and. [Applause.] But they will never be thrown open
to me or to any of you, until we have the power of the ballot in
our own hands. That little paper is a great talisman. We have
often been told that the golden key can unlock all the doors.
That little piece of paper can unlock doors where golden keys
fail. Wherever men are--whether in the workshop, in the store, in
the laboratory, or in the legislative halls--I want to see women.
Wherever man is, there she is needed; wherever man has work to
do--work for the benefit of humanity--there should men and women
unite and co-operate together. It is not well for man to be alone
or work alone; and he can not work for woman as well as woman can
work for herself. I suggest that the name of this society be
changed from Equal Rights Association to Woman's Suffrage
Association.

LUCY STONE said she must oppose this till the colored man gained
the right to vote. If they changed the name of the association
for such a reason as it was evident it was proposed, they would
lose the confidence of the public. I hope you will not do it.

A GENTLEMAN: Mrs. President, I hope you will do it. I move that
the name of the association be changed to the "Universal
Franchise Association."

Mrs. STANTON: The question is already settled by our
constitution, which requires a month's notice previous to the
annual meeting before any change of name can be made. We will now
have a song. [Laughter.]

Mr. BLACKWELL said that he had just returned from the South, and
that he had learned to think that the test oath required of white
men who had been rebels must be abolished before the vote be
given to the negro. He was willing that the negro should have the
suffrage, but not under such conditions that he should rule the
South. [At the allusion of Mr. Blackwell to abolishing the test
oath, the audience hissed loudly.]

Mrs. STANTON said--Gentlemen and Ladies: I take this as quite an
insult to me. It is as if you were invited to dine with me and
you turned up your nose at everything that was set on the table.

Mrs. LIVERMORE said: It certainly requires a great amount of
nerve to talk before you, for you have such a frankness in
expressing yourselves that I am afraid of you. [Laughter and
applause.] If you do not like the