etter to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and
intercourse between the people of the different States of the Union, the
free inhabitants of each of the States (paupers, vagabonds and fugitives
from justice excepted) shall be entitled to all the privileges and
immunities of the free citizen, of the several States.'

"Thus, at the very beginning did the fathers see the necessity of the
universal application of the great principle of equal rights to all, in
order to produce the desired results--a harmonious union and a
homogeneous people."

Miss Anthony then quoted the New York State Constitution: "No member of
this State shall be disfranchised or deprived of the rights or
privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land
or the judgment of its peers."

She then proceeded with her argument, which has never been and never
will be answered. It is to be regretted that space forbids more ample
quotation in this article. Here is a glowing paragraph from her
impassioned plea which is characteristic of the entire address:

"To them (women) this government has no just powers derived from the
consent of the governed. To them this government is not a democracy. It
is not a republic. It is an odious aristocracy; a hateful oligarchy of
sex; the most hateful aristocracy ever established on the face of the
globe; an oligarchy of wealth, where the rich govern the poor. An
oligarchy of learning, where the educated govern the ignorant, or even
an oligarchy of race, where the Saxon rules the African, might be
endured; but this oligarchy of sex, which makes father, brothers,
husband, sons the oligarch over the mother and sisters, the wife and
daughters of every household; which ordains all men sovereigns, all
women subjects; carries dissension, discord and rebellion into every
home of the nation."

There has never been a more logical unanswerable argument for the
political enfranchisement of women than was here made by Miss Anthony.
And yet only a very few of the people were fair enough to listen,
intelligent enough to understand, or candid enough to give approval, if
they did.

Susan B. Anthony's whole career was one tempestuous struggle for the
rights of her sex. She never wavered and she never wearied in the
conflict. She had the moral courage of a martyr, and such she was as
certainly as any that ever perished at the stake.

On my visit to Johnstown, N. Y., recently, the comrades pointed out the
spot