or modified thereby, but are
equal, absolute, essential, inalienable in the person of every
member of the human family, without regard to sex, race, or
clime.

JOHN SIDNEY JONES made a few remarks on the monopoly of the
pulpit.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY wished to remind the friends, before separating,
of one practical measure to be considered in the advancement of
our noble enterprise. For the purpose of holding Conventions,
circulating tracts and petitions, giving prizes for good stories,
supporting newspapers and agents, the first great requisite is
money, and I hope every one present will contribute generously to
help us carry on this grand reform.

Mr. GARRISON seconded Miss Anthony's demand for "the sinews of
war." He said we Americans are a theoretical people, and we are
also a practical people. If the women intend to knock at the door
of every State house to demand their rights, the question must
be argued in a practical way with facts and statistics.

When I undertook to have the gallows abolished in Massachusetts,
I asked the Committee of the Legislature if they wanted a certain
number of Bible texts quoted on each side of the question, they
said, "No, we want facts and statistics; we do not ask the
opinions of Moses and Aaron on this point, but the result of
human experience in the punishment of crime." So in this case;
Legislatures will not ask for nor appreciate Bible arguments;
they will ask for facts as to woman's achievements in education,
industry, and practical usefulness.

JOSEPH DUGDALE, whose special concern always seemed to be the
action of dead men on this question, said it had been his fortune
to be present at the making of the last wills and testaments of
many men, and he never knew of a case where a dying husband would
practically admit that his wife was his equal. He stated a case
in which a husband of his acquaintance proposed to leave a large
property, the inheritance and accumulation of his wife's labors,
to _her_ as long as she remained his widow, and then to divide it
among _his_ family relatives. And yet this husband claimed to
have great admiration and affection for this woman whom he would
deliberately rob of her inheritance from her own father. The
magnanimity of man passes all understanding!