, 1877-02-10
WOMAN'S RIGHTS.

10 fhs fdft8t IT The TFtbkne.
WASHINGTON, 3. C., Feb. 5.-From tho hold
tnu of tho FIRST Woman's Rights Convention l
l,ayc felt TINT tho day Of equality before tho
Inv must be long delayed, and have deeply re-
grcttcl that tho world Ind s,teh evidence Of tho
weakness Of tho mothers Of tic race; hut enn
now sec that these conventions have been of IT.
calcuablo ral,to In preventing muddfo In our
political affairs. Us much moro hopeless tl'an
Tho present as death Is more hopeless than tcun.
porary insonsiDllity.
Tllero IL no room for doubt tllat Our present
trouble arises solely from tic exercise ot tho
ballot by vicious, ignorant, and lmprofldcnt
men Suppose that to their votes had hccn
a1lcd those OF the ignorant, vicious, lmproy-
dent womcn,-suppose our whole adult putnia-
tion had been In tho recent political contest, and
1led bccn routed by thb opposing forces Of oil
Chaos,-wo would then haro been like an army
Under repulsc, with no rescrvc force to fall
laek upon; md, Ind VIC never had Woman's
Rights Convention, NIL the women Of this land
would, 1T all probability, have bcen cufrahchiscd
long ago. ..
Judge this from the readiness with which
men Of both parties listened 10 the carly com
plants made by women nbUut their legal dssa-
b!llties, and tho promptltulc With whcl, they
rcdrcsscd grievances before any convention hal
been held.
Ieanuot but think that, II Lucrctia Mott, Mary
Grew, Eliza Sproat, Elizabeth Blackwell, Mira.
Stanton, Susan u. Anthony, ntid other women Of
TINT ilk, had, each In her OWN person, with her
own pcu, on llcr own platform, individually and
alonc, asked the men OF the United States to
cnfrnny}alsc tho women. they would have dono
it lung 4go. ..
i argue this from past history. Christianity
was introduced into every country IN Europe BY
Il mar fhtft IN n
All the grent achievements Of women hare been
accomplished hytnIlyhluals, anil tilciF education
IL all calculated to inspire scpaFatc acttun. In
tho domestic circle, woman IL apt to bc Ill nu:
tucrat or = slave. She makes. intcrprcts, and
executes thu law; and, up TO this time, tho
| efforts Of women to assoctnto for any purpose
llaye been met by most serious difficulties, from
the desire of sacl, active member Of the asst
claton to rule It as s'ls would hcr family.
| It ls claimed that thcsu conventions hayc
passed The ayo Of ridculo, mud this may botruc;
lalt they have not gotten oyer the haoit u being
then,, II mist bo IN simple dcspnir. Finding so
large u number uf woulcn with scnstbiiitEcs like
the hI.lo Of Oil alligator, ilnpcrE.ous to the
| s!nnl slot 0f rlItcula mud rcason, nnu another
cluss % dctcicnt in rcapect for law and cxccu-
t1yu ability that they ealliiot enforce their own
rules atld urotcct thclr own platforms, tho re-
posters nnay have taken to trGai!ng these con.
hayo never yet hUuurcl onu by tue scathisig
criticism they would hare poured upon mans
convention conducted In tho salno way.
tins they wcro In session, md, had any of them
l,reu Slate Or National Convention OF nlcr, W
these a]l wcru uf women, aud had bcc1, q re-
porter, II Iilad nnt scnlPcd md skinned them
II would have been because did not know how.
III oyery cusu wlIera woman prcsllcd she llns
been utterly and slngllarly incomuelent; has
shown n subltno Disregard nj nrintcd pr>-
| rraultncs mid advertisements; and, iii very fow
INSTANCES ns Shown any desire to cnturcc rules.
Iicr principal anxiety usually has been to n,ad
her own csstys: nnt tcso yl,c II reads
mia l,pr {ayor1trs to fulluW her example. Tito
managers viii uuiycrtIsc q popular spcnkcr, to
tlruE uu audience; urtl then entestain It tlie1n-
scyrs, or ucr,nlt some woman Of wi,onl thu pu,-
liz ,vycr lcar.i, und who could nut have gotten
twenty pcorlv to listen 10 her, to read fourth.
rulu essays lii llulf-audtblu toncs to Ioi-sucr-
Ing people.
held aat ycar, drawn 10 tue second by tic a,i.
tjnitu nj, au,l!rurc asscu,hlcd, and ti,ere wus
ifrcti'a M,shy nnts nj thu piatfor1n. alnnnv lin
rhiruons o,,l ffuncy l,ats: hit ncver wurI said
he Until aItcr tho usual hour ior adjournment,
when llo w1,s called Oh by the Pfrsfslctt, cams
forward. and remarked Tint he lid not know
! why Iln Ind hrr1, brought thcrr unle,s il was To
bring tllu nrorje. or why he haI trrn kent.
mnirss If, hnl, % item viii, tha Ia,ltrs wbinneti
shsmi und:r tiiis s.ntiti,,s rs6uxe. the irrsi.
Inv. t,,r hcnocI viii s9t tsf,tnn ~ nisn ,3i;I
tI,r o,j"r ,smrnk"Ts ~ t,,n rvenit,r. Tbcv wnra
eyiIsntly pTs,,lI Of thcir management, md "a
im,nrrvl,s,s 10 thn :nY sor,.s,Ii ~ th fnrcIcaIl
~ "n Iii wasr"inr Mi Initial" il H. n ,Istn1.hsii'
II nsvrr @ ss,l,,r% IN a4r.,r tn nto II lhrn, Tia,
they hai broker, pia legal enntrnet With tils
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r sct ~ ,,cne Will, ,aya t"e,. nrrt"itt.l In.
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In, tint sn,,,c o,raston. TINT samo President
tank IN ,rt "r,sIt IN nhrscif fnr I'"r ,,atrrmfna
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