on of the reporter's language for my own, and "are not
without hope of seeing a disclaimer." Now, far from wishing to
disclaim the _one real accusation_ made in my remarks, I am
ready, anywhere and everywhere, to reiterate that charge. Yet
there is no "vindictiveness" in my heart toward the criminal whom
I thus arraign, and no emotion which I should not honor any man
for feeling toward myself, if I was consciously guilty of having
played so base a part. You were not wrong in thinking me "mild in
former days"; I trust I am milder now than then. But my mildness
never was, and never will be, of that mean quality, which can
tamely see a sister insulted, whether by a pugilist from the
ring, or by a _rowdy from the pulpit_. My principle is peace, but
I remember the saying, "You can not become an angel till you are
first a man.".... Womanhood, as such, claims honorable courtesy
of every manly heart; and he is unmanly who does not rejoice to
testify this respect. The man who can be rude to even a poor
prostitute in the street, will be rude to wife or daughter at his
own fireside; while he who is a _gentle_ man to any woman, will
be a _gentle_ man to all women. _His spirit is brutal_, who could
ever dream of applying the slang phrase "creature" to any woman
under any conceivable conditions. What shall be thought then of
the moral grade of him who chose as the mark for his missiles of
"contempt," a young lady of rare refinement in her whole presence
and manner, of spotless delicacy and gentlest dignity, of
commanding talent and philanthropic earnestness, and who stood
there before him, serene amid the tumult, clad, even then, in the
bright robe of heavenly peace?

And now one word in closing. Let Mr. Chambers, and all of like
spirit, be assured, that I am but a representative of a large,
rapidly growing, and influential body in every community
throughout our land, who are resolved, that women shall no longer
be insulted in public assemblies with impunity.

WM. HENRY CHANNING.

Through this fierce conflict Horace Greeley, with his personal
presence on the platform, and his brave editorials in the _New York
Tribune_, fought a great battle for free speech and human equality.
Speaking of the _Whole_ World's Convention, he said: