, from a recent
manifestation on the part of the Chairman of that Committee
(Judge Foote), they would prefer that the petition should be
referred to some other Committee. He therefore moved their
reference to the Committee on Claims.

Mr. NORTHUP seconded the motion.

Mr. FOOTE remarked, that if there was any other Committee of this
House that would or could unsex the female sex, he had no
objection to the reference moved.

The motion prevailed.

Lydia Mott, in a letter to Susan B. Anthony, under date of Albany,
March 15, 1856, says:

I mail a paper to you, containing the Hon. Samuel A. Foote's
report on our petitions. I hardly expected any report this
winter. I am glad he made one; am only sorry it was verbal. There
ought to have been a large number printed for circulation. I hope
you won't get discouraged; remember the good work goes bravely
on, the Honorable Legislature to the contrary notwithstanding. We
shall get all we demand one of these days. Our reform is so
comprehensive, we must not expect a sudden change in public
opinion. Only see how long we have been laboring to convert
people to the one self-evident truth that a man has a right to
himself; and where are we now after a quarter of a century? No;
we must not be disheartened. Our labor has not been in vain. I
see its good effects every day, and they will continue to
multiply.

Only think, here in our midst we have a constant testimony borne
to good audiences every Sunday. I don't know whether I wrote you
what a true man we have in the Unitarian Church, and what a treat
his sermons are to me. You remember A. D. Mayo, who has written
letters to our Conventions; he doesn't come as an Unitarian, but
as an Independent. It can not be otherwise than that he will do a
world of good. He gave to day one of the boldest as well as
finest sermons I have ever heard--full of noble thoughts. He
always recognizes woman in every department. It amuses me to see
the effect on Rome of the women as he portrays woman side by side
with man, always making her his equal in every position. Mr. Mayo
is the first minister who has filled the church, and the only one
that has not seemed afraid of his own shadow. Mr. Garrison heard
him when here; said he could not wish to change one word or to