r naturalized in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are
citizens of the United States, and of the State wherein they
reside." "No State shall make, or enforce any law that shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States." It would be impossible to add to the force
or effect of such language, and equally impossible to
attempt to explain it away.

Very respectfully, FRANCIS MINOR.

The St. Louis _Democrat_ spoke of the convention as follows:

Readers of our report have doubtless been interested to
observe the fair spirit and dignified manner of the woman
suffrage convention, and the ability displayed in some of
the addresses. It is but due to the managers to say that
they extended most courteous invitations to gentlemen not
identified with the movement to address the convention, and
state freely their objections to the extension of the
franchise. Of those invited some were prevented by duties
elsewhere from attending. Others, it may be, felt that it
would scarcely be a gracious thing, in spite of the
liberality of the invitation, to occupy the time of a
convention in favor of the extension of the franchise with
arguments against it. But the objections which, after all,
probably have most weight with candid men are those which it
is not easy to discuss in public, namely: "Will not
extension of suffrage to women have an injurious effect upon
the family and sexual relations?" "Will not the ballot be
used rather by that class who would not use it wisely than
by those who are most competent?" We do not argue these
questions, but are sure that some frank discussion of them,
however delicate the subject may be, is necessary to
convince the great majority of those who are still doubting
or opposed. Meanwhile the reports are of interest, and
reflect no little credit upon the women of this city who
have taken so prominent a part in the movement.

The officers of the Missouri Society were annually reelected for
several years, and the work proceeded harmoniously until the
division in the National Associatio