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April 1, 1854
Anti Slavery Bugle
New Lisbon, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio
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Critique of New York Legislature's select committee avoiding written justification for denying women's equal rights to office and property by opting for verbal report; Tribune highlights Senate's rude dismissal of suffrage advocates.
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A COWARDLY JUDGE
The select Committee in the New York Legislature, on the application and memorial in behalf of equal rights for women, have asked and obtained permission to report verbally.
These gallant fellows are well aware they have no argument for the masculine monopoly of office and property. Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Rose, and others, have effectually demonstrated that. And as they intend to hold on to their monopoly, they don't like to spread out any attempt at justification upon paper. "The least said, the soonest mended,"
is their motto. And so they get rid of the subject by the shortest cut-a verbal report. This is the utmost they have the courage to do.
The Tribune, after recapitulating the very reasonable demand of the women, asks:
"What is the response in the Senate? Blank silence or the briefest possible negation. The advocates of Democracy for Women as well as Men are not deemed worth even a courteous refusal. They are merely kicked out of the chamber, like some hungry dog which had slipped in to steal some Honorable Senator's dinner.
"May not this be taken as a final answer to the gentry who say, 'Woman don't need the Right of Suffrage, because she is abundantly and most efficiently represented by her husband, father, brother. Every man is so related to woman that he cannot fail to do her justice at all times.' Does this justice prove different in kind from that which the master deals out to his slave, the jockey to his horse?-Tribune.
The select Committee in the New York Legislature, on the application and memorial in behalf of equal rights for women, have asked and obtained permission to report verbally.
These gallant fellows are well aware they have no argument for the masculine monopoly of office and property. Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Rose, and others, have effectually demonstrated that. And as they intend to hold on to their monopoly, they don't like to spread out any attempt at justification upon paper. "The least said, the soonest mended,"
is their motto. And so they get rid of the subject by the shortest cut-a verbal report. This is the utmost they have the courage to do.
The Tribune, after recapitulating the very reasonable demand of the women, asks:
"What is the response in the Senate? Blank silence or the briefest possible negation. The advocates of Democracy for Women as well as Men are not deemed worth even a courteous refusal. They are merely kicked out of the chamber, like some hungry dog which had slipped in to steal some Honorable Senator's dinner.
"May not this be taken as a final answer to the gentry who say, 'Woman don't need the Right of Suffrage, because she is abundantly and most efficiently represented by her husband, father, brother. Every man is so related to woman that he cannot fail to do her justice at all times.' Does this justice prove different in kind from that which the master deals out to his slave, the jockey to his horse?-Tribune.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Women Suffrage
Equal Rights
New York Legislature
Verbal Report
Masculine Monopoly
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Stanton
Mrs. Rose
Where did it happen?
New York Legislature
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Key Persons
Mrs. Stanton
Mrs. Rose
Location
New York Legislature
Story Details
The select Committee in the New York Legislature on women's equal rights obtains permission for a verbal report to avoid justifying the denial of suffrage and property rights, as demonstrated by advocates like Mrs. Stanton and Mrs. Rose; the Tribune criticizes the Senate's dismissive response.