cument, which, I found on inquiry, was one of naturalization;
and this hopeful son of Erin was made a citizen of the United
States, and he could have a voice in determining the destinies of
this mighty nation, while thousands of intellectual women,
daughters of the soil, no matter how intelligent, how
respectable, or what amount of taxes they paid, were forced to be
dumb!

Now, I am glad to pay my taxes, am glad that my profession
enables me to pay them; but I would like very much to have a
voice in directing what is to be done with the money I pay. I
meditated on what I had seen, and, in 1852, when paying my taxes,
I took to the Treasurer's office my protest.

The case of the Hon. Mrs. Norton before the English courts, then
attracting much attention, was a fair exemplification of the injustice
of the law to married women.

LUCY STONE said: I have before me, in a newspaper, a case which
shows strongly the necessity for woman's legislating for herself.
I mean the case of the Hon. Mrs. Norton, which lately transpired
in a court in London, and which fully proves that it is never
right for one class to legislate for another. There are,
probably, few here who have not been made better and wiser by the
beautiful things which have fallen from the pen of that lady. In
1836 her husband obtained a separation from her on the charge of
infidelity. Eighteen years of a blameless life since, and the
conviction every pure mind must feel, that nothing impure could
ever dwell in a mind such as her productions show hers to be,
will fully relieve her of any suspicion that she ever was guilty
of acts justifying that charge. She was a woman of transcendent
abilities; and her works brought her in L1,000 a year--sometimes
more, sometimes less. This her husband procured to be paid over
to himself, by securing the profits of her copyrights; and this
husband allowed her only L400 a year! and, at last, refused to
pay her even this sum; so that, for her necessary expenses, she
was obliged to go into debt, and her debtors brought a suit
against her husband, which was taken into court. In the court she
stood before her husband's lawyer, and said to him: "If you are
afraid of what I may say, beware how you ask me questions!"
Wealth and power were against her, and the lawyer _did_ a