rtained
by citizens of the different foreign countries as to what
was the object of the republic, and said that this country
was made up of the aggregate personal worth of the people.
There could not be in a State a man having the right to
compel another to be subject to him without being unjust.
Therefore it is said that all men are created equal. Is it
right and safe that the women of this country should have a
voice in its administration? The only way to find out would
be by having the understanding of those persons who are to
accomplish it and carry it into effect. If there was
anything in which woman excelled man it was her penetration
and correct judgment of persons at first sight. It by no
means follows that because woman has the right to vote, that
entitles her to hold office. That right is vested in the
judgment of our fellow-citizens, who, if they regard us as
worthy and capable, will elect us to the offices.

Upon the Convention held in Baltimore, the following editorial
appeared in the _Woman's Journal_:

In no one State of the Union has there been a more rapid
advance in public sentiment, during the last ten years, upon
all public questions, than in the State of Maryland. In 1861
a woman suffrage meeting in Baltimore would have been a
failure. In 1871 the Convention of the American Woman
Suffrage Association has proved the very reverse. Two
evening sessions and two intermediate day sessions were well
attended. The speakers were Lucy Stone, Margaret W.
Campbell, Elizabeth K. Churchill, and Henry B. Blackwell.

Notwithstanding the disappointment felt by the audience at
the unexpected absence of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and Rev.
James Freeman Clarke, great interest was manifested, and the
newspapers of the city gave the meetings candid and
respectful notices. We were more than gratified by the
unusual fairness and courtesy displayed by the press of
Baltimore. Indeed, to this and especially to the generous
aid of that admirable paper, the Baltimore _American_, are
largely due the success of our meetings. We feel all the
more bound to notice this frank and gen