background; but woman will be enfranchised in spite of them. It
is no use to tell us to wait until something else is done. _Now_
is the accepted time for the enfranchisement of woman. The
abolition of slavery was thought to be premature, but that
mistake is now clearly seen. Now is the time for every
disfranchised class to make known its wants. The Republican party
is no better than the Democratic. It sacrificed principle and
nominated a man for President to _save the party_, whom they were
afraid the Democrats would nominate if they did not! The
Republican party controlled Kansas, and yet repudiated woman's
rights in the canvass of last year. We want a party (and would
like the Republican party) who will adopt a platform of Universal
Suffrage for every color and every sex. "The Republican party
must be saved," is the cry; but its great danger is in not being
true to principle. We will push on, keeping in view the rights of
our common nature until woman is the peer of man in every sphere
of life.

ELIZABETH A. KINGSLEY, of Philadelphia, CHARLES BURLEIGH, Rev.
HENRY BLANCHARD and Mrs. ROSE made brief addresses.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS deprecated the seeming assertion of Rev. O. B.
Frothingham, that one good cause was in opposition to another. I
champion the right of the negro to vote. It is with us a matter
of life and death, and therefore can not be postponed. I have
always championed woman's right to vote; but it will be seen that
the present claim for the negro is one of the most _urgent_
necessity. The assertion of the right of women to vote meets
nothing but ridicule; there is no deep seated malignity in the
hearts of the people against her; but name the right of the negro
to vote, all hell is turned loose and the Ku-klux and Regulators
hunt and slay the unoffending black man. The government of this
country loves women. They are the sisters, mothers, wives and
daughters of our rulers; but the negro is loathed. Women should
not censure Mr. Phillips, Mr. Greeley, or Mr. Tilton, all have
spoken eloquently for woman's rights. We are all talking for
woman's rights, and we should be just to all our friends and
enemies. There is a difference between the Republican and
Democratic parties.

OLYMPIA BROWN: What is it?

FREDERICK DOUGLA