o had become interested in the
subject to procure them not only for their own benefit, but to
circulate among their neighbors. If they would be intelligent as to
the real claims of the movement, they must take _The Una_, a paper
owned and edited by one of its leaders. No one would expect to get
temperance truths from Bennett's _Herald_, nor anti-slavery facts from
_The New York Observer_, or _Christian Advocate_; no more can we look
to any of the popular newspapers, political or religious, for reliable
information on the woman's rights movement.

She also presented the claims of _The Woman's Advocate_, a paper just
started in Philadelphia by Anna E. McDowell, devoted chiefly to
woman's right to work--equal pay for equal service (she was sorry that
it did not see that the right of suffrage underlies the work problem);
nevertheless the existence of a paper owned, edited, published, and
printed all by women, was a living woman's rights fact, and she hoped
every one would give it encouragement and support. She then gave a
brief report of the work done in the State during the past year,[136]
and closed by presenting the form of petition that had just been
adopted.[137]

Mr. May moved the appointment of a committee of five[138] to engage
lecturing agents and raise funds for their compensation. The president
thanked the people for the respect and attention manifested during the
several sessions, and adjourned the Convention.[139]

The Saratoga papers were specially complimentary in their notices of
Ernestine L. Rose and Lucy Stone, pronouncing them logical and
eloquent, and Miss Anthony was highly praised for her skill in getting
contributions and distributing documents. She sold over twenty
thousand pamphlets that year. As there were many Southern people
always at Saratoga, this was considered a grand opportunity through
tracts to sow the seeds of rebellion all through the Southern States.
This Convention afforded a new theme for conversation at the hotels,
and was discussed for many days after with levity or seriousness, to
be laughed over and thought over by the women at their leisure.[140]

LETTERS TO THE CONVENTION.

BOSTON, _June 23, 1855_.

SUSAN B. ANTHONY.

DEAR MADAM:--Your note of the 20th has just come to hand. I am
sorry to say that my engagements are such that it will not be
possible for me to be present at the Woman