hich had all
the force of the country at command, and the people went to the
ballot-box and destroyed it so completely that we have almost
forgotten we ever had so bad a Government as that of Andrew
Johnson.

All the strength and bravery and determination of this world are
not so much confined to the male sex as some ornaments of that
sex would have us believe. We want the women--the wives and
sisters and mothers of the land, to help save our men from
political corruption. It is what God has ordained, and the time
is coming when it shall be effected.

Mrs. M. M. COLE read the following letter:

VINELAND, N. J., May 10, 1870.

MY DEAR FRIENDS: I once had a neighbor who was for years
entirely crippled with rheumatism, and she, when asked, "How
are you to-day?" invariably answered, "Better, I thank you,
to-day than I was yesterday. Hope I shall be right smart
to-morrow." So, friends, I could say, unasked, I am better
this year than I was last, and I hope to keep on in this
line until 1876, and be able then to stand with you once
more upon the platform of equal rights, and shout
"Hallelujahs" over the ratification of the Sixteenth
Amendment; over the crowning of my labors of twenty-five
years, during which time I have not failed to ask for the
right of suffrage for all citizens of this Republic, of sane
mind and adult years, without regard to race, color, or sex.

"The good time coming is almost here."

Yours in faith,

FRANCES D. GAGE.

The President read a letter just received from Mr. Tilton:

NEW YORK, May 11, 1870.

_Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, President of the American Woman
Suffrage Association_: Honored Sir: I am commissioned by the
unanimous voice of the Union Woman Suffrage Society, now
assembled in Apollo Hall, to present to yourself, and
through you to the Association over which you are presiding
in Steinway Hall, our friendly salutations, our hearty good
will, and our sincere wishes for mutual co-operation in the
cause of woman's enfranchisement.