New-York tribune., 1867-07-24

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and equality at iIe baotboT is the principle upon which
was his only dnaiifcation But s0me may ask How
eau you this ground refuse the ballot to womani
He believed that wOman'5 sphere was hoHe' "hoIe neI
| sphere would most properly be fulfilled A., ~,
! Mr. I. W. DWIGHT Rep.. Onedal understood tho as
the ballot negroes and to deny II to women They had
therefore to travel IN narrow but r Tsuened n path
rested the prOprety Of the exclusion OF Woman from
rights were 10 exercised only reasonable grounds
There two such grounds for refusing any one tho
ballot: l. Incapacty. g. righteousness TO society IN
general On the former ground, he did not propose to
discuss the quesonnor yet on the ground OF lack OF
privilege But he did not believe that tho ballot in the
hands Of wOmanwOuld work well for society The gen,
the right demand the ballot TO protect her natural
ibfs and can ony be taken on the conditions that so
ciety makes II must claimed the ground that it
with idiots and lunatcs (as John Stuart Mill claimed that
they did, but put them in far different and separate
the elective franchise it is but the very beginning of
social revolution. Woman will invade professions, Of
the exercise of the franchise by women lies in The
fear that Will cause the & OF e our n0a
As the first he believed that the Creator Ind assigned
aud TO the other private dstes. Indeed. he
IL everywhere with hs own eyes In regard TO tho Sec
ond point placed the origin Of society In the aggrega
tion of families proceeding from family to tribe aud
from tribe to nation The husband at the first the
head of the family. The Roman law made te wlio lhde
pendent and when Christianity came this law prevailed
the this sGWn SW an %Oa ssabed SS up%aey Of I
husband Then came the canon law, speaking upon the
proprietary disabilities of women, which are not to be
confounded with personal incapaotes In establishing
these proprietary disabilities the canon'aw had deeply
cn sbort the I 1I Of Mr. Dwight and an
extension of his time was ruled out OF order A.,
gentleman from Richmond MIR Curtis to claim suffrage
for natural right, but on the ground that it
was political privilege. He (Mr. Curtisl asks when
was man given the right to govern womanf" He tMr
bprt Holy Writ records 1t But III RcNelHtOH lS
dsregarded then he would take the common consent OF
ali mankind in all times When the gouteman asks us TO
change law which has prevailed among all nations, OF
all times the for such change ought to be ire
sistble What those rcasonst Ho INF Curtisl put
them first upon ground Of the just rights Of the Gov
ernment being founded upon the consent y the GOV
erned This the plea OF the Rebel states IN the late
war What was answeri That the Government had
and on those grounds the battle was fought aud won
He (Mr Curtis) placed his argument for female suffrage
security Woman has in the relations father. brother
and greater protection than any law can give her
tyranny Yes is old-Old the creation OF man and
woman and will continue TO wear It's age rs time rolls
on The gentleman says that not pure enough,
and Just enough to govern woman What more does she
want at hands than the equally III t3e eyes OF tho
her different rOmma, intellectually ana OtherWlse NO
arts No name of woman is found In the Pat
ent Office Nor has she been distinguished in nathe-
ematcs or astronomy or great composer Look
fined Athenans custom Of loanng his wfeto his friend,
SaTop admitted her 10 public assemblies. but refinement
opened TO her the more private doors OF nome one thng
conclusive to his own mind VIZ thst inc women OF
this state tho elective franchise and he sub
mtted this proof of IT. Miss Anthony mas publicly sd:
six live mon and women to go through the state and
awaken public sentiment upon this point Now IL size,
with her able lieuenants. could not compel the women
Of the state TO como forward aud ask for suf-
dHge '"Fs SGGv tSsy SSSa desired SS t1s rsnchise
He would add word in regard to paupers lie held IN
SON President Of the Commissioners of Public Charities
in which 1t stated that no pauRer had voted IN New,
X.rl IT, mi Of
city contained 544 sol women, 81 girls ana 70 oOy,;
that not more than 100 could go the polls II allowed
Outdoor relief given last year 10 sl iamies 10 thc
these families which were composed almost exclusively
20 widows and orphans In tins conneetlon he Womb
was right and he was wrong regard to the selection Of
a Congressman in New-YOrk by the pauper
SSS Ss stated %as sna pUt @ n.f as stated BY hI@scf
Gentlemen have asked the reason OF the OF per
SONS applying for naturalization iu66 He attributed
TO tho fact that r.der late law OF the Legislature all
naturalization papers were required 70 De paTGca % Ssh
naturalization papers,when making application i9r them
ont fresh papers Again by act Of Congress. those who
had served one year In the army were allowed 70 Dc
tSose wSo Sad @ applied came under this rule
Mr.. VAN CAMPEN REP CsttaIsngusl did not believe eve
social evil, had been claimed. The true remedy for
the evil lay IN the hands OF the mothers OF our and VINO
did not properly attend 10 the education OF their
Mr' ERAsTUs BROOKS Dem Rlehmond) said that
ouestio1 Of negro suffrage An fntlnation had been
tain part Of the Convention opposed to any amend
ments at all, and would oppose them IN iaet
| cali for q Convention in these disturbed times.
But having been elected and sent here he proposed 70
could devise submit II TO the people Gentlemen had
said they "w" embody Negro suffrage In the proposed
Constitution; that another word for shall" He
! lived in small county, he did business In great
m me saw three S HEes m 1 So ~ na
by negro suffrage he believed there were thousands IN
frage. He did speak for the Democratic party; he
spoke only for himself He was himself In favor ofsoparate
submission The question OF finances deeply concerned
state that paid One-hfth OF the tax OF these United
states. The National tax Was siCSoOoeS0 larger
in excess Of that Of France Now, he wanted to see
wiser administration Of the finances he wanted TO see
questions apart from question merely OF pohtca inter
make one hair White or another black by legislative de-
yon cannot by enactment change the relative
and In that he would help and bid all Godspeed But SO
long the Almighty has made the black man different
from the white body and In BRAIN man cannot change
his condition by granting him the franchise Political
equality necessarily bring with i social equality
and hence many Of them have gone abroad ahd estnb
ished governments of their own, In Liberia and md IN
Hayti to-day, white men are not allowed 10 hOid once
II may be the wrong day in which 10 state T. but these
United States made for the white man Ihs doctrine
putting down the Rebellion and in the acquieseeneeo "
as S Of as Res e IN raS as ne
that prevailed in the late war VIZ: the ,tig, right
| He might be called an old f0gy. He be-
lieved IN the fathers Innovation ls not reform Con
stant Innovation i'm the Constitution OF the United States
has brought heretofore into danger and Will bring us
into still greater peril uness we pay more ttehIn , 10
| fatal blow TO country 60. -,
Mr. FULLER Rep Mcnroe) held that the question re-
fered 10 the artranet Of the sword in the late Rebel
lien was as 20 the right OF State 20 withdraw its con-
sent when once freely This question was declaea
in the negative In the matter OF female sufffage ne
smoke In behalf his constituents, both male and female
ySnen he Expressed his Opposition 20 the measure. he
believed II would tend to njure and degrade the sex ~
would also tend dsOrganze society and revouionze
| the Government. L.... ---
point the Committee and reported progress