d upon the statute book of Indiana, and homes were not
destroyed.

The Rev. Mrs. CELIA BURLEIGH was the next speaker. She pictured,
in a witty, epigrammatic manner, the progress of freedom in
womankind. The picture drawn was of an Asiatic seraglio, where
the spirit of revolution crept in, and the ladies commenced their
incendiarism by walking abroad, and then followed up the direful
unsexing of themselves by gradually removing the inviolable veil
first from one eye and then the other--and last and most
horrible of all--from the nose. But it made her none the less
lovely.

Mr. EDWARD M. DAVIS then spoke briefly, and was followed by Mrs.
LUCRETIA MOTT, who gave some interesting reminiscences of the
contempt for women manifested by the World's Convention in 1840,
from which women delegates were excluded, and of which William
Lloyd Garrison, in consequence, refused to become a member.

The President, Mrs. CUTLER, said: It seems clear to me that the
XIV. and XV. Amendments recognize our rights. The XIV. Amendment
was passed in the interest of a special class, but we must not
forget that the passage of a general law for a particular class
also guarantees whatever rights can be found to come under that
same general idea. [Applause.] First, we have the definition of
citizenship, which applies to us fairly and squarely under the
phrase all "persons." Then comes the right to vote. Some say it
is not a right but a privilege. I maintain the contrary. I say it
is an inalienable right. You can not maintain a republican form
of government and deny to half the population its right to vote.
This may not be settled to-day or to-morrow, but the truth, like
a mighty rock, stands there impregnable against all assault. We
do not need to be in too much haste. Let the matter be sifted
thoroughly. I do not object, therefore, to the phraseology of the
resolution.

Mr. CHARLES BURLEIGH said: I have never yet been able to see that
the right of voting is secured legally to women under any
instrument which is recognized as having the force of law. A
republican form of government does not mean universal suffrage.
We know that the framers of the Constitution never dreamed that
the idea of a republic would include even all the males of the
country. If this is n