her eloquence, her
soft voice, her matchless, unwearied work for all that is good,
with her motherly appearance, do you call such a woman unwomanly?
Or Margaret Fuller, or Julia Ward Howe, do you call these women
unwomanly? Then let us take our place by them, cast in our lot
with them and be called unwomanly. It is said, and it is sadly
true, that many women do not want the ballot; and it is no less
sadly true that many of our most bitter opponents are our sister
women. But if they do not want the ballot, if you deprive me of
the right you do me a grievous wrong. It is said that if we were
given the privilege of the ballot, we would not use it. Is it any
reason if I do not choose to avail myself of my rights that I
should be deprived of them? Why do you consult women if this
right shall be given them? You did not consult the slave in
regard to his freedom, but you said he was wanted for the
salvation of the country, and you took him and forced freedom
upon him.

Mrs. JULIA WARD HOWE and Mrs. MARY A. LIVERMORE spoke alike with
great force and earnestness upon the moral and religious phases
of the movement.

Mrs. FRANCES WATKINS HARPER, of Philadelphia, made the closing
speech. She showed that much as white women need the ballot,
colored women need it more. Although the women of her race are no
longer sold on the auction block, they are subjected to the legal
authority of ignorant and often degraded men. She rejoiced in the
progress already made, but pleaded for equal rights and equal
education for the colored women of the land.

The PRESIDENT said--Ladies and gentlemen, the letters have been
read, the reports accepted, the resolutions adopted, the
officers[195] for the ensuing year chosen, and there being no
further business before the Convention, it is moved and seconded
that we adjourn _sine die_.

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The Sixth Annual Meeting of the American Woman Suffrage
Association assembled at the Opera House in Detroit, Tuesday
morning, Oct. 13, 1874.

Col. W. M. FERRY, of Grand Haven, Chairman of the State Executive
Committee of the Michigan Suffrage Association, called the
meeting to order, and made a brief address of welcome. He spoke
of the pleasure the Convention afforded many of the adv