r man, so we demand the adoption of a sixteenth
amendment on the same principle, that one sex cannot define
the rights and duties of another sex.

_Resolved_, That we rejoice in the noble action of the men
of Wyoming, by which the right of suffrage has been granted
to the women of that territory.

_Resolved_, That we feel justly proud of the action of those
representatives of the General Assembly of Ohio, who have
endeavored to secure an amendment to the State constitution,
striking out the word "male" from that instrument.

It is rather remarkable that in a State which so early established
two colleges admitting women--Oberlin in 1834, and Antioch in
1853--any intelligent women should have been found at so late a
date as April 15, 1870, to protest against the right of
self-government for themselves, yet such is the case, as the
following protest shows:

We acknowledge no inferiority to men. We claim to have no less
ability to perform the duties which God has imposed upon us than
they have to perform those imposed upon them. We believe that God
has wisely and well adapted each sex to the proper performance of
the duties of each. We believe our trusts to be as important and
as sacred as any that exist on earth. We feel that our present
duties fill up the whole measure of our time and abilities; and
that they are such as none but ourselves can perform. Their
importance requires us to protest against all efforts to compel
us to assume those obligations which cannot be separated from
suffrage; but which cannot be performed by us without the
sacrifice of the highest interests of our families and of
society. It is our fathers, brothers, husbands and sons, who
represent us at the ballot-box. Our fathers and brothers love us.
Our husbands are our choice, and one with us. Our sons are what
_we_ make them. We are content that they represent us in the
corn-field, the battle-field, at the ballot-box and the jury-box,
and we them, in the church, the school-room, at the fireside and
at the cradle; believing our representation, even at the
ballot-box, to be thus more full and impartial than it could
possibly be, were all women allowed to vote. We do, therefore
respectively protest against legislation to establish woman
suffrage