dish, you turn up your nose at
it and say, "Take it away, take it away." [Laughter.] I was
brought up in the West, and it is a good place to get rid of any
superfluous modesty, but I am afraid of you. [Applause.] It seems
that you are more willing to be pleased than to hear what we have
to say. [Applause.] Throughout the day the men who have attended
our Convention have been turbulent. [Applause.] I say it frankly,
that the behavior of the majority of men has not been respectful.
[Applause.] She then gave a pathetic narration of the sorrow she
had seen among the depraved and destitute of our great cities,
and said the work of the coming year would be to get up a monster
petition of a million of names asking the Legislature for
suffrage. [Applause.]

After a song from the Hutchinson Family, who had come from
Chicago to entertain the audiences of the Association, the
meeting adjourned.

The friends of woman's suffrage, including most of the delegates to
the Equal Rights Convention in New York, met in mass meeting in the
Academy of Music, Brooklyn, Friday morning, May 14th, at 10 o'clock.
Mr. Edwin A. Studwell called the meeting to order and nominated Mrs.
Anna C. Field for President. This lady was unanimously elected, and
took the chair. Mrs. Celia Burleigh was elected Secretary. On motion
of Mr. Studwell, a committee[122] was appointed to draft resolutions.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was then introduced, and made the opening
speech.

Mrs. LUCY STONE congratulated the ladies upon the large number of
men who had become converted to their cause.

Mr. LANGDON, of Vermont, followed with a brief speech.

Mrs. BURLEIGH read a letter from the Hon. Geo. Wm. Curtis,
indorsing very decidedly the doctrine of woman suffrage.

Rev. PHEBE HANAFORD then delivered a most eloquent and touching
address on the moral influence that the participation of women in
government would have upon the world. Every true mother was with
this movement. The golden rule given by Jesus, if carried out,
would give equal rights to all, and there would be no distinction
between color, race, or sex.

The Rev. GILBERT HAVEN, of Massachusetts, said there were three
reforms needed--one was the abolition of social distinctions,
another was the abolition of the rum-shop, and the third was
giving the ballot t