention is
now in session in this city, at the Hall Of the
Young Mems Association. A large number Of
members were present yesterday; among them
Senators Fiero, Warner. Sessions, Lapham, Mont
pomery, and Assemblymen Mcvean, Mather, Bar
nett, Savage, Powell, Slingerland, Hough, Regan,
pelton, Jeffords, P. Clark, Payne, Van Horne,
Palmer, and other goodlooking young men. The
attendance was large.
The speakers were Wendell Phillips, Jane Eliz-
abeth Jones, Antoinette L.. Brown Blackwell and
Frances L. Gage. Mrs. Jones' remarks were the
most logical. Her points we're clearly stated. de-
ductions distinctly presented, and she insisted that
women could not be hanged or taxed consistently
with the constitution, so long as they had no vote,
voice, or even assent TO give to the laws.
Mrs. Blaekwelps appearance was greeted with
applause. She opened her remarks by saying
that if men should be subjected to the same indig-
mites and disabilities as women are they would be
indignant; and that was just the way che felt.
They would not rest conten:ed till they had OBJ
tanned a repeal of the odious laws, &c., and neither
would she. If women were the equals Of men,
they were entitled to the same civil rights aad
privileges; if they were distinct-another class Of
beings-certainly they should have q voice in leg
~islation. 1t might be right to hang men, because
they enacted and assented to the law, but to hang
women, who had no voice, who had received nc
trial by a jury of their peers, was manifestly muir
der. Sc also commented upon the fact that two
persons, q brother and sister, equally we'll educa
ted, and making their way through the world
would exhibit a striking disparity. The mar
would have made a remarkable advance in energy
and intellectual power, while the women, not hav
ing had occasion to employ her talents, will have
receded and made less attainment.
Mr.. Phillips, in his remarks, pursued these
ideas of Mrs. Blackwell. A man would marry
woman his equal. and would become great, stronl
and gifted, so that people would praise and ad
mire him, and depreciate the wife at his side; ant
sometimes such a man would himself adopt tn,
same idea, and, weaving his affections from he
who had helped make bis greatness, would seel
for some affinity" There were two vices which
were threatening to engulf our people, intsmper
ance and prostitution; The former the vice Of nor
thern barbarism. now furthered by scientific in
%ventiop, and the latter an importation from tn
harom. Our people needed intellectual stimuli
to drive the sensual principle from their mind,
and none more 80 than women. Unless this wa
q allowed, and they had the permission to earn thsi
. own bread respectfully, they must sink in this vic
and become the destroyers of our young men. On
customs made them such. Legislation and preach
ing could not avert the dire calamity-it coul
, only be done by giving women the right to labc
and to win.
The case Of Mr.. Norton. who, many years sine
perpeirated q malignant SANDER against his viii
' and had repeatedly since that taken from ht
y booksellers regularly the proceeds of her literar
q labors, was cited as in point to show the ~necessit
of the passage of a law allowing married wOme
the control over their own earnings.
a There have been such bills introduced into sac
a branch of tho Legislature, aud one of them wi
probably become a law.