on, Mr. Higginson read a letter from her sister, Mary K.
Spaulding, suggesting the establishment of a newspaper in the city of
New York as "the national organ" of the Woman's Rights movement. He
doubted the wisdom of such a step, and after setting forth the expense
of a central organ and the great danger of its creating a schism, he
offered the following resolutions:

_Resolved_, That in the opinion of this Convention it is not
expedient, at present, to establish a newspaper as The National
Organ of the Woman's Rights Movement.

_Resolved_, That it is expedient to appoint a Committee who shall
provide for the preparation and publication, in widely circulated
journals, facts and arguments relating to the cause.

Mrs. MOTT approved of the resolutions, and said they had arrived
at a similar conclusion in the Syracuse Convention; she fully
concurred in the views of Mr. Higginson.

WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON replied, that if organization for any good
cause be right, it was right for this. Every reform movement
needs an organ of its own. And this cause needs a paper of the
most radical character; that shall make no compromises with
popular prejudices; far above the paralyzing influences of Church
and State.

Mrs. MOTT said she did not oppose organization, but was in favor
of individual freedom and responsibility. _The Liberator_, Mr.
Garrison's paper, has done far more good than _The Anti-Slavery
Standard_, the organ of the Anti-Slavery movement.

Mr. GARRISON said _The Liberator_ was not simply an anti-slavery
paper, but an advocate of general reform.

Remarks were made on this point by Elizabeth Paxton, Susan H. Cox,
George P. Davis, and George Sunter, of Canada.

LUCY STONE advocated the resolutions; her experience in the
anti-slavery cause had taught her a lesson of wisdom for this
movement. We are rich in principle and enthusiasm, but not in
silver and gold, and therefore should avoid taking on our
shoulders a national organ. Widely circulated journals are now
open to us, in which we can express our opinions with freedom and
without expense. There is nothing so strong as individual purpose
and freedom to carry it out. The papers established by Mrs.
Davis and Mrs. Bloomer are good, and she hoped the friends would
give generously to their support.

The resolutions