ge of but one-half the people. It is the will,
therefore, of the association that I respond to the above
effect, thanking you for your courteous invitation, and
recognizing with pleasure among your names those who have
heretofore extended to us their sympathy and aid. I remain,
with sincere respect, yours,

SARAH R. L. WILLIAMS, _President T. W. S. A._

The letter was intended to be in all respects courteous, as the
writer and the society which she represented had naught but the
kindest of feelings toward those who, in so friendly a manner,
recognized their citizenship by inviting them to take part in the
meeting, and also toward the Toledo public, who, as a general
thing, had treated their organization with friendly
consideration. It appears, however, that their attitude was
misconstrued, according to articles subsequently published in the
_Blade_ and _Commercial_, which we reproduce below:

The women say they "manifestly have no centennial to
celebrate." If we are not mistaken, the women of this
country have enjoyed greater progress than the men under our
free government, and it illy becomes them now to steadily
and persistently pout because they have not yet attained the
full measure of their earthly desires--the ballot-box.
Better by far give a hearty show of appreciation of benefits
received, and thereby materially aid in further progress.
Nothing can be gained by their refusing to celebrate the
one-hundredth anniversary of civil and religious liberty.
The rights of all are necessarily restricted wherever there
is a government, and time and experience can alone
demonstrate just what extension or contraction of rights and
liberties may be essential to the general good. In our
judgment the women, by refusing to participate in the coming
Fourth of July celebration, have committed an error, the
influence of which cannot but prove prejudicial to the
interests of their association. The opposite course would
undoubtedly have won friends.--_Blade._

A singularly uncourteous letter was the one sent by the
Woman Suffrage Association to the meeting at White's Hall.
Ninety-nine-hundredths