The New York herald., 1867-02-20

citizen as their rghtfui ruler. Applausel ca Il
Lepuoncsn ,heofy that the majority rules, what is
11oouoo - 'ne Nuite male when the woman wakes up
daughter An artist was engaged 10 prepare an em
pemac cture Tor the State House OF South Carolina
design, which represented the south bv a cotton hal
WIN negro cnrled up on It. Jes eye lighted on that
wneh VIM h ne sa'o, Genemen that will do wha
M'i oecoe Oh the south when the negro wakes up -
Laughter and applause) Budget had said 20 her %
am m.seraoe; my husband and sons have gone to the
war ana all the boys in the neghborhood have gone,
and there is no one left bat women snd children d
On madam said she, with great pathos In hor voice,
IN tS T.ugS a oe lonesome .ord without any men
II would" daughter and applause The pauper Was
protected IN his right of suffrage but negroes
IN the pubc jail or prison What an unspeakablo priv
lege to have that precious jewel the human soul in
the almshouse the asylum the public prison and muddy
waters Of the Erie canal and forth TO appear ~
the ballot box at the earliest opportunity The noham.
modan forbids . fool, Inadman woman To call the
oros. Tor prayers but this might be from Tenderness
,,S io"ard hs% Ssr But for the ballc, which falls
was no such excuse for New Yors sGs snsss
Tho ballot box in republican government should be
the Lord among the children Of Israel The h,lot hox
should be to them the holy Of hoes for II dspsnded
the safety and stability OF their republican institutions
She, Tor one was not thus willing TO be represented
She was not willing 70 trust the interesh OF
women 70 such voters article two section hree o. the
constitution, would allow She claimed 10 understand
the interests Of the nation better than the young
from the almshouse, better than those who gath
cred from the slums Of cities into the prssos s1r
than the young popujay Of twenty the raveiier on
tho tow path Of the Erie canal augher "a 'ney tnlnx
that was claiming too much for the advooes Of women
In the State Of New York Lor she knew
that women better fitted to vot for and in the
interests OF the nation than onehalfJ 81 the lower Srata
ns Why ws nss shS 30
guards were thrown around thoe Of woman SIMPLY
because man held the ballot That was the secre. ns
ballot for woman-because IL was necessary Ior ner
safety and elevation. But was she 70 oe tou 10 nas
were forty thousand New York alone earning
their bread by the needle at starving pces and below
over whose crime society stood sppaied and horriaed
That very day. they were iegslat,ilng on the
social evn bu. they failed se.yn the s sseses %
ali The professional walks O. life 70 women nor would
they settle it by any cse-sded Legislation Soe .o,d
sono 'has the he oducaed
women to settle this question Of tho soc, evil But TO
retrn to the constitution. They would find by reading
article that blacks found greater favor in the eyes OF
their lawmakers than The daughters OF the State II
black real estate the amount Of two hundred
and nifty dollars ho might vote; but woman must not
vote though she owned a township II coored ma
does real estate to the amount Of two hundred
and fifty dollars ne cannot vote He may have real
tate worth two hundred and forty y-nine dollars
and any amount OF personal property, yet must not
b. taxed, while they sent their tax gatberers among
Lord Coke sa that the supreme power OF the
State could not take any part 0! his property from
unless by his representst!ontha taxes
not to be laid on people without their consent Were
not women and negroes peopr Taxation without rep
resenaton was the theme Of many high debate in tho
parlaments Of the Old World and OF many long discus
IN the forests Of the New. The Pilgrim fathers
said that taxation without representation tyranny
and that resistance to tyranny was obedience TO God
Following cut this log &c she found women in the
try refus pay taxes She heard OF one woman ont
West who had no. paid any tases tor hvo years she
called upon this and spoke 10 her about H. The
woman said:-"I put all my garden impaements
into the wood house. and levo out nothing that the tax
gaihorcr away rhen lock tho doors and 60
up stairs have kind friends 70 toll when the tax
gathersr Is coming round put my hoad out o. tho
window and dis~ours 70 him wth the force Of ps,son
ington and Henry, and with all the energy
Of the faith rs, and 10 is glad 70 60 s~ayP
(-anghter) She (Mrs. Santon had asked tue tax
man how he was getting with that woman. lie
replied no much ashamed OF himself he was glad %
pay her taxes taughsr the White male ,a should aa
all tho taxes No logic was powerful a. that which
directly appealed 70 a mans pocket But u 1t was
claimed that virtually represented by white
male czons she gave thcm the opinion OF James otis,
said there such phase as virtual repre-
gather an iusen aud absurd said Senator Anthony in
the Senate debate on this question: III may not bS
all women that the Senate had debated this
quostionhe rcprescn ,aion Of wOmen-for three days
and they were indebted To senator Cowan for brn2ns
the question forward While The rad Gals wer, vo.in
in favor OF the negroes ,he democrats were votin
in favor Of womop aud perhaps with their assstauc
they would come out triumphant Cheers Sena
Anthony in the late debate said was not fair stat
Of eay that presented woman. II wa
Involuntary representation on the part Of woman.
