to them as anything. Their years of toil and weary watching in
camp and hospital were not to be put in the scale with the black
man's, who fought for his own freedom. Such wrong and injustice
is bearing its fruits, in the confusion of the councils of the
Republican party. Like the French of 1848, they refused to deal
justly with the mothers of the nation, and are now reaping a
bitter reward. They dared to suppress the petitions of thousands
of women, and now disintegration has begun; the handwriting is
seen on the wall. Thus injustice has done its work, and thousands
of women have been roused by it to protest who had never before
given any thought to public affairs.

The National Convention, held in the Church of the Puritans,
after the war, was one of intense interest, and marked an era in
this movement. The demand for suffrage became paramount--the only
one with many. Mrs. Stanton, in 1867, went before the Judiciary
Committee of the New York Legislature, asking universal suffrage
to be recognized by the Constitutional Convention which was to be
held. About this time a bill was before a Committee of the
Legislature, the purport of which was to legalize prostitution
Reading this bill in the presence of the Committee, her quick
mind comprehended all its horrors at a glance, and she tried the
test of asking each man if he would be willing that that law
should be applied to his daughter, his sister, or any one dear to
him. Self-ism answered "No." "Then, gentlemen," said she,
"legislate for the poorer daughters of the State as you would for
your own." All that winter she battled against that hideous
system, which would legalize the foulest of sins, and to her
efforts, mainly, the delay of passing that law is due. She made a
clear exposition of that cruel, corrupt, one-sided legislation,
which subjects woman to the grossest indignities, while men are
benefited and allowed safe and unlimited license. To her
lectures, also, is due a healthier tone of public sentiment on
the marriage question. It is slowly beginning to be felt that in
that relation there is a vast amount of legalized prostitution.

In 1867 an extensive lecturing tour through Kansas was made by
Mrs. Stanton, Miss Anthony, Rev. Olympia Brown, Henry Blackwell,
and Lucy Stone. The