by any of the members. I object to this,
because our object should be to maintain, as women properly may,
the integrity of our Government; to vindicate its authority; to
re-establish it upon a far more enduring basis. We can do this if
we do not involve ourselves in any purely political matter, or
any _ism_ obnoxious to the people. The one idea should be the
maintenance of the authority of the Government as it is, and the
integrity of the Republican idea. For this, women may properly
work, and I hope this resolution will not pass.

SARAH H. HALLECK, of Milton, N. Y.: I would make the suggestion
that those who approve of this resolution can afford to give way,
and allow that part of it which is objectionable to be stricken
out. The negroes have suffered more than the women, and the
women, perhaps, can afford to give them the preference. Let it
stand as regards them, and blot out the word "woman." It may
possibly be woman's place to suffer. At any rate, let her suffer,
if, by that means, _man_kind may suffer less.

A VOICE: You are too self-sacrificing.

ERNESTINE L. ROSE: I always sympathize with those who seem to be
in the minority. I know it requires a great deal of moral courage
to object to anything that appears to have been favorably
received. I know very well from long experience how it feels to
stand in a minority of one; and I am glad that my friend on the
other side (Mrs. Halleck) has already added one to make a
minority of two, though that is by far too small to be
comfortable. I, for one, object to the proposition to throw woman
out of the race for freedom. (Applause). And do you know why?
Because she needs freedom for the freedom of man. (Applause). Our
ancestors made a great mistake in not recognizing woman in the
rights of man. It has been justly stated that the negro at
present suffers more than woman, but it can do him no injury to
place woman in the same category with him. I, for one, object to
having that term stricken out, for it can have no possible
bearing against anything that we want to promote: we desire to
promote human rights and human freedom. It can do no injury, but
must do good, for it is a painful fact that woman under the law
has been in the same category with the slave. Of late years she
has had some sma