New-York tribune., 1867-05-18
EOUAL RIGHTS.
LETTER FROM LUCY STONE.

LITTER FROM LUCY bIONf
The following letter from Lucy Stone was received
Coo at TO be read at the anniversary in this city
IAwRENCP, Kansas May 6, 1867.
MT DEAR MISS ANTHONY: hope your convention WI
not fail to in ITS true light the position OF those ed
stors in New York who branding as 1.-THE Infamous
Ghirteen" the who in the NewJersey Legislature
che Whole weight OF their Journals against womaDs right
go vote They use the terms universal ard impartial
rnfraee When they only negro suffrage; and they
do it TO hide dark skin, and an unpopular client They
know that "a lie will keep It's throne whole sge i1ngeah
In NewJersey, negro father legally entitled 10 hs
children but no mother IN New,Jersey black OF NMte
has any legal night TO her children. In New-Jersey
widow live forty days IN the house OF her deeeaseu
@ W. S3Gat Sa paydng REM NAV oTe rma M uDdsSrbd
possession OF house and property negro man can se
state can do So without her husbands consent negro
lman ia NewJersey Imay rM an ms prOsstrtE sstrtE
can will her personal property at ALL and II she VIII her
real estate with her husbands consent ne NAY toEUhe @
nat consent, any time before the wiz IS 70 pro
iate and thus render her win null and VOID tRe women en-
Of New-Jersey went 20 the LegslstnIe lass "Her t On
fhres members voted for them, hirytwo voted against
em But the editors WHO nS aS% te na namons tbrteen
who voted against the negro, were as dnmp as desth
1gesnoSdep t1 Of The NEwYoRK TRIBUNE that
Carries sumner and Thaddeus stevens give M as thes
Of government until they put the word " white out o.
their Constitution DO THESE gentlemen mean 70 say say @ Ias
ehe will have republican form OF government, while
T Ia Dot only without IT, hut blasted by laws which
% disgrace to civilization Of the age and Of these
,aws not one affcts or affects the negro man The
bels who starved brave boys in AndersonVhe, and
made ornaments Of their bones these men, traitors guilty
OF the highest crime known TO our laws, are 70 be pun
bed by having their right 20 vote taken away OF what
crime American women guilty that they are 70 be
compelled 10 stand ticsl platform with such men
as thesei Let man dream that national pros"
perity and peace De secured by merely
giving suffrage TO coOred while that sacred right Is
denied TO millions Of American women. That scanty
shred OF Justice good far as goes is utterly made
the emergency OF this hour Men OF every
color vote, but IL the women are excluded
legislation win still lack that moral tone, for want OF
which the nation day drifting toward ruin There is
40 other name given by which tho country
be saved but that Of '" Gov
efnments derive Their just powers from the
consent OF governed" Women are governed
negrOes are governed and should give their consent
Viii never learn that principle which God has
chat principle He has made Is not safe NOT 10
apply The problem for the American statesmen to-day
q question but how TO embody in our
Institutions guarantee for the rights OF every citizen.
1he solution easy. Base government on the consent
the governed, and each class will protect itself
Gut this great principle Of Universal Suffrage IRE
tectve of color into the foundation OF our temple
ol1berty and IL viii rise in fair and beautiful proper.
ions Without the sound Of hammer, or the noise OF
any Instrument 70 stand at last perfect and entire,
end from the beginning I" knows through what other
nattOnal must be driven, learn that
he path Of Justice h the only path Of peace and safety
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