nd in both,
woman was the victim of man in the majority of cases. The
legislation which pressed down women was wrong, and should
be remedied. He admitted it was an experiment to introduce
the female element into legislation, but the success of the
male element had thus far been such that, according to his
judgment, things could not be much worse than they are.
Women were always deeply interested in all public questions.
If responsibilities were put upon them they would become
greater intellectually, morally and socially.

Several able lawyers also took part in the convention, who
brought their legal learning to bear on the question. Mrs.
Stanton and Miss Anthony, hostile to the action of the Republican
party as manifested in the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments,
were present with their stern criticisms and scathing resolutions
on "manhood suffrage," submitting the following to the
convention:

_Resolved_, That a man's government is worse than a white
man's government, because in proportion as you increase the
rulers you make the condition of the ostracised more
hopeless and degraded.

_Resolved_, That as the Democratic cry of "a white man's
government" created an antagonism between the Irish and the
negro, culminating in the New York riots of '63, so the
Republican cry of "manhood suffrage" creates an antagonism
between the black man and all women, and will culminate in
fearful outrages on womanhood, especially in the Southern
States.

_Resolved_, That by the establishment of an aristocracy of
sex in the District of Columbia, by the introduction of the
word "male" into the federal constitution in article XIV.,
section 2, and by the proposition to enforce manhood
suffrage in all the States of the Union, the Republican
party has been guilty of three successive arbitrary acts,
three retrogressive steps in legislation, alike invidious
and insulting to women and suicidal to the nation.

After a long and earnest discussion, the resolutions were voted
down. Mrs. Stanton's speech setting forth six reasons against a
"male aristocracy"[355] was pronounced able and eloquent, though
directly i