, 1876-09-02

and costs OF persecution, by the absolute
power of judge OF of the Supreme Court
Of the United States.
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION,
the immediate cause of the rebellion OF
the Colonies against Great Britain. is
one Of the grcviOus wrongs the women
Of this country have suffered during the
century. Drplorng war with all the de-.
moraIi2atiun that follows in its train, we
have been taxed to support standing
armies, with their waste of lite and
wealth. Believing in temperance, we
have leen taxed 10 support the vice,
crime, and pauptrism of the Liquor Truf
tic. While we suffer its wrongs and
abuses infinitely more than man, we
have no power to protect our sons
against this giant evil. During the Tenn.
perance crusade, mothers were arrested.
fined, imprisoned for even praying and
singing in the streets, while men block
ade the streets with impunty, even on
Sunday, with their military pnradcs and
political professions. Believing in hon
csty, we are taxed to support a danger
Gus army of civilians, buying and selling
the offices of government and sacrificing
the best interests Of the people. And.
moreover, we are taxed t support the
very legislators, and judges, who make
laws, and render decisions adverse to
women. And tor refusing to pay such
unjust TAXATION the houses, lands, bonds
and stock of women, have been seized
and sold within the preseat year, thus
proving Lord COke's assertion, "that the
very act of taxing mans property with
out his consent, is, in effect, disfranchis.
ing him of every civil right
UNEQUAL CODES FOR MEN AND WOMEN.
Held by law II perpetual minor, deemed
incapable Of self protection, even in the
industries of the world, woman is denied
equality of rights. The fact of sex. not
the quantity or quality of work, in most
cases, decides the pay and position and
because OF this injustice thousands of
ftherless girls are compelled to choose
between life Of shame and starvation.
Laws catering TO mans vices have Gre
ated two codes of morals in which penal
ties are graded according to the political
status Of the offender. Under such laws,
women are fined and imprisoned if found
alone in the streets, or in public places
of resort, ut certain hours. Under the
pretence of regulating public morals,
police officers seizing the occupants Of
disreputable houses, march the women
in platouns to prison, while the men,
partners in their guilt, 90 free.
While making show OF virtue in for
bidding the importation OF Chinese wom-
en- on the Pacific coast fer immoral pur.
poses, our rulers, in many states, and
even under the shadow of the National
Capitol, arc now proposing to legalize
the sale Of American womanhood for the
same vile purposes.
SPECIAL LEGISLATION FOR WOMEN
has placed us in II most anomalous posi-
tion. Women invested with the rights
of citizens In ono aectiOn-voters, Jurors,
fice-holders--crOssing an imaginary line
are subjects in the next. In some states,
woman may testify against her hus-
band, sue and he sued in tho courts in
other. she has no redress in case OF dam
age to person, property, or character.
In divorce, on account oi adultery in the
husband, the innocent wife is held to
possess no right to children, or property,
unless by special decree of the court.
But in no state of the Union has tho wife
the right to her own person, or
to any part Of the joint earnings of the
co-partnership, during the life of her
husband. In some states women may en-.
ter the law schools and practice in the
courts; in Others they are forbidden. In
some universities girls enjoy equal cduca.
tional advantages with boys, while many
of the proudest institutions in the land
deny them admittance, though the sons
OF China, Japan and Africa are welcomed
But the privileges already granted in