st the
Anglo-Saxon blood," he stood by the apostle to the Gentiles, and
Mr. Phillips might stand by the corrupted Saxon blood.

A GENTLEMAN rose and requested him to go upon the platform, as
half the audience were breaking their necks by trying to listen
to him. Still the gentleman declined.

THE VIRGINIAN argued that woman was not fitted for the pulpit,
the rostrum, or the law court, because her voice was not powerful
enough. God gave her a mild, sweet voice, fitted for the parlor
and the chamber, for the places for which He had designed her.
God has not given her a constitution to sustain fatigue, to
endure as man endures, to brave the dangers which man can brave.
She was too frail, too slender--too delicate a flower for rough
blasts and tempests. In her whole physical organization there was
proof that she was not capable of what man was capable. Hers was
a more beautiful mission than man's--a pure atmosphere was hers
to breathe. Surrounded by all gentle influences, let her be
content with the holy and beautiful position assigned to her by
her Maker. He did not rise to make a speech. He was urged into it
by the desultory, erratic, shallow, superficial reasonings of the
gentleman who in one breath invited them to free discussion, and
in the next defamed and scandalized the editor of _The Times_,
because he took the liberty to discuss this question freely in
his paper.

Mr. HIGGINSON came forward promptly to reply. He thanked the
gentleman for his speech. Such speeches were just what the
Convention wanted. He was glad to hear from the applause which
followed the gentleman's remarks, that there was a large number
of persons present who were opposed to the views of the
Convention. It was of little use talking to friends who already
agreed with you, but it was always of advantage to talk to
opponents, whom you might hope to convert. He was glad that those
who differed with them were there, because it showed that the
question was one of interest, and was beginning to excite those
who probably had bestowed but little thought on it before. He did
not think the gentleman could have meant what he said when he
accused him of slander. He did not mean to slander anybody. And
he did not think he quite meant what he said about his erratic
and