our for its action has come. It must now determine whether woman's
transition from slavery to freedom shall be through reformation or
revolution, whether she shall be permitted to express her interest in
national questions through law by the direct power of the ballot, or
outside of law by indirect and irresponsible power; and thus, by a
blind enthusiasm, plunge the nation into anarchy.

For an earnest discussion of the duty of the hour, we invite all
persons interested in woman's enfranchisement to meet in Irving Hall,
New York, on the 14th and 15th of May.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY, _President_.
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, _Chairman Ex. Com_.

[159] The speakers at this Convention were Ernestine L. Rose, Martha
C. Wright, O. B. Frothingham, Rev. Olympia Brown, Rev. Antoinette
Brown Blackwell, Elizabeth B. Phelps, Carrie S. Burnham, Sarah Andrews
Spencer, Frances V. Hallock, Amanda Deyo, Dr. J. Mix, Mrs. Helen M.
Slocum, Dr. Clemence S. Lozier, Lillie Devereux Blake, Susan B.
Anthony.

[160] Letters were received at this May Anniversary (1874) from
Lucinda B. Chandler, Vineland, New Jersey; Mrs. C. C. Hussey, Report
of New Jersey; Mary F. Davis, New Jersey; Catherine F. Stebbins,
Michigan; Mary J. Channing, Paulina Wright Davis, Rhode Island; Alfred
H. Love, Edward M. Davis, Sarah Pugh, Philadelphia; Lorenza Haynes,
Theological School, St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y.; Sarah R.
L. Williams, Toledo, Ohio; Harriet S. Brooks, Report for Illinois;
Catharine V. Waite, Illinois; Lizzie Boynton Harbert, Iowa; Virginia
L. Minor, Missouri; Annie L. Quinby, Kentucky; Sarah Burger Stearns,
Duluth, Minnesota; Hon. Benj. F. Butler, Massachusetts; Mrs. C. H.
Baker, Mrs. H. K. Clapp, Nevada; Sarah J. Wallis, California; Mrs. C.
I. H. Nichols, Pomo, California; Mariana Thompson Folsom, Foxboro,
Mass.; Emily P. Collins, La.; Mary K. Spalding, Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs.
Matilda Joslyn Gage, New York; Mary L. Booth, _Harper's Bazar_, New
York; Ann T. Greeley, Ellsworth, Me.; Mary Olney Brown, Olympia,
Washington Territory.

[161] _Resolved_, That as complete individual development depends on
the harmonious exercise of our three-fold nature, and undue power
given to either deranges and undermines the whole being, so in the
nation, a complete experiment of self-government can be made only by
the equal recognition of the rights of all citizens, and in their
homogeneous education into the laws of