by faith. By faith we can
prophesy of what shall come. The new state, in which for the
first time ideal justice shall be crowned and recognized;
the new church, in which there shall be neither male nor
female; but the new creature that shall represent on either
side free and perfect humanity. Like a bride coming down
from Heaven, like a resurrection coming out of the earth, it
shall appear and abide. And we, whether we shall see it as
living souls or as quickening spirits, shall rejoice in it.

Miss EASTMAN read the following letter:

LARAMIE CITY, W. T., Sept. 22, 1874.

Mrs. LUCY STONE, _Chairman of the Executive
Committee:_--Your favor of the 12th inst. is received. I
wish I could be with you at your meeting in Detroit next
month, but I am so crowded with engagements here that I do
not think I can get away. We have just had another election,
and at no time have we had so full a vote. Our women have
taken a lively interest, and have voted quite as universally
as the men. Their influence has been felt more than ever and
generally on the side of the best men. Several candidates
have been defeated on account of their want of good
characters, who expected success on party grounds. It is the
general sentiment with us now that it will not do to
nominate men for whom the women will not vote. Is not this a
great step in advance? When candidates for office must come
with a character that will stand the criticism of the women
or be sure of defeat, we shall have a higher tone of
political morals.

I hear it urged abroad that woman suffrage is not popular in
Wyoming, but I hear nothing of the kind here. All parties
now favor it. Those who once opposed it oppose it no longer,
while its friends are more and more attached to it, as they
see its practical benefits and feel its capacity for good.
No one that I hear of wishes it abolished, and no one would
dare propose its repeal. The women are beginning to feel
their power and influence, and are growing up to a wider and
stronger exertion of it. I think I can see a conscious
appreciation of this in