The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-09-30
COLUMBIA, S.. C.
! Thursday Morning, Sept. SO, 1859.
.FetnaIei lsaMrage.

- a
not a little OF its younger sister-,eonaan-
Hood saBTage Now that suffrage has
come to be eeteemed the grand political
oure;alIs Of conrse, we viii and q party
s7ispossd 10 inclu1sthef female sex within
its beneaeent inAaeno& Reeentiy in
Cineinnai o State, Suffrage Convention
was; held. We are told that tho place OF
mseting tas was rnest) was duly deco
rated. Suspended from The gallery of
the iall4which was music hall, as was
also naess..-was the stars and stripes, "a
striped balnacral would have been more
suitableD acrnas ia waI, in the rear OF
the platform, were exhibited the mot
toes: - 2, sr-.---,- .,.,
s. .sTaxation without representation is
tyranny HGoyernmepts derive their
! juHt. powers from the consent Of tho 90
( vsrned !" THE ballot the great educator
impartial suffrage, what does it meanY"
MTs. hongley-of course, we all know
her4T|was elsetsd President Of the CON
vantion. Among the notables present
EuaTs s1ias Hiss sasan p. Anthony. Mrs. Lucy
Stone AErR Dr.. Walker, Mrs. Henry B.
Blackwell, and others not SO we'll known,
&c least iES EScnth Carolina. The first day
was speht ID muoh talking. On the
secoad day tho convention was called to
order and tla Rev. M. Kinsey- Univer-
aaIi,sssstssy sre 9sa VIII prayer, IN which he
ssconmittad hinasH to the right and
the policy 81 fallowing women the ballot. I"
AerS1te, va refer our readers to the pub
ianed acconns Of the proceedings of this
cunvantion. which we take from the Gin
cinnSh Isnt6s. only asking that the
movement be dnly credited to that ''pro-
gressiss Repnblicanism, - the fruits of
whichwe are called upon tosee in every
thing that is. good and pleasant to be-
hold. Bnt to the extracts. The Com
mittee on Resolutions reported as fol-
lows s-sa. ~ 40 = ~
fssWhereas,. this convention assemblies
without distinction of sex or party, in
pursuance:of q call upon all persons in
favor Of demanding suffrage for the
women OF Ohio sand the nation, resolve
as follows: -sNF : Ti'''p
L. "Resolced, That every human being
ID endowed with inalienable rights to
life, liberty and the pursuit Of happi-
ness; that TO secure these rights govern
ments are instituted among men deriy-
ing their just powers from the consent of
the governed; and that taxation without
representation is tyranny"
50. That suffrage in our Government
is the inalienable right of every indivi-
dual capable of Independent, rational
choice. ast
II L.
right OF franchise is contrary to the
genius of our institutions and snbversiye
of its principles, because it deprives one
half Of our citizens of the blessings Of
representative government.
81. That as we deny the right of one
class of men to define the rights and
duties of another class Of men, so we de-
ny the right of one sex to define the
rights and duties of another sex.
SO. That women, as class, have spe-
cial interests as wives, mothers and
widows, and that these interests should
be directly represented in the Govern
ment.
sc. That women, as class, have pecu-
liar mental and moral characteristics,
and that their vote would therefore be
favorable to peace, purity, temperance,
economy, religion, benevolence and pub
uC OtQor,
so. THAT we invite the cooperation of
every man and woman, irrespective of
party or creed, color or nationality, in
securing amendments to the constitu-
tions OF the States and of the United
States, conferring suffrage upon women
on the same terms as men.
''S. That we feel justly proud of the
action Of those Representatives in the
Legislature in its last session who endea-
vored to secure an amendment striking
the word male from the Constitution Of
Ohio.
SO. That the ballot means bread to the
working woman as we'll as to the work
ing man; that we sympathize with the
laboring classes Of the country in their
struggle against the enoroachment of
capital; that we demand suffrage for the
daughters of toll as the only means
Of obtaining equal pay for equal work.
That we recommend the friends of wo-
man suffrage to organize in every Coun-
ty, township and ward in the State, to
Ia a,,l