d it more than once intimated that the
writer of this able, and in some instances most eloquent, review,
is a lady of this city. Are we to understand that it is an
article in the code of anti-progressive ethics, that the same
article written by a man, will be answered by Mr. Sunderland, but
if written by a woman, will not be answered? I may have
misunderstood Mr. Sunderland's note in this morning's _Star_, but
I so understood it. If correctly understood no comment is
necessary.
A READER.
_November 19, 1852._

Upon the expression of Mr. Sunderland's desire to meet the reviewer of
his sermon, if a lady, and his willingness to continue the
controversy, _The Star_ finally opened its columns to Mrs. Gage,
although delaying the publication of her articles, sometimes for
weeks, to suit the dominie's convenience, and allowing his reply to
appear in the same issue of the paper with her answer to his preceding
article. Mr. Sunderland's reply to "A Reader" was characteristic of
the spirit of the clergy, not only of their intolerance, but of their
patronizing and insulting manner toward all persons who presumed to
question either their authority or learning.

The impertinence of "A Reader" is quite characteristic. That
individual probably knows as much about the Bible as a wild ass'
colt, and is requested at this time to keep a proper distance.
When a body is trying to find out and pay attention to a lady, it
is not good manners for "A Reader" to be thrust in between us.

Rev. Mr. Ashley, rector of St. Paul's, the first Episcopal Church of
Syracuse, also preached a sermon against woman, which was published in
pamphlet form, and scattered over the State. This sermon was reviewed
by a committee of ladies appointed by the Ladies' Lyceum. It was an
able and lengthy document from the pen of the chairman of the
committee, a member of the Episcopal Church, and was a significant
sign of woman's growing independence of clerical authority. This
sermon and its reply was also published by the city press; the
Church, the press, and the fireside all aiding in the continued
dissemination of the woman's rights discussion.

The publication of the proceedings of the Convention in pamphlet form
gave _The Star_ occasion for a new fulmination which not only farther
showed the base character of this sheet, but which shocked