of superiority of sex.

Mr. Sinclair Toucey, of New York, wrote a letter in which he said:

The argument of to-day against the legal and political equality
of the sexes carries one back to the days of pro-slavery
ascendency, and brings vividly to mind the old wail of the
non-humanity of the negro, and his lack of capacity for
civilizing improvements: and though the opponents of equal rights
for both sexes do not go quite so far as to deny the humanity of
women, yet one might believe they would, did not such a denial
involve their own status.... In a feeble manner I fought the old
pro-slavery dogma, and in a feeble manner I am trying to fight
its twin--the non-equality of the sexes.... I believe in the
brotherhood of man, regardless of sex, color, or birth-place, and
that every member of the great family is entitled to equal rights
in life's ceaseless struggles.

Mr. Mill's letter was as follows:

AVIGNON, France, Dec. 11, 1869.

DEAR MADAM: I should have reason to be ashamed of myself if your
name were unknown to me. I am not likely to forget one who stood
in the front rank of the woman's rights movement in its small
beginnings, and helped it forward so vigorously in its early and
most difficult stages. You and Mrs. Mott have well deserved to
live to see the cause in its present prosperity, and may now
fairly hope to see a commencement of victory in some of the
States at least. I have received many kind and cordial
invitations to visit the United States, and were I able, the
great convention to which you invite me would certainly be a
strong inducement to do so. My dislike to a sea voyage would not
of itself prevent me, if there were not a greater obstacle--want
of time. I have many things to do yet, before I die, and some
months (it is not worth while going to America for less) is a
great deal to give at my time of life, especially as it would
not, like ordinary traveling, be a time of mental rest, but
something very different. I regret my inability the less, as the
friends of the cause in America are quite able to dispense with
direct personal co-operation from England. The really important
co-operation is the encouragement we give one another by the
success of each in our own country. For Great Britain th