hey would have cut a sorry figure
in the wars which they have been compelled to wage in order
to establish and maintain this government, if they had not
had the sympathy and cooeperation of woman. I entirely agree
with you that, while agitation in the States is necessary as
a means of education, a sixteenth amendment to the national
constitution is the quickest, surest and least laborious way
to secure the success of this great work for human liberty.
Any legislature of Indiana in the last six years would have
ratified such an amendment. With highest regards for
yourself and the best wishes for the success of the
convention, I remain,

Yours, etc., ZERELDA G. WALLACE.

After several other speakers,[100] Madame Clara Neyman of New
York city, delivered what was, without question, one of the best
addresses of the convention. She spoke with a slightly German
accent, which only served to enhance the interest and hold the
attention of the audience. Her eloquence and argument could not
fail to convince all of her earnest purpose. After showing the
philosophy of reform movements, and every step of progress, she
said:

Woman's enfranchisement will be wrought out by peaceful
means. We shall use no fire-arms, no torpedoes, no heavy
guns to gain our freedom. No precious human lives will be
sacrificed; no tears will be shed to establish our right. We
shall capture the fortresses of prejudice and injustice by
the force of our arguments; we shall send shell after shell
into these strongholds until their defective reasoning gives
way to victorious truth. "Inability to bear arms," says
Herbert Spencer, "was the reason given in feudal times for
excluding woman from succession," and to-day her position is
lowest where the military spirit prevails. A sad
illustration of this is my own country. Being a born German,
and in feeling, kindred, and patriotism attached to the
country of my birth and childhood, it is hard for me to make
such a confession. But the truth must be told, even if it
hurts. It has been observed by those who travel in Europe,
that Germany, which has the finest and best univers