Milwaukee by Mrs. Livermore, a new Western star of "bright
particular effulgence," and the proceedings throughout were
characterized by argument, eloquence and interest beyond
anything of the kind ever witnessed there before. The
Milwaukee papers teem with accounts of it, most of them of
very friendly tone and spirit, even if opposed to the
objects under consideration. The _Evening Wisconsin_ said,
if any one supposed for an instant that the call for a
Woman's Suffrage convention would draw out only that class
known as strong-minded, such a one was never more deceived
in his or her life. At the opening of the convention[423]
yesterday, the City Hall was crowded with as highly
intelligent an audience of ladies and gentlemen as ever
gathered there before.

Mrs. Stanton spoke at the evening session to an immense audience
on the following resolutions:

_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 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 14,
Section 2, and by the proposition now pending to enforce
manhood suffrage in all the States of the Union, the
Republican party has been guilty of three excessively
arbitrary acts, three retrogressive steps in legislation,
alike invidious and insulting to woman, and suicidal to the
nation.

Miss Anthony followed showing that every advance step in manhood
suffrage added to woman's degradation. Quite a number of ladies
and gentlemen[424] of Wisconsin spoke well of the various
sessions of the convention. Altogether i