the black man. In Mr. Pillsbury's philosophy on both
questions, the present was ever the time for immediate and
absolute justice.

One great charm in the convention was the presence of Lucretia
Mott, calm, dignified, clear and forcible as ever. Though she is
now seventy-six years old, she sat through all the sessions, and
noted everything that was said and done. It was a satisfaction to
us all that she was able to preside over the first National
Woman's Suffrage Convention ever held at the Capitol. Her voice
is stronger and her step lighter than many who are her juniors by
twenty years. She preached last Sunday in the Unitarian Church to
the profit and pleasure of a highly cultivated and large
audience. We were most pleased to meet ex-Governor Robinson, the
first Governor of Kansas, in the convention. He says there is a
fair prospect that an amendment to strike out the word "male"
from the Constitution will be submitted again in that State,
when, he thinks, it will pass without doubt. Mrs. Minor,
President of the Woman's Suffrage Association of Missouri, and
Mrs. Starrett of Lawrence, Kansas, gave us a pleasant surprise by
their appearance at the convention. They took an active part in
the deliberations, and spoke with great effect. Senator Wilson
was present, though he did not favor us with a speech. We urged
him to do so, but he laughingly said he had no idea of making
himself a target for our wit and sarcasm. We asked him, as he
would not speak, to tell us the "wise, systematic, and efficient
way" of pressing woman's suffrage. He replied, "You are on the
right track, go ahead." So we have decided to move "on this line"
until the inauguration of the new administration, when, under the
dynasty of the chivalrous soldier, "our ways will, no doubt, be
those of pleasantness, and all our paths be peace." New Jersey
was represented by Deborah Butler of Vineland, the only live spot
in that benighted State, and we thought her speech quite equal to
what we heard from Mr. Cattell in the Senate. During the evening
sessions, large numbers of women from the several departments
were attentive listeners. Lieutenant-Governor Root of Kansas read
the bill now before Congress demanding equal pay for women in the
several departments where they perform equal work