from the valley--he looking down
at her, she gazing up at him--until the time when he began to see
that women are not of necessity the valleys, nor men of necessity
the mountains; and so on, until now he believes women entitled
to stand on an equal plane with men, socially and politically.

The President, Mrs. Stanton, responded. Hannah Whitehall Smith of
Germantown, prominent in the temperance movement, spoke of the
hardship of farmers' wives, and asked:

If that condition was not one of slavery which obliged a woman to
rise early and cook the family breakfast while her husband lay in
bed; to work all day long, and then in the evening, while he
smoked his pipe or enjoyed himself at the corner grocery, to mend
and patch his old clothes. But she thought the position of woman
was changing for the better. Even among the Indians a better
feeling is beginning to prevail. It is Indian etiquette for the
man to kill the deer or bear, and leave it on the spot where it
is struck down for the woman to carry home. She must drag it over
the ground or carry it on her back as best she may, while he
quietly awaits her coming in the family wigwam. A certain Indian,
after observing that white folks did differently by their women,
once resolved to follow their example. But such was the force of
public opinion that, when it was discovered that he brought home
his own game, both he and his wife were murdered. This shows what
fearful results prejudice may bring about; and the only
difference between the prejudice which ruled his tribe in regard
to woman and that which rules white American men to-day, is a
difference in degree, dependent upon the difference in
enlightenment. The principle is the same. The result would be the
same were each equally ignorant.

The familiar faces of Edward M. Davis, Mary Grew, Adeline Thompson,
Sarah Pugh, Anna McDowell and two of Lucretia Mott's noble
daughters, gladdened many a heart during the various sessions of
the convention. Beautiful tributes were paid to Mrs. Mott by
several of the speakers. The Philadelphia convention was
supplemented by a most delightful social gathering, without mention
of which a report of the occasion would be incomplete:

Like many historical events, this was entirely unpremeditated, no
one who participated in its pleasures had any forewarning