ates might come in, one by one, and
resume their seats.

There were printed lists of the delegates of the Convention, but
there were several new delegates whose names were not on the
lists. Wendell Phillips and his colleagues were among them. He
went to the President and said: "I rely upon you to be admitted
to the Hall, for we know that our names are not yet on the list."
The President assented. As the delegates returned, the names
upon the printed lists were called, and while the rest of us were
earnest to be admitted to the house, and while they were
examining our credentials and deciding whether or not we should
be received, Neal Dow had gone out of the Hall, and Gen. Carey
had taken the Chair! The action of a part of the delegates who
were in the house while the other part were shut out, was like to
nothing that ever had occurred in the annals of parliamentary
history. Those persons who came in afterward, asked what was the
business before the house, and on being informed, moved that it
be reconsidered. The President decided upon putting it to the
house, that they had not voted in the affirmative, and would not
reconsider. Gen. Samuel F. Carey is a man of firmness, and I
could not but admire the firmness with which he presided,
although I felt that his decisions were wrong. "Gentlemen," said
he, "there can be no order when you are raising so many points of
order; take your seats!" and they took their seats.

Previous to the adjournment, a question was raised about Wendell
Phillips' credentials, and again next morning they raised it and
decided it against him, so that he felt all further effort vain,
and left the Hall. After this, there came up a multitude of
resolutions, which were passed so rapidly that no one could get
the opportunity of speaking to them. A resolution also written by
Gen. Carey, was presented by him, as follows:

"_Resolved_, That the common usages have excluded women from the
public platform," etc.

That resolution, amid great confusion, was declared as passed. Of
course, then soon after, I left the Hall. I ought to say, in
regard to Mr. Phillips' credentials, that they had been referred
to a committee, who decided that he had not properly been sent to
the Convention, for no reason in the world, but because th