implied
power to deny it to all others; acting on this principle, New
Hampshire abridges the rights of her citizens by forbidding
Catholics to hold office; and Rhode Island abridges the rights of
her citizens by forbidding foreigners to vote, except on a
property qualification.

5. _Resolved_, That our thanks are due to the Hon. A. A. Sargent
and the other eighteen Senators who voted for woman suffrage on
the Pembina Bill, and to the 40,000 brave men who went to the
polls and voted for woman suffrage in Michigan.

6. _Resolved_, That in the death of Martha C. Wright, the
President of our National Association, Dr. Harriot K. Hunt, the
first woman in the country who entered the medical profession,
the Rev. Beriah Green, and the Hon. Gerrit Smith, steadfast
advocates of woman suffrage, we have in the last year been called
to mourn the loss of four most efficient and self-sacrificing
friends of our movement--women and men alike true to the great
principles of republican government.

WHEREAS, It is now proposed to celebrate our coming centennial
birthday as a free Government, inviting the monarchies of the Old
World to join in the festivities, while the women of the country
have no share in its blessings; therefore,

_Resolved_, That the National Woman Suffrage Association will
hold a convention in Philadelphia on July 4, 1876, to protest
against such injustice unless Congress shall in the meantime
secure to woman the rights, privileges, and immunities of
American citizens.

_Resolved_, That we cordially invite all women in the Old World
and the New, to co-operate with us in promoting the objects of
the convention in 1876. As the enfranchisement of woman would be
the most fitting way of celebrating this great event in our
nation's history, women suffragists throughout the country should
now make an united effort with Congress and all State
Legislatures to act on this question, that when the old liberty
bell rings in the dawn of the new century, we may all be free and
equal citizens of a true republic.

MISS ANTHONY said that man neither supports woman nor protects
her. The census reports show that two million women are entirely
independent of men in regard to employments. Thousands of women
do work outside the home from neces