t "what is worth having is worth asking
for," and that "who would be free must themselves strike the
blow."

Frances D. Gage moved that the next National Convention be held at
Cincinnati, Ohio. A gentlemen suggested Washington, to which Mr.
Garrison replied, "We shall go there by and by."[72] After discussion
by Mrs. Mott, Mrs. Rose, and others, the motion was unanimously
adopted. Mrs. Gage then spoke of the Press of the city; its faithful
reports of the proceedings of the Convention, and moved a vote of
thanks. Edward M. Davis begged Mrs. Gage to accept as a substitute the
following resolutions:

_Resolved_, That the thanks of this Convention are due, and are
hereby conveyed, to Mrs. Ernestine L. Rose, of New York, for the
courtesy, impartiality, and dignity with which she has presided
over its proceedings.

_Resolved_, That in the crowded and intelligent audiences which
have attended the sessions of this Convention; in the earnest
attention given to its proceedings from the commencement to its
close; in the fair reports of the Press of the city, and in the
spirit of harmony and fraternity which has prevailed amongst its
members, we see evidence of the rapid progress of our cause, and
find incitement to renewed and more earnest efforts in its
behalf.

Thus closed another most successful Convention. Notwithstanding an
admission fee of ten cents during the day and twenty-five at night,
the audiences grew larger every session, until the last evening the
spacious hall, aisles, stairs, and all available standing-room, was
densely packed, and hundreds went away unable to get in.

Let us remember that behind the chief actors in these Conventions,
there stands in each State, a group of women of stern moral principle,
large experience, refinement and cultivation, filling with honor the
more private walks of life, who, by their sympathy, hospitality, and
generous contributions, are the great sources of support and
inspiration to those on the platform, who represent the ideas they
hold sacred, whose tongues and pens proclaim their thoughts. Among
such in Pennsylvania, let us ever remember Sarah Pugh, Mary Ann
McClintock, Elizabeth Phillips, Anna and Adeline Thomson, Abby and
Gertrude Kimber, Margaretta Forten, Harriet Forten Purvis, Hannah M.
Darlington, Dinah Mendenhall, Sarah Pierce, Elizabeth and Sarah
Miller, and Ruth Dugdale. When success shall at l