Washington delegate for the sublime strength roused by his
question: "Would Christ have done so?"
That stormy scene is passed; that memorable time when chivalrous
men forgot the deference, which according to their creed is due
to woman, and forgot it as they publicly said, because a woman
claimed a right upon the platform; and so they neither recognized
her equality of rights, nor her conceded courtesy as a lady. This
was neither just nor gallant, but to me it was vastly preferable
to those appeals made to me as a lady--appeals which never would
have been made to a man under the same circumstances; and which
only served to show me the estimation in which they held
womanhood. It reminded me of a remark which was made concerning
the Brick Chapel meeting: "If you had spoken words of flattery,
they would have done what you wanted."
Let the past be the past. "Let the dead bury their dead,"
contains truths we well may heed. Is God the impartial Father of
humanity? Is He no respecter of persons? Is it true that there is
known neither male nor female in Christ Jesus? In my heart of
hearts, I believe it is all true. I believe it is the foundation
of the Golden Rule. And now let me tell you in conclusion: if it
be true, this truth shall steal into your souls like the accents
of childhood; it shall come like a bright vision of hope to the
desponding; it shall flash upon the incredulous; it shall twine
like a chain of golden arguments about the reason of the skeptic.
WM. LLOYD GARRISON, having listened to the narration of the
action of the World's Convention in New York, said: I rise to
offer some resolutions by which the sense of this Convention may
be obtained. I happened to be an eyewitness of these proceedings,
and I bear witness to the accuracy of the account given us this
evening by Miss Brown. I have seen many tumultuous meetings in my
day, but I think on no occasion have I ever seen anything more
disgraceful to our common humanity, than when Miss Brown
attempted to speak upon the platform of the World's Temperance
Convention in aid of the glorious cause which had brought that
Convention together. It was an outbreak of passion, contempt,
indignation, and every vile emotion of the soul, throwing into
the shade almost everything coming from t
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