ed to gain a right object.

The "right object" sought is to remedy the wrongs and
relieve the sufferings of great multitudes of our sex. The
"wrong mode" is that which aims to enforce by law instead of
by love. It is one which assumes that man is the author and
abetter of all these wrongs, and that he must be restrained
and regulated by constitutions and laws, as the chief and
most trustworthy method.

In opposition to this, I hold that the fault is as much, or
more, with women than with men, inasmuch as that we have all
the power we need to remedy all wrongs and sufferings
complained of, and yet we do not use it for that end. It is
my deep conviction that all reasonable and conscientious men
of our age, and especially of our country, are not only
willing, but anxious to provide for the best good of our
sex, and that they will gladly bestow all that is just,
reasonable, and kind, whenever we unite in asking in the
proper spirit and manner. It is because we do not ask, or
"because we ask amiss," that we do not receive all we need
both from God and men. Let me illustrate my meaning by a
brief narrative of my own experience. To begin with my
earliest: I can not remember a time when I did not find a
father's heart so tender that it was always easier for him
to give anything I asked than to deny me. Of my seven
brothers, I know not one who would not take as much or more
care of my interests than I should myself. The brother who
presides is here because it is so hard for him to say "No"
to any woman seeking his aid.

It is half a century this very spring since I began to work
for the education and relief of my sex, and I have succeeded
so largely by first convincing intelligent and benevolent
women that what I aimed at was right and desirable, and then
securing their influence with their fathers, brothers, and
husbands; and always with success. American women have only
to unite in asking for whatever is just and reasonable, in a
proper spirit and manner, in order to secure all that they
need.

Here, then, I urge my greatest objections to the plan of