human soul,
to be frank, to be wholly truthful, and answer my demand: Why
should I not be a citizen of this republic? In replying, read
between the lines of my tedious story and bear in mind the words
of Voltaire: "Who would dare change a law that time has
consecrated? Is there anything more respectable than an ancient
abuse! Reason is more ancient, replied Zadig."

Respectfully, HARRIOT STANTON.

MANCHESTER NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE, }
MANCHESTER, England, September 5, 1882. }

DEAR MISS ANTHONY: Will you accept a word of cheer and God-speed
from your sisters in England in your crusade for the emancipation
of woman in Nebraska? You carry with you the hopes and
sympathetic wishes of all on this side of the water. If you win,
as I trust you may, your victory will have a distinct influence
on the future of our parliamentary campaign, which we hope to
begin in early spring in England. In the name of English women I
would appeal to the men of Nebraska to assent to the great act of
justice to women which is proposed to them by their elected
representatives, and by so doing to aid in the enfranchisement of
women all over the world.

Yours faithfully, LYDIA E. BECKER.

LONDON, September 1, 1882.

DEAR MISS ANTHONY: Having heard that the next convention of the
National Woman Suffrage Association will meet at Omaha this
month, I cannot refrain from sending a few lines to assure our
friends who are working so steadfastly in America for the same
sacred cause as our own, of our loving sympathy and good-wishes
for success in the coming struggle. The eyes and hearts of
hundreds of women are, like my own, turned to Nebraska, where so
momentous an issue is to be decided two months hence. The news of
their vote, if rightly given, will "echo round the world" like
the first shot fired at Concord. It will be the expression of
their determination to establish their freedom by giving freedom
to others, and their example will be followed by Indiana and
Oregon, and soon by the other States of the Union and by England.
Everything points with us to a speedy triumph of the principle of
equal justice for woman. N