ent new voices;
brave young women are gathering round us, to plead our cause in more
august assemblies, and to celebrate the victory at last. These are our
kindred, by holier ties than blood. As their way through life will be
smoother for all our noble friend has dared and suffered, may they by
the same courage and conscientious devotion to principle, shed new
light on the path of those who follow their footsteps. This is the
great moral lesson the life of our dear friend should impress on the
coming generation.

Having known Lucretia Mott, not only in the flush of life, when all
her faculties were at their zenith, but in the repose of advanced age,
her withdrawal from our midst seems as natural and as beautiful as the
changing foliage of some grand oak from the spring-time to the
autumn.

ENGLISH CORRESPONDENCE.

The following interesting correspondence in regard to the exclusion of
women from the World's Convention, reveals the fact that the action
was the result, after all, of religious bigotry more than prejudice
against sex. And this opinion is further confirmed by the decided
opposition promptly manifested to Lucretia Mott's proposal to have a
series of meetings for women alone. Some of the Orthodox Friends said
they were afraid, that under the plea of discussing emancipation for
the slave, other subjects might be introduced. Mrs. Mott, desiring to
know what Daniel O'Connell thought of the action of the Convention,
wrote him as follows:

_To Daniel O'Connell, M.P.:_

The rejected delegates from America to the "General Anti-Slavery
Conference," are desirous to have the opinion of one of the most
distinguished advocates of universal liberty, as to the reasons
urged by the majority for their rejection, viz: that the
admission of women being contrary to English usage would subject
them to ridicule, and that such recognition of their acknowledged
principles would prejudice the cause of human freedom.

Permit me, then, on behalf of the delegation, to ask Daniel
O'Connell the favor of his sentiments as incidentally expressed
in the meeting on the morning of the 13th inst., and oblige his
sincere friend,

LUCRETIA MOTT.
LONDON, _sixth mo., 17, 1840_.

16 PALL MALL, _20th June, 1840_.

MADAM:--Taking the liberty of protesting against being supposed