hen the American colonies complained that thoy ough
lish Parliament IL would DO wrong say that tey wer
represented by Lord North or tho Earl OF Chatham
when Carolina aud Georgia complained that they were
mot represented in Congress. would IL DO right to say
that they we're tented by Now York or hane
Their oncsided constitution and statutes proved con-
clusiveiy how impossible TOR one class to iegsiae
Justly for any other IL was enoug 70 Try tue soul
Of any woman who mad soul to read over the
second article or tho Constitution their statute
law from Coke down TO thor own Story and
Kent Ipjus,ice had beeu hcaped on her through
nd he followed
cuied her Night she not esciain, Hath not woman
eyes? II you iickled her did shc not iaushf ~ you
poisoned her did she not de- and II you wrongcd a
she not reyeI eei l. aas said that II tn DID
not settle the nesfo question there would DO another
the foundation Of the national strength Not four hun
drv1 thousand men could do for them what women are
doiig at tho present time Look a. the wholesale dose
era ion OF the race. Woman not revengng herself
There 20 into the streets where their sons were learnig
tho FIRST lessons 10 vice Go INTO the prisons and TAX
with {. 9 sal and lonely criminal He would tell them
tha, he oyed his humiliation TO rum and women. hhe
Mrs Stanton) travelled some time ago and met some
young men who were euls To PRISON sue talked @uu
hem and heard their story. and a. she beafd how ey
had been stimulated 20 crime by innoy women sht
blushcd Tor her :sue remembered that God was
God Justice nnd that they could not vssate the rights
OF tile numpies tndividaa, without reversing tho whole
social systcrn. Oh, revenStug hcrseit
able posts Of fe They had barred her sphere. They
had said sTbus f,r shalt thou come and no iarther
They had shut tho starving millions into ates over
crowded empioy ymcnis. They had compelled angels
grace and goodness 10 SCI, themselves per head ant
snw woman was revenging herself A enc saw the
great iron pate closing hose young boys she though
Of their oold hard lie within tue PRISON, and said
herself II tlcy could only Influence tho women OF thi
state into their rrh. mind how they woud chang'
this moral pestilence into all that was pure and goot
and nourlsh tu0sc poor criminals into new ire
II motbers cclld 60 10 u, polls and .yot
that tocd books should be sent " thei
ssos in prison. and good companions to Wit them; tina
they might have ray Of suns.ne from the worl
without what great and noh.e work tina. would be
When men told her that wc.;rcR did not wish to vot
she knew 'ns. was 60 never saw woman a1uar
wn"' "a talk nve minutes about .ns pwv "sr a.
tba ballot ~ how could NO u,a n ceVa'ns ne, NC
ana Ift,nx up her ..crs from run-she ncvsr NO.
woman who said she cla not want 70 vote. Cceers
Woman had duty 10 perform 10 clearing the g. y
| wilderness which so many Of her sisters ha'
stumbled and gone down. when they made their hom
beautiful and surrounded their children with every en-
noblng influence, they had not done all that VA
required or them for they must remember ths
their children Must sometimes 90 out In tho world an
who would tell her that mothers had no interest 4
pucklng up the horns from the ways In which thei
feet might soon tread She not willing trust thei
criminal legislation wholly in the hands OF mon Ate
euumerafing various countries In which Mrs Stanto
said women voted, and showing what benent TO tn
people Of EugIand would be the ballot, which would en-
~ Ia fhe Estoh nhad