ucator of the
race. Let her no longer be the mere reflector, the echo of the
worldly pride and ambition of man. (Applause). Had the women of
the North studied to know and to teach their sons the law of
justice to the black man, regardless of the frown or the smile of
pro-slavery priest and politician, they would not now be called
upon to offer the loved of their households to the bloody Moloch
of war. And now, women of the North, I ask you to rise up with
earnest, honest purpose, and go forward in the way of right,
fearlessly, as independent human beings, responsible to God alone
for the discharge of every duty, for the faithful use of every
gift, the good Father has given you. Forget conventionalisms;
forget what the world will say, whether you are in your place or
out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best
words, do your best works, looking to your own conscience for
approval.

Mrs. HOYT, of Wisconsin: Thus far this meeting has been conducted
in such a way as would lead one to suppose that it was an
anti-slavery convention. There are ladies here who have come
hundreds of miles to attend a business meeting of the Loyal Women
of the North; and good as anti-slavery conventions are, and
anti-slavery speeches are, in their way, I think that here we
should attend to our own business.

Mrs. CHALKSTONE, of California: My speech shall be as brief as
possible and I ask for an excuse for my broken language. Our
field is very small, and God has given us character and abilities
to follow it out. We do not need to stand at the ballot-boxes and
cast our votes, neither to stand and plead as lawyers; but in our
homes we have a great office. I consider women a great deal
superior to men. (Laughter and applause). Men are physically
strong, but women are morally better. I speak of pure women, good
women. It is woman who keeps the world in the balance.

I am from Germany, where my brothers all fought against the
Government and tried to make us free, but were unsuccessful. My
only son, seventeen years old, is in our great and noble army of
the Union. He has fought in many of the battles here, and I only
came from California to see him once more. I have not seen him
yet; though I was down in the camp, I could not get any pass. But
I