rds with a conclusion to which I have been brought by
considerable study upon the subject of suffrage."

After having answered objections against female suffrage, Mr. Anthony
remarked in conclusion: "I should not have introduced this question;
but as it has been introduced, and I intend to vote for the amendment,
I desire to declare here that I shall vote for it in all seriousness,
because I think it is right. The discussion of this subject is not
confined to visionary enthusiasts. It is now attracting the attention
of some of the best thinkers in the world, both in this country and in
Europe; and one of the very best of them all, John Stuart Mill, in a
most elaborate and able paper, has declared his conviction of the
right and justice of female suffrage. The time has not come for it,
but the time is coming. It is coming with the progress of civilization
and the general amelioration of the race, and the triumph of truth,
and justice, and equal rights."

Mr. Williams opposed the pending amendment. "To extend the right of
suffrage to the negroes in this country," said he, "I think is
necessary for their protection; but to extend the right of suffrage to
women, in my judgment, is not necessary for their protection. Wide as
the poles apart are the conditions of these two classes of persons.
The sons defend and protect the reputation and rights of their
mothers; husbands defend and protect the reputation and rights of
their wives; brothers defend and protect the reputation and rights of
their sisters; and to honor, cherish, and love the women of this
country is the pride and the glory of its sons.

"When the women of this country come to be sailors and soldiers; when
they come to navigate the ocean and to follow the plow; when they love
to be jostled and crowded by all sorts of men in the thoroughfares of
trade and business; when they love the treachery and the turmoil of
politics; when they love the dissoluteness of the camp, and the smoke
of the thunder, and the blood of battle better than they love the
affections and enjoyments of home and family, then it will be time to
talk about making the women voters; but until that time, the question
is not fairly before the country."

Mr. Cowan defended his amendment and his position. "When the time
comes," said he, "I am a Radical, too, along with my fellow Senators
here. By what warrant do they suppose that I am not interested in the
progress of the race? If the thing is to